Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud
theguardian.com
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 …
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I like the bring everything with you and leave nothing behind sentiment.
I've heard the recent ones leave a lot of trash.
Which is cleaned up by the organizers, so, as a whole the organization doesn't leave trash behind. But, a lot of individual people do. But, in a group of tens of thousands of people, you're always going to get some assholes. There are probably plenty of people who not only make sure to clean up their own stuff, but also clean up other people's trash too.
I dunno though, the whole thing seems so fake to me. Like "radical self reliance" is merely bringing your own supplies in and then bringing your trash out? That's called "camping" in a lot of the world.
Plus, there's the absurdity of a private airstrip for the ultra-wealthy burning man people, the massive environmental cost of everybody driving in and driving out, the idea of "radical self reliance" but also porta-potties.
"lets go and play being poor for a while" said no poor person ever.
I don't know about "play being poor". It sounds like it's more "do lots of drugs without getting arrested or without dealing with the disapproval of people around me", or "(try to) have sex with strangers" or "indulge in sexual kinks that I don't want to admit to having with people in the real world" or "pretend I'm a different person for a week so that my shitty reputation doesn't always make everyone I meet hate me".
Sure, for a few days it might also involve living in a tent or living in an RV instead of living in a mansion, but that's hardly living like a poor person. It's living like a middle class person on a camping trip.
i guess thats where we differ. thats a rich person. since middle class is not a thing.
Ok... so it's a "rich person" who makes under $100k but can afford to go camping.