Tens of thousands of ‘burners’ urged to conserve food and water and shelter in place in Nevada’s Black Rock desert

You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

  • pizzahoe@lemm.ee
    10814·
    1 year ago

    Rich people travel 1000+ kilometres to gather around and pretend to be not rich and just like common folks! This is my understanding as someone who isn’t american.

      • Ataraxia@lemm.ee
        31·
        1 year ago

        My mother in law took us a few times and the most we did was pot. Also I was unemployed both times as I was laid off and got a cheap ticket. The original burners still go and they’re definitely not rich.

    • Infinity187@lemm.ee
      39·
      1 year ago

      Burning Man was an amazing event when I stumbled across it on the internet in the late 90’s. I must have been 14 or 15, it used to be a real “go experience, experiment and find yourself” setting. It’s since gone the way of SXSW. It totally goes against what it was intended for.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
      32·
      1 year ago

      That’s what it is today. Use to be more underground and subversive, even if it took money to be involved.

        • DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world
          231·
          1 year ago

          It’s trying to recreate the glorified vision of Woodstock but with more drugs and more money

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
          21·
          1 year ago

          Except, it’s not really about a lifestyle because nobody’s lifestyle involves living permanently or even semi-permanently in a dry lake bed. A hippy lifestyle might be living on a self-sufficient communally managed farm, or something. But, strip it down to its core and burning man still involves people traveling in from elsewhere, depending on limited supplies they brought in from elsewhere to spend a week in a place they couldn’t possibly live.

          So, maybe it’s a temporary art exhibit in the middle of nowhere so people can feel more free to express ideas and perform activities that they can’t in their boring 9-5 lifestyles. Which is fine, I guess… but it only makes it seem even more like cosplay. If you really want to live that way, then be that person the rest of the year. Don’t be yourself for a week and then hide your true self the other 51 weeks of the year.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
      1823·
      1 year ago

      Burning Man is a festival celebrating creative expression. No one there is pretending to not be rich