The Best Thing About Eplaya!
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The Best Thing About Eplaya!
For me the best thing is meeting and getting to know people. It may take a year+ to meet them in person, but you can build great relationships with folks in here. There are great threads in here too. Just about anything you need answers for are here. Best thing of all, there's such a variety of squirrely fuckos in here!
Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious.
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The best thing is that even though I went down with dehydration and let people down that were counting on me..eplaya will give me till next year to get my defacation centrally located and be supportive of my rehabilitation. luv you guys!
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All of the info that helped me camp and not look like a newbie.
Even my dumb questions were answered without too much snark. Hope to see you all in person again next year.
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire."~~Fred Shero
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Having / Making friends... when I went to the dust welcomed me like family. 
'no day like today"
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I like to watch
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I think the snark is the best thing.
The info is important, but eplaya (if you are doing it right) helps you develop a slightly thicker skin than many people think necessary for the playa.
The info is important, but eplaya (if you are doing it right) helps you develop a slightly thicker skin than many people think necessary for the playa.
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All the great information a first timer needs is all right here, didnt have any problems at my first burn.
Also, I dont think I meet anyone from eplaya this year, but feel like I kinda know some of you from this site.
I cant wait for the m&g next year.
Also, I dont think I meet anyone from eplaya this year, but feel like I kinda know some of you from this site.
I cant wait for the m&g next year.
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Re: The Best Thing About Eplaya!
In my experience, being on the Playa does not require a thick skin against snark. Just ePlaya.
VultureChow wrote:I think the snark is the best thing.
The info is important, but eplaya (if you are doing it right) helps you develop a slightly thicker skin than many people think necessary for the playa.
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unjonharley wrote:I like to watch
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Not against snark necessarily, just a thick skin.Schtev wrote:In my experience, being on the Playa does not require a thick skin against snark. Just ePlaya.
VultureChow wrote:I think the snark is the best thing.
The info is important, but eplaya (if you are doing it right) helps you develop a slightly thicker skin than many people think necessary for the playa.
If your entire exposure to the event prior to your first time is in a pink, love everything world, then I think a) you're missing a lot of the fun and b) you're probably in for a rude awakening.
You have to bring more than just your beautiful soul and a pair of fuzzy britches. And your spectacular outfit and poem of greeting won't be enough to save you from some good-natured bullhorn abuse.
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That's amazing, Fernley!fernley1 wrote:All the great information a first timer needs is all right here, didnt have any problems at my first burn.
I look forward to meeting you there.Also, I dont think I meet anyone from eplaya this year, but feel like I kinda know some of you from this site.
I cant wait for the m&g next year.
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"I must've lost it when I was twerking at the trash fence." -- BBadger
"Snark away, ePlaya, you magnificent bastards." -- McStrangle
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unjonharley wrote:I like to watch
Sooooooo, it's the peephole?
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Yes Figgy it's definitely the peephole who make this place fabulous.FIGJAM wrote:unjonharley wrote:I like to watch
Sooooooo, it's the peephole?
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Nothing finer than the peephole of ePlaya!MyDearFriend wrote:Yes Figgy it's definitely the peephole who make this place fabulous.FIGJAM wrote:unjonharley wrote:I like to watch
Sooooooo, it's the peephole?
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My favorite thing about eplaya is knowing that if or when I am aching to be on the playa, I have you all to commiserate with. I find solace here when the world sucks too badly.
Even if y'all are the snarkiest motherfuckers I know.
Even if y'all are the snarkiest motherfuckers I know.
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You know what you are in for when it's the moderators that call you fucko, little bitches, and jackasses.
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NEVER!tamarakay wrote:You know what you are in for when it's the moderators that call you fucko, little bitches, and jackasses.
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Schtev wrote:In my experience, being on the Playa does not require a thick skin against snark. Just ePlaya.
well, it's obvious.
you're doing it wrong.
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Fucko.Sham wrote:NEVER!tamarakay wrote:You know what you are in for when it's the moderators that call you fucko, little bitches, and jackasses.
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like any forum ... it's about the lulz. i thank the peeps for that.
and some good info here and there. ok, a lot of good info. thank the peeps for that, too.
some stuff gleaned from eplaya seemed a little melodramatic after attending the burn, tho.
it was a mild year and all so who knows
maybe another year my survival will be more squarely in jeopardy, lol
and some good info here and there. ok, a lot of good info. thank the peeps for that, too.
some stuff gleaned from eplaya seemed a little melodramatic after attending the burn, tho.
it was a mild year and all so who knows
maybe another year my survival will be more squarely in jeopardy, lol
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I am humbled and proud to be part of the ePlaya community.
In my career, I have leaned upon the compassion of this message board to carry me thru the darkest times (the Don Quixote years especially). I rely on the eyes and ears of those that frequent here to survey the rest of the internet and stomp out bad pottie rumors and myths. Because I'm not blanketing the internet, and there's a fuck load of bullshit about BM porta-potties out there, I need this to keep the story straight.
I have been a member for 9 years, and it's been a rewarding and empowering experience.
Thank you.
r.
In my career, I have leaned upon the compassion of this message board to carry me thru the darkest times (the Don Quixote years especially). I rely on the eyes and ears of those that frequent here to survey the rest of the internet and stomp out bad pottie rumors and myths. Because I'm not blanketing the internet, and there's a fuck load of bullshit about BM porta-potties out there, I need this to keep the story straight.
I have been a member for 9 years, and it's been a rewarding and empowering experience.
Thank you.
r.
I'll be in my blanket fort until further notice.
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We decided it was the peephole! 
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Is that different than the piehole?FIGJAM wrote:We decided it was the peephole!
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VERY much so. 
"Don't buy ur Burn...........Build ur Burn!"
"If I can't find an answer, I'll create one!!!"
Fuck Im Good Just Ask Me
"If I can't find an answer, I'll create one!!!"
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What if you stick your pie hole on the other side of a peep hole? 
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This reminds me of ePlaya's Greatest Hits.
This reminds me of ePlaya's Greatest Hits.
. . . Still funny.piehole wrote:illy dilly wrote: O SHIT!
I'll push the cart of cream pies around the playa, if after every time you hit someone in the face you yell
"You've been Pie Holed!!!"
We'll have to put down some sort of tarp or something, but those are just details
OH MY GOD. WAIT!
It'll be a somewhat larger, enclosed cart and there would be a hole that you stick your head in and then BAM, pie in the face.
I can imagine it...
"So uh, why's it called the Piehole?"
"Why don't ya stick your head in that hole and find out?"
*BAM*
"YOU'VE BEEN PIEHOLED!!"
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Sham: ya gotta separate this from your times in the "Glory hole", it's for the best.....move on while you still can.Sham wrote:What if you stick your pie hole on the other side of a peep hole?
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Get your mind out of the gutter man!ygmir wrote:Sham: ya gotta separate this from your times in the "Glory hole", it's for the best.....move on while you still can.Sham wrote:What if you stick your pie hole on the other side of a peep hole?