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BREAKING: Burning Man festival to be renamed Burning Person to promote inclusivity
- Oh so excluding the people who aren’t on fire now. Outrageous!mort_
- How about just 'Person'... you know because 'Burning' is bad for the environment.shapesalad
- Burning He/She/Theyutopian
- you guys are so triggered by non-binary shit. get a grip!sarahfailin
- 'Burning Person' is a bit insensitive considering the stuff happening in Ukraine.Brabo_Brabo
- @sarahfailin taste my gender fluidmort_
- no way, seriously!microkorg
- Learning Mannb
- Hot Human seems more relevant of a name.capn_ron
- What gender are you going as sarahfailin?utopian
- Imagine they called it burning woman, it’d be a whole new level of triggering._niko
- Outrage, why is not inclusive to non people.Chimp
- Should just be called Wet Pussy. I see no issues with it. Here pusssy pussy pussy cat...shapesalad
- Burning Beingsaslip
- Burning Everyonei_monk
- zaq5
- When we used to sell shrooms we'd get fire poi people coming to our stalls and standing next to us doing their shit for hours. Most annoying people ever.detritus
- drug dealers or fire poi performers?imbecile
- We had an official license from the Home Office and paid an absolute shitload in taxes, so I'm not sure we were 'dealers'.detritus
- Sorry, we 'had official license from the Home Office'. A bit of a difference.detritus
- oh look, a half naked girl twirling stuff again. So edgy. So enlightened.severian
- I was sold on half naked girl...pango
- She was born to be an attention whore.utopian
- I'd pick whore who wants attention over whores who doesn't anyday. You can't trust a whore who doesn't want attention.pango
- +since1979
- I can thInk of more annoying things than this.dopepope
- circus peoplePonyBoy
- wait, detritus, you sold 'shrooms legally?Gnash
- https://www.instagra…pango
- Needs most blood and dismembermentjaylarson
- @gnash - unprocessed shrooms were legal in the UK a few years ago and there was a big craze for shops selling themfadein11
- Yeah, we were the ones who sold to the shops. A completely different life.detritus
- intersting, detritus. Had no idea.Gnash
- All ended around the 7/7 bombings in 2005, so a lifetime ago. We invested assuming a predicted change in law, rather than outright ban of all myceliumdetritus
- ..my colleagues went on to distribute Spice, which I was uncomfortable with. Had I not been, I'd be quite a rich ..er.. not so young man by now :\detritus
- They also investigated various varieties of 'bath salts', but thankfully my best chum realised what a clusterfuck they'd be, so didn't sell, despite sinking £sdetritus
- It was good while it lasted (shrooms). I think you made the right decision on Spice though - looking at the problems now.fadein11
- I made the right decision then, and I made the right decision now. The ten years in between, I wasn't so sure. I'd be well off by now. Still, Dad's happy...detritus
- ...turns out he was massively ashamed of my invovlement in the shroom companies, despite them being the best Thing I've ever done. Oh well!detritus
- every one of you would bang the shit out of herscarabin_net
- ^ no doubtGnash
- Never denied it.pango
- So fucking stooopidsince1979
- Look at the knobs on the fuckin van roof behind. Mwahahahaha.microkorg
- Look at you all getting dick-trolled by a gifcannonball1978
- Ramanisky22
Festival goer runs into flames of the burning effigy. Is incinerated in front of 70,000 horrified revelers.
- scarabin, were you a witness to this?Ramanisky2
- I can not speak for scarabin but I read somewhere that he was not going this year.oey
- he didn't go this yearpango
- The guy was Swiss... Those people have everything and they still love to commit suicide.robotron3k
- I am surprised we haven't seen cults does this to themselves on a larger scale, or even terrorists (like the 'lone wolve' nuts).formed
- yeah no scarabin this yearmoldero
- Smelled like baconsince1979
- Swiss or not, these stupid fucks end up putting other people's lives in dangerfuturefood
- maybe it wasn't suicide, he's got his safety shoes and water bottlesofas
- Hallucinogens gone wrong, I'd wager.
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Or very right, depends.detritus - Fake headline. Not incinerated, they pulled the Oklahoman out, dies 8 hrs later. 70k is peak BM attendance; maybe several hundred saw it, only some horrified.BustySaintClaire
- And not Swiss. American, living in Switzerland. And 'Those people'? The fuck are you talking about?Longcopylover
- well it's called burning man for a reason!ernexbcn
- He was Swiss and STILL loved to commit suicide? Robo is magnificently, thrillingly clueless, isn't he?Fax_Benson
- robo is a fear mongering, ignorant, trumptardmonospaced
- so why is he against Swiss?
we keep all his Trump money save hereuan - One less moron on the planet. Putting the firemen in danger trying to save him was his final act of cuntery.set
- I'm just saying what is fact: http://www.smithsoni…robotron3k
- https://en.wikipedia…robotron3k
- Ya if they want to suicide they go see a doctor about it. If assisted suicide is legal in the states, you bet the statistic is going to sky rocket.pango
- If you can die peacefully why would you burn your self alive? you brought fact to an irrelevant event. Dude was clearly high as fuck.pango
- Death by immolation is possibly one of the most painful way to die.pango
- "...Love to commit suicide" said by no one, ever. Till robo.pango
- seriously guys?oey
- Beeswax7
Back from Burningman last saturday. We left in the afternoon, waited for about 4 hours to leave, not so bad compared to sunday, monday exodus.
Last time I was there was 2007 and 35k people have attended.
Things that I think have changed in the last 15 years.
- It's fucking big. The total area felt much more bigger, once dark horizons now filled with light and that's very disorienting (and kind of fun)
- It's becoming less bikeable. Not only because you have to pedal much more also the roads are shit caused by all the vehicle traffic.
- Because of that e-bikes are a good choice, but fuckers are driving those at 15-20mph in jam packed areas or dust storms and pose a serious threat.
- Bros, fratboys, pissers, shitters, weekenders used to come towards the weekend, now everyone is there on Monday because they start building the city from the previous week.
- Last time I was there our cellphones didn't have cameras, there was no instagram or facebook. With social media came posers and people who don't really care about principles like leave no trace. Witnessed many were using this unique geological area as their ash tray. Their mecca is Mayan Warrior.
- If there was wind there was a lot of dust because of powdered surface by 80k people, if there was no wind this time horribly toxic air caused by generators, vehicles & burning stuff settled in the valley. If you have asthma you're fucked. My lungs were hurting towards the end.
I still think it's a very unique experience, so much fun despite struggles, very magical because people care and share, but I think 80k is not sustainable.
I wish they had capped at 40k. It was no less interesting or fun when there was a lot less people.here is me during our psychedelic art walk
https://imgur.com/NrRoQRtand the nice puppy I got to ride
https://imgur.com/GVN7bl5- Sounds like a worthwhile adventure!mort_
- Thanks for the recap. I was there in 2006. Comparing the pictures I can tell it's massive nowadayszaq
- that's awesome man. I want to go so badly but feel I've missed the boat or there's something like what it used to be somewhere else._niko
- what would you say the age range is btw?_niko
- hard to say. Maybe 35. But the spectrum there is really wide. I've seen 3 to 74. You def. didn't miss the boat. have to say its better at this age.Beeswax
- Nice pics :)toemaas
- That puppy wagon looks like it rocks back and forth.CyBrainX
- Krassy8
- I like this oneKrassy
- So beautiful. Been following it it since it was being built in Ukraine. Love it.sea_sea
- Do they light it on firegilgamush
- No. The two children in the center light up in the dark.sea_sea
- See: Stuff that white people donecromation
- dopealiastime
- seems like Bman is running it's course. not many people seem to excited about it this year...robotron3k
- that was a really cool piece. there was some great work out there this yearscarabin
- always liked the large format sculptural element of this whole scene, the whole counter culture aspect seems tedious though, guess i must be too mainstreamgilgamush
- it's not so much counter-culture as it is pro-culturescarabin
- whoosh, that went right over my headgilgamush
- the whole no money no clothes no inhibitions thing seems pretty counter culturegilgamush
- you're right, it's over your headscarabin
- yea i just said that. anyways, wonder where this ends up afterwards it it's not getting burntgilgamush
- sometimes they find permanent homes in different cities. reno and sf have several and i've seen some appear at other festivalsscarabin
- the rest are what you'd imagine; private collections, storage on nearby BM land or destruction to avoid having to pay for shipping it back homescarabin
- good shitgilgamush
- Krassy6
semen bubble tea?
"One camp is serving semen bubble tea ... served up at the United F***ers Market, who promise it offers a "bold fusion of flavours that pushes boundaries and sparks curiosity".
- There used to be a camp that would swallow a bunch of eggs and vomit them into a pan and serve you the omelettescarabin
- ^ come again?Krassy
- @Krassy no no, that's the tea, not the omelette :PBuddhaHat
- ^ oh, OK. lolKrassy
- *takes notes ...
NEVER, EVER GO TO BURNING MAN!!Ramanisky2 - STD = Sip That Drinkcrazyprick
- legendsted
- imbecile6
- how does this help the environment?2002
- <^10s of thousands of people sitting in the desert for a week rather than driving around in their hummers?lvl_13
- The hummer part was a joke obviously :)lvl_13
- you meant private jet...robotron3k
- who said anything about helping the environment?scarabin
- beautiful shot there. I'd go if I had a private jet. :-)formed
- lol @2002sureshot
- BabySnakes5
Made it home Tuesday 11:30 after 24 hours on the road starting with an 8 hour exodus, then had to find a shop in Reno to weld my trailer back together. All the bouncing from the fucked up 'roads' out of the playa almost broke the neck of my trailer (old trailer). My camp scored 6 E-Bikes (i got 1) from some rich people that ditched on a helicopter right before the rains locked us all down. Over all was awesome, would do again.
- pockets6
- ok that's fucking cool!!Projectile
- Noah's rainbow signified the purification of the Earth from sin after every sinner was exterminated in the flood. And hope for the future without them.sarahfailin
- Some food for thought.sarahfailin
- Reminds me of: https://physicsworld…crazyprick
- mg generatedsted
- *mjsted
- atomholc0
I designed our camp sign using illustrator and working with a local laser cutter ...
- damn, that looks fantastic.lvl_13
- great job!sandbag
- wickedscarabin
- damn that's dopepinkfloyd
- Not enough ren faire, too Mad Max.i_monk
- wicked..very inspiring!bliznutty
- dopeprophetone
- http://www.deviantar…nuggler
- sweetmoldero
- Nice work!instrmntl
- that is TOP notchcruddlebub
- fantastic work.CyBrainX
- imbecile6
Burning Man via Strava (mentioned by detritus)- more:
https://labs.strava.…imbecile - Beautiful and crazyMondoMorphic
- Some sort of harmonious congruity between a heatmap and Burning Man!detritus
- Wait what!? It's hot in the desert?robotron3k
- wowLMFAO
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- Beeswax6
Renegade Burningman is happening.
No tix, no fence, no layout almost better than the actual one I'd say.
- someone mentioned that there was a toyota tacoma with afghan flag on it. Taliban is flexing into party scenesBeeswax
- That mirror bike is dopeAQUTE
- What the name of the secret Burning Man that popped up several years ago that isn't supposed to be named?garbage
- Juplaya happens in july every yearscarabin
- That's the one, thanksgarbage
- Krassy3
Whoa! There's a 50K ultramarathon during Burning Man?!
kinda insane! 50k!!? in the desert heat? and with potential dust storms?
- It’s a virtual race, so run wherever you wantsted
- The race will cost $45 and you can register via Ultrasignup.sted
- Dude these folks are monsters. I talked to a couple in disbelief. It’s dangerous AF!scarabin
- wonder if they do drug tests?Beeswax
- This woman ran it on LSD!
https://vimeo.com/35…Krassy - she looks happy :), except that random crying it didn't seem stressful hehh.
still weirdsted - Guess y'all never heard of the Marathon des Sables.palimpsest
- I ran 55km in Moab, Utah.
Yeah it's tough running in the desert BUT man what an emotional / mental trip.
Recommended.ideaist - You did it?scarabin
- i don't know how people do it, i get bored after 500m and dead right before the 1st km. and these ppl are running 200+ on sand dunes.sted
- chukkaphob5
Burning Man 2018
- I was watching it live last night and it's def different from years ago, but its downright more amazing in other ways...robotron3k
- elaborate ?...Krassy
- When you watch the night time live feed you can see hundreds of light art pieces in phenomenal scale, I think you cant even see all the art there is so much.robotron3k
- The whole event is now a completely night time event, its s light playground in the dessertrobotron3k
- ^ desertnbq
- <3pockets
- imbecile5
- wow, like, so introspective and in touch with the fractal nature of our universe.
F-in hippies.severian - cool thoKrassy
- Severian is a bitter little traumatised soul, bless him.set
- gooble gobble gooble gobble one of uskingsteven
- set, you can still enter it. You have to be at least 5'2"severian
- Anonymous little gimp on the internet who's only ammo is to consistently call me short, even though he's never met me and has only seen pictures of my face lolset
- I really must have butthurt you in the past hahahaha. So insignificantly that I have no memory of ever even talking to you. Poor chap. Go for a walk...set
- ooof! tbf i read 'bitter little traumatised soul' as a compliment.kingsteven
- wow, like, so introspective and in touch with the fractal nature of our universe.
- chukkaphob2
- woo girl with red cup makes it to bman....robotron3k
- i could never get tickets this year, anyone have any luck??robotron3k
- no luck here either. it's tough out there to get them.capn_ron
- Nope. No ticket here either. :(sea_sea
- interesting how BM will never ever be the same now, you just really can't go in a group yearly any longer. And you def can't be poor...robotron3k
- < so much yesbliznutty
- you won't believe the amount of yes there is at BM now, especially for the exceptionally beautiful and wealthy people from around the worldrobotron3k
- i've got mine. i'm building a stage right now for my campscarabin
- ^ did you get yours because you were doing an installation?robotron3k
- yeah. i got early entry passes for building shit and a certain number of guaranteed tickets. (still had to pay)scarabin
- @scarabin what's the name of your camp?Krassy
- illuminusscarabin
- we're at 6/rod's roadscarabin
- I need this.oey
- HijoDMaite2
Forget Burning Man, 'Wasteland Weekend' is where it's at.
A 4 day post-apocalyptic, Mad Max inspired party in the California desert.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…
- got some friends headed to thispockets
- who runs bartertown?Greedo
- They should tool up and attack the Burning Man camp with proper flamethrowers and shit. I would pay serious money to see that happen.face_melter
- lol face_melterHijoDMaite
- I would go if they attacked burning manDillinger
- It's all about that guzzoline.face_melter
- lol still wouldn't trade the experience of the burn for wasteland. it looks rad as fk but my approach is less aggressive. :)sea_sea
- on that note, yes, everyone should go to wasteland instead. lolsea_sea
- these guys hang out at the thunder dome at burning man. call themselves death guild and have all the best art carsscarabin
- fkn best.sea_sea
- Beeswax6
ATTENDING BURNING MAN OR PARENTING A TODDLER?
1. You never shower without an audience.
2. The person who refused to wear sunscreen or drink water is now having a meltdown, and it’s your job to chase them around brandishing pickles and Gatorade until they chill out.
3. You can’t shut up about it.
4. There’s a song playing, and you’re pretty sure it’s the same song, and you’re pretty sure it’s been playing all day, but you’re not quite sure where it’s coming from or how to turn it off.
5. Everyone keeps going on and on about how much they’ve “grown.”
6. You eat the majority of your meals in your underwear.
7. You literally can’t remember the last time you got a good night’s sleep.
8. Your favorite outfit gets puke on it seconds after you put it on.
9. The one thing you desperately want to go to invariably gets eclipsed by a nap.
10. You get called seven different things over the course of a week, none of which are actually your name.
11. Someone finished the Cheez-Its, but no-one’s owning up to it.
12. The one time you attempt sex, you get interrupted by someone in a unicorn onesie and swim goggles jumping up and down on your mattress while begging you to make a grilled cheese.
13. You spend an inordinate amount of time discussing who’s been to the potty, and when.
14. A lot of the art isn’t actually that great.
15. You get involved in deep philosophical conversations about such powerful mysteries of the universe as: “Is this an apple? Are you sure? This isn’t an apple. Is this an apple?” and “Why do we have hands?”
16. Shirt-cocking.
17. You take a billion blurry pictures that nobody cares about but you.
18. You know it’s inconvenient, uncomfortable, annoying, and expensive, but you love it more than anything... except sleep. Boy, do you love sleep.
- OBBTKN4
- Who's gunna carry the boats?palimpsest
- so I exist in the wasteland. A man reduced to a single instinct: Survivehotroddy
- We who wander this wasteland in search of our better selves?bezoar
