You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …
Kind of ironic considering the climate protests on the way in.
How is that ironic?
A festival shooing away protestors protesting climate change and then that festival experiencing an extreme weather event because of climate change
Ah, gotcha. I missed the story. Still not strictly ironic, but I get what you meant now.
Is there a word for it? When I posted it I was hoping someone might correct me :)
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It just happened and was in the news so shouldn’t be hard to find if you have the nagging curiousities
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Not at all. That’s how it works. More climate change, more random weather events. Or if you like things simple “it rained because of climate change”.
Weather and climate are not the same thing
Yet they are not mutually exclusive.
I’ve come around. Us internet dwellers should take it easy on the judgment and cynicism about this festival.
People take the internet too seriously these days. Let the festival people have fun.
Do they burn a new man every year or do they burn the same person annually?
It’s short for “Burning Manny”. There’s one guy, Manuel Asada, and they burn him every year. It’s cool though, he’s into it.
Do you mean this guy? https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Manny_Garcia
I have so Manny questions…
Nope. It’s Manny Asada, he co-headlines the festival every year with his cousin Manuel Labór
It’s like a roast. His friends give him sick burns all evening one night a year.
It’s short for “Burning Manny”. There’s one guy, Manuel Asada, and they burn him every year. It’s cool though, he’s into it.
What’s the story behind this? Who is Manuel Asada?
“Manuel Asada” is the closest I could get to a person’s name that means “burning man”. Asada is Spanish for roasted or grilled.
Burning Man turning into Fyre Festival. Time is a circle.
I’ve been to burning man, but even I can’t help but laugh a little bit at this… you wanted “radical self-reliance”? You got it.
But they didn’t really want radical self reliance. They wanted the Medieval Times version of radical self reliance.
Burning Mud.
Everybody there is now suddenly a Primitive Technology fan
Except they are lacking the firewood to make the nice pots and bricks to build huts.
And lacking the power tools that are hidden off-camera.
Extinguished man
Mudding Man
Who would think an old lake bed in the middle of a flash flood prone desert might be an issue
What is burning Man? I know it’s a festival of some sorts that’s done in a desert, but that’s about all I know.
What happens there?
Rich people travel 1000+ kilometres to gather around and pretend to be not rich and just like common folks! This is my understanding as someone who isn’t american.
Also drugs. Lots of drugs.
Also sex. dusty, dusty sex
My mother in law took us a few times and the most we did was pot. Also I was unemployed both times as I was laid off and got a cheap ticket. The original burners still go and they’re definitely not rich.
Burning Man was an amazing event when I stumbled across it on the internet in the late 90’s. I must have been 14 or 15, it used to be a real “go experience, experiment and find yourself” setting. It’s since gone the way of SXSW. It totally goes against what it was intended for.
Burning Man is a festival celebrating creative expression. No one there is pretending to not be rich
Yeah a lot of them stopped pretending.
Lol this thread is so weird. I have several friends who attend. Exactly zero of them I would consider “rich.” Artsy hippie types, sure, but lmao not rich.
They read an article about some tech guy enjoying burning Man, once. Just kinda the way the site works
idk people here think being rich means you need to own a yatch…
Nah people here think being part of the lower-middle class makes you rich.
Watch Malcolm In The Middle, season 7 episode 1 “Burning Man”. It’ll give you a fair approximation.
Love that episode, my personal highlight, cracks me up every time.
I think they set somebody on fire every year.
Now its Muddy Man Festival
More like “Drowned Man” this year.
The biggest celebration of capitalism I’ve ever seen.😒
This looks like a pithy truism but it really just sounds idiotic. You ever been to, like, a trade show?
Burning man is far from perfect but it’s a step in the right direction.
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Smokin them meats, meats like a brisket
Yes absolutely, because it’s radically inclusive so anyone can come. I’m also nor a fan of the rich paying people to set up their camp, flying in for two days, and dumping tons of trash on the road back to Reno… But everything good about the festival is still there also.
You really start to wonder if the Lemmy Communists who make this comment in every thread realize that they sound like children.
Clearly you’ve never been to a shareholders meeting.
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Money does not solve disasters like this
You mean they’re not gonna be able to innovate their way out of this one? :(
Really though this is looking like it’s about to turn into a legitimate humanitarian crisis somehow???
Climate change? Fucking duh, we’ve known that for decades. How are people surprised?
Just like this years Wacken.
How do they find a man who is willing to be burned?
First you get a virgin police officer to visit an island run by Christopher Lee.
Is that the one with the bees?
It’s one guy every year. His name is Manuel Asada.
I read somewhere that a guy called Luan Mojado jumped in for him this year. Manuel had the colds.
I thought that Guy Feuer was taking it this year. Sorry to hear about Manny though…
