Dust shower, then. Happy now?

That is quite a ways to go to not be free of criticism.

There's a huge dust storm every year. Not really that big of a deal.

Filthy dirt-loving hippies: is this not redundancy?

And how many hippies, pray tell, are still extant?

/I knew hippies, and these people are NOT hippies.

Farschon said he was unaware of any fatalities or major arrests during the weeklong event leading up to Labor Day.

Well, where's the fun in that, then? Jeesh! You can't have a Burning Man without fatilities and major arrests. Preferably they should be together.

About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

A dust storm chased away some participants from the counterculture Burning Man festival before its traditional climax

I hate it when they blow before i climax.

i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

oldebayer:I knew hippies, and these people are NOT hippies.

Yeah, true hippies are pretty interesting people. Burning Man is just a bunch of interesting art/industrial people mixed with weirdos and people just trying to "be somebody" by seeing who can be the biggest societal failure at Burning Man.

tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche the pizza doesn't scream when you throw it into an oven.

tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

Hippie.

tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

Funny, replace Republican with hippie and it still works.

/curmudgeon.
//would work with any description.
///get off my lawn.

swamp_of_dumb: tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

Funny, replace Republican with hippie and it still works.

/curmudgeon.
//would work with any description.
///get off my lawn.

touché

sjbiars: Yeah, true hippies are pretty interesting people. Burning Man is just a bunch of interesting art/industrial people mixed with weirdos and people just trying to "be somebody" by seeing who can be the biggest societal failure at Burning Man.

Hey, don't forget photogs.

srsly, have some friends there - hope they're ok.

kuaq: srsly, have some friends there - hope they're ok.

They'll be all shiny and new looking after their sandblasting.

Cyberluddite: About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

Somehow, I think you may have chosen the wrong city....

Phil Moskowitz: kuaq: srsly, have some friends there - hope they're ok.

They'll be all shiny and new looking after their sandblasting.


lol

Won't somebody please think of the children(s)!

I've often thought about going -- once -- just to take in the full experience.

That said, I get the impression that BM is overcrowded, overhyped and over-regulated.

Still, I'd like to go once.

/not really a hippie
//except for the environmental awareness, inner exploration and eastern religious thought aspects

*zzzzzzzzzzzzip*

*waits patiently for the pictures of hot naked Burning Man chicks*

destrip: I've often thought about going -- once -- just to take in the full experience.

That said, I get the impression that BM is overcrowded, overhyped and over-regulated.

Still, I'd like to go once.

/not really a hippie
//except for the environmental awareness, inner exploration and eastern religious thought aspects

You sound smelly. ;)

How do you get a hippie to take a bath?

Place a bar of soap on top of a protest sign.

/thank you try the fish

I've seen the pictures. These people are not hippies. They are head farked people who think the world flat and a 37 wheeled bike is art.

I do like the AP article use of the word counterculture to describe them. I wonder how many go to see bare chested women with painted tits. Sex in the dirt. Sand in the crack. Yeah that is counter to any culture.

Q: Why do hippies blow bubbles so much?

A: Who cares, at least they finally found a use for soap.

+1 subby

The Incredible Mr. Wizzy: Won't somebody please think of the children(s)!

Oh, they bring those too. Why not, they might meet their daddy.

destrip What?

//except for the environmental awareness, inner exploration and eastern religious thought aspects


That kind of makes you a hard core hippie. If you tell me that you have a job and wear ties and stuff I would say that everything up to and including military service in your profile makes you king of all hippies.

That doesn't make you a bad person.

SimonSaid: The Incredible Mr. Wizzy: Won't somebody please think of the children(s)!

Oh, they bring those too. Why not, they might meet their daddy.

oh SNAP!

SnarfVader: Farschon said he was unaware of any fatalities or major arrests during the weeklong event leading up to Labor Day.

Well, where's the fun in that, then? Jeesh! You can't have a Burning Man without fatilities and major arrests. Preferably they should be together.

thats what I'm saying. The quality of our hippies has declined in recent years. They haven't been the same since Jerry Garcia was gratefully dead.

I hereby call for a hotlinked Burning Man Weirdness Photo (GIS pops) Thread!!!

Cyberluddite: About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

i'd rather go to biker rally to if I wanted to see tits. probably the same ones.

SgtArkie: Cyberluddite: About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

i'd rather go to biker rally to if I wanted to see tits. probably the same ones.

SgtArkie: Cyberluddite: About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

i'd rather go to biker rally to if I wanted to see tits. probably the same ones.

You can reuse them?

HAHAHA people that are different from me deserve ridicule!

/i am so awesome!

We are not here to keep people from doing something stupid. If they do something stupid we will come in and pick up the pieces. Then there was that cataclysmic flame audio. Both seem to have disappeared from the web.

SockMonkeyHolocaust: There's a huge dust storm every year. Not really that big of a deal.

Exactly. And the Substance of the Playa is not "dust" as normal people understand it but powdered gypsum mixed with akalai salts. It's particle size is so fine it will permeate anything but a completely airtight container. Dust is to Burning Man what Spice was to the Fremen, and is almost an intergral part of the experience.

Since the man Burns sat night, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a few extra people bugging out early if the weather was shiatty, a serious dust storm can be a really nasty experience if you are unprepared.

my "welcome to the Playa" was Monday morning of '99 when we had a dust storm backed by winds so intense it tumbled an occupied portapotty (and earned a BLM ranger the nickname "Smurf" ever after)

The estimates were that the winds were 75 mph +. All I know is I was at one point carrying a rolled 40x60 tarp and when the gust hit my 300lbs went airborne for a sec. for about ten minutes the dust was so thick I literally could not see my hand in front of my face. I figured the only thing to do at that point ws shelter in place and try to ride it out. This being burning Man however, the veterans in my camp figured this was a perfect opportunity to turn our giant rental truck into a mobile maguerita lounge/ rescue mission. I'll never forget the looks on people's faces as they saw a hand emerge from the dust, haul them aboard the back of the truck and then give them a tasty frozen beverage.
That's the moment I truly grasped the surrealist spirit of the event

Pics of naked hippy chicks? Please???

tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

I love you.
/Best. Joke. Evar.

Malcolm in the Middle got some tail at burning man

sjbiars: Yeah, true hippies are pretty interesting people.

If, by "interesting" you mean "boring", then you are correct, sir.

hang them out in the wind and let the sand blast them clean.

/hot, dirty link

Johnny Bananapeel: I hereby call for a hotlinked Burning Man Weirdness Photo (GIS pops) Thread!!!

After looking thru gobs of GIS pics, I want to go! Yeah, I suppose half of them are patchouli scented nut jobs, but so are your typical fellow Walmart shoppers. It looks more like a decently financed steampunk art exhibition than hippie fest -- didn't see anyone I'd call a hippie in the pics. Oh, yeah, can I borrow anyone's air conditioned RV with running water for that weekend?

Burning Man is Vegas without the discipline and class of organized crime. I keed. Burning man has way better art and lounge singers.

swamp_of_dumb: tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

Funny, replace Republican with hippie and it still works.

Replace Republican with Democrat and it still works.

What the... there were white-out dust storms all the time when I was there years ago.

WIMPS.

Mongo cut wood: swamp_of_dumb: tweek46420: i'm sick of this hippie bashing BS


you know what the difference between a republican and a large pizza

the pizza is not a douche

Funny, replace Republican with hippie and it still works.

Replace Republican with Democrat and it still works.

wow that's pretty original

Cyberluddite: About 0.0001 percent of the attendees of Burning Man are actual hippies. Hippies tend not to be able to afford 250 bucks a pop (or whatever it is now) for the entrance fee. About 99.9999% of the attendees of Burning Man are wannabe hippies who pretend to be hippies for the Labor Day weekend in order to try and get a glimpse of some naked tits in the desert for a few days, and then by Tuesday are back working as lawyers or stockbrokers or investment bankers in San Francisco.

Such has been my understanding as well, thank you.

This has got to be the stupidest festival on the face of the earth.

Did the [IRONIC] tag flee too?