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DPW good an evil

Post by naken » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:53 pm

Seems there is a reoccuring mention of bad attitudes with dpw carnies.Some of thease people are bad foe burningman ,most are hard working burners,Bad ones die.

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Post by spectabillis » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:22 am

Bad? How?

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Post by joel the ornery » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:43 am

"Good grief!" said Charlie Brown.

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Post by bullD » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:59 am

hey, naken:
first, a dictionary is what you need.
second, if your going to throw around assinine comments like that, be prepaired to back said assinine comment with fact,,, or just fuck off...

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Post by Kinetic IV » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:36 am

bullD wrote:hey, naken:
first, a dictionary is what you need.second, if your going to throw around assinine comments like that............
BullD, I like reading your posts but you left yourself wide open. I can't resist so please forgive me.

From http://www.m-w.com/

One entry found for asinine.

Main Entry: as·i·nine
Pronunciation: 'a-s&n-"In
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin asininus, from asinus ass
1 : marked by inexcusable failure to exercise intelligence or sound judgment <an asinine excuse>
2 : of, relating to, or resembling an ass
synonym see SIMPLE
- as·i·nine·ly adverb
- as·i·nin·i·ty /"a-s&-'ni-n&-tE/ noun
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Post by bullD » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:06 am

YES!!!

Kinetic, THAT is what I was looking for. only, I was hoping for naken to show a little intelligence here... you know, just being a cheerleader, sort of.

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Post by spectabillis » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:25 am

Normally I would say give the guy a chance to explain what he has to say. The problem is this was not the way to go about it, and with that many typo's and such it would be difficult to have much credibility in what you have to say.

I say just let this thread sink to the bottom of the pool.

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Post by naken » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:30 am

Thanks for the constructive response doctor.One of my freedoms is to construct the english language as i see it or feel it.I will not tell you to fuck off.by the way ,do you represent the good hard working side of dpw or the few bad boys who are becomming a liability to the community.After 10 years of burns i am seeing a trend that is not approiate,perhaps because of the size of the event.I like your picture,good looking ,it seems that i am twice your age and that could explain your response.Good to here from you anyway,its your freedom

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Post by unjonharley » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:41 am

Ever hear of " don't poke the bear "? The DPW do there job just great. What else people do is on them alone. I for one have never been affected by any poor action of the admin. Sugggest you take you "personal" complaint to BMorg. This is from some one "much" older than you.
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Post by bullD » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:01 am

naken wrote:Thanks for the constructive response doctor.One of my freedoms is to construct the english language as i see it or feel it.I will not tell you to fuck off.
so, making this statement "Seems there is a reoccuring mention of bad attitudes with dpw carnies.Some of thease people are bad foe burningman ,most are hard working burners,Bad ones die" while consciously butchering the english language is your way of making credible and intelligent conversation?

naken wrote: by the way ,do you represent the good hard working side of dpw or the few bad boys who are becomming a liability to the community.After 10 years of burns i am seeing a trend that is not approiate,perhaps because of the size of the event.
First and foremost, I represent myself in the best light possible. That's not to say that I don't make mistakes or get a bit silly at times but, to answer your question, I would be honored to directly represent the DPW. As it stands at this very moment, I have their back from any angle or direction possible.

Naken, if you are going to throw around statements such as you have, again, perhaps a little forethought and fact would help instead of suckerpunching and running away. Look at what you are saying here:

"Seems there is a reoccuring mention of bad attitudes with dpw carnies.Some of thease people are bad foe burningman ,most are hard working burners,Bad ones die"

followed by

"After 10 years of burns i am seeing a trend that is not approiate,perhaps because of the size of the event."

you start by saying there is talk of something then you say that you personally are seeing something (what is it that you are seeing?). What the fuck! Which is it? please show that you are genuinely concerned and not just suckerpunching by sharing what you have heard and where you heard it --OR-- please share your personal experiences so that what you are hearing or what you are perceiving can be discussed in an intelligent manner. If you can't do that, please take your brand of propaganda elsewhere. If you won't do that then I still say fuck off.

naken wrote: I like your picture,good looking ,it seems that i am twice your age and that could explain your response.Good to here from you anyway,its your freedom
Why, thank you but, you are assuming something here with a miniscule amount of info. In other words, I may not be as young as you think. How about a little face value, let's see your avatar. Or better yet, how about a little face-to-face conversation.

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Post by theCryptofishist » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:26 am

Wasn't Bad Foe Burningman the arch nemisis of Mr. Good Icecaptain?
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Post by Kinetic IV » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:43 am

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Post by robbidobbs » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:11 pm

If you have a beef with a DPW volunteer, I recommend that you take it to someone who cares, not just make troll-like posts. The person who would most care about possible inappropriate (within DPW standards of course) would be that person's foreman.

Oh, but perhaps you don't know about DPW structure.
Well...
I strongly recommend that you walk a mile in their boots before shooting your mouth off in this forum.

I've read all 17 of your posts, and I'm still not seeing any evidence that you're nothing but yet another naked "participant" who doesn't actually participate in the volunteer activities of the City. '02 was your first year? That's nice. I guess that makes you an expert then. '05 might be a good year to put your "veteran" skills to work and help make BM happen, rather than just be yet another naked bike rider.

For instance...

If you would like to participate with the DPW, and then you are welcome to help me with the porta-potties. Or if construction, electrical, plumbing, surveying, or a multitude of other skills is your fancy, then I'm sure we'd love to hear from you.

Kids, let's allow this piece of troll doo-doo sink to the bottom. That is unless Trey has something to add.

Sigh....

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Post by spectabillis » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:36 pm

naken wrote:Thanks for the constructive response doctor.One of my freedoms is to construct the english language as i see it or feel it.I will not tell you to fuck off.by the way ,do you represent the good hard working side of dpw or the few bad boys who are becomming a liability to the community.After 10 years of burns i am seeing a trend that is not approiate,perhaps because of the size of the event.I like your picture,good looking ,it seems that i am twice your age and that could explain your response.Good to here from you anyway,its your freedom
This board is owned and maintained by the org with several DPW volunteers as active members. Honestly, if you have what you think are valid concerns I would be one of the first to want to hear them. Unfortunately, since I cant see any specifics, I dont think its reasonable to expect a different reaction.

The DPW have to put in a lot of work, many times thier efforts are behind the scenes and taken for granted. On top of that, they still dont have the number of people on board to properly handle things like cleanup - which they have to gather more people in off season to go back and almost scrub the playa. Just recently a volunteer group returned to clean up an incredible ammount of MOOP that people leave behind or the event runs the risk of cancellation for a failed environmental inspection.

Not to be an asshole about it, but I would strongly recommend volunteering for DPW yourself to gain a better insight into what is done. They could really use the help, especially with cleanup.

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Post by the_iconoclast » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:10 pm

The clean-up weekend was not only very productive, but was a great time. The DPW people we worked with were dedicated to the work they have to do.. They are dedicated to making BRC a reality every year. These are the people who build the infrastructure.. they create the streets, build the man, build his base, set-up center camp, and then tear it all down... there is someone, or someones, from DPW at the RAnch right now getting shit ready for your enjoyment. Most of the DPWers I met at the MOOP weekend are long time Burners. They aren't saints mind you.. and thank god for that....

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Post by naken » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:51 am

Robib```---thanks for you input .i have sat an talked with you ,at your car last year,nice tits.2002 was the first internet connection for me ,not the first burn .So the holy Cow has been poked,if you would move from you defense for just a second you might be able to respond truthfully professor.You will remember what has been said,its up to all the good to be aware that there are problems ,it will take more than fuck to make them disapear,close your eyes,ok ok ok----End--or beginning???

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Post by the_iconoclast » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:29 am

naken wrote:Robib```---thanks for you input .i have sat an talked with you ,at your car last year,nice tits.2002 was the first internet connection for me ,not the first burn .So the holy Cow has been poked,if you would move from you defense for just a second you might be able to respond truthfully professor.You will remember what has been said,its up to all the good to be aware that there are problems ,it will take more than fuck to make them disapear,close your eyes,ok ok ok----End--or beginning???
I am so confused... I am guessing that "professor" is BullD...
and... and.. the Holy COw is DPW...
then I get lost.. in kind of a ZEn way.. "move from you defense"... then respond truthfully... remember what has been said... very profound.. especially since this person has never said anything specific.
I am pretty sure that naken is a follower of Discordianism and RObert Anton Wilson after reading the last "sentence" of that "paragraph"....
So to finish my response in a way naken might understand....

FNORD!!!!!

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Post by Janka » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:56 am

if you would move from you defense for just a second you might be able to respond truthfully professor
Respond to what? Please give us something concrete to respond to. Just "DPW is bad, mmmkey" is not much to discuss. (Ok, we could go to "are not! are too! are not!", but where's the fun in that?)

Let me rephrase that: please answer the following questions.

1) What do you mean when you say that there are "bad foe" for burning man among DPW? How does this badness manifest? Have you personally experienced this badness? If so, what happened?

2) What do you mean by "bad ones will die"? Is this a metaphorical wish about what you feel should happen, a threat, or something else completely?

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Post by Kinetic IV » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:23 am

The last person who left me that confused reading his posts was Rex Skates. Sheesh. Could someone translate that and explain what's going on?
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Post by bullD » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:25 am

"respond truthfully professor"

*yawn*

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Post by unjonharley » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:26 am

Kinetic IV wrote:The last person who left me that confused reading his posts was Rex Skates. Sheesh. Could someone translate that and explain what's going on?


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Post by theCryptofishist » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:48 am

Run it through bable fish, babble to English.
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Post by othereye » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:18 am

First of all, folks, STOP FEEDING THE TROLL!!!

Secondly,
the_iconoclast wrote: I am pretty sure that naken is a follower of Discordianism and RObert Anton Wilson after reading the last "sentence" of that "paragraph"....
So to finish my response in a way naken might understand....

FNORD!!!!!

Hey, hey, HEY now! Don't go insulting Discordians like that! I've never met anyone with even the slightest understanding of discordianism who was even remotely as illiterate as this troll. Probably more like afnord Bob Dobbs type at best.

(see the sig line for the source of my disgust at being compared to ... it.)

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Post by robbidobbs » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:35 pm

naken wrote:Robib```---thanks for you input .i have sat an talked with you ,at your car last year,nice tits.
"nice tits"
Well...
I'll just leave that one to flap in the wind.:X

You say you talked with me, yet you failed to mention anything about what I do. You couldn't have shown your true colors if you'd waved a flag.

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Post by naken » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:58 am

YOU HAVE BEEN PUNKED,I HAVE WON A CASE OF BEER.----Thank you everybody for your response,i am a long time supporter of dpw an will add the beer to the two cases i gift to them every year.Some of you picked up on it early on,there were no specifics an the original poke was low key.The challenge was to draw some of you boys out of your winter sleep,i won, this idea came up at our camp meeting on fun thing to do. You should all know better thAN believe this kind of crap. suckers ,OUR CAMP WILL FIND EACH OF YOU.THE WINNER BY FRIDAY WILL GIFT ANOTHER CASE OF BEER TO DPW,WE PLAY EPLAYA,thank you dpw good hard workers. NAKEN

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Post by unjonharley » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:52 am

Naken's been PUNKED!!!!!!
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Post by bullD » Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:59 am

what camp would that be?

and if your camp still seeks ("OUR CAMP WILL FIND EACH OF YOU") people to fuck with let me know, I will give you my address, come on over...

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Post by dragonfly Jafe » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:13 am

bullD wrote:what camp would that be?

and if your camp still seeks ("OUR CAMP WILL FIND EACH OF YOU") people to fuck with let me know, I will give you my address, come on over...
Baiting DPW with taunts and challenges.....hhmmmmm. Beer is bad enough, but a challenge?

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Post by bullD » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:44 am

dragonfly Jafe wrote:
bullD wrote:what camp would that be?

and if your camp still seeks ("OUR CAMP WILL FIND EACH OF YOU") people to fuck with let me know, I will give you my address, come on over...
Baiting DPW with taunts and challenges.....hhmmmmm. Beer is bad enough, but a challenge?
misunderstanding? I am not baiting anybody. however, I will play this game with naken if it means more beer for DPDub.

so what's next naken? let's jack the amount of "gifted" beer up to 10 cases...

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Post by Kinetic IV » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:56 am

Baiting DPW with taunts and challenges.....
I'm waiting for Bob or one of the other DPW people to come in here and lay the smack down on this guy. It'll all be over fairly quickly at that point.

DPW are the unsung heroes of the event. I'd go so far as to say that No DPW = No BM. They can be a little rough to deal with but I'm damn thankful to have 'em...
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