Were People Poisoned At Burning Man?

The Burning Man Festival recently concluded, and the images from the event paint it as an absolute dumpster fire. The rain destroyed Burning Man and basically turned the desert into a toxic mud pit. Let’s talk about it.
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[@kirkharig192]

Take it from someone who has lived in Nevada my entire life. We experience thunderstorms at that time of year it's not climate change it's just Nevada.

[@brokenwrench404]

Exactly. What could go wrong with having a festival in the desert during monsoon season. They’ve been lucky the last 10 years due to the drought cycle but that changed last winter. We should see some good rains until the next drought cycle starts

[@catherineroyce3095]

What Kirk says is true about the storms. Totally normal for this time of year.

[@fugawiaus]

Setting up camp in a DRY LAKE BED kinda says it all.

[@kirkharig192]

@@fugawiaus there's a reason why the military uses them for bombing ranges.

[@catherineroyce3095]

@@fugawiaus Yeah, for some reason when people visit deserts they think that because it’s dry it also means it won’t fill up with water anymore. 🤦‍♀️

[@jen30551]

I live close to where they hold Burning Man. Many of the locals don't like it because they see people who claim to care about the environment buy up everything they need at the nearest walmart only to leave it all and their trash in surrounding towns dumpsters or on the side of the road on their way out. Then they turn around and talk about how self sufficient and resilient they are. The locals, many of them hunters, hikers and ranchers, actually do care about the environment and do they're best to conserve and respect the land.

[@johnh3476]

Fact!

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Blm should stop giving burning man organizers permits. Or find them $10k a day for not leaving playa the way they found it.

[@staciearnold2606]

Yeah, Burning Man is just more pompous-ass virtue signalling for empty, vacuous people.

[@olyviahaas5351]

This is so true

[@dailywire_memes]

The people who went to Burning Man must have been poisoned way before arriving for them to think that going was a good idea 😂

[@kumeoii]

fr lol

[@FuzzyWCTX]

By their parents

[@tjls123]

I don't get it, what's wrong with burning man? It looks awesome to me!

[@theluschmasterjournals]

Haha, you might be onto something there! It takes a special kind of adventurous spirit

[@IzzyTheEditor]

@@tjls123 you fell into the trap. You gave away yourself as a biden voter. Way to go.

[@PerrincinaSprecaci]

When I lived in Portland, I made a friend who ended the friendship a few months later because she said I was "kinda boring" and that "I'm the kind of person who'd love to go to Burning Man and you just like to stay home." Needless to say, I am no longer insulted by that remark 😂

[@radicalrick9587]

*I'd rather stay home with you and enjoy a few good movies than hang out at the strange Burning Man desert party. It's more fun and we'd become lifelong friends and save thousands of dollars to boot!*

[@TheClintonio]

Druggies and hippies are always so up themselves, they use boring as an insult when their behaviour isn't "fun" it's dangerous. I'm an alcoholic so I know the desire to label sober people boring but in reality they're sensible.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

She is just human fecal matter, and you’re probably beautiful. She was jealous.😂

[@thabeatboi69]

so sorry you had to go through living in portland😔

[@garys7184]

That's the kind of "friend" that does the kind of "fun", un-boring things that will make it necessary for them to bug you to loan them bail money.

[@dylanjulian1028]

What people don't understand about that dry lake bed mud is that it is some of the worst mud that you can imagine. There are cars that will get suck in it, and NEVER come out again! I have heard some pretty bad horror stories of people that have gotten stuck in dry lake beds. But on a side note, can we get a round of applause to the editors for this! Because they gave us a Jojo and a Star Wars prequel meme in 1 video 👍👏!

[@KittyGirlplays]

plus a ff7 reference

[@lizafrench8455]

Never underestimate human stupidity

[@Raskolnikov70]

We had fine sand like that everywhere during shamal season in Iraq, still find it in my old gear decades later. At least it wasn't alkaline and burned you like this stuff. It's as horrible as it sounds.

[@stevevaughn2040]

It is fine, sticky, sand. Yes, and dry lake beds is where runoff still wants to go

[@jamesfergusson7917]

Dude I used to 4x4in a dry lake bed. Not to mention in a region that can see that much rain in minuts. if you got stuck that was your stupidaty

[@aanchaallllllll]

0:05: 🔥 The Burning Man festival faced protests, mudslides, and disease outbreaks. 2:38: 🌵 The KZbinr shares her challenging experience at Burning Man and expresses her disinterest in the event. 5:49: 😕 Despite reports of a miserable and catastrophic situation at Burning Man due to rain and mud, attendees actually seemed to be generally happy and not overly concerned. 8:24: 📼 Legacy Box is a mail-in service that converts old videotapes, camcorder tapes, film reels, and pictures into digital files. 11:02: 🔥 Rumors spread on Twitter about LAX shutting down and quarantining due to people coming back from Burning Man with Ebola, but there were no actual cases reported. Recap by Tammy AI

[@ambition112]

thanks for saving time! amazing AI Summary Tool Tammy AI! LOVE IT!

[@redpillcommando]

From now on, when people say "we will NEVER colonize Mars" I will point to Burning Man. I quote "You will be covered in dust and the environment is trying to kill you." Folks still pay to go to Burning Man. They will pay to go to Mars.

[@jeffjones7108]

The Australian Tourism Board has entered the chat.

[@Joseph-C]

People have already volunteered to go. Finding participants is the easy part.

[@lizajane2971]

Sure, but "going to" Mars is waaay different than "colonizing" Mars!

[@thedink5]

Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell: $268,000, increase of $7,000 over 2017 Director Harley Dubois: $216,000, increase of $40,000 Director Theresa Duncan: $192,000, increase of $6,000 Attorney Ray Allen: $185,000, increase of $10,000 IT Director Heather Gallagher: $183,000, increase of $46,000 Managing Director Heather White: $176,000, increase of $15,000 Director Kim Cook: $175,000, increase of $19,000

[@redpillcommando]

@@thedink5 Damn! Sound like I need to start organizing Satanic Hippy Devil Cult drug festivals for rich wack jobs. It seems to pay pretty good.

[@sercastamere9853]

When I was younger I was considering trying to go to Burning Man, but the main thing that stopped me (aside from being poor) was researching about the playa dust. It's not only acidic but extremely high in silica content which is likely to cause cancer if inhaled for long periods of time. Edit: Not acidic, basic.

[@danielcobbins8861]

Usually, deserts have basic chemical properties about them. They are the opposite of acidic.

[@artsyfartsynerdywordy]

Actually the entire area around black rock is the opposite of acidic, it’s alkali. Only thing that means is that when it gets wet, it’s a bad skin irritant for people with sensitive skin and the muddy clay can get you stuck and when it hardens, it’s like rock. But breathing in the playa dust, is just as bad as breathing in smoke and breathing in anything like that can definitely cause cancer over long periods of time.

[@Steven-vh6fg]

Least the inside of your shoes would be fresh???

[@jakeolthof]

It's alkaline dust.

[@sercastamere9853]

Thanks for the corrections, the info about base vs acidic does ring a bell, in my head burning is associated with acid so I goofed there.

[@queendriver1]

If you're into nonstop partying, no showers and toilets, and being dirty and stinky, go for it. I'm not quoting anything; it's just a general chat from a friend who said she had a blast (that was about 15 years ago). It did not sound like fun, but she enjoyed herself and was excited to tell of her experience but did welcome a shower once home. (I lost contact with her a few years back.) I believe she still goes to this day. As for myself, I never had any desire to go there. She did say you can learn to make things from hemp, clothes, soaps, and such, but it was more about the party and no worries of being caught doing the drugs and drinking till you pass out. NO fun there I'll stay home in my air 😉🙃

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

Lol

[@natalieoconnor7750]

To be honest, the concept is actually appealing, no internet no cell service and actually engaging in human interaction with different people form across the country. Sounds amazing, especially in this era of technology. But of course, there’s drugs and weirdos that have no moral compass, and they do it the most compromising area. A literal desert, even without the mud, the heat and dryness is already a daunting aspect of the entire festival.

[@psibug565]

I was watching the news stories and thinking “those RV’s look very large, I bet people brought a lot of food and drink”. So not particularly surprised to find out a group of people who like going out to camp in a rough environment came back and are wondering what all the fuss was about. Festivals have been known to get muddy and the people that go to them know that conditions can be rough. It would seem that the point of Burning Man is to go to a place where humans can not designed to be and try to have a good time. Not my thing I prefer running water and cold beer on tap but each to their own.

[@charminbaer2323]

Bruh, there was definitely cold beer on tap all over the playa. One of the nights, we went to go see Carl Cox play, and right where we were at, these guys rolled up with a cart of some sorts. It was cold kegs of beer AND they also had Absinthe on deck too. All you had to do to get some was just go up to them and ask for some. Everyone at Burning Man walks around with a cup because almost every camp had a bar, and it's $FREE.99. Some camps did ask for your ID, but that's it, you just go up to the bar with your cup and ask for whatever you wanted.

[@-Believeinyourself-]

I like to put my fingers in my butt and then smell them

[@thedink5]

Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell: $268,000, increase of $7,000 over 2017 Director Harley Dubois: $216,000, increase of $40,000 Director Theresa Duncan: $192,000, increase of $6,000 Attorney Ray Allen: $185,000, increase of $10,000 IT Director Heather Gallagher: $183,000, increase of $46,000 Managing Director Heather White: $176,000, increase of $15,000 Director Kim Cook: $175,000, increase of $19,000

[@thearmedgardener]

As someone whos been to that desert, i can say for a fact... u can never get ride of that dust. Our family car never smelled the same after that trip. And sure we cleaned the inside... but when u turned in the AC, there was more of that sweet sweet dust🤣🤣 decade later and the car still would smell when u turned in the ac

[@isonny2010]

The worst kind of dusk is the lime stone dusk. It dries up your skins and burns your eyes.

[@thearmedgardener]

@@isonny2010 I can’t only imagine, do u know the make up of the dust from that desert.

[@isonny2010]

@@thearmedgardener I met one of the burners who went to the burning man. And her tent was still covered in lime stone dust weeks after she went to that festival. Her tent was not the cheap plastic made that you can find in camping stores. It was made with canvas and thick fiber. The kind of tents you see in glamping setup. Also one of the reasons many burners wearing goggles and face cover because the lime dust can easily gets into your eyes and nose. I worked with lime stone building materials and it is no fun to let the dust gets into your eyes.

[@mistermister124]

i took a backpack to the beach in 1993 and we are still finding sand in it.

[@thecatfather857]

I would be sending that car to the scrapheap and getting a new one.

[@redman2751]

Yup that’s the news for ya. I live in NC and most of my family is in WI. Every hurricane, no matter how small, my family contacts me asking if I’m still alive thanks to the news stating how horrible the coast got hit. Meanwhile I’m chillin at the beach and we had a bit of rain and a light breeze.

[@BisonWhisperer-kk7dm]

I could see going to burning man as the same kind of outlet as a weekend trip hunting in the mountains. Similar type of living arrangements and goal, but a different way of achieving it. Whether you get that one in a million elk, or have a spiritual awakening at burning man, I believe the intent is the same: Get away from everything you know, leave most (if not all) technology behind, and have an experience. But I've never been to burning man, so... grain of salt.

[@TryingToWakeUp-qb7iu]

"spiritual awakening at burning man" ? There is nothing spiritual about a festival designed to indulge in nothing but hedonism lol.

[@xenomorph6599]

Yeah, burning man isnt about spirituality or nature. It's about orgies and drug use. It's not an outlet, its actively participating in self harm

[@LyftraS]

This isn’t to poke fun but to seek an answer from anyone who may have been: What spiritual awakening truly comes from surrounding yourself with people, and where do the outfits, as well as the need to make a ‘civilization’ factor in? Just seems like a convenient explanation to justify someones impulses to me, but i’d love to hear from someone about it.

[@adamjohnson286]

Try psychedelic mushrooms someday and you'll see for yourself! Also, art and music are very "spiritual" or at least can be. Everyone should have a psychedelic experience before you die, it's life-changing.

[@loulouedmo]

It was Hippy pox. Skin boils from staphylococcus (dancing in sewerage)

[@somethinggood9267]

Can confirm as I once identified as a hippy.

[@nosferato140]

It's nothing like 86. It's about money and rich people.

[@c0d3warrior]

Unpopular fact: If you let rain and mud stop you, you're not cut out for an ordinary music festival either.

[@raimeyewens7518]

It sounds like a bunch of rich kids got stuck in the mud. And all the media was covering it like it was a disaster. A real disaster is your island burning down and losing everything. Or being burned alive and over 2,000 children missing.

[@MagsonDare]

one of my friends went this year. She said the rain "made things a little challenging" but that it wasn't bad otherwise.

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

[@TryingToWakeUp-qb7iu]

Burning Man i.e. a vulgar display of modern narcissism and hedonism.

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

F*** God, that Jacka**.

[@Tenebarum]

I heard that too. I'm not into the sacrificial aspect, but seeing all those people zipping around on electric razor scooters and Segways at night before the rain came looked superfun.

[@Holidaizee]

My dad went this year too, he made it out fine and it wasn’t to bad for him and his friends :)

[@ryanmckay2535]

I can safely say I have zero regrets about not being there.

[@dustinhaus1165]

It is nothing more than a giant hippie circle. It is not a "city of the future"...It's a hippie circle. For middle/upper class hippies. If you want the hippie version of a city of the future, Might I recommend Slab City. It has been established for decades that hippie circles can handle a bit of rain, and mud. These were well funded people, with a lot of food, drugs, water etc. It was easy to figure out right away that this was reported on with the hyperbolic vigor that we would expect

[@avivagodfrey]

All aside, I think your preconceptions of the festival are effecting you a lot in this video. =v= Burning Man doesn't sound like anything I would want to go to either, but what if it were like a 5-day D&D larping experience? Playing as adventurers in the woods, with your supplies all limited to the appropriate medieval-esque period? Hard, dirty, kind of overwhelming? Sure, but hella fun. It's just a matter of what does or doesn't float your boat.

[@Tenebarum]

I like roughing it. A lot of people there had a great time. At least they're hanging out together, helping each other, and enjoying life.

[@pgpluss1076]

Yes. I was trying to word the same concept. Agreed.

[@nicoledoubleyou0621]

Festivals.... absolutely not. A 5 day D&D medieval experience, 110% in. I see your point!

[@peterberg3446]

Hah, I used to LARP on the weekends; running around in full chain armor wearing a kilt and hitting people with foam weapons. Ahhhh, good times. Anyway, sounds like you're describing Pennsic.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

I mean, Brett’s not wrong, there’s drug use there. It’s pretty easy to guess the kind of people that go and what goes down. She doesn’t _have_ to be respectful of people wanting to go get high in desert mud, they’re not entitled to her respect

[@Antrezz-gg4wx]

"Going out in the middle of the forest with a bunch of hippies and drugs sounds like a horrible time to me" Girl if you only knew how many people disagreed with you 😂

[@psykology9299]

Duuuude 😂 theres nothing better than getting shitfaced in the woods with all your mates and some wild psytrance or dnb 😂

[@knightingirl]

​@@psykology9299How is that better than anything else?

[@Stickadonkonit]

​@@psykology9299If you know you know 😉

[@psykology9299]

@knightingirl get yourself some mates you'd go camping with, and instead of going to a camping venue, go to an outdoor fest, guarantee youll leave with a smile on your face and youll get your fitbits steps in 😂😂

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@psykology9299I’m the kind of person that likes to keep my wits about me, and would prefer to be able to be happy without the use of drugs. Getting high in the woods, of all places, sounds not only stupid but pointless to me. Just make friends that you’d want to be in the company of while sober, if you have to get high to have that much fun I’d say you’re missing something in life

[@fatmanpez]

As an Eagle Scout and a Metalhead I like the idea of Burning Man but I'd rather do it at an abandoned mall or in a forest area similar to the Summer Camps I'd been to around the midwest in the past.

[@Fallout5Dave]

I think the way people there feel about it just boils down to how long their drugs supply lasted.

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

Ooft

[@rockape1954]

Don't like the idea? Don't go! Let the burners be! I'm way too old & in the UK but If I was able... I would go... this year looks like a washout but look at past festivals they were so 'kin awesome!

[@johnbuckner2828]

I drive a truck for a living & I got stuck behind one of these burner contraptions on their way to the thing. He was doing 40 in a 60 the whole way and I couldn’t pass him and it was pissing me off. He looked stoned and completely unaware when I FINALLY was able to get around him.

[@davisfrombelton]

I like how that woman said the dust is alkaline and so acidic.

[@Ccorleone1609]

if its both at the same time they should be fine because it would be just a perfect 7 on the ph scale 😂

[@Falcon-mc5fs]

I saw a woman explain how she goes every year as a vacation from her husband and kids. She enjoys having o r g I e s and she says that everything that she does there is to be considered like it never happened and so her husband is not allowed to ask what happens there. She says she is loyal but once a year she can be free to do whatever she wants without judgement or guilt. I have heard she is not the only one. Doesn't surprise me at all when I see the people who attend it

[@isonny2010]

My last attendance of this kind of festival was around 6 years ago. I stopped because there is a glaring contradiction in what the festival goers believe and what they are actually doing during the festival. Most of them claimed they are environmentally conscious and may have been vegan for years. But doing nothing that offer any positive changes. At one time a river inside the camp site was polluted due to a passing storm. Some folks organised a morning session for the loss privilege of using the river for various recreational purposes and unable to come up a solution to help clean up the river that is part of this large piece of privately owned land. At one time I seated by a camp fire chatting with folks who have been attending to that festival for a long time. And one of them even went to the same festival that had brought real social change. They talked about the differences between the old times and the current festival and lamented how things are not serving the public. It was a fascinating conversation but I cannot help to think the reason most folks come here to experience love, connections,and wholesome spontaneous recreations because our real lives are not aligned with the values we experienced in this kind of festival. Not to mention we are financially not free to live like this so people would spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to this kind of festival every year as their little group retreat. However short lived this kind of festival it is. So I stopped going and use the same money to fund my personal growth activities. Such as a gym membership or taking online courses that help me to become more valuable.

[@mediocresunshine]

Was this festival the Rainbow Gathering?

[@isonny2010]

@@mediocresunshine no. It is called Confest.

[@longliveliberty1220]

You know, I always had the impression that Burning Man cost so much because artists and events were planned. If it’s up to the attendees to make the festival a festival, then what is the $600 for?

[@She-RaPrincessofPower]

And you basically have to fill out a job application to oettition to buy one if those tickets too its ridiculous

[@jameslyons6655]

Even if everything went right at one of those things, perfect weather, nice accommodations, good food….honestly it would be a nightmare for me. Just too many people. It’s too much to process. It amazes me that some folks are comfortable enough at those events that they actually find them fun and relaxing. I don’t even like going to the supermarket or the mall on a weekend.

[@emmanueleka6836]

With that many people so close together I'm suprised that more people didnt get sick. Hope they all get well soon

[@tjls123]

I see somebody is a vaxxer masker 👆

[@theluschmasterjournals]

It's like a festival version of "Survivor" out there, isn't it? 😂 But jokes aside, I hope everyone stays safe and recovers quickly.

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

[@ydid687]

​@@soy_0scar7there is no joo up there

[@TryingToWakeUp-qb7iu]

Do they test for STDs before allowing people in? Given the orgies that take place there, oooh boy if they don't.

[@froppledopple8899]

The “MOOAIIIII!" Sound effect with the soup can never fails. Brett, give your editors a raise.

[@Hollyfield679]

The woman in the beige tank top said the "alkali dust" is "so acidic it can burn holes in your skin". So which is it - alkali or acidic? My science knowledge is only high school level but I was taught alkali and acid are opposites of each other.

[@carolynw8614]

You’re correct. Alkaline and Acid are on opposite ends of the Ph scale

[@MrRacin666]

Acid as well as Alkaline both burn skin, so you have to consider that the woman paraphrased incorrectly, thinking possibly that burns are acidic in nature. I know you were poking fun at her but felt the need to toss my 2 cents in.

[@shalmina2263]

Do you all remember the 80's song that went, "The things that make you go hmmmmm, the things that make you go hmm hmm hmm"... That's how I feel when I hear about things like burning man.

[@sloanfranklin6935]

Gee. They have it so much worse than those of us who served in the Infantry. My heart goes out to them.

[@ItzMzJulez2U]

🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

[@mariopalos9238]

Why would you even make that comparison? Nobody else is.

[@showmethemonny5796]

​@@mariopalos9238it's a joke, lighten the fork up

[@mariopalos9238]

@@showmethemonny5796 I would, if it was a joke, which it wasn't.

[@user-ez3il1yy6i]

Wet , Tired , Muddy , Hungry , And Out Of Gas The Legacy Of Burning Man 2023 . 💯%

[@isabelle04170]

The excitement I got when I saw this so soon

[@MasonsFavs7]

Who didn’t though

[@runzoni]

To me burning man is Woodstock 1969 meets Chicago Worlds Fair 1893 meets Westward expansion meets Nature/ Nevada Desert.❤

[@5ANDW1CHES]

As someone who's been to burning man a few times over the last 17 years: 1. There are very few "hippies" at burning man. Hippies are either staking their crop or in Bali at conscious/sober parties this time of year. 2. Drugs are less common on the Playa than you may think. 3. It is not a festival. Festivals are for spectators, the Burn is for participants. OG burners are tough as nails, hard working and come from every walk of life, hard to put them in a box tbh. However, it has changed as it has had more mass appeal thanks to Instagram culture... I have many memorable experiences in my life and Black Rock City memories are definitely amongst the most memorable. Don't be so quick to resort to reductive rationale and platitudes about something you may not understand 😉 (sound familiar?)

[@Tenebarum]

The night ride they took before the rain looked awesome. I would have liked to do that.

[@LyftraS]

I wont say you’re wrong having not been. But it just seems like a pseudo-cultish escape from reality, basically the plebeians bohemian grove. I just really don’t get why people have this need for these creepy festivals and rituals. (Not religious, could care less) But i see commenters who have been say it’s extremely memorable and enlightening. Can I ask you to expand on why? I keep getting these vague answers that make me assume what a typical festival is, sex, drugs, and music. Just add a big bonfire.

[@alenezi989a3]

​@LyftraS maybe it's a substitute for a religious gathering. People (in general) seem to almost always need this experience. And seek it either through actual religious gathering, cults and pseudo-religous practice like this one. As for why well an anthropologist might have an answer or not.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

The videos directly contradict your words, my friend. Maybe you’re just saying this because to believe it is to make you feel better

[@ReyFelipe00]

​@@alenezi989a3 Humans seems drawn to food. Take food away from the human it dies. Human seems drawn to God. Take God away from a civilisation and it dies. It's very unique to the time we live in, that the clear spiritual underpinnings of all physical events are ignored without investigation, even laughed at, and by doing this one is an 'educated person'. An anthropologist won't have a proper answer... a Bible definitely would, but we're past all that millennia old divinely inspired wisdom now, we're modern humans now. Only the physical world exists therefore only the physical can be used to explain anything that ever happens. This is progress.

[@walshja81]

How many of these people went home and wore their mask to the grocery store?

[@notjuicebox]

who ever is reading this, know that it gets better, don’t give up, you are loved❤️

[@lorifintel9784]

❤that's so sweet. I needed it today. Thank you!

[@user-yq7vl1dj7i]

🙏✝️♥️

[@Joseph-C]

Thank you 🙏

[@firetomydawn]

i needed this, thank u❤️‍🩹

[@justynedobrucki1021]

At least Freezer Burn (the Canadian event in Alberta) was a success this year.

[@jimmyjames24]

Even though, a week ago weirdos tried to stop weirdos from going to a weirdo convention, the police disrupting that lame barricade is still pleasing.

[@shrimpwithaknife3381]

I don't care how crazy this sounds. Im with Michio Kaku. I don't think storms are purposely choosing famous events or areas celebrities are interested in buying. Maybe that makes me a conspiracy theorist.

[@khfan4life365]

Seeing as these people went there in the first place tells me they were poisoned long before they went.

[@stormystrikes]

This is akin to throwing a festival smack dab in Alamogordo, NM at the Trinty Site, making sure the Burning Man statue was at the center of the detonation site!

[@samanthaholmes2567]

What the heck are they talking about climate change? I live in Southern Nevada. This type of flood rain happens every so many years. We had a worse one 2 years ago. During monsoon season, you know it's a possibility this can be the year, so you just keep an eye out and don't drive in the mud! These aren't cities where they have drains to move the water, it just desert that makes lots of mud. That's what most if Nevada is, a big ass desert, with a few cities.

[@thedude5295]

Who's old enough to remember when Burning Man was free?

[@ryanpetersen9736]

Like she said, some of the people are going out there to dance and get high, but that's what she's saying YOU SHOULDN'T DO. I have been to festivals where there was an incredible sense of camaraderie and family and everybody came together to help each other out in the rain and had deeper conversations about their appreciation of life and if that's not some sort of congregation then what are you talkin about with your religious experience stuff. Just because the festival had music and dancing didn't mean that its only reason we were there. If us gathering at that festival and having those conversations and camaraderie deepend our appreciation for the collective humanity and good, then isn't that some sort of religious experience?

[@cavaliothorson7755]

Every time I read a comment about the great things about burning man it all just seems like a caricature of what's intended of the experience. I of course say this as someone who's never been there but the "everybody came together to help each other" seems a desired outcome at the expense of something I'm not good at, which is making myself vulnerable with strangers. I don't want to pay to be in someone else's dreamland.

[@flubber1557]

I find this funny because of the families I know that go camping in recent years have tried rv camping. No one knows what it means to properly survive in nature anymore. I miss when it was as simple as setting up a tent in your yard to give your child a start trying it. Then proceeding to the woods or a mountain range type area to go camping. One of my fondest memories from my days in the cub scouts is when we managed to make spaghetti and meatballs in a pot over a campfire as a troop activity. We had to work together as a team or we were going to be very hungry. Now I must admit I havent done such things in years. Would I do them again if given the chance? More than likely with the proper equiptment. I hated insects and still do. Thats what bug spray and the tents mesh door netting is for. I remember even learning to shoot BB guns and bow and arrows in cub/boy scouts. We learned to whittle wood with a pocket knife, How to use a compass or map, how to swim, how to canoe, how to tie knots. We learned what plants are safe and what arent. We learned how to deal with wild animals invading our camp. We learned how to survive. Something many dont know to do without their cell phones these days. All that said my seasonal allergies ive picked up as I got older likely wont help any. Also im not as flexible as I was. GOD GETTING OLDER SUCKS!!.... but everyone is doing it. I can at least say I look good for my age. Many people young and old think im usually around 19-20 years old or so. Im in my late 20s getting to my 30s. I was born in the 90s yet I like a lot of the content from before my time. I loved the little rascals, 3 stooges, marx brothers, laurel and hardy, monty pythons flying circus, old loony tunes, as well as the stuff of my time growing up. I cannot stand how kids are only able to accept whatever the latest trends are these days. Maybe thats just me though. My looks are likely due to decent genetics. I say decent because I did suffer from crazy levels of anxiety and depression growing up too. It shows in my behavior and the way I speak sometimes.

[@vegemite15]

You win the award for longest comment 😂

[@flubber1557]

@@vegemite15 I try my best. I suppose I can at least say I can write paragraphs if needed. ;)

[@wmason1961]

Sounds like you need to go rustic camping. Buy a tent and go. It isn't hard, and you really don't need an RV just because most other "campers" have one.

[@flubber1557]

@@wmason1961 I know that. I would totally go if I had the time. Too busy working to do such a trip. My point was nobody is willing to put in the effort to do things they might be uncomfortable or unfamiliar with anymore and kids arent being taught valueble life lessons in such experiences. You can teach a kid all the ins and outs about surviving outdoors within a classroom but it wont fully sink in until they have experienced it. Kids today arent receiving the same level of treatment if you ask me because everyone has to follow the latest trend in any field. In camping it has become this cozy rv camping trend. If you have ac, a stove top, tap water, and all that you arent really camping. Why not just pretend your living in the wilderness at home at that point? It takes away from the activities that used to occur by branching off from it. Activities like building a camp fire, making smores, roasting marshmellows, telling ghost stories around the fire at night, building a tent, learning to tie knots, looking for camp wood, avoiding wild animals, making sure your camp site is clean so bears wont come around, looking for a proper water source, and more. Some of which you CAN do without tent or cabin camping but I would say its not the same experience at all. Plus when your done if its your 1st time you can feel proud to say you accomplished roughing it. Something some people are definitely not accustomed to.

[@wmason1961]

@flubber1557 people are doing all those things all the time. You just don't see them if you only stay in non rustic campgrounds. No one sees the minivan heading out to the wilderness, but they can't miss seeing the RVs . So everyone thinks RV campers are the only ones out there. And after tent campers learn all the lessons you mentioned, they usually realize that they can have just as much fun in an RV instead of a tent. While being much more comfortable. No one buys an RV for their first camping trip. They start out exactly as you describe. And there is a reason they are popular. You're right that it isn't "camping." But it does not take many "real" camping trips for most people to realize that "camping" actually sucks.

[@Ally_cat06]

I just want to say that you’re amazing Brett! I learn so much from you and you honestly make my day so much better. Love your videos!

[@thecatfather857]

Copypasta detected.

[@Doomguyful]

thousands of people stranded in the middle of the desert, what could go wrong?

[@jennyhong6746]

Great vid. Well done. It was a blast, actually. Everyone helped each other by sharing resources. Great lesson about community.

[@bettypearson5570]

Burning Man sounds like this generations version of woodstock/rock festivals except hippies at least found places with grass and trees to have their events. But it did seem like these events did seem to become mud pits because it usually rained.

[@ELXABER]

Nothing's that bad when you're seeing pink elephants and purple unicorns.

[@cosmichouseofrose9788]

Great review of the situation. Thank you! I use to want to go. Now I don't!

[@charminbaer2323]

Gawd, you and all the other media sure like to blow shit out of proportion and sensationalize everything for clicks/views. Yeah, there's some inconvenience, but that just part of festival life. I'm a Marine Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, and I've certainly dealt with a lot worse. This was my first time going to Burning Man. I don't know why it took me so long to go, since I've been part of the rave/music festival scene since 1993. I left for the Marines in 1999, and didn't get out till 2012, so that took me out of the scene for a. while. I've been working music festivals now for a good decade , and concerts for Live Nation for almost 2 yrs now. Earlier this year, I went for the first time to Envision festival in Costa Rica. Talk about sucky weather, not just hot but humid, but guess what, we still have fun and make the best of it. I got a call from my dad on Sunday maybe, somehow i was able to get the call, but service is pretty much nonexistent there. Him and my sisters were worried because the news was saying we were stranded, running out of food and water, diseases spreading, etc.. Yes, roads were closed due to the mud, but we were never in danger or running out of food or supplies. Almost everyone that goes to Burning Man packs enough food and water for the duration of the festival which is like 9 days. Some of the bigger camps bring even more because many of these camps give out free food and drinks to attendees throughout the week. One of the first nights that really got cold, we were out late, and on the way to our camp, we ran into a camp that was giving out Miso soup. On Monday, one of the camps close to us was handing out BBQ, they had a huge smoker, so they were giving out Brisket, bacon, tri tip, pork, and turkey. Plenty of camps/RVs had Starlink, so that's how you saw lots of people posting to social media. Some camps offered free wifi to people. On Friday when the rains came, was probably the only day the porta potties were not serviced for a bit due to the rain, but service resumed and. they were cleaned up. I left late Monday night/Tuesday morning after the Man and Babel temple were burned. This year I tent camped, didn't even use the A/C I brought because it wasn't that hot. I brought a portable refrigerator and power station, so I always had cold drinks. Next year, I'm bringing a camper trailer I plan on building. Bed, A/C, solar power, refrigerator, and probably my Traeger smoker. For now I have a ton of photos I have to go thru for my friends. I'm a photographer and a lot of my friends are performers at festivals. Aerialist, fire spinners, stilt walkers, dancers, etc... Burning Man and any music festival for that matter, it's not just about drugs. Yes, it's around but you don't need to take them in order to enjoy these festivals. I raved sober for 2 decades almost before I tried experimenting. Also, this is not the norm for Burning Man, most years its hot, dry, and dusty as fuck. anyways, rant over.

[@TruePT]

3:01 Wtf! That was my exact thought. Take it from someone who goes on ‘retreats’ the lady from the clip almost exactly described what someone should/shouldn’t do when going on a ‘retreat’. Granted not including the dirt and desert stuff 😆

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

[@Psycopathicus]

Yeah, I mean, Burning Man has been going on for a LONG time, now; this can't possibly be the first time that there's been heavy rain and such. It's just that back in the good ol' days, we didn't have a million online idiots blowing things out of proportion. Back then, people just shrugged and dealt with it; nowadays, someone stubs a toe and everyone's like 'IS IT THE APOCALYPSE?!'

[@stnwrd]

Thanks Brett for all you do!!! You are someone I can relate to.

[@jeffreydkeller2792]

doesn’t seem much different than just having a golden calf out there. #sinfully wrong

[@Dsdcain]

Probably not, unless you count the questionable chemicals they ingested in pill form.

[@ThomasWierenga-jy6uu]

Good job Brett...fair, balanced approach. Not as scathing as Matt Walsh's take though lol

[@AtlasAnimations1]

Please make an episode on the urban rescue ranch! The man who makes the videos is so sweet

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

[@fnordly]

It's a hippie version of the Bohemian Grove ritual, down to the burning of a scapegoat effigy, an ancient ritual from the Ba'al religion. It is most definitely a religious experience. Pagan AF.

[@Tenebarum]

That's the only problem I have with it. Playing with sacrifice of any kind isn't good IMO.

[@veronicab15]

This is biblical level idolatry. They literally made a totem to burn and act like it's enlightenment

[@iryumika]

I think to be outside without technology with other people who do the same and everyone is trying to preserve the environment and learn some self sufficiency sounds amazing. Next year I'll try to go why not 😂🙏🤸

[@meleebrawler6462]

Man, that whole festival was such a disaster.

[@dheibeljr]

To be fair...going to the desert, getting high, dressing in costumes and dancing around some alter while blitzed is the root of many religious experiences 😂

[@MrRacin666]

What I took away from this video 1) I didn't understand what Burning Man was, after watching this, I now do not understand what Burning Man is. 2) Different people have different tolerances for environmental changes. 3)If people can get clicks/likes/follows from something, they'll do so in a negative way to increase the interaction they receive.

[@scottw5253]

The entire spectrum of what conditions are like, "on the ground," as reported through any source is going to be correct. It all comes down to perspective. Some people are scared of their own shadows and will crumble into a pile of hopeless despair if they have to poop into a hole in the ground. Other people have had some life experience and aren't bothered by much. BTW - being, "so high to not notice," is not the only way to have a good time in less than ideal conditions. There is a significant portion of Burning Man annual attendees that don't use drugs of any kind, so please, dial the condescension and generalization back a bit eh?

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

Brett is a burning man fan confirmed

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

[@marc_Peterson]

I'm glad you can pronounce Nevada correctly. That's not sand. Its liquefied alkali dust

[@Tenebarum]

I say Nuhvadda. How should it be?

[@NessieTheCatt]

It rained the entire time 😢 it was an actual shit show, I was in my car most of the time, I have Verizon no issues with cell service and people who came in 2 wheel drive were definitely in trouble. Depending on where you were there was like 6 inches of mud in some places but that turned into watching naked people mud wrestle and it was pretty awesome

[@TryingToWakeUp-qb7iu]

Hedonists and narcissists gathering for some drug fueled STD spreading sessions lol

[@Last.Stand.1111]

if thats your idea of awesome lol...fun...? :0

[@NessieTheCatt]

@Last.Stand.1111 it used to be, I'm getting a bit old for that type of stuff, was definitely my last year I didn't hear anything about people being poisoned 😬

[@DudeSoWin]

1. Did burning man start as a rain dance ceremony? 2. Were nuclear bomb tests once detonated near burning man? 3. ???

[@kenziesavage1314]

Loveee your sweater!

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

Are you married or do you have a boyfriend?

[@BreannaMae]

That woman talking about Burning Man: Tell me you're a stoner hippie chick without saying you're a stoner hippie chick lol. Everything is a 'religious experience' when you spend much of your life higher than a kite. 😂

[@rockzalt]

It looks like something for a college students' prolonged summer break or living the dream as transient trailer people. Albeit it would be miserable if you couldn't get out and about with feet that feel like they are being barbequed in a clay sock.

[@chrisedwards7095]

I've heard this story before. Some festival that got rained on, and turned the whole place to mud. But that was on Max Yasgur's farm at Woodstock NY, and at least they had Janis Joplin.

[@andrewjackson5127]

I was involved as a volunteer in a one-day Music Festival that turned into mud everywhere and everybody had a real positive attitude about it even though it was difficult to deal with so I suspect with Burning Man people have that same attitude. Having said that I would not want to be there. We were not stuck at the festival for an extra day or two. People were able to leave quite well.

[@TheXandemic]

Burning man is an amazing concept, it will probably be better in a better environment. Just cause you don't like the concept, doesn't mean it couldn't be a profound and interesting journey.

[@cookfrances]

Ms. Brett your facial expressions crack me up. You keep this old lady up to date. Be blessed.

[@WieSuLaS1]

Oh my god I cant believe how people dont have any clue what is burning man event.. You literally said it, and I still cant believe you didnt get what the event is about.. Its not about surviving. It is about building a city, building an economic system without money from the beginning and then burning it down at the end so you could do it again next time. It is literally for the enjoyment of communication and living without money. everybody has what they brings and they share, make themselves in the event or trade between things they have. No money is involved. However the event was started by people who enjoyed no economy, free life, and you know who those people are? Hipsters. hence why so much protest against phones and cameras. psychedelics everywhere and people dont like to be cought.

[@ChloeCrismon]

I love the clips your editor puts in your show 🤣

[@WaitWhatsMyName]

I like when he roasts her

[@jamesfergusson7917]

late in the 12:00 when you talk about the mud building up, you have no idea, as a kid I remember going down a fill then siddenly I was sking cuz I had 2 inches of mud built up under my boots. I made that mistake ONCE

[@Kiwibird12]

I was at Burning Man this year. It was about one of the best years I’ve ever gone through. Yeah the mud was inconvenient but we’re burners. We thrive off of inconveniences like this. A friend of mine hosted the mud wrestling that almost the whole desert wanted to be a part of. Burning Man is about art and creativity and self exploration, it’s not some drug test. It was so much fun even with the mud. Everyone was nice regardless of the situation we were in

[@rhondas3017]

I There is no stereotypical burner. I know several and none of them are the same. None use drugs. All political persuasions. I heard they search you for drugs upon entry, but I’m sure some get thru. The art installations are so unique and amazing. They make many of them here in Reno. I’d luv to go except I hate being dusty and hot. I’m a wuss.

[@SassyShelly]

No the mud did not stop us Burning Man was still on. best week of my life mud or not. 10 out of 10 would tromp through that shit again for that experience . There was no Ebola no one was poisoned we all had a great time

[@Victoria_Loves_Jesus]

That can of whoop ass costume was amazing

[@antiquegeek]

Sounds like a pretty standard thing for outdoor festivals. I am not overly enamored with Burning Man but the over-reaction to it from people who think roughing it is not having internet and hotel room service is kinda funny. There are those who go and those who don't and those who go knowing it is not always lala land roll with it and make do. Jamming that many people into that area is a stressor as that many humans in one place can create both solutions and problems to coping. I have worked and lived in the bush for much of my life and all I see is a bad camping trip but no hate either way. Stay home, stay dry stay happy. Go there, get soaked, get dirty, poop in a pail be happy. Different strokes for different folks.

[@covinaca5312]

Venereal disease maybe...

[@ThePoet1974]

I was there all 9 days. The mud was not a major problem just an inconvenience. It doesn't burn holes in your skin. The camps put on amazing activities from Naked yoga and Naked Pub crawl to necklace making and a workshop for Men about being able to say No and not feel bad about it. I saw a 2 person play about a man adopting a kid that was really powerful and better than anything in Hollywood. I saw amazing sunsets and sunrises. I WAS NOT HIGH AT ANYPOINT EITHER. But it is there. The music was great there was even a 19 peice live band at Crossroads and Mooncheese. Even loosing 3 days of activities. I will be back. EVERONE was nice. I met people fron Denmark, Tokyo,Germany, Pakistan, Britain, Switzerland. There was over 200 Art pieces that were amazing you had to see them during the day and at night went there colored lights came on.

[@theluschmasterjournals]

Well, it seems Mother Nature decided to give Burning Man a mud bath this year!

[@choctawlove6060]

Wasn’t mother nature there’s no such thing as mother nature. It was father God, in heaven, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of the Bible, telling them they better stop doing that step away from those satanic spirits, and get to know Jesus Christ because that’s the only way you’re gonna get to go to heaven, and get to know, father God, in heaven is through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[@vortexathletic]

The history of other ancient religions doing things similar to this, is that they would sacrifice humans by throwing them in the statue that burns up at the end. So not great origin stories with this one

[@Ronron1327]

My hearts burning for Brett 🔥

[@StoneyB]

I like Brett but, she's wrong on this one. She is minimizing Burning Man by making it out to be a drug-fueled junkie fest. She completely disregarded all of the hard work that goes into it every year. If we were talking about what makes BM special outside of this context, she would be saying how great it all sounds: a bunch of people who are mostly strangers coming together, not being able to buy anything, sharing and bartering goods & services, music and food, art and fashion. The creativity is unlike anything most people have ever seen. She thinks BM is stupid and I think $60 for a "Brett Cooper Embroidered Crewneck" is stupid. There's also a $50 poster too. I guess everyone's priorities are different.

[@TheRealQuinten]

Burning man, Coachella, and Disney land are three places you couldn’t afford to get me to go too. They seem so lame and my old school temper would ruin my day as well as everyone else’s so avoiding it is not only good for me but also the hippies that enjoy it. I don’t even enjoy going to boxing events anymore thanks to the people that now attend… well that and I don’t respect many new fighters.

[@BraveJustDefend]

Babe next time you wear all white, Put on red Chapstick.. It will flow better.. Yes I'm also a stylist LOL.. You should meet me at ACL in Austin!! I'm from here. I kicked Billie Eilish out of here.. Its hard to kick the elite out when they are building Austin to be the next San Fran.. The elite puppet Corey Feldman is coming 10/8.. I will be there (If you wanna come) to see the show and a show it will be

[@nogames8982]

I am a bad person. I laughed when I heard about this event, and how it completely got ruined. These people want to experience nature, but then they complain when nature experiences them :-)

[@Last.Stand.1111]

"nature" lol, go camping in the woods maybe?

[@nogames8982]

@@Last.Stand.1111 they seem to forget that it might be a dried up riverbed right now, but it was a river at one time and could be at any minute again.

[@ItsTaniya]

This is what happens when you build an idol to worship😭 besides common sense tells you it’s a lakebed they’re on😂

[@raketensven3127]

Social media poisoned burning man, as it did with coachella and nearly every other festival in existence. The difference would be incomprehensible, if you haven't experienced it for yourself. Smartphones and the internet ruined the whole thing. I wouldn't say these things were apolitical before, but it feels like they were in an alternate reality to what they are now. Even as a mostly non drug, dead center person (me) or even as conservative person, you could just have a great time there and have great conversations with people that live a completely different life than you do. Good times.

[@soy_0scar7]

May GOD bless and protect you in the mighty name of JESUS! May GOD and JESUS break every chain the enemy has formed against you and liberate you! May GOD and JESUS fill you with the HOLY SPIRIT, GODliness, love to get through any challenge or struggle or addiction! GOD IS GOOD! JESUS IS GOOD! GOD is love in times of hate, GOD is strength in times of weakness, GOD is light in times of darkness, GOD is harmony in times of chaos, and GOD is all you need and more! If you need more love/strength/anything GOD is there! GOD LOVES YOU JESUS LOVES YOU! GOD BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!