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I won't go to Burning Man, and my SO won't go back after going with our friends due to the culture around the event. There are lots of great people that make an
by StudentStuff 8y ago
I won't go to Burning Man, and my SO won't go back after going with our friends due to the culture around the event. There are lots of great people that make an effort to go to Burning Man, but I have no desire to hang out with a good portion that are essentially mindless techbros, if I want that I can go wander over to Fremont, South Lake Union or similar.
The pervasive "fuck you, got mine" among this crowd is toxic, similar to lawbertarians espousing their beliefs. In the context of Burning Man these attitudes don't make sense, but this demographic does not reconcile their attitudes and that of what they participate in, all that matters is others have said they should go.
- patrioticaction 8y agoBurning Man is libertarian Mecca for acolytes of Joe Rogan.
- wyclif 8y agoJoe Rogan didn't ruin Burning Man. There's a long, long history of Burning Man being "over"...probably beginning with the second year it was held.
- Regardsyjc 8y agoHave you read about the labor practices of Burning Man and related suicides? I'm not surprised. https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/report-burning-man-accused-of-poor-working-conditions-anti-union-activity/ https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/report-burning-man-accus...
- StudentStuff 8y agoI haven't read about them, but a friend of mine got to spend quite a bit of time out on playa pre-burn as part of staff. The labor practices of the org are not great from what I heard from this friend, they ended up replacing many employees this past year with contractors it seems...
- madeuptempacct 8y agoSounds like a great feeling though.
- StudentStuff 8y agoNot particularly, this attitude tends to bite the demographic that holds it in the ass as time goes on. Quite hilarious to observe as an outsider.