Re: Wendell Castle My response to anyone bringing up default artist comparisons, is the same. 1. Burning Man is an attempt to beat back "default" behavior patterns to the degree it is possible. Tolerable "real world" commercial habits do not validate the encroachment of transaction based relationshi...

** "Soooo Ungtartog, in your world, the asshat who almost got me killed did nothing wrong and it was my fault I was in his way? He has no personal responsibility for the people he impacts around him? So when he knocks you in front of the art car and you end up in the hospital, you are going to be,.....

I was told that eplaya was a better place to have conversations on controversial topics than Facebook. I’ve been here before… ages ago… but the interaction isn’t really any better here, nor or are the arguments, format or viewpoints. I was told ideas get “more traction” here but I frankly do not see...

I’m aggressive with my opinions, correct. I’m aggressive with handsy douchebags as well. I don’t condone sexual assault of any shade.

However, I can think of a lot of kinds of transgressive play that I like, that do not involve consent.

Pranks, for example.

Hail Eris.

Who is this “we” you speak for? No thanks. I don’t owe you anything. Not even my identity. I called someone out for making shitty condescending assumptions. My opinions don’t need qualifications. I’m not attempting to appeal to , nor act as an authority. If you have something intelligent or interest...

I spoke to BLM myself before I went this year.

They encouraged people to come.

You know nothing about me, go fuck your self. And fuck the cops. Forever. Asshole.

The only tragedy about 1/6 was that the White House was still standing the next morning. Most ineffective and pathetic “insurrection” ever. Clown on clown crime.

" Most of my volunteer experience has been great… and when it isn’t, it’s because some dick bag thinks they are the boss of something. You are not anyone’s boss, paid or otherwise. Not here. We are all peers. Anyone who forgets that should be reminded. I do t go to BM to indulge someone’s drill Sarg...

"Do you really think the BLM will allow 20,000++ people to gather each year with no central person/organization? The issue of sanitation, safety, medical facilities, art size, would be addressed. They could close the playa at a moments notice. The average city has 2.5 LEOs per 1000 people. So 20,000...

"You're dreaming if you think a R-burn like 2021 will occur again if TTITD is cancelled." And what is your assertion based on? As far as I can tell.. absolutely nothing. Renegade was a complete success. The detractors didn't go and over exagerate the "problems" ... most of which existed because of t...

Yes... I can go to Juplaya.. haven't been in 20 years. AND I can attempt to reform the culture of BM. I can do whatever I want.

Ma’am… this is a Burning Man. Tee hee. *** In all seriousness, I like where you are going… but I see something bigger. Imagine a self governance platform where anyone could suggest agenda items.,. Participants vote on the urgency of those items. If you are interested in helping to resolve one, you c...

https://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/ This should be the ones most shunned, overlooked or ignored. You know---the ones that need some reinforcing! ******************************************* The 10 Principles of Burning Man Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey wrote the ...

12. Anonymity Anonymity in the outside world is scarce. You can be anonymous at the event by not sending any outgoing social media for the week and immediately pre-. You can send those photos out after the event, on your birthday, new years day, solar holidays, etc. If you have to have bodyguards, ...

Civic Responsibility We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and feder...

Not sure I'm qualified to answer as 2019 was our first Burn. We had an amazing week, but we did see a few small pinholes in the culture. I may get some push-back from this, but the Participation principle may be difficult as far as being "radically participatory" for those that are more introverted...

Radical Inclusion is being used to excuse capitalistic incursions. Maybe Decommodification needs to be clearer, but if you aren’t heavily involved in building “your” project, and you mostly pay other people to execute “your vision”, I would like to radically exclude you. That is how a parasite behav...

And of course increasing DGS means increased camp members which means it's easier for the ORG to hold people accountable for moop issues. I mean it's kinda hard to ban anyone when a red moop map mess is located in open camping as opposed to being able to blame a placed camp. DGS is a terrible idea,...

[quote=Token post_id=1177547 time=1549819148 user_id=339] DGS created a privileged class. So long as that model persists, this will be a futile effort. Logic Fail: Jane Q Public - you get a random chance of getting a ticket. If you fail in the general sale, tough luck. Then you are told: “if you rea...

I don’t appreciate anything that turnkey camps bring. I couldn’t give a shit less about what they fund. Expensive art is not important. Radical expression is. I’d rather rather see something you made out of grocery bags than some bullshit, chromed-out expensive garbage that was stolen from an image ...

As far as I know, Danger Ranger is the only board member that actually participates in community forums like this one. I do not respect leaders that cloister away from the community. I would love to see them in the open air (so to speak) actually participating in dialogue. As a habit. Not as a speci...

The auction was such an ignorant and wrong headed thing to do. A lot of people I love participated. But it degraded the entire culture. No goodski Want to make something sacred profane? The fastest way to do that is turn it into a shitty way to make money. I don’t think it was even all that much tha...

Renegade Burn '21 was my first visit to the Playa, so what do I know? While there I met a couple from Reno. Great people. They gave me a ride in their art car and helped me find my camp Sunday night after I walked away from my camp without recording my coordinates and then it got dark. Yep, Noob. I...

Competing sites have abundant structure. That is a false assertion.

[quote="Captain Goddammit" post_id=1186713 time=1563046336 user_id=1142] And then there’s all us old burners who figured out working for nothing on your vacation... sucks. [/quote] I’m an old burner and I like my working vacation… thanks. Speak for yourself. I think paying people was the biggest mis...

I don’t think making bigger and shinier spectacles is much of a goal or thing to aspire to. Fabricating a Salvador Dali painting is not the point. Something has been lost in the forming of all our “solutions”… and some of those are solutions for problems that barely exist. I would like to see the BO...

Eplaya kinda reminds of dial up BBS from the early 90s. It’s cute, in a nostalgic way… but compared to modern social media platforms, it’s pretty cumbersome. I have no idea how anyone is going to find what I write buried in some sub thread. Is it even possible to tell how many people have seen your ...

[quote="Simon of the Playa" post_id=1210968 time=1635184441 user_id=29211] yeah, fuck that shit. [/quote] In 2017 he raised 30,000 on Kickstarter to build “LOVE” … a large Cochrane style woman sitting in lotus with her hands in a heart shape over her head. He took the money and bought “mirage” inste...

Here you go bud... and I have much more on Benisty, including his customs records for every piece that he slapped his name on and displayed at Burning Man. I have long suspected that he did not even do much of the *design* work.. and I suggest his innate skills are likely rudimentary at best. He has...