mocking your retarded cousin for kicks.
How the hell did you know?
Patience wrote:...why does the dog keep coming back for more?
Patience wrote:Find a story about a cruel asshole demeaning a harmless, well-intentioned creature who, for some reason, can't or won't just haul off and bite the son of a bitch. Draw your own conclusions.
Kinetic wrote:
Most DPW have attitudes to begin with, and then to have them become Chupacubra on top of that....now I get it.
And I wanted to be a Ranger next year....a little run in with Chupacubra could be fun. Protecting innocent goats....yeah, right. Anyone can put on black clothes and pretend to be badass. Can they really scare me?
Jumping in with both feet, Phydeau wrote:I was considering showing up early to experience some of Black Rock City being created and to hopefully assist. More importantly to me, I wanted to stay a week after to assist in the cleanup. Is this an error in judgement for a Burn Virgin?
Phydeau wrote:I was considering showing up early to experience some of Black Rock City being created and to hopefully assist. More importantly to me, I wanted to stay a week after to assist in the cleanup. Is this an error in judgement for a Burn Virgin?
Afterall, last thing I want to do is to spend half this year's earnings to gain new experiences ... and have those experiences be negative.
Alpha: If you err in your supplies (the right clothing, enough food/water, remedies for playa foot, etc) you might get by (with help from others) for a couple days but anything more than that and you risk having a miserable time.
Alpha: Nevertheless, I think getting involved with the volunteerism of it is an excellent way to have a good virgin experience at BM, as long as you also budget time for soaking it in.
Alpha: If you decide to stay that long, I would suggest camping with some experienced burners who don't mind looking out for you a bit. Lots of people are willing to help those who can help themselves, just keep building those relationships over the next 10 months. I'd be happy to take on a virgin but work constraints prevent me from spending that much time on the playa (dammit).
III wrote:this <arriving pre-event> has become a problem, and the llc has made overtures (although not very good ones) of addressing it this year. expect them to get more serious about it in the future.
III wrote:the party starts on monday. before that, people are busting ass trying to get things ready. if you really want to go out early, make sure you contact the volunteer department and get an okay from them. but i really really recommend against it for a rookie. if you like the event, you can stay behind afterwards and help clean up, and get your extra weeks in that way...
blyslv wrote:
The first question you have to ask is how much you like camping, and how prepared you are to thrive in a harsh environment. So that's 2 questions, so sue me. I think I remember in another thread you saying that you did not have much experience camping, but I could be wrong. Figure out your systems - hygeine, food, shelter, sleep and honestly answer whether that will sustain you for 2-3 weeks. Also how acustomed to physical labor are you? Do your muscles luxuriate in a lactic acid bath or do you blanch at the sight of a hammer?
blyslv wrote:
And finally I say this next thing not to harsh on you but to learn more about your attitude and mindset. I fear that viewing BM as an "experience" to be purschased will cloud your judgment. You will purchase much on the way, and expend much of your treasure, perhaps (you don't need to and can still make a huge contribution), but you will MAKE BM, not experience it.
blyslv wrote:Or perhaps I should say "you SHOULD make BM, not experience it..." It could be just semantics and me being a prissy, dogmatic old coot, but the last sentence quoted above speaks of a rather passive attitude and that could leave a sour taste in your mouth. And as far as I know, phydough is best wrapped around a mixture of chopped apples, nuts and cinnimon and lovingly baked, and then washed down with copius amounts of retsina.
Phydeau wrote:You are correct, I do not have alot of experience in camping.
keepthebeat wrote:Sometimes being clueless can work out for the better. I need to share my own clueless behavior.
This year I went to the Burn alone, having broken with my Burnmate from last year. I arrived Monday at dusk, excited and optimistic for adventure. I located a great spot, not to close but still walking distance to Center Camp. The people around me smiled but no words were exchanged, just pleasant nods. I quickly set tent, shade canopy, carpet, inflatable mattress etc. I grab a quick bite and then take off on my bike to visit the man. That night I sleep like a baby after a cold one.
The next AM I awaken before the heat of the day and on the way to the potties, realize I am spread out in a theme camp area. What an idiot I am. I wander over to the nearest person and introduce myself. They don't have a clue as to which camp I have crashed on as it is not theirs. I then wander over to the second person I see and they tell me that I should move as they think that the area will fill up and they will need the room for the rest of their camp.
Here I am, spread out and unpacked, thinking how the fuck am I going to stuff everything back into my compact car as the heat of the day is coming. Faced with this fact, I decide to ask a third person who appears to be part of the camp I have crashed and also happens to be a total fox. I tell her how I realized my mistake and that I was at her mercy but that I really did not relish the idea of packing up.
A brief pause and then the glorious words, "would you like to join our camp"
"hell yeah", I reply.
In the end made some great friends and find out that the person who said I should leave was actually from an adjacent camp area and didn't know her own boundaries.
Thank you to Shira and the JC Cirque de Sacrilege
III wrote:>in the event that I choose to arrive pre-event.
i apparently did not make myself clear:
do not plan on showing up pre-event *until* you hear from them that they need your services.
it is very likely, given your 2-3 week time frame, that you will be informed that there is no way to make use of your services, and would you rather volunteer with something during the event instead.
The most clueless burners are the ones that don't get
DE FACTO'S/DIGIMANS posts.
Badger wrote:The most clueless burners are the ones that don't get
DE FACTO'S/DIGIMANS posts.
Self-aggrandizing poop if ever there was - especially in regards to Digiman. Wreckless, incosiderate and banal was his only hallmark and his only contribution to this forum.
All post, no substance.
Certainly the criteria for most clueless e-Playan.
antron wrote:i picked up a hitch hiker in reno on the way to the burn. he was from japan, making his way across the usa, and wanted to go to burningman.
his english was not very good but better than my japanese. we talked, laughed and pointed most of the way down 447.
we got to empire, and i realized that he didn't travel with much...just a pack...so i asked him what he would eat...and he pulls out this loaf of bread. and then i asked him what he would drink, and he showed me a couple of litres of water.
i felt guilty and wondered whether i should take him to the playa. but at the gas station, he pulls out this wad of bills, and buys a couple of things. we talked some more about what he needed for bm, and i explained about the bus to town. he agreed that he would use it, and get whatever he needed.
well, i let him off at the gate, and he bought his ticket...last i saw him was hiking into the dust.
i don't really think he knew what he was in for...
DE FACTO wrote:Badger wrote:The most clueless burners are the ones that don't get
DE FACTO'S/DIGIMANS posts.
Self-aggrandizing poop if ever there was - especially in regards to Digiman. Wreckless, incosiderate and banal was his only hallmark and his only contribution to this forum.
All post, no substance.
Certainly the criteria for most clueless e-Playan.
Well there are more than enough people that have a clue as to what the threads are about and use them. They just keep comming back up to the top some how. They're not as abrasive as some flammers can be here.
I think that's what bothers some here. The fact that there is new blood here that has other topics that others can relate to other than being negative to the nubies.
I think thats a good thing.
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