Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck
Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life
Nature, however, has not been so kind to Burning Man. Over the weekend, heavy rains turned the stretch of dusty flats that attendees insist on calling “the playa” into a muddy mess.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/burning-man-wealthy-attendees

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I'm not at Burning Man now, but I've been there four times - '97, '99, '00, and '07. Back in those days I was working tech jobs and it was a nice break from my cubicle. The weather there, however, was always crazy.

I think it was 2000, the first year they burned the temple. Intense winds blew the flames towards the crowd, and we fled back, tripping over the parked bicycles. Then came pouring rain, and as I was riding my bike away the mud stuck inches thick to the tires, making them heavier and heavier while the brakes scraped the mud off the sides, slowing me even further. Eventually I was struggling to push the bike into the wind, soaking and freezing, wishing for my warm, dry cubicle...

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