Do you tell people where you're going?

Questions, answers, tips & tricks for newbies and veterans alike

Do you tell people you're going to Burning Man?

Yes.
44
34%
Yes.
44
34%
No. They wouldn't understand anyway.
10
8%
No. They wouldn't understand anyway.
10
8%
Other (elaborate)
10
8%
Other (elaborate)
10
8%
 
Total votes: 128

User avatar
Rice
Posts: 1760
Joined: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:33 pm
Burning Since: 2007
Location: da

Post by Rice » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:47 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:Everyone else knows. They either are going to, have always wanted to go...but haven't yet, or want me to shut the fuck up about burning man.
:D Haha!!! That is my experience ... I also love the questions "so, are there beer gardens?? Why?"

User avatar
hollywallydoodle
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri May 30, 2008 9:58 pm
Location: sf

Post by hollywallydoodle » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:51 pm

Eric wrote:I'm in SF- people are either going, planning to go or sick of it. Either way, you take vacation that week everyone assumes you're going to the Burn.
i find that so interesting eric. i live in sf too, but only a handful of people i talk to have even heard of it. and the ones who have think it's some sort of hippie gathering that they would NEVER attend. the other day i told one of my clients i would be gone that week, and she asked where i was going. before i could respond someone blurted out SHE'S GOING TO BURNING MAN!

my client replied…OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! i heard everyone does drugs there—are you going to be safe? i heard it's just terrible…have you been? have you been? because i heard…

*face palm*

User avatar
Rice
Posts: 1760
Joined: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:33 pm
Burning Since: 2007
Location: da

Post by Rice » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:55 pm

hahahahaha!!!!!!!

Here is what my 18 year old son says when I ask him if he wants to go (my 4th burn) "No way in <u>HELL</u> am I going to that Hippie-Fest".... ;)

Some people just believe what they see on TV... ;(

User avatar
silkkat813
Posts: 80
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:17 pm
Burning Since: 2008
Camp Name: Rising Arms Pub
Location: Atlanta

Post by silkkat813 » Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:16 am

Family and friends know. Everyone on my FB are probably sick of me updating about the playa. But 1/3 of the friends on my FB are burners too.

Usually I just say I am going to an art festival in Nevada. I am currently looking for a job but don't want to start work until mid-Sept. The recruiters keep trying to push for me to start sooner and don't like that I am delaying work to go to some festival. I tell them I am volunteering there so I NEED to be there.

I prefer my coworkers to not know about my personal life. I only work contracts so easier since I don't stay in one place too long.
*taking the long way HOME*

User avatar
Eric
Moderator
Posts: 9360
Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:45 pm
Burning Since: 2003
Camp Name: BRC Weekly
Contact:

Post by Eric » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:52 am

hollywallydoodle wrote:
Eric wrote:I'm in SF- people are either going, planning to go or sick of it. Either way, you take vacation that week everyone assumes you're going to the Burn.
i find that so interesting eric. i live in sf too, but only a handful of people i talk to have even heard of it.
The sad part about that is that the Chronicle does stories on it all week, with photos, some front page; most of the local newscasts mention it during the week. We are the "home base" for the event after all.

I have no problems with it still being slightly unknown or misinterpreted. Now if we could only get some of the yahoo's to unknow it.......
It's a camping trip in the desert, not the redemption of the fallen world - Cryptofishist

Eric ShutterSlut
Former Ass't Editor & columnist, BRC Weekly

User avatar
Trishntek
Posts: 3462
Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:27 pm
Burning Since: 2010
Camp Name: Retrofrolic!
Location: Ventura, CA, USA
Contact:

Post by Trishntek » Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:09 am

The Bigger question to answer for me is when they ask, ",,,, and what is your gift?"

Well, when I tell them about the absinthe-issuing Superman cock, they kinda look at me and either grin wickedly, laugh out loud, or change the subject very quickly.
RETROFROLIC, the place of Pink, Pain and Pleasure!
http://www.retrofrolic.com
Some call me Tnt,,,, works for me!

User avatar
theCryptofishist
Posts: 40312
Joined: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:28 am
Burning Since: 2017
Location: In Exile

Post by theCryptofishist » Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:42 am

No, I tell people where they're going.*


*And it's not always "to hell."
The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

User avatar
kman
Posts: 380
Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:27 pm
Location: Studio City, CA

Post by kman » Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:04 am

Trishntek wrote:The Bigger question to answer for me is when they ask, ",,,, and what is your gift?"

Well, when I tell them about the absinthe-issuing Superman cock, they kinda look at me and either grin wickedly, laugh out loud, or change the subject very quickly.
Tell me more of your "absinthe-issuing Superman cock". Sounds intriguing! (Assuming there's real absinthe involved.) LOL

Post Reply

Return to “Q & A Tips and Tricks”