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"But that's part of the meme, just as much as Burning Man's principles invite the criticism" And so is this reply. Essentially any event that has substantially
by timr 8y ago
"But that's part of the meme, just as much as Burning Man's principles invite the criticism"
And so is this reply. Essentially any event that has substantially changed from its original form/intent has this conversational pattern:
Old participant: "$event is past it's prime now."
New participant: "Everyone says that, but $event is still popular, and I like it, so they're wrong."
Of the two opinions, only the one from the old participant carries information about how things have changed. Whether this is relevant to a new participant is debatable, but it's certainly relevant to conversations where people try to sell a mass-market event as a niche experience.
- gammateam 8y agoyes and that's fine but lets look at the article itself: why is it even written? because it transformed to being more of “the hippest party around” instead of “true experiment in intentional creative community”, despite maintaining both of those experiences for everyone that attends? I casually hear all of the disdain towards the concept of burning man, and it mostly comes down to the contrived concept which themselves only stand out because of the costs necessary to get there this festival in particular invites it, and I enjoy the privilege of being able to go