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- Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:44 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
So, yes, the people DID get off their ass and did something OLD! You missed it, AGAIN!!! LOL, Missed it again? How do you know? Sorry you keep missing my point. What happened a couple of weeks ago was people showing up for a cancelled event. Entirely different from creating and maintaining a commun...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
I'd go with bitching in this case. Bitchin' would be more appropriate for that classic Ford Mustang.Simon of the Playa wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:06 amBOF
consider it entered for consideration into the lexicon.
and is it “Bitchin’ “ or “Bitching”?
nuance is everything.

- Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:56 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
...better than better than sex? Us old farts can't keep up with you young shits being so clever making acronyms for anything so you can save time on your cellphone texts. Back in the old days (like a few years ago) gen-x or the much maligned millennials were foisting on us that BTS meant better tha...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:22 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
Have you ever considered that the bitching old fart on FB may actually be right? The bitching old fart on FB said he was now 42. I didn't say he was wrong. I didn't say he was right. I offer no opinion on that at all. I wasn't there 18 years ago. I wasn't there 10 years ago. So, I'll take your word...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
Well, Captain, everything isn't about you, and my comment certainly wasn't.
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Is it over?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 11255
Re: Is it over?
There was a guy on FB bitching about BMORG and how they've ruined Burning Man. He said he hadn't been back to the Playa since 2002. Gloating about the current situation he echoed the common opinion that the fact a couple thousand showed up on the Playa this year without the Org's involvement was pro...
- Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: Tickets Discussion
- Topic: Evenbrite hell
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1043
Re: Evenbrite hell
I'm not trying to defend Eventbrite but... I think the ticket refund policy is set by the event organizer, not Eventbrite. Your event organizer should be able to help you. Previous to this year, ticketing was handled by TicketFly, now owned by Eventbrite, but BMORG went with a different vendor, I be...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:24 pm
- Forum: Black Rock City Cultural Direction
- Topic: Cultural Course Correcting post by Marian Goodell
- Replies: 130
- Views: 38648
Re: Cultural Course Correcting post by Marian Goodell
I posted a comment on the blog thanking Marian for the post. I thought it made a whole bunch of excellent points, many of which I have been trying to make to people at HQ for the last several years. I also said I thought it was kind of a shame that instead of directing people to the online communit...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: ePlaya Feedback
- Topic: Fresh Spam Accounts
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4600
Re: Fresh Spam Accounts
The only foolproof way of eliminating spam from the open internet is through filtering by a moderator. There are, as noted, many automated solutions, such as services like askismet that examine post content, services that maintain blacklists of spammer email addresses to prevent them from registerin...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:02 pm
- Forum: Stories
- Topic: 24 Hours at Burning Man 2017... in 2018...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2365
Re: 24 Hours at Burning Man 2017... in 2018...
Nicely produced and entertaining look at the 2017 event. Recommended!
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:48 pm
- Forum: Tickets Discussion
- Topic: Suggest changing Ticketfly passwords & phishing awareness June 2018
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3409
Re: Suggest changing Ticketfly passwords & phishing awareness June 2018
Have you been able to change your password yet? I haven't been able to log in to make a change; did you go the 'forgot my password' route instead? I did read one article which suggested that no credit card info was breached. When I attempted to log-in yesterday, it wouldn't accept my password and I...
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:10 am
- Forum: Building Camps & Villages
- Topic: Harbor Freight 10' x 20' Portable Car Canopy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7257
Re: Harbor Freight 10' x 20' Portable Car Canopy
Saw them in my local Phoenix area Costco last week.
- Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:59 am
- Forum: Art & Performance
- Topic: A solution to suicides (at the man burns/ temple burns)
- Replies: 140
- Views: 28536
Re: A solution to suicides (at the man burns/ temple burns)
But if you ask me why a 41 year old married man with young kids would run into the flames, my guess would be that he thought it would be really great fun. While a wife and young kids be an incentive for most of us to continue living, it very well could be the opposite for someone suffering depressi...
- Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:48 pm
- Forum: Philosophical Center
- Topic: Who is Terbo Ted? Should workers get paid for running camps on the playa?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11111
Re: Who is Terbo Ted? Should workers get paid for running camps on the playa?
Exactly so. Both ends of the spectrum provide amenities for a price - it's just a matter of degree.some seeing eye wrote:I think there is a continuum of camps with dues to camps with megadues. I'm all for any camp with dues opening their books to their campers.
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:35 am
- Forum: Bikes & Transportation
- Topic: Condition of Gate Road by Exodus
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10851
Re: Condition of Gate Road by Exodus
I think you're right. The wet playa adheres to tires causing divots where it pulls away from the road. Those depressions now pool water making it more likely they will be wet and repeat the process.A-RockLeFrench wrote:I think that spraying the roads with water might exacerbate the problem.
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:06 pm
- Forum: Keeping Cool
- Topic: cooling your tent or van
- Replies: 4322
- Views: 1226408
Re: cooling your tent or van
I'm using white plastic dryer vent hose. Has survived two burns so far. Going for three. 

- Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:36 am
- Forum: ePlaya Feedback
- Topic: Messages getting stuck in outbox
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4503
Re: Messages getting stuck in outbox
I'd argue vbulletin, which was the beast of boards, did not use this concept. Correct, VBulletin tracks messages with a read receipt which permits you to see which of multiple recipients have read the message. In one way the phpBB system is more usable as it permits you to edit the message in the O...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 6:58 am
- Forum: Keeping Cool
- Topic: Does a FIGJAM cooler work for an East Coast regional?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3370
Re: Does a FIGJAM cooler work for an East Coast regional?
Evap coolers are not effective if the dew point is much over 50 degrees F.
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:03 pm
- Forum: ePlaya Feedback
- Topic: Like System?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4011
Re: Like System?
I have always been under the impression that E-Playa was an information based blog to assist burners and potential burners regarding all the different aspects of the Burning Man Project and not a back and forth dialog based run-of-the-mill chatty social media site. In my opinion, not having 'Like' ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:19 pm
- Forum: ePlaya Feedback
- Topic: Like System?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4011
Re: Like System?
I added LIKE and REPUTATION options to my VBulletin based forum about a decade ago. Both components have logic that discourages gaming the system, and both have been successful in doing so. There was some push-back from users at first. Initially you could either mark a post as "useful" or "not usefu...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:47 pm
- Forum: Bikes & Transportation
- Topic: Burner Air Express - Now Open and Taking Reservations.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2564
Re: Burner Air Express - Now Open and Taking Reservations.
It is the height of hubris to suggest that since those people didn't haul every bit of gear they used personally, that they somehow aren't the people who really contribute and make the event happen. It's utterly ridiculous to accuse them of not caring about radical self-reliance, decommodification,...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:18 am
- Forum: Building Camps & Villages
- Topic: PVC based shade structure over 10X14 Kodiak tent advice
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23731
Re: PVC based shade structure over 10X14 Kodiak tent advice
The trick with the figjam bucket is a strong fan, and a place for the air to exit. We hook ours directly to a little solar panel, because we only need it when the sun is up. It sits outside the tent, with the snorkel coming in the side of the front door, and the back window sipped open just a bit. ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 3:21 pm
- Forum: Building Camps & Villages
- Topic: PVC based shade structure over 10X14 Kodiak tent advice
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23731
Re: PVC based shade structure over 10X14 Kodiak tent advice
I've decided that instead of modifying my monkey hut to fit the kodiak, I will use the figjam cooler if it gets to hot. Im an early riser and rarely take inside naps while at the burn. I've used a figjam cooler with my unshaded Kodiak 10x10 the past two burns. It does not push enough air through th...
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:28 am
- Forum: ePlaya Feedback
- Topic: ePlaya App?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3945
Re: ePlaya App?
Ok since this site does work pretty smoothly thru my phone... I guess I o my have a problem with the way it interprets what I'm typing in... ^^^See? The site corrected "my only." Spelling correction takes place on the client (your phone, desktop, tablet, etc.) It's usually a implemented by the brow...
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:00 am
- Forum: Art & Performance
- Topic: ePlaya Meet & Greet 2017! . . Wed 6pm, Barbie Death Camp, 4:00 & E
- Replies: 69
- Views: 15894
Re: ePlaya Meet & Greet 2017!
Will also be at Saguaro Man. Working LNT crew and Ten Principals Project. Stop by our Camp Antinomian- Home of the Shot Luge
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:58 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Trump cancels Burning Man 2017
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2959
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:51 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Donald Trump is my hero
- Replies: 2105
- Views: 242931
Re: Donald Trump is my hero
T-Rump


- Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Are Burners: Dog People or Cat People or Other?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 8200
Re: Are Burners: Dog People or Cat People or Other?
Had dogs as a kid, but cats have been part of my household for over forty years - a total of seven - usually two at time with one designated the main cat and the other the auxiliary cat. They've all had distinct personalities, and been affectionate, clever, and useful, skillfully dispatching any sco...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: Stories
- Topic: AMBER Alert abuse
- Replies: 183
- Views: 36699
Re: AMBER Alert abuse
For those who espouse the "This Amber Alert fucked up Burning Man" consider this: An abduction and homicide of any participant, let alone a minor, will probably be the end of Burning Man. Period. Full Stop. That's unfortunate because the system that is in place is neither an effective deterrent or ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:02 pm
- Forum: Art Theme
- Topic: Theme suggestions go here...
- Replies: 113
- Views: 23211
Re: 2017 Art Theme Suggestions
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