Naked Old and Unattractive people on the playa?

[EmilyD]

My concern with being naked is being naked and still meeting people. How can i be naked and walk up to someone and start a conversation without it being "Hey hey check it out, COCK!"

Well Fire Moose, sometimes it's so spectacular that it IS the conversation starter! :shock:
WOW, would ya look at that thing!!!

OMG, I was sitting here eating breakfast...emphasis on was. Laughing and food do not mix. Where's those laptop wipes again?

And yeah the art cars seemed to be populated by age discriminating snobs. The only art cars that have been worth a shit iIMHO was Playa Air and Captain Goddammit's awesome yacht. Many of the others have been less than pleasant experiences. Public transportation? Yeah, right.

Let me just point out the very big difference between ArtCars and "Mutant Vehicles". Most artcars only hold a few people and are street legal. They used to roam the playa but alas, no more. Most of us can't get licensed. Now it is dominated by basically parade, party floats: http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/ ... s/dmv.html which are fantastic sculptures and I'm sure lots of fun to party on but...they are not ArtCars. :-) Just want to be really clear about that as it's a big issue for many people.

[Boijoy]

[quote="FaeTora"]Wait so is it all breasts or just the older generations' breasts that bother you? And at what point do you consider people to be old. I'm not a spring chicken but I think my girls are just where they should be for my age and damn proud of them.
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Pictures or it didn't happen.

[shroom]

What about these naked, old, unattractive people? Every video I have ever seen is full of 'hot, young attractive' people.

Seriously, what you think is attractive, I might find repulsive.

[EmilyD]

What about these naked, old, unattractive people? Every video I have ever seen is full of 'hot, young attractive' people.

Seriously, what you think is attractive, I might find repulsive.

Personally I find shallow, vain people repulsive no matter what their age. ;-)

[shroom]

^^I agree!

[Sham]

What about these naked, old, unattractive people? Every video I have ever seen is full of 'hot, young attractive' people.

Seriously, what you think is attractive, I might find repulsive.

Personally I find shallow, vain people repulsive no matter what their age.

EmilyD, why don't you make an Art Car and try to get that message across to people?

[Oldguy]

" It's not the years honey, it's the milage." - Indy Jones

Even Harrison Ford can get married at his age. Congrats!

It's often said that age is just a number. I'm 59 going on 118, halfway there...

[EmilyD]

What about these naked, old, unattractive people? Every video I have ever seen is full of 'hot, young attractive' people.

Seriously, what you think is attractive, I might find repulsive.

Personally I find shallow, vain people repulsive no matter what their age. ;-)

EmilyD, why don't you make an Art Car and try to get that message across to people?

oh that's a stupid idea! ;-)

[FaeTora]

Wait so is it all breasts or just the older generations' breasts that bother you? And at what point do you consider people to be old. I'm not a spring chicken but I think my girls are just where they should be for my age and damn proud of them.
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Pictures or it didn't happen.

hahaha. come to the eplaya meet-up and you can see in person.

[Sham]

oh that's a stupid idea!

You are abusing your use of the semicolons, hyphens and brackets! Watch yourself there!
As far as your art car, you have just 2 months to design and create it. I will look for it on the playa.

Edit by me: as I'm being a smart ass here, if you enable your smilies in your profile, it will fix the problems with the images.

[Popobumm]

Precooked vac-sealed meals. I have a menu list for my crew to go through and make final decisions since we decided that I would cook all the meals and all would be Gluten-free. I have a lot of William S. books with vegatarian recipes including a really good sweet potato hashbrown dish.

Off topic, but do share this sweet potato hasbrown recipe please

As for the whole nudity thing, I guess I'm pretty young (mid 20s), but I've been fairly acclimated to it mostly cause of the gym and mudruns I go to. Everyone's right, after the first few times you really don't notice it much anymore.

Doesn't mean I'll necessarily run around baring privates (i'd be too afraid without some sort of protective clothing), but if you enjoy it all the power to you

[EmilyD]

oh that's a stupid idea! ;-)

As far as your art car, you have just 2 months to design and create it.

DONE!

[Sham]

So this will be my first year attending the burn.. And my sister just told me it is a total nudist colony and everyone gets naked, and when I think of everyone only 10% (if that) of people are attractive, I assume she was just exaggerating because I have seen some really cool pictures of costumes so i know everyone is not naked. I am bringing my girlfriend and honestly I don't want to have my eyes fall out or be forced to look the other way every time someone walks by us that should be wearing clothes. I wanna keep our innocence from this kind of stuff, So if I attend Burning Man is this just out of the question?

I really want to try to drag this thread back if I can. Here is the original post!

In our Western society, the sight of breasts, (nipples specifically) bare asses, and peniis (is that the plural?) are a signal for some sort of sexual arrousal. In Europe, this type of thing is commonly on TV and in print ads. It's sensual, but not sexual. Beaches are nearly all nude there and it's not considered odd to have whole families there at a beach enjoying the time. It's just the mindset there.

It appears that Casanova is confusing sex with exposed nipples and penises. It's nothing to do with sex and I am sure that if he has never experienced any public nudity, then he feels he is sure in his own mind that he will be uncomfortable with it.

In short, sex and nudity are really not related and it may take an hour of being on the playa to discover this.

By the way, what happened to Casanova? Is he gone for good?

[capjbadger]

oh that's a stupid idea!

As far as your art car, you have just 2 months to design and create it.

DONE!

Nice! I just saw that car the other day in the Haight Ashbury area.

-Badger

[LeChatNoir]

The sex/nudity thing is all about context. My experience is that the amount of nudity that may be seen at times on the playa is rarely overtly sexual. On the flip-side of that, some do play up that aspect of it as an expression of one's self.

I'd really like to hear from Casanova about this as well. Perhaps he was just trolling, but maybe not. I've held some views in my earlier years that were rooted in ignorance. It took a lot of growing through life experience to see just how ignorant in some cases. But I did grow and that's what makes me think twice before I totally dismiss the topic of the original post or Casanova.

I can see how such a topic could be a stumbling block when it's new to you, especially in a society that programs you day in and day out with what to think of as beautiful, acceptable, or normal. How much more difficult if one is unaccustomed to questioning their own perspectives? The fact that Casanova phrased his question as he did makes me think he's never really questioned the reasoning of his own point of view on this matter... something that I hope he might well be doing now.

But if not.. well... so it goes.

[EmilyD]

As far as your art car, you have just 2 months to design and create it.

DONE!

Nice! I just saw that car the other day in the Haight Ashbury area. :)

-Badger

Cool. I was taking my 12-year-old niece shopping. Her frist time at Piedmont...yummy!

[thk127]

I would have to say that the fact that they are naked in the first place is beautiful in my mind!

[Dr. Pyro]

There will be less nudity this year sadly because I just learned that the Annual Black Rock City Nude Bike Ride & Pub Crawl (in which Barbie Death Camp was always a major stop) has been cancelled. We loved when our camp was overrun by 200 naked cyclists who were half drunk by noon. If you think Barbie Death Camp is pink now, you should have seen it when they came rolling in.

[peacefulhuman]

Wait so is it all breasts or just the older generations' breasts that bother you? And at what point do you consider people to be old. I'm not a spring chicken but I think my girls are just where they should be for my age and damn proud of them.

And please tell why someone "should" wear clothes?

FaeTora, I think I love you

[peacefulhuman]

...I wanna keep our innocence from this kind of stuff, So if I attend Burning Man is this just out of the question?

Casanova,

I'm suppressing my initial reaction and really trying to form a constructive reply for you because I feel you might honestly have posted this topic out of that “innocenceâ€

[FaeTora]

awh Peacefulhuman. :: Thanks.

I think women, especially older women, are gorgeous. My ex was beginning to have gray hairs that were visible to everyone and crowsfeet. I still think she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.

[Sham]

oh that's a stupid idea!

As far as your art car, you have just 2 months to design and create it.

DONE!

Wow, that's amazing. And you did it in such a short time. Maybe next you can scrape all the stuff off the car and do something more creative---like a Mondrian design!

[dragonpilot]

There will be less nudity this year sadly because I just learned that the Annual Black Rock City Nude Bike Ride & Pub Crawl (in which Barbie Death Camp was always a major stop) has been cancelled. We loved when our camp was overrun by 200 naked cyclists who were half drunk by noon. If you think Barbie Death Camp is pink now, you should have seen it when they came rolling in.

I heard here locally that the organizers of the "official" World Naked Bike Ride...the ride that occurs in cities protesting something or other...objected to the event at BM using the term "World Naked Bike Ride." I always assumed there was no affiliation with the "official" WNBR. But that portion of the name is, after all, printed in the WWW guide, and on the gifted cups.

I can't believe that that is the reason for the cancellation...I mean how hard is it to change the name to Annual Black Rock City Nude Bike Ride & Pub Crawl? Perhaps the BM organizers just got burnt out.

Can anyone else take up the leadership?

[FaeTora]

I'm a newbie, I was told Leadreship at this stage was not appropriate. But if there is already a list of potential people who would like to be involved I can. I ran a GLBT organization on campus with no funding or help. So why not?

[Ugly Dougly]

How "official" can "official" be if you are organizing streakers?
Sue me you naked anarchist!

[MisaBlue]

One of the best pictures from BM I have seen and actually very good description of what it is, was one picture on BM facebook page...older woman on wheelchair, naked, with wrinkles and not teens boobs anymore, covered just with dust and her tattoos...that picture was awesome, I dont have words to explain how excellent it was...when I wanted to explain my mom, what BM is, I showed her this picture...and every single time I was thinking that I wont make it on Playa this year, memory of this picture helped me...this Lady rocks...and she really made me go for it...I only wish I could meet her same as she was on picture, bow to her with my admiration and thank her...there is not old and ugly...there is just life and that is beautiful...

...or you have wrong fucking eyes and you can only wish to live like her...

[gyre]

Eloquent, Misa

[Dr. Pyro]

About the Nude Bike Ride and Pub Crawl, it (this according to an email I received from Dale, it's coordinator over the past six years) was retired because of a few reasons: he was getting burned out doing it, the people he camps with who help organize are not returning this year, and there is no central location (read: theme camp) to coordinate the event. It may return in future years. But allow me this: if anyone does organize it (historically it began at 11 a.m. Wednesday at The Man) we will be happy to be a pit stop. I mean, what's not to love about very drunk and naked women and men in the noon hour?

[Fire_Moose]

I mean, what's not to love about very drunk and naked women and men in the noon hour?

The ones that lose/forget to bring a towel....

[Sham]

I will miss the WNBR. I recall a few years back, that I was so drunk I couldn't find my camp. I had to ask directions. It turns out I was standing right in front of it. Oh the alcohol soaked memories!

I wonder if the Black Rock Meat Inspectors will be back this year. They always has a great "U.S. PRIME" stamp that was put on everyone's ass.

Last year while we were at Barbie Death Camp and Wine Bistro, the water truck drove by. There had to be 50 naked people chasing it, getting their shower. I think that even startled the driver!

Well, maybe critical dicks will allow women this year!