iburn?

catinthefunnyhat · Post by **catinthefunnyhat** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:38 am

I imagine that when people walk around staring at their phones, they tend to stumble into the incomprehensible, or at least the random and unmapped: Picket lines, open manholes, trip wires...

So, in a perverse kinda way, playa-planning apps might actually be the catalyst for some spontaneity. Imagine looking up from your phone to find that you're in the midst of a mob of dancing Darth Vaders, or tripping on a wire and making an unexpected soft landing in Giant Pink Sponge Camp!

tattoogoddess · Post by **tattoogoddess** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:06 am

Just a FYI, Wasn't one of the things that is said over and over- dont tell people how to do their burn? or you are doing it wrong? Don't you think a few of you are doing just that? Seriously. If I want to take my phone to take pics and use the app. Why is it a big deal to YOU. I am not using it for conection of people "in the outside world"Going back to wiccan principles.... harm none. I am not harming anyone by using this app on my iphone. Hell burning man invented the damn things. So please stop telling me I am doing it wrong. If this is how I want to do My burn... let me and who ever else.

wh..sh · Post by **wh..sh** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:12 am

catinthefunnyhat wrote: So, in a perverse kinda way, playa-planning apps might actually be the catalyst for some spontaneity. Imagine looking up from your phone to find that you're in the midst of a mob of dancing Darth Vaders, or tripping on a wire and making an unexpected soft landing in Giant Pink Sponge Camp!

Reminds me of the time when my friends and I drove past a "Taco Time" while we were busy looking for "Taco time" using Yelp app

Post by **Elderberry** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:16 am

I use my phone to take pictures on the playa too. I've also made a call or two, and I check my email almost daily on my iPad. I have a couple of BM apps installed, but for whatever reason, I never used them on the playa. I think I find the printed directory they give you at the gate easier to use.

I like to plan what I want to see. Sometimes plans change, but having a plan and being flexible about it is a good thing. IMHO YMMV

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:30 am

Back to the real question..

Who's volunteering to bring the talking stick?

5280MeV · Post by **5280MeV** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:30 am

tattoogoddess wrote:Just a FYI, Wasn't one of the things that is said over and over- dont tell people how to do their burn? or you are doing it wrong? Don't you think a few of you are doing just that? Seriously. If I want to take my phone to take pics and use the app. Why is it a big deal to YOU.

From my observations, I would posit that the two most basic and defining activities of Burning Man culture are telling people how to burn and becoming indignant about being told how to burn.

People get fussy about cell phone calls, especially in public. Larry Harvey even said:

"You can't f**k in the road, you can't sh*t in the road, and you can't use your cell phone in the road," he said with blatant disgust. "It's a private function. Do it in your tent!"

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10348913-245.html

all the while, participants are setting up a homebrew cellphone tower...

Years ago, a cellphone was generally just a phone. You called people on it. Now it is a magical do-everything device that makes Star Trek engineering look quaint. What does this mean for Burning Man?

See - now I am getting sucked into a BM ethos discussion, like a moth to a flame - and I have only even been once. Can you imagine what I will be like in five years? They will have to lock me in a crate at 11:30 and trash fence.

catinthefunnyhat · Post by **catinthefunnyhat** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:32 am

tattoogoddess wrote:Just a FYI, Wasn't one of the things that is said over and over- dont tell people how to do their burn? or you are doing it wrong? Don't you think a few of you are doing just that? Seriously. If I want to take my phone to take pics and use the app. Why is it a big deal to YOU. I am not using it for conection of people "in the outside world"Going back to wiccan principles.... harm none. I am not harming anyone by using this app on my iphone. Hell burning man invented the damn things. So please stop telling me I am doing it wrong. If this is how I want to do My burn... let me and who ever else.

Pontificating Endlessly on Other People's Lives: A part of our ePlayan heritage. I think most of us would agree that you should do what you want, but that won't stop us from talking about what we would do differently, sharing our experiences with/without such things, making snarky jokes, and/or lamenting the "good old days" when we didn't have iThings guiding us around. Just as you mean no harm with your phone, we mean no harm with our comments*.

EDIT: Basically what 5280MeV said.

*Disclaimer: I can only really speak for myself. That is the spirit in which my comments were intended. I'm kind of assuming that others would feel the same way, but they might not. *shrug*

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:33 am

I love reading your replies and imagining the second picture from the left saying it with a finger in the air.

Sooooooooooooo reminds me of an old philosophy teacher I had years ago. Same haircut, same expression, same finger in the air..

[quote="catinthefunnyhat"]Pontificating Endlessly on Other People's Lives: A part of our ePlayan heritage. I think most of us would agree that you should do what you want, but that won't stop us from talking about what we would do differently, sharing our experiences with/without such things, making snarky jokes, and/or lamenting the "good old days" when we didn't have iThings guiding us around. Just as you mean no harm with your phone, we mean no harm with our comments*. [/quote]

I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this..

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:36 am

junglesmacks wrote:Back to the real question..

Who's volunteering to bring the talking stick?

ok,............*smirking*.......how serious an answer do you want, JS?

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:37 am

ygmir wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:Back to the real question..

Who's volunteering to bring the talking stick?

ok,............*smirking*.......how serious an answer do you want, JS?

catinthefunnyhat · Post by **catinthefunnyhat** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:44 am

junglesmacks wrote:I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this.

Look, I get it. I enjoy the snark, and I dish it out. But I also give a fuck. Deal with it*.

*Is that better?

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:55 am

catinthefunnyhat wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this.

Look, I get it. I enjoy the snark, and I dish it out. But I also give a fuck. Deal with it*.

*Is that better?

..AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:45 am

junglesmacks wrote:

What an odd .gif!
Especially for "crowd goes wild"

I would imagine two people reconecting in a field of sun flowers, or on a beach. Not in a pumpkin patch.
Huh

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:46 am

i'm an intellectual sadist and snark is how i satisfy my fetish.

Now Shut up Bitch, and feel the taste of my Whip Smart.

H.G.Crosby · Post by **H.G.Crosby** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:48 am

Skull Fucker...

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:49 am

illy dilly wrote:
What an odd .gif!
Especially for "crowd goes wild"

I would imagine two people reconecting in a field of sun flowers, or on a beach. Not in a pumpkin patch.
Huh

You're reading way, way.. wayyyyy.. too much into this.

Go solder some LEDs!

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:54 am

I'll do what I want!

And if the first thing that comes to mind is "thats a weird fucking gif" then damn it, I'm gonna post about it!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:04 am

Pumpkins gone wild?

Yeah, what Catitfh said, and mev, and the others..... burn how you like, but post on eplaya about anything and we'll all chime in. Repeatedly. It isn't telling you a damn thing you don't want to hear, so much as hearing what we want to say to each other. Once you set a thread into motion, you get no ownership over it, only over your reactions and interactions to it.

Oooh, look, shiny.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:09 am

I for one, am anxious and eager to see your afterburn report. I'm pulling for amazing and fascinating, while trying to temper my expectations of your joyful journey! Fingers crossed for a blog or journal, I love stories. Probably why I like thread drift here so much.

Compare and contrast. Yum.

wh..sh · Post by **wh..sh** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:53 am

I am actually all for people bringing their iphones and such. I plan on MOOPing this year. I am hoping to find some, sell it, become rich, and take over the world

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:35 am

catinthefunnyhat wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this.

Look, I get it. I enjoy the snark, and I dish it out. But I also give a fuck. Deal with it*.

*Is that better?

fwiw, Junglesmacks and tattoogoddess had a rocky introduction and he enjoys needling her. I don't enjoy watching it, whatever. I advise you to come to some sort of terms with it, because it's going to happen. I guess the intertube are a magic place where all humans can practice being asses.
(I miss Da Mule)

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:59 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
catinthefunnyhat wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this.

Look, I get it. I enjoy the snark, and I dish it out. But I also give a fuck. Deal with it*.

*Is that better?
fwiw, Junglesmacks and tattoogoddess had a rocky introduction and he enjoys needling her. I don't enjoy watching it, whatever. I advise you to come to some sort of terms with it, because it's going to happen. I guess the intertube are a magic place where all humans can practice being asses.
(I miss Da Mule)

I was totally amazed Simon held back, not dropping a "stripper bomb"...........he's going soft.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:03 pm

Careful there, ygmir. We wouldn't want to imply that Simon's actual comments were classy or anything...
And it hurts me to say that.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:06 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Careful there, ygmir. We wouldn't want to imply that Simon's actual comments were classy or anything...
And it hurts me to say that.

you may infer implication to any extrapolation for explanation of his hyperbole, you wish, IMHO.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:08 pm

Okay. less obfuscating: Yeah, he didn't mention strippers, but he was at least a little nasty.

And now we will get his comment about censorship... The dances we do on eplaya.

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:10 pm

I thought of working on a response bot that will respond to my various forums with some snarky I'm on the playa and you are not. but why bother. not one person that knows me doesn't know I go to burn.

catinthefunnyhat · Post by **catinthefunnyhat** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:13 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
catinthefunnyhat wrote:
junglesmacks wrote:I'm just amazed that after 1000 posts and months on this board that she's the only one that still doesn't get/accept/embrace/not give a fuck about this.

Look, I get it. I enjoy the snark, and I dish it out. But I also give a fuck. Deal with it*.

*Is that better?
fwiw, Junglesmacks and tattoogoddess had a rocky introduction and he enjoys needling her. I don't enjoy watching it, whatever. I advise you to come to some sort of terms with it, because it's going to happen. I guess the intertube are a magic place where all humans can practice being asses.
(I miss Da Mule)

Ohhh... I thought he was needling me with that one.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:22 pm

I'm not needling anyone or doing crap except speaking my mind. Everyone needs to lighten up just a tad.

catinthefunnyhat wrote:Ohhh... I thought he was needling me with that one.

I get it now. You thought I was talking about you! I was wondering where the heck that response came from. Too funny!

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:24 pm

catinthefunnyhat wrote:

Ohhh... I thought he was needling me with that one.

He only wishes he was *needling* you

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:26 pm

illy dilly wrote:
catinthefunnyhat wrote:

Ohhh... I thought he was needling me with that one.
He only wishes he was *needling* you

Kneading her.. not needling her..

and again I say:

junglesmacks wrote:Back to the real question..

Who's volunteering to bring the talking stick?

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