BrandonMllr wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:30 am

Great tips! I am quite a shy person, especially since I have never been to the BM festival. I plan to go there next year at last!

I thought it was politically incorrect to call it a "festival".
I also thought being politically correct was politically incorrect at Burning Man.

This will be my third year in a row at BM. First year was great, in a camp with my daughter, son in law, and friends. Then the camp disbanded, so last year I camped with a camp in which I knew no one. It was very large, and everyone already had their cliques, so was hard to fit in and find new frien...

CyanEssence wrote:

Geekette70 wrote:Everytime I hear of someone saying, "Some asshole shit in my tent"

More than one person has said this to you?

Where else could it come from?

MacGlenver wrote:

Christian The Jew wrote:... like a chinaman...

Not the preferred nomenclature. "Asian-American", please.

Plus that leaves out the chinawoman, can't be sexist too.

aguablanco wrote:( Not to be confused with Jack and Diane)

That sounds like a little diddy

Going by a ring of plastic barrels set up on the playa one day, having no idea what they were supposed to be. Coming back a couple of days later seeing people playing a cool beat on them with the attached drum sticks I had previously missed. Finding one of the few remaining open drums and joining in...

fernley1 wrote:I didn't hear anything during the temple burn, it was so silent.

Same here. I didn't hear a thing from the time the torches came out until the front of the temple fell with people coming together in a respectable type of drone for a few seconds. I never heard music.

I just have one thing to comment on right now. That is your continued reference to 2nd year burners as being the same as virgins, also contributing to the problem. This was my second year. Last year being the first. Last year I came with my daughter and son-in-law, who had been going for a number of...

This was my second burn. I realize it was very windy and hard to hold things down, but I saw much more moop on the playa and other places this year than last year. At first I would pick it up as I saw it, then realized I would be spending all my time filling a bag with moop. So sadly I would leave s...

A-RockLeFrench wrote:

I am not a laywer! and this is not legal advice, however it is wise to know your rights.

Do you have rights if you are breaking the law?

Last year, I (personally) overheard BLM officers at Earth Guardians say after the torrential rains, "we're gonna have a problem giving out tickets for water on the playa this year". That is so fucked up. Same as cops in cities having "quotas" on tickets. :x They deny that there are quotas and deny ...

It's really going to be interesting on Wed noon when the greeters are all Nude.

stephen2u wrote:What is the man going to be this year.

I thought it was going to be a bunch of sticks somehow stuck together, vaguely resembling a human (stick figure, hahaha) that ends up getting burned.


(But what do I know, this is only my second year?)

As to the age thing. Last year was my first burn. I am not somebodies Mom, but I do have a daughter. I met her and her husband at Burning Man, they had been coming a number of years. Anyway, I had some concerns about being older. I was 70 last year. Then I met a man who was 60, but he was there with...

Gold does not corrode.

Silver tarnishes.

Just go nude. No worries, no hassle. I saved a lot on laundry bills that way.

Papa Bear wrote:

Jovankat wrote:How much space do you eacc have?

I'm not the organizer, and thus haven't seen the details, but I think we are typically 200' wide x 100' deep. Those evap ponds take up a fair bit of space.

That's a half a football field

We'll be at 5:25 and H. come by if you need some cushioning on your bike seat. (Foam and Fur bike seat covers. Installed on the spot.) Ratty, I would love to try to find you. Last year I wrapped a towel around my bike seat, tied it with Nylon cord. I parked it at the Tiki Bar, and when I came out s...

Hi! New burner, but very well studied. I've been all over these forums and am pretty clear on what I need to do to prepare. BUT: lighting myself is my sticking point. I know about EL wire and LEDs and everything but here's my question: is everyone absolutely covered in lights at night? Or are the n...

asked and answered a million times! I'm glad you are excited, but there should be some amount of research you do on your own dear. Thanks for the non-answer to show you have been around longer than DerbyDave and others who have not had the chance to read the entire ePlaya board. That was so helpful.

I just want to point out that I am an older man, and a Christian. Last year was my first burn, and I did have doubts that I would be comfortable around so many people of different backgrounds and beliefs. Not to mention different political leanings. To cut to the chase, my experience was everything ...

trilobyte wrote:I've got another Info Sign to post this week...

That's Robby Robot's head from Forbidden Planet.

I just read this whole thread, including my last post. I must say 99% of the time I was totally confused, but suddenly like a lightning bolt there it was. Now I Totally GET it. Do you think I'm going to let you in on my secret and enlighten everyone? No Way. At least if I don't explain myself people...

"I just came back from my first time. Burning Man is interesting. It's amazing and terrible. Awe-inspiring and depressing. Mind-blowing and cynical. Paradise, purgatory, and hell all rolled into one. I had a great time, I also had an awful time. But all in all I would go back. It's like a complicat...

Wrong on both counts, I think. What happens when there are trash receptacles is that people use them, fill them. And when they are filled, other people feel empowered/entitled to leave their trash next to them. It would mean more MOOP hitting the playa. That's even before you get the effect of peop...

Many people do answer the simple questions for someone. And others may think it’s not worth the bother, so they ignore it. That’s ok with me too. I also see many questions that I know can be easily found elsewhere without waiting days for someone to answer you on a board, and I just pass them by. Al...

I, am bothered about the lazy or entitled who post asking a question that a simple google would have answered. So if someone has never been to Burning Man they shouldn't be allowed to post a question unless they read the WHOLE board first? What is wrong with answering a question you know the answer...

First, I could give a squat about politically correctness, I think it is ruining our country with everyone being over sensitive. But the what to wear question--- 2014 was my first burn. I am 70 years old, married 50 years and have wanted to go to Burning Man for years. I got the chance last year to ...

Funny thing is this would be less of a problem if everybody and their mother wasn't picking up a second ticket just in case someone else they know doesn't get through. Unless it was Your mother that got an extra ticket for you when you couldn't get one. The tickets will all be sold and everyone who...

I got in line in less than a minute. Initially it told me I had a 36 minute wait. Shortly the line stalled. When it started moving again it said that there was over an hours wait. My daughter went on and called me around 15 minutes after it started and had her tickets confirmed. I watched the lint t...