I have tons of burner friends, but I've never felt compelled to go. I won't bore you with the list of reasons it fails to interest me. I really enjoy checking out flickr just afterwards though. I've also enjoyed seeing how burner culture is slowly being integrated into mainstream Bay Area life. You can't go to a geeky gathering like Maker's Faire or Yuri's Night without getting a taste of it. Kids and families like (some of) burner culture too. I like it when it's closer to home. - Jason Wehmhoener
I stay in SF for all the empty bars and restaurants! - Veronica
No. I support limitations on carbon emissions. - shelisrael1
On the subject of carbon emissions, I totally agree. I was more than a little horrified by the video my friend showed me of "Crude Awakening" when he returned. That shit is just plain stupid, excuse my french. - Jason Wehmhoener
Thomas: A big set of Burning Man photos from you one of these days would be awesome! It'd be a great addition on your journey to the million. - Vincent X
No. I can't plan far enough ahead and by the time it rolls around it's just too late. - Kevin Fox
Crude Awakening's total carbon footprint was the equivalent of half a gallon of gas per participant. If you're that concerned about carbon, you shouldn't travel by car anywhere, ever, for anything. Burning Man *looks* extravagantly wasteful of fossil fuel, but the fuel burned simply getting to the event (or any such event) dwarfs all the pyrotechnics. It's kind of ridiculous to go to, say, SxSW, but not to Burning Man, based on ecological consciousness. - ⓞnor
sorry nor, but that argument pretty much falls flat for me. BTW, I drive very little. - Jason Wehmhoener
back in the early days I was thinking about going but I heard that you had to get your camera registered and that it seemed like such a pain in the ass to get approval to shoot it. I've heard it's lightened up since then though with regards to photography and SLRs. - Thomas Hawk
One of my buddies always brings his SLR. I live vicariously through him, heh. - Jason Wehmhoener
Jason: If you basically never drive anywhere, and wouldn't consider going to any sort of recreational gathering that requires travel, then that's commendably conservative of you. But that's nothing specific to Burning Man - you would have to give the same answer to the question of whether you go to any other event (SxSW, PAX, E3, Woodstock, AAAS, whatever your thing might be). - ⓞnor
Sounds interesting, now that those who are "too cool" dis it.... - Wilma Stoneflint
No thanks. A) I'm a family guy B) Burning Man might have been cool once but seems to be the workaholic answer to a vacation - least the folks I know who have gone seem to fit this mold. 'Work hard, play hard' type people - not my kind of crowd. - AJ Kohn
