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People are children and repeat what they hear. 15 years ago, I would spout the same nonsense about burning man because of what I read on digg/Reddit from the same voices you hear now. I then met a friend who convinced me to go and I had an absolute blast.

For the vast majority of people in the US, let alone the world, attending the event is almost impossible due to cost, time, materials, etc. - it’s much easier for people that live nearby and most people within driving distance, the views of burning man will be more in line with your views - nuanced and reasonable. If you have no experience and no contact with the regular folks who attend, it’s super easy to bucket people into all these groups.

The reasoning about waste and frivolity is total bullshit — don’t tel me your bullshit vacation to Murtle Beach is anymore eco friendly. Or your plane ride to Bangkok to become more worldly is “green”. Burning man is an event, a vacation. I went many times as a student, spending only about $2000 all in. It’s a relatively economical way to have a blast for a week.

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Well that’s the thing though isn’t it? Nobody’s saying their Bangkok or Myrtle Beach vacay is eco anything, nor are they vaunting some ethos, sustainability, life altering experimental way to live, Drugs, costumes, art, sex, whatever…an unattainable experience for the vast majority people.

You might see a selfie in Myrtle beach with a drink or a pic in front of Wat Pho.

If you’re gonna engage in appeals to hypocrisy, maybe you should try to find actual hypocrisy.

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- pbbananaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  See, though, this is the ignorance that stems from not knowing real life burners. The vast majority (actually none) that I know do not claim anything eco about the event. These people understand what the event is. Don’t lump every one of the 100s of thousands of those who have attended over the years with the handful of social media starlets posting bullshit online. I promise many many people at burning man hate those who post anything about the event on social media.
  
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  - RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Huh, so you’re saying we should ignore the people who were there and said what happens in favor of your criticism of people going to Myrtle Beach?
    
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dublet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s basically this IMO

Why should they be happy meme

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- Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  People are free to do what they want. It’s this self assured BS they use to justify doing drugs in the desert that the majority of the criticism comes from.
  
  Had a close friend who became a burner. She compared her fund raising for a party to my wife’s political organizing. I can’t even wrap my head around how self delusional it is.
  
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  - pbbananaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes, idiots exist in all contexts. If you gather enough people in one spot, a nice, countable handful will be dumb.
    
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