How to explain burning man to friends?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:01 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:I hope it's a queer frat, because the crowd outside critical tits is too large already...

Eh? Too many straight people?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:02 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:I hope it's a queer frat, because the crowd outside critical tits is too large already...
Eh? Too many straight people?

I was thinking of the proverbial "frat boys", but didn't want to step on Doc's toes...

JDCookMS · Post by **JDCookMS** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:05 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:I hope it's a queer frat, because the crowd outside critical tits is too large already...
Eh? Too many straight people?
I was thinking of the proverbial "frat boys", but didn't want to step on Doc's toes...

Ehh..... we actually don't have too many of the stereotypical frat guys, yet. I mean, I'm the first (ever) openly gay guy in a fraternity at my university, so it's different. But, like I said, I tell most of them that it would be horrible, just because I know that they wouldn't appreciate it.

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:57 pm

junglesmacks wrote:
illy dilly wrote:And damn it! I forgot... Alright you can take the left index and middle finger. I need the right side for mouse clicking.

HOLY SHIT I just realized that I seriously literally not even kidding had a dream with you and smAshley in it last night!! Whoa.

Not surprised. We're pretty awesome. A lot of people dream about us.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:09 pm

Afraid I might be too vanilla for Burning Man.

lemur · Post by **lemur** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:13 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Afraid I might be too vanilla for Burning Man.

yeah i bet you just hang out in yer camp the whole time!!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:20 pm

Yeah, I hide in my hexadome, hoping the weirdos won't find me.

TT120 · Post by **TT120** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:41 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Afraid I might be too vanilla for Burning Man.

The way I see it is, the norm is not normal on the Playa, so being normal while on the Playa is abnormal and you'll fit right in.

Or something like that.

I've never been to TTITD so I cannot describe it. Camping and drinking is always fun, the rest is just gravy.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:19 pm

It's just a fucking, camping, trip.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:44 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Yeah, I hide in my hexadome, hoping the weirdos won't find me.

And you hang out on eplaya so you know which weirdos you're hiding from the hardest...

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:26 pm

I say that what they hear about it is mainly true, and for myself, mainly false. The people who I believe would really love it, I can't get them to show any interest, like getting a cat to watch t.v.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:05 pm

Elorrum wrote:... getting a cat to watch t.v.

Remember Scrooged?

jella · Post by **jella** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:39 pm

poor little mice

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:09 am

Burning man can be explained.

People are just lazy.

5280MeV · Post by **5280MeV** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:22 am

gyre wrote:Burning man can be explained.

People are just lazy.

Reminds me of an xkcd:

Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can explain what the Matrix is, you have to experience it for yourself.

Trinity: Sure you can, it's a computer simulation in which you live, thinking it's reality.

Neo: Oh.

Morpheus: What...

Trinity: Look, maybe you just suck at explaining.

http://xkcd.com/566/

I think that it is hard to explain because there is so much to do at Burning Man, and different people get wildly different things out of it. By analogy, it is hard for me to describe what living in Nashville is like for the average person, because the experience depends so much on what one does in the city.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:09 am

I like that.

You don't have to tell people what the experience will be, to explain the event.

I can describe nashville without telling someone what their experience will be.

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Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:43 pm

One I like is that it is the world's largest outdoor cocktail party.

jella · Post by **jella** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:47 pm

Mojojita wrote:One I like is that it is the world's largest outdoor cocktail party.

Oh I'm keeping that one

Saguache · Post by **Saguache** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:17 pm

It’s like being simultaneously slapped over every inch of your body with national anthem singing fish by an enraged harem of nubile bear women in latex. The pleasure is unquestionably unique.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:03 pm

Saguache wrote:It’s like being simultaneously slapped over every inch of your body with national anthem singing fish by an enraged harem of nubile bear women in latex. The pleasure is unquestionably unique.

I think I love you.

JDCookMS · Post by **JDCookMS** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:33 pm

Saguache wrote:It’s like being simultaneously slapped over every inch of your body with national anthem singing fish by an enraged harem of nubile bear women in latex. The pleasure is unquestionably unique.

That is amazing....the only way it could get any better is if you had mentioned bacon somewhere in it. (Because, lets face it, everything is better with bacon.)

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:44 am

everything I did at BM I have done elsewhere. having said that I am staying in and spending as little as possible so i can go again, because probably I will do things at Bm i have done before again.
oh actually I have never had my hair cut by people who have never cut hair after we all drank absinthe in the dark before. That was new.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:25 am

Theme camps are the special paradigm of burning man.

lemur · Post by **lemur** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:39 am

PEOPLE FORCE YOU TO TAKE DRUGS AT BURNING MAN:

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:38 am

Yes, they do, Lemur.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:40 am

The Burn that can be told
is not the eternal Burn
The TTITD that can be named
is not the eternal TTITD

Saguache · Post by **Saguache** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:22 pm

junglesmacks wrote:
Saguache wrote:It’s like being simultaneously slapped over every inch of your body with national anthem singing fish by an enraged harem of nubile bear women in latex. The pleasure is unquestionably unique.

I think I love you.

Oh you know the feeling is mutual, I'm curious to see what happens when we mix in a little bacon grease.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:33 pm

Saguache wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:
Saguache wrote:It’s like being simultaneously slapped over every inch of your body with national anthem singing fish by an enraged harem of nubile bear women in latex. The pleasure is unquestionably unique.

I think I love you.
Oh you know the feeling is mutual, I'm curious to see what happens when we mix in a little bacon grease.

"Oh! The Places You'll Go at Burning Man!"

CornMan · Post by **CornMan** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:24 pm

It's kind of like Woodstock, but with 1/10 the people, in the desert, with more visual art, less live music (in terms of total wattage), and mostly hipsters instead of hippies.

JDCookMS · Post by **JDCookMS** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:06 pm

Zeke Chaparral wrote:It's kind of like Woodstock, but with 1/10 the people, in the desert, with more visual art, less live music (in terms of total wattage), and mostly hipsters instead of hippies.

I like that one as well.... it's a good, decent answer and it would keep most of the people I know from wanting to go with me. Awesome.

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