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I wonder in 3,000 years (after a loss of many records) if they'll be debating a "Burned Man Theory", and trying to figure out why some weirdos kept setting up a
by tibbon 10y ago
I wonder in 3,000 years (after a loss of many records) if they'll be debating a "Burned Man Theory", and trying to figure out why some weirdos kept setting up and burning a man every year in the middle of nowhere.
- codingdave 10y agoIf they do, the Burning Man crowds need better lessons in "Leave No Trace"
- antisthenes 10y agoOne could argue that the Holocene extinction event is a pretty good exercise in "Leave No Trace".
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoThey might not have traces of the actual event. Rather, there will be mentions of it in articles and leftovers from social media. Pictures and stories of it. It will likely be written in some weird version of English, and they won't really know for certain if they have the terms correct. And this is just going by what we have now. And then some occult kids somewhere will think it is pretty cool, and make up a story to go with it. And the cycle will continue. (or not, but it seems like a good ending).
- Apocryphon 10y agoIt's a western splinter of the Wicker Man cult, obviously.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoI don't think there will be a complete loss of records, just incomplete ones. The writing will evolve, so it'll be hard to understand.