Burning Man

I feel like this gives them all the opportunity for some real Mad Max action, like the hardcore burners fantasize about.

They can set up an alternative society and never leave (until the food runs out anyway)

If things go far enough they won't run out of food until they run out of people, if you see what I mean.

I feel like this gives them all the opportunity for some real Mad Max action, like the hardcore burners fantasize about.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:08 AM (two hours ago)

you know that's how it used to be back in the 90s right?

like they have an actual Thunderdome

But this time it's for real — water scarcity, dwindling supplies. Time for Immortan Joe!

twitter joke re an ebola breakout has broken out into the conspiracy sphere and theyre lovin it

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT FEMA HAS BEEN SENT IN TO SHUT DOWN BURNING MAN FESTIVAL! 🚨🚨🚨

There are rumors that people are getting SUPER SICK from some mysterious virus that is spreading “boils, vomiting, coughing up coagulated blood” 😳

FEMA has supposedly now locked down the… pic.twitter.com/WP6nR2Ouyf

— The Patriot Voice (@TPV_John) September 3, 2023

that wrangler upthread is cooked lol rip

rip electric sun 20

Wrangler upthread is not actually a recent pic unfortunately

it’s all fun and games until your conspiracy theorist mother calls you to make sure you’re not at Burning Man because of the ebola lockdown 😭 😂

— 621 (@meat) September 3, 2023

i think that it's still all fun and games tbh

pretty wild to witness conspiracists taking a lil joke amongst a handful of people and run with it

all the replies like "figured something like this would happen" lol

rebranding it as eBola and looking for some VC sweetness

lol

Isn't Ebola a kind of fever? You're not supposed to take the event name this literally.

oh people have taken it literally to try and self-immolate so ...

I simply would not pay money to get a burning arsehole in a de facto concentration camp - already got plenty of that!

I feel like this gives them all the opportunity for some real Mad Max action, like the hardcore burners fantasize about.

lol now is the time when I start to see all the hardcore burners post "actually we had backup sanitation/food/water, and we weren't gonna leave until Tuesday anyway"

portapotties were serviced today apparently, which was the main concern

W.H. official: President Biden has been briefed on the situation at the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 3, 2023

nice of them to let him know

potentially very funny conversation with an old man who is the president

Biden thinks “burning, man” is a punchline of a joke about a stag party

"Is this like Woodstock or one of those 'Crazy Clown Gang' festivals?"

"No sir. Woodstock had Jimi Hendrix while Juggalos bring their own shovels."

Joe Biden has sent 100 billion dollars to Ukraine and NOTHING to Burning Man.

— James (@GravitysRa1nbow) September 3, 2023

He sent Hunter... probably.

you know that's how it used to be back in the 90s right?

I went in 1992. Population 600 and it was free. I had been mixed up with LA Cacophony for several years, still had my pickup truck and most importantly: experience with desert camping since I was a kid. Burning Man then was mostly SF Cacophony folks, their cabaret acts, a couple dozen from LA Cacophony and about a half-dozen "art cars" from somewhere that roamed the playa at any given time. I brought my telescope, a boombox with all my Spacemen 3 tapes, and my own drugs. Good night for the Andromeda Galaxy and Saturn - I hung out on the tailgate of my truck while random weirdos came by to look through the scope. I tossed some of my remaining college undergrad notes into the Man and split as soon as it went up. That was the only time I went. I couldn't deal with the non-stop 24 hour a day drum circle.

Neal Katyal, a law professor at Georgetown University and former acting solicitor general in the Obama administration, said that he and several others hiked six miles to Gerlach, the nearest town.

Mr. Katyal and his group filled their backpacks with the essentials: “flashlights, water, extra socks — some of us like me had to bring our computers,” he said. They put plastic bags on their bare feet, socks over the top of them, and then put their boots or shoes on to “avoid being soaked,” he said.

“The hike was quite hard,” Mr. Katyal said, adding that the mud was“extremely sticky and heavy” and some people in the group almost fell. He expressed concern for those still looking to depart. “I think it is going to be very hard for people to leave for some days, but I think so many of the folks there have such a good spirit, dancing and making the most of it,” he said.

some people in the group almost fell

Article idea: “It used to be art weirdos and now it’s tech lords and Beltway creatures—Is Burning Man the new Bohemian Grove?”

I have a friend who is a law professor at Georgetown, I have to ask him if he knows this guy

katyal is infamous for successfully defending nestles use of child slavery before the supreme court

frequent MSNBC talking head, pretty full of himself

I went in 1992. Population 600

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, September 4, 2023 12:47 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

thats crazy it was so small i remember hearing about it around then in massachusetts

Mr Veg saw one of the early ones on Baker Beach SF in the late 80’s - he and his friends had gone to the beach to drop acid & there was a bunch of art weirdos burning a huge effigy on the beach so they hung out and watched

they’re all going to be fine, and the lesson they’ll learn is how great they are.

i'm a bit worried. the extra time in the desert with drugs might make these geniuses too disruptive next year.

yeah the most disgusting shit will be next year when all these numbskulls are going to be back having learned absolutely nothing and s'ing their own d's about how this year's Burning Man is about preserverence and healing #BurningManStrong

maybe the portapotty servicing has improved since the 90s but ... my memory of it was literally the most disgusting shit

portos that are even a little bit too full not close to overflowing are so nasty a mountain island of shit and toilet paper starts to form

lol what seriously cmon

sorry i just found out there are cops at burning man who will arrest you on drug charges and now if i’m being honest i no longer understand the point of burning man at all

— sorrel (@sorrelquest) September 4, 2023

a little robot should carry our shamepiles away and bury them at an optimum spot based on content readings

Mr Veg saw one of the early ones on Baker Beach SF in the late 80’s - he and his friends had gone to the beach to drop acid & there was a bunch of art weirdos burning a huge effigy on the beach so they hung out and watched

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, September 4, 2023 11:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol perfect

oh it was beyond "shamepiles" like some of it was fecal Jackson Pollock

events i regret not going to this weekend, ranked

(1) pirate fetish convention
(2) trans dance party
(3) one of the many fine local farmer's markets
(4) burning man, which i am assured is totally fine and will continue to be totally fine as long as the drugs don't run out.

"totally fine as long as the drugs don't run out" is how i describe myself on grindr but frankly i've never seen estrogen as much of a party drug

The one person I know at burning man has checked in on FB and she's alive. Definitely posting with #burnerstrong energy, I don't assume any lessons are being learned.

learned lessons are but clay pigeons launched before the disruption gun