Message from @Vigil
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They build big wooden statues and burn them
I googled it and the first news story is "People at Burning Man are fascinated by this enormous, shiny orb" (won't link the article because it's a "buy a pass or gtfo" from Business Insider)
Why would you put a giant reflective thing in the middle of the desert with the sun out all day
I'd like to go one year to document it
omg
I'm reading these tiers for Tim
Like, correct me if I'm wrong but that's pretty dumb, right
"I am a rich person and Tim is great"
dying atm
It's very dumb
It grew from a group of like 50 to 70,000 over the years
I just wanted to make sure I had more of an idea of basic thermodynamics than 128 kickstarter backers who sent it there
*indiegogo
Does Tim have any tier 4 or 5 people?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-orb-at-burning-man-2018#/ Like, here's the indiegogo
They asked for $50k, got $35k, sent it there anyway
That thing looks sick
saw pics
It's literally a reflective ball, though
I don't see the artistic value
Description on indiegogo is really pretentious too
Idk, I might swing through Burning Man if I'm ever stateside but honestly yeah it looks like I'd get annoyed
Awesome.
Hope this helps, Tim. ;)
burning man used to be cool
its was this anti establishment thing where ppl could do fun shit
Quiznos shot a commercial there
rich ppl show up in campers with AC
its as establishment as it comes now
Yeah :/
It's when things go mainstream
ppl who go to burning man are sheep pretending to be shepherds
The music that comes from these kinds of gatherings are still good.
Goa, PsyTrance, etc
I like the thought that alternatives to Burning Man will pop up as a result of Burning Man becoming too mainstream and capitalized to hell.
@Timcast didn't it used to be free and now it's pay to enter?
not sure
I should do some research on Burning Man
as long as Ive known about it has been dominated by the type of people who go to spencers and buy "nerd" hats
Yes