Social media seems to be laughing its ass off about this tragedy, is it because the folks at burning man are perceived as frivolous hippies or something? Everyone I’ve ever met who was a regular burning man attendee has been a solid human being with strong morals, personally and financially responsible, a career. Upstanding members of society for sure. I guess all some people know is the sensationalized drugs and sex. A person died. This is a tragedy for an event that brings positivity into the world. Kind of annoyed.

  • jtmetcalfe@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    118·
    1 year ago

    Burning Man may be the epitome of the many optimistic and maybe naive qualities of the 90s that were co-opted and exploited in the early 2000s, and turned into the very things they were built to protest against - another being the free and open internet

    • badelf@lemmy.ml
      19·
      1 year ago

      Yes. I watched it happen. The large number of people that go now pay thousands $$ for a plug-n-play camp and don’t contribute their own art (if they even have art). They are not what the festival once stood for.

      • Apollo@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        You know what isnt a hot take? Think how much pollution the event generated, how much greenhouse gases.

        Seems worth it for a party lol.

        • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Ha. When I said hot take I meant that you were dead-on with that take. But I’m downvoted all over this thread for suggestion nuance and compassion…so fuck hipsters they deserve it.