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The dumbing down of America on full display..lmfao 😂

@josephastier7421

8 ай бұрын

It takes brains to get to Burning Man. Money, planning, engineering, logistics, transport, building, among all the campmates. It's like hurting cats.

The non profit that profits quite nicely with no responsibility for the sponsors.

@lauramoor7730

9 ай бұрын

Am I the only one thinking about people showing up with weapons and no one to save anyone from it . Wha a freak show

@mikemeza1975

9 ай бұрын

@@lauramoor7730 the way America is going it seems a civil war is on the horizon. Too many innocent people have died so a handful of rich people can get richer.

@nickg2431

9 ай бұрын

@@lauramoor7730 except the reno rangers😀

@lauramoor7730

9 ай бұрын

@@nickg2431 lol it’s all so ridiculous i wouldn’t be shocked to see Rambo there I swear lol 😂

@nickg2431

9 ай бұрын

@@lauramoor7730 Send me there i was offered a part in Rambo 3 years ago funny but true!!

Kurt Vonnegut once said: “We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective.” - Kurt Vonnegut

@aaaaaa2206

9 ай бұрын

That means that the most valuable thing in life, life itself is worth nothing for the living beings that live those lives. Money, they measurer of value has become value itself, which is absurd if you think about it.

@olmalone

9 ай бұрын

Few people read Vonnegut these days. I cite, “God bless you, Mr Rosewater” for empathy, but cannot find it in libraries.

@hounddog2952

9 ай бұрын

Who the fk is this we 💩 ? Ain't no helping NONE yall childern of the lie. Best thing yall can do is keep voting for those Israeli politicians and continue to protest yr rights to defend yrself!

@Ahh1963

9 ай бұрын

Shameful what these insane people are doing.ADDING FUEL TO THE 🔥🙏,THE US IS A GIANT CESSPOOL,ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US NOW

@truthwarrior2727

9 ай бұрын

Never forget Maui Only sociopaths celebrate burning of a man after thousands were just burned alive

But critics of Burning Man claim the festival has turned into a place for rich people paying to be 'poor.' Tickets for Burning Man are sold in a price-tiered structure, starting at $525 and going up to $2,750. No matter what a person ends up paying, everyone there is provided the same level of access to amenities and events.

@garygolfer3243

9 ай бұрын

Your last sentence is not accurate. You get access to everything EXCEPT the high end amenities. They are exclusively for the big spenders and VIP’s.

@mizzury54

8 ай бұрын

And therein lies one of the problems here . The tickets should all be priced the same and facilities provided available to all. I have to wonder where was Chris Rock staying before he fled with Diplo ?

@matthewcraig8926

8 ай бұрын

$525 to $2,750?? Glad I stuck with Dead and Co. It's BLATANTLY obvious that the Burning Man event is for the privileged by the prices you listed. Not what it used to be. You can have your society on your "Flat Earth" Lakebed with your lack of situational skills and lack of climatological awareness. Good luck closet Trumpsters!!!.

@bananabanjo

8 ай бұрын

yeah, the VIP's can pay to have their own private porta potties with locks on them, and they can hope to flag down the pump trucks when they pass by.

@garygolfer3243

8 ай бұрын

@@bananabanjo They have their own entire private camps with private contracted pumpers.

I attended in 2000 when the only people there were the only people on the planet who knew what it was. I cannot remember there being the THOUSANDS of land yachts that I have seen in this exodus

@cooljazz8

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the huge RVs have become a lot more popular all over the US in recent years. So it looks like they said to themselves, "hey let's go to burning man."

@matthewcraig8926

8 ай бұрын

You are very fortunate to have gone to burning man in that time period. Unfortunately the rich and privileged have taken over the area. It's actually really sad. It's not the same as it was when it started.

They should move to downtown San Francisco. A few more tents on the sidewalk won't make much difference.

@jj576i9

9 ай бұрын

Lol

@jamesgilhooly1326

9 ай бұрын

or Portland, NY,Chicago,LA

@huskerfootball42

9 ай бұрын

😂

@huskerfootball42

9 ай бұрын

​@@jamesgilhooly1326any liberal city

@tyreed.3716

9 ай бұрын

​@huskerfootball42 11 years and 3 subscribers. Always the smucks that get political on either side #thaiwave

Put the blame where it belongs on the organizers ... Not having support systems (water, Sewer, food, vehicle access, etc.) is absolutely unconscionable ... Part of their responsibility should be to heal the area that the festival takes up ... You don't invite 10's of thousands to a party and then just walk away from the mess ...

@Woozy.0

9 ай бұрын

You can't heal an alkaline desert bro

@summersolstice884

9 ай бұрын

@@Woozy.0 True ,, we are not Mother Nature ... She added a whole lot of water ... but you can try to limit the damage ... What kind of animals live there? can feeding stations be set up before during and after the event, at a distance? Vegetation is sparse because not much grows in salt ... The tire grooves and parking area, could be smoothed and somewhat, repaired with Disc towed behind a tractor ... I am certain there are some knowledgeable people who could offer some decent advice ..

@tehachapimtnlover

9 ай бұрын

In the winter, the playa is flooded with water. All the tracks vanish. There are no plants and no animals on the playa. It is a flat dry lakebed part of the year, and a shallow flooded lake part of the year. It "heals" itself. Almost all of these comments are from people who have never been there.

@oldbatwit5102

8 ай бұрын

Put the blame where it belongs, on the fact that there is a 'festival'.

@perrys62008

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, God forbid you put the blame on the people that attend the event for nothing more than self serving, narcissistic desires and fulfillment. More of the Left blaming others for THEIR ACTIONS.

Nice to see some rain in the desert 🌱

@brunobordini7696

9 ай бұрын

The rain came on purpose! The desert couldn't take these potheads anymore!

@sherrcon

9 ай бұрын

@@brunobordini7696 oh stop that...are you assuming they are all potheads?...c'mon

@brunobordini7696

9 ай бұрын

@@sherrcon not everyone! But only takes a few to ruim everything!

@magesalmanac6424

9 ай бұрын

Nobody says pothead anymore 😆

@magesalmanac6424

9 ай бұрын

Only takes a few..? Did you miss the point of the vid?

It’s imposible to leave no trace for burning man. I think it’s a cool life experience for some but let’s be real it’s not environmentally friendly

@tinawindham6958

9 ай бұрын

U mean the poo buckets?🤮🤢

@archiebunker7688

9 ай бұрын

It is environmentally friendly if they only burn bras

@Zxx459

9 ай бұрын

Do you have 500 to go to the desert and pretend your trying to find yourself?" Self expression " Plus car + food + water+time off+ $$$$

@newtalking3

9 ай бұрын

for the privileged

@playinglifeoneasy9226

9 ай бұрын

It always seemed self indulgent on a grand scale in the face of a climate crisis that threatens us all

Oh, i love when people use the word 'self reliance' and everything they eat, drink and play usually comes from not a sustainable source😂

@hollyclifford1522

9 ай бұрын

and where does the food you consume come from? do you produce it yourself?

@showdimorti7103

9 ай бұрын

@@hollyclifford1522 Hell, No!! But I do not pretend to be self sufficient or whatever the hell you wanna call and then go to the desert to leave the place like a shit hole, literally🤣🤣🤣

@a8f235

9 ай бұрын

@@hollyclifford1522 Your comment makes no sense because he would never express something like that if he was one of them. Pretty self explanatory. He's just done with double standard people that try to make him the bad guy, when they have a bit too many skeletons in the closet.

@sevelev

9 ай бұрын

@@a8f235 🤡

@nilsduckarm6548

9 ай бұрын

It’s the same try to be less capitalistic in a capitalistic system not easy but they try it I think it’s better to be double standard and do anything instead of doing nothing and feel a bit more honest

Best burn of the last 18 I've attended. Whoever made this video obviously did not attend.

I'm not seeing a disaster by any definition of the word. A bunch of well-supplied desert campers got rained in for two days. Then things dried out and things returned to normal. Lahaina was a disaster. This was an inconvenience, and for only some of the people.

@andremesq

2 ай бұрын

Exactly… I was there, I organize a fairly large theme camp. There was no disaster by any true meaning of the word. It was an inconvenience while it was happening, but somewhat of a blessing in the end. The event went on longer, we partied at our camp and at neighbor camps through the rain, and after it dried things picked back up and we had some of the best man burn and temple burn nights I’ve seen out there. The struggle through the rain actually served to bond groups together as well… it was hard, but rewarding. And that’s the very spirit of the event anyway.

You could apply this video's "wisdom" to just about every party, concert, day at the beach, and city on earth. Lies, half-truths included.

What’s everyone so surprised about, a dry lake bed in the middle of monsoon season.

Can you IMAGINE the gratification those climate protestors must be feeling at this moment?! 🤷🏽‍♀️😬🤷🏽‍♀️ We tried to stop you.

@donmezzanatto8607

9 ай бұрын

hahaah ok....well alrighty then

@aloysiusbrewer5250

9 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking

@matthewcraig8926

8 ай бұрын

They should have listened. But that's the way it goes with a spoon fed generation that claims to be for the environment, but in reality doesn't walk the talk, but expects everyone beneath them to comply. Talk about hypocrisy. Just take a look at what they pay for the event. And the privileged people in RVs with their airplanes on the airport. Gheesh. While the planet is suffering, they claim to be for the planet. Now they're stuck in the mud for a few days. Military needs to do a supply drop of pacifiers and milk bottles.

@josephastier7421

8 ай бұрын

Rain in the desert is a *good* climate change.

@Andrea-LovesYouStill

8 ай бұрын

@@josephastier7421 Agreed. Garbage in the desert is a bad… environment change

I know it's the antithesis of the festival but they should consider not burning everything at the end. Leaving all that garbage and fecal matter behind is terrible. Real hippies actually care about the environment. I say this as someone who understands the benevolence and spiritual aspect of the festival. Can you imagine if all those people got together with 200 million and tried doing some environmental good? Unfortunately that's neither fun nor glamourous so will likely never happen but I can dream.

@johnm7437

9 ай бұрын

they dont leave garbage. no outhouses overflowed. the whole story is overblown. to keep their very expsensive permits they must completely clean up the site after the event. If a camp leaves a mess, they aren't allow to return. the burns are also cleaned up. as I said, it is a requirement of the permit. the media does weird stuff, including this site. Its not my thing, but I have friends who where there. a few people maybe panicked and complained, but most people just hunkered down and partied in their own camps and everyone helped each other. the vast majority of people don't show up with just 9 days of food. many camps have 2 weeks or more of food and they happily feed people who run out or just want a change. It is actually pretty cool some of the ways that they behavior. they could teach people a lot of lessons in how to get along and deal with hardship. It is sad to me that channel's like this don't give an accurate picture. some celebrities had to walk out and some people panicked and tried to leave early and got stuck. so what.. Is that your definition of a disaster? Lahaina is a disaster.. this was just a minor inconvenience and if you are an experienced camper, then you know that some of the most magical times are when the weather forces to you to hunker down. Especially if you have a group of good friends to hang out with. It is not everyones thing. so what. I don't care for going mud bogging but I think its perfectly okay for those who like it. I also don't play golf, but I dont' care if others do. They dont leave a mess and no toilets overflowed. they plan for these things. they couldn't get permits to go out there with that large of a group if they didn't.

@sevelev

9 ай бұрын

Burn it all!!!!

@lt4203

8 ай бұрын

These aren’t real hippies. They just drank the kool aid

@sevelev

8 ай бұрын

@@lt4203 🤡

So wait. By disrupting the natural untouched dirt of a barren lake, these festival goers gather for what again?

@lt4203

8 ай бұрын

To drink the kool aid man 😅

The same thing happens in Monterey, CA during Car Week.Due to gross ecological disruption for over 30 yrs, the ecology is 100% gone; even the monarch butterflies.

@matthewcraig8926

8 ай бұрын

Grew up in Cachagua, in Carmel Valley from the 1960s through the 1990s. Those monarchs, along with the Steelhead population in the Carmel River, went way down after the rich and famous took over the area in the 1980s. Ever been to the Butterfly Grove in PG, or the one down near Eselen Institute south of Big Sur? It's depressing how much the monarch has changed. Glad I don't live there anymore. All the overpopulation and recently fires. And now all the rich and famous putting on events and totally clogged local roads. Such narcissist!! No thanks!! They can have their dry flat earth Lakebed

@Ida-bl5xs

8 ай бұрын

Oh go cry in your 🍺

Why don't those people 70,000 people stay at Strip Blvd in Vegas? After all, they are just moved locations to middle of desert and making more mess on the beautiful planet we are living😢

They need to scrap the Black Rock. My understanding is that Burning Man or proto-burning man began in San Francisco. Why not choose to hold burning man at old waste sites, abandoned dumps, etc? Might dissuade folks out for glamor but encourage those who dig the spirit of sustainability and the prospect of reuse and celebrating the decay of those wasteful aspects of society we could all do without. Weird idea but could see it working well with the right location.

@codyjohnson5674

9 ай бұрын

Burning man started in the exact place it's still held with only about 200 people and it was all a barter system.

@timothyblazer1749

9 ай бұрын

Nope. No barter. Gifting. Barter happens, but it's not the norm.

@shreddagorge

9 ай бұрын

@@codyjohnson5674 it started in SF near ocean beach and the feds who own the land sent the park rangers to shut it down after a few years of growth. It was then moved to the desert and eventually commercialized.

@mspersonunknowable

9 ай бұрын

Great idea. The location and the [supposed] ethos of the festival don't match up. It is almost impossible to leave no trace there. Not even mentioning the vast distance it is to drive there. I was there in 2011 and it didn't feel right. Events like this need to evolve because they just become corrupted and the organisers get greedy and rich so they don't want to change it.

@hhwippedcream

9 ай бұрын

@@mspersonunknowable imagine planting a symbolic tree, forest, or habitat as part of each gathering. Perhaps there is an application or nomination for species and where it even goes, a portion of proceeds go to the bio and mycoremediation of each site. Organizers with enough funds could fund a steward for the site for at least 3 years after the event, include allowances for a trailer and nonprofit multiplication. Leave a truly impactful impression that surmounts the gravity of the event itself.

Let it Rain God🙏🙏🙏

@460spectra

9 ай бұрын

Just don’t dance in it unless you like eating Chem trails lol

@victorsr6708

9 ай бұрын

And make things worse??

@reapthewhirlwind4166

9 ай бұрын

​@@victorsr6708nature is just doing its thing. It's the counterculture people that are destroying the land

I was there and this video full of it. I'm sure who ever did this video never been there. Porta potties were not over flowing. We just chilled till it dried out and we were back at it.

All good things come to an END. Enough is enough

South Africa has a similar festival called AfrikaBurn and I've been saying how bad it must be for the environment to have thousands of humans partying in the deserts and burning "art" pieces with an accelerant on them.. all the hippies just say no the motto is "Leave no Trace".. ya it would leave no trace if you just stayed out of that area... WTF.. so stupid

@mulleinflower3833

8 ай бұрын

If they Goin demolish any these bird feeders , wouldn't we warn the pidgens before they destroyed them ??? Sorree if that sounds stupid or disrespectful , but to me , I would make sure the birds were OUT before demolishing the bird domes or twin towers . . .. . . □ 🌇 ■ 🌃 □ 🏙 ■ 🌆 □ . . . Or BLDG7 ! Anyone dye in BLDG 7 when it came tumbLiNG Down! ? After Larry Silverstein gave the command to "Pull it!" THEN GOT A TON OF FRAUDULANT INSURANCE MONEY ! BCUZ HE HAD INSURED4 ENEMY ATTACK ! >>>> I would make sure the birds , not just the Blue Birds Jewish 🐦 were OUT before demolishing the bird domes or twin towers . . . Or BLDG7 ! JUST IMAJIHN -- CONTROLLED DEMOLITIONX3 & ONLY WARNING FOLC HOO HAPPEND TO BE JEWISH ✡️ TO STAY HOME THAT DAY !!!!!!!!

“Lay back and groove on a rainy day...”-Jimi Hendrix

Wow, they burn a lot of (unsustainable) fuel.

Very sad that words and actions do not match. I feel that this event be stopped since it doesn't produce what it was started for.

@peggysmyth6110

9 ай бұрын

I agree.

It wasn't a disaster. We all still had a blast. It was my 8th and one of the better ones due to use coming together and dealing with it. We all made the best of it and still partied hard and connected.

@bananabanjo

8 ай бұрын

Yep it was my 14th, and one of my top favorite years.

@stellablu333

8 ай бұрын

You having fun isnt the point. The point is the ecological disaster

@jeffkoenig-ft8wm

8 ай бұрын

​@@stellablu333define disaster.....

@Andrea-LovesYouStill

8 ай бұрын

Did you clean up after yourself? 😃😎

@kleepo7733

8 ай бұрын

As long as you got to party that's all that matters. Who the hell cares about everything else right. Pathetic

I think this is the first time you adressed a current event still in the news. I feel the burning man festival was already a concern for you and you needed to address it. I think this was a good video that added additional insights and thus is true to the format. I would not mind a few more (like every one or two months)

It's disgusting how they leave all that trash!

@josephastier7421

8 ай бұрын

The event staff picks it all up. Takes weeks, but they restore the playa so no trace remains.

@Terryb-wg9cf

8 ай бұрын

They destroy natural habitat, and claim to be advocates of and keepers of earth.

Great coverage!

@mulleinflower3833

8 ай бұрын

If they Goin demolish any these bird feeders , wouldn't we warn the pidgens before they destroyed them ??? Sorree if that sounds stupid or disrespectful , but to me , I would make sure the birds were OUT before demolishing the bird domes or twin towers . . .. . . □ 🌇 ■ 🌃 □ 🏙 ■ 🌆 □ . . . Or BLDG7 ! Anyone dye in BLDG 7 when it came tumbLiNG Down! ? After Larry Silverstein gave the command to "Pull it!" THEN GOT A TON OF FRAUDULANT INSURANCE MONEY ! BCUZ HE HAD INSURED4 ENEMY ATTACK ! >>>> I would make sure the birds , not just the Blue Birds Jewish 🐦 were OUT before demolishing the bird domes or twin towers . . . Or BLDG7 ! JUST IMAJIHN -- CONTROLLED DEMOLITIONX3 & ONLY WARNING FOLC HOO HAPPEND TO BE JEWISH ✡️ TO STAY HOME THAT DAY !!!!!!!!

Best way to end the environmental disaster that Burning Man is, is to do it virtually in the Metaverse. The hypocrisy of this event blows my mind.😊

@tylerdurden9748

9 ай бұрын

I would never go to to such a ridiculous event but to suggest nerding out in some lame metaverse chatroom thing can possibly compare to actual human interaction is just sad and pathetic. American pollution as a whole is peanuts compared to the juggernauts of pollution china and india. When you get those two on board with zero emission manufacturing & living only then will i consider a low environmental impact lifestyle.

@davidwright873

9 ай бұрын

its a party!!! what hypocrisy? it started on Ocean Beach bask in my day and evolved...It's a bash!! they don't preach anything!! what hypocrisy!!??? lol

@sevelev

9 ай бұрын

LOL! Shut up unless you've been there and contributed something to the community. You sound like a Karen, Tim.

@cooljazz8

8 ай бұрын

This is no "environmental disaster." It is a tiny drop in a bucket compared to the damage caused by the 340 million people in the US just going about our daily lives 24/7/365, and all the industrial businesses and power generation that support us.

@mizzury54

8 ай бұрын

Also , they hold these ridiculous " decompression " events around the country afterwards . What do they do , all hug themselves with reassurances that they can do it again next year ? Taking themselves way too seriously

It should be illegal to attend this festival that damages our environment and those that do should be fined $10,000 to help clean up the mess that they left behind.

@sevelev

9 ай бұрын

Start a petition. Make it your life's work to shut it down. No wait, go there once and participate.

Heaven forbid! There are people having fun, It must be stopped!!!!!!

It wasn't so bad out there this year, as this depicts. All the left behind debris is 99.9% cleaned up by now I'm sure. The DPW restoration crew at the end of it really is EXTREMELY thorough. And every pound of mud that built up on my space boots trudging through the sloppy butt mud for two days was totally worth it just getting to see Steely Dan play a surprise solar powered set at the trash fence with my uncle on Thursday night! And that giant three story birthday cake that was made completely out of recycled municipal waste coffee grounds and corn with all those cheerleaders on stilts spinning fire and dancing all over it right before it burned! OMG!! Life changing. I have basically stopped using running water and thrown away all my small appliances and also gone at least vegetarian after finding out that one camp down the street served us hot dogs made out of sparkle pony meat. OK, in hindsight, I guess yeah... burning man sucks. Don't go.

@bwofficial1776

8 ай бұрын

When you put it that way, I do want to go. It's always the crappy experiences that end up being the most fun. The Burning Man organizers do a fantastic job of cleaning up the playa.

I actually kinda side with the environmentalists blocking the road for once. I never agree with blockading of any road but for the burning man gathering? I say block away 😅

@sevelev

9 ай бұрын

I say ram a truck through the blockade and go to the festival.

@JohnMontero-Nevaden

9 ай бұрын

URAnIdiot

Wow, great reporting on this crazy poop show. Thank you for such an informative And entertaining Video!

Nonprofit organization, but take home the money😂😂😂

Just look how happy everyone is !!!!!!!!! and The Rain just made the experience even better!!!!!!!!

To experienced burners, 2023 just another burn. It is a harsh environment, from extreme heat to freezing nights. Anyone who was prepared just adapted and enjoyed themselves. The short time the porta potties were almost full was the only significant problem unless you had to leave on two days. To my knowledge no porta potties actually over filled and spilled on the desert. It is known and mentioned on the website that rain is possible and when it rains you need to wait it out and let it dry. Unusually that takes an hour or two, this year it took 2 days.

Sounds like a black ops geoenginering event

Agree - let the land heal!

@truthwarrior2727

9 ай бұрын

Only sociopaths celebrate burning of a man after thousands were just burned alive

It IS just a reason to party no matter what the attendees say to spin it otherwise

@cromaticdragon5079

9 ай бұрын

@@YoDaddy-qz3dc So Own Up to It instead of being a Coward and tap dancing around it. 😂 😂 😂 💯 💶 💯 💶 💯 👑 👑 👑 🫏 🤡

@reapthewhirlwind4166

9 ай бұрын

Yes they expect us to believe that people just go there to be self-reliant and sustainable

@anotherinternetidiot6300

9 ай бұрын

Ya i can have the same "spiritual experience" in my backyard with a handful of shrooms and my son's sandbox. But no...they're Fancy drug addicts.

@andremesq

2 ай бұрын

@@reapthewhirlwind4166 No one expects anyone to believe people go there just for that. People go there to party, to express themselves, to build or see art, to participate in all sort of activities ranging from entertainment, to self improvement, spirituality, etc… The self reliance and leave no trace are just 2 of the principles people try to adhere to while there, but there are 8 more.

Burning Man has jumped the shark

@rigelb9025

9 ай бұрын

Has it ever. But unfortunately, 'jumping the shark' has never stopped Hollywood from churning out endless sequels to expired properties. I hope BM doesn't follow in their footsteps.

I don't see why the salary costs are unreasonable. This is a huge endeavor that takes all year to plan and round-the-clock work for weeks in order to produce it. Having the president do the job for $261K seems like a bargain.

@the.spacequeen

9 ай бұрын

It makes total sense. Plus she has been a part of this project for decades so she has all the prior experience.

@robertsaul586

9 ай бұрын

it's a hit piece on capitalism. All the attendees work and pay for the provisions they bring, but that part didn't get mentioned.

@kenyonbissett3512

9 ай бұрын

For an event that produced $73 million in ticket sales, $261,000 seems low.

@msimonse

8 ай бұрын

Sure but maybe spend some of that 73 mil on a better bathroom/hygiene solution as well as water and life support, helicopters and better egress, and maybe a better tiered ticket pricing for all incomes. Does Burning Man have a mission statement? I liked the rainbow gatherings where is was never a commercial spectacle. @@kenyonbissett3512

I'll wait the next 75 years until the report is released.😊

Thank you ❤

A mosh pit that reeks of body odor, poop, and patouli oil. Lol 😂

@saigonKT

9 ай бұрын

Remind me times I was of living immigration camp. But this may be worse.

Mother nature was saying ....Go away!

@willyupshaw

9 ай бұрын

Is that what' she's saying whenever she rains on your house?

@bettylazon3260

9 ай бұрын

@@willyupshaw you know what I meant. How do we distinguish fires... by water. What is the festival called BURNING MAN .

Glastonbury Festival here in the UK is attended by over 200,000 people & is completely run on renewable energy & renewable fuels. Considering that the Burning Man Festival is held in a desert then the words 'solar power' would crop up instead of 'diesel generators' in the accounts of the festival from the attendees?.

Not a disaster at all !! Calm down people , there campers and we know how to deal with it !!! Dang , I just wish my fellow campers would remember “ pack it in pack it out “ bless all that endured the rain and mud 😅 probably built there immune systems up

Burning Man just always seem like a bad idea having an art festival is one thing but the 70,000 people go into the desert and any desert is a very delicate ecosystem sounded dangerous dangerous for the environment, dangerous for health, safety, sewage, and setting fire to a ton of wood in the middle of the Summer while we’re having runaway climate change sounds very self-absorbed

THE BURNERS NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEAN UP!! TO THE CEO,SHE NEEDS TO PAY UP!! THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ENVIORMENT!!

@hollyclifford1522

9 ай бұрын

the playa is cleaned of any debris left by participants by a dedicated crew of volunteers, with a great record. Do some research before you throw stones 🥰

@Zxx459

9 ай бұрын

Exactly Even biden was brief about the festival..why? Money talks white walks

@Zxx459

9 ай бұрын

​@@hollyclifford1522show some proof

@stephenkittle6586

9 ай бұрын

@@hollyclifford1522 Thats the problem, YOU HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY THERE AND CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR FELLOW BURNERS!! IF YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING TO THAT FESTIVAL AND TOOK TIME TO MAKE IT AT HOME AND SET IT UP AT THE FESTIVAL WELL WHEN IT IS OVER YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR THINGS AND BE RESPONSIBLE AND 🤔PUT IT BACK IN YOUR VEHICLE, RV, TRAILER TAKE IT WITH YOU!! I DON'T CARE HOW DIRTY THINGS GOT, THAT'S THE BURNERS PROBLEM IT RAINED!! YOU STAYING THERE IS PROOF THAT THE OTHER 70,000 BURNERS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WILLING TO STAY AND CLEAN UP OR WHAT THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM!! YOUR SEEING THERE'S ALOT OF PEOPLE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT FESTIVAL!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THE BURNERS LEFT THAT VALLEY FLOOR WAY IT WAS BEFORE YOU GOT THERE!! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD " PACK IT IN , PACK IT OUT? OR LEAVE NO TRACE?🤔 I DOUBT YOU PICKED EVERY ITEM THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND!! GOOD FOR YOU FOR STAYING AND CLEANING UP IF YOU DID?? FROM NOW ON THE FESTIVAL HAS A BLACK CLOUD HANGING OVER IT'S HEAD!!! JUST SAYING! 😁

@garywhittaker6575

9 ай бұрын

To me burners are burned out hippies and they are SLOBS!

Add this to the list of things we should be grateful the elite tech world has brought us

Burning Man has become Raining Man. Party continues ❤

Let the land Heal!

@kennethjochum8412

9 ай бұрын

It will, Take pictures of the area in a month or less and won't see a piece of paper out there.

@bluejava9397

9 ай бұрын

Desert doesn’t want ya’ll there. 🤷‍♀️

@lauramoor7730

9 ай бұрын

Nobody cares about the land at this time there’s so many things that could go more than just a little bit wrong. People can show up with guns and knives and bombs. This is just an invitation to make something supposedly beautiful and fun into a nightmare, drugs rapes, killing, burning man stands for all that. The nature part is ridiculous. Nature is going to take over this trash in a week it’s gonna flush down in the desert and it’s gonna sink. or burn up that’s not the problem here it’s the stupidity of the human being dumb asf to create this crap and to go to this freak show

There’s way to much money at stake for it to stop..

@mspersonunknowable

9 ай бұрын

They might lose some money this year in the after party clean up op.

@francessimmonds5784

9 ай бұрын

@@mspersonunknowablewill they clean up though? I hope someone does a follow up video when everyone’s gone.

@tehachapimtnlover

8 ай бұрын

They ALWAYS clean up -- Bureau of Land Management personnel inspect the site before, during and after the festival. Most commenters here are clueless and have never been there.

She said "A total poop show"😂

I am 54 I grew up in the Black Rock desert the closest town is actually Gerlach Nevada but there's not much there besides Mars or restaurant in one gas station it was a magical place to go to school and live there and be one of the community I remember when thrust to was there and I got to meet Richard Noble the driver and I babysit for him and his wife as they celebrated at the miners club where my mother worked as a bartender for Beverly and my father and godfather or singers and guitar players in the band's there by myself sing and play guitar there we had a stage outside the bar and we had Street dances all the time. An awesome place to raise children at the time however I the class of 87, always wanted to go back there and see burning man I always guessed my friends at planet x people out there or to hippie music lovers as am I and I silver lucky to have lived around them and got to know them. I have not returned to the Black Rock desert or Gerlach Nevada since early 80s I was so sad to see what happened this year at burning Man. And it reminded me how as a child we got stuck on the Black Rock desert in our VW microbus and our whole family had to walk over twenty miles hoping we're walking in the right direction. Trying to make it back, after grocery shopping in Reno. So many memories of a life that will never be again. God bless and help everyone yes the dangerous and magnificent all-in-one. Help before I die I really hope I get to experience burning Man.

@CorinnaHayden-jg1ko

8 ай бұрын

I meant bars not Mars

@CorinnaHayden-jg1ko

8 ай бұрын

Thrust II

It's always great to read comments written by people who are quite literally “perfect” in all of their thoughts and actions. They love to point fingers at people with whom they disagree, and since they're “perfect”, they can freely judge other humans with contempt and condescension. Their ways are always unquestionably righteous, and they can do no wrong. Even though they have never experienced the event in question, they seem to have a godlike understanding of everything that is “The Burning Man Project”. But I digress… I've only attended the event four times, so perhaps it's better to allow people who have never stepped foot on the property to judge the situation from the worn-out computer chairs, from which they rarely move. Regardless, I'll make a few things a bit more clear for those who like to generalize entire groups of people based on a few incidents and rumors. During the four years I've attended, I never saw any “public sex acts” or open drug use. What people do in their own private spaces isn't my business. It's held on federal land, thus the land is patrolled by federal law enforcement, and people can be arrested for committing illegal acts. It's nothing near as crazy as people believe, and I know this first hand. The flooding at the festival didn't create panic, fear, or typical crowd psychosis that goes along with floods and other natural disasters. I just spoke to a close friend of mine who attended “The Burn” this year, and he said other than vehicles being stranded, the attitude at the event was positive, and attendees worked together to manage water and food. They were planning on being there for nearly ten days, so other than the mud being an issue, people there sheltered in place until the roads were dry enough to be driven on. Considering the huge number of people in a very small area, it's rather remarkable that attendees were able to exit the location in a calm and organized manner. There are still people at the event, but the last of them will be leaving soon. The friend I spoke to is still on the property, since he manages security and safety. There were no incidents or altercations to speak of, which is amazing considering the huge number of people in attendance. That's not surprising to me, considering the type of individuals who regularly attend Burning Man. Most people who attend are typically very independent, adventure seeking people who know how to keep their heads on straight no matter the circumstances they find themselves in. It's sad that so many people seem to be happy that this unprecedented flooding occurred. It seems that a lot of “good” people are wishing bad things to happen to attendees. Why not judge people who build their homes on the beach, or in fire-prone areas, or on the sides of volcanos and mountains, or in lowland areas prone to flooding… Nobody seems to celebrate when those people are hit with a natural disaster, and those places are KNOWN to be prone to natural disasters. We've never seen flooding like this in the desert, so everything carried on as usual. Even during and after the flood, people managed the situation incredibly well and did so by working together in an organized fashion. For that, they should be commended. Instead, a bunch of nasty, hate-filled, self-righteous pharisees spew hate and judgment from behind their keyboards. MOST of humanity is SICK, and the only cure for the disease is extinction. Sadly, most people don't give a damn about the truth, they simply want to make sure their subjective opinions are heard. It doesn't matter to them that actual truth doesn't support their opinion, they just want to point fingers and judge others. This world has changed... for the worse. People have become isolated from one another, they rarely seek adventure, and they'd rather give up their freedom for the pathetic illusion of "safety" that the government claims it can provide. There has never been a more wretched, disgusting, miserable, hateful group of humans on this planet, and because of that, the clock is ticking. All I can say in response is: “You shall be judged according to how you judge others.” Good luck.

@stephenpeter8350

9 ай бұрын

Well said. I was feeling a little phariseeish myself. Made me think twice.

@ednang1098

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The critics were just being honest and may or may not be perfect in judgment. I read different videos about Burning Man because of my curiosity. I did not feel well from the beginning when it is about self-reliance, self-expression and the burning of an artificial man etc. It is truly self-righteousness and a ritual with burning as a sacrifice to the pagan gods or goddesses. It does have a hidden agenda or involvement of darkness to me though I cannot judge if there were drinking parties and perverted sexual activities. I am a major prophet of God and I do have a great discernment from God. It is God's given gift because I love Jesus with all my heart. Many things are more complicated than what you think because it is unseen or spiritual. I hope you would become a born-again Christian soon. I do care about your soul in eternity. God loves you and when you call on Jesus, you shall be saved (Acts 2:21, 38, 4:12, John 3:16-18, Ephesians 2:8-10, Romans 10:8-12). God is rich in grace and mercy but He also convicts and punishes justly. He is the One you can trust. Worship Him only! May God richly bless you!

@Oneworldcurrency1

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Default world is a garbage fire. Report on the military’s carbon footprint.

@adrianamarzana7651

8 ай бұрын

Well said!🙌

😢 no festival too hard on the environment

Thanks!

@LeafofLifeWorld

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support!

The only people saying Burning Mas was a disaster are people who didn't go.

Don't burn anything.

@Intense_Cloud

9 ай бұрын

Just their herbs.

It was a simple rain delay of about 30 hours, the playa dried, people left. The exodus traffic was no different than previous years, in fact it was a bit lighter because some left early. Definitely not a disaster.

@kleepo7733

8 ай бұрын

And a great example of how people are part of the problem not the solution.

@bwofficial1776

8 ай бұрын

@@kleepo7733 If that's a problem, I don't want a solution. From what I'm hearing, everyone who stayed and toughed it out ended up having the time of their lives. It's the crappy experiences that end up being the most fun. Everyone who wasn't there is making this out like it was the end of the world when it was just a little mud.

That is really a wild thing.

you I think I saw a Instagram post contradicting who the good guys and bad guys were in that blockade, men ridiculous how people don't take a second a t things with the internet at their hands.

Sickened at the damage to this desert playa and region. The Bureau of Land Management has once again failed us for allowing our public wilderness to be used like this. The playa was ALREADY WET AND MUDDY before Burning Man even began this year, from Tropical Storm Hilary downpours days before the start.

@tehachapimtnlover

9 ай бұрын

There was no damage. It's a lifeless fucking dry lakebed. It got muddy. There's sone tracks. They'll disappear with the next rains. Calm your sickened self.

@cooljazz8

8 ай бұрын

The "playa" is a dry lake bed, which means it has no wildlife at all most of the time. It has a tiny amount of tiny creatures that emerge when there's rain, but those aren't going to be all eliminated by some campers.

@hamjohn8737

8 ай бұрын

What?? Hilary hit that area during the event, not days before.

31 and 1 record is hardly getting it wrong. Sounds like major success against hard odds.

@mr.melontoyou

9 ай бұрын

2 deaths now that I know of. And one rape. If you haven’t heard about the other death, imagine how many more there were.

@waker1776

9 ай бұрын

It rained that is not climate change...ffs...it rains

@MegaMantim

9 ай бұрын

Its the ecological impact not the bad weather record...Its now completely contrary to its original charter...Especially when celebs and rich out of touch elites started showing up...Nauseating...

@nowayoutbutup3122

9 ай бұрын

Ever been to The Playa ? Once was excessive.

@easy_s3351

9 ай бұрын

@@waker1776 If it rains during a time when it has never rained before then that is climate change. Climate change is not just about more droughts or higher temperatures, it is about the climate changing and that means a climate different from what it was before, whether it's more dry, more wet, hotter or colder than usual.

Such beauty! Eish!❤

This lady talks like this is the biggest disaster ever came around we live in Nevada been there many a time it's not that bad

How big a disaster was it really? No one died, no home were destroyed. Bunch of rich people got a taste of what the rest of the world has to deal with every day and we are supposed to feel sorry for them? I dont effing think so

@phillip1040

9 ай бұрын

One person died...cause as yet unknown.

@rigelb9025

9 ай бұрын

If you watched the video, you may have noticed that it didn't only speak about the 'mud incident'. The inherent dangers of importing a grotesquely decadent make-shift infrastructure and large groups of people in the desert with limited resources & access to anything nearby can hardly be ignored, not to mention the dastardly impact on the local ecology.

@Karmathevisualizer1908

9 ай бұрын

One person died

@jamescosta1174

9 ай бұрын

More to come?

@KRev-nb7gc

9 ай бұрын

Generator shocked....

it doesn't really matter where a festival with 70.000 people is held... there always will be an environmental problem...unless it is restricted and regulated... stadium... unthinkable... or a purposed built area.. more environment problem... cost associated with that etc,,, without that rain... no one would have bothered argue the festival existence... may be a few...

@ruthnolan13

9 ай бұрын

EXACTLY! Quit using our desert wildlands for these huge events - it is unsustainable - damaging for the environment and dangerous for the huge number of people attending. The lack of infrastructure is precisely the problem.

@archiebunker7688

9 ай бұрын

It could be moved to the middle of Lake Erie. Make a big floating island of great stuff foam.

Free spirit creativity can be good, but small is beautiful.

that muddy woman thumbnail is so not burning man. Playa ain't that color.

Wow! I was following this story, but i heard nothing about the blockadge!! Thank you so much for completly covering this story!

@Jack-ne8vm

9 ай бұрын

Same thing happens after a large sports event.

@francessimmonds5784

9 ай бұрын

Disgusting overflowing porta potties are a mainstay of large public events, be it music or sports.

@redwarf8118

9 ай бұрын

no coverage is ever completely...

@LeafofLifeWorld

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tehachapimtnlover

8 ай бұрын

@@LeafofLifeWorldIt wasn't helpful, it was full of hyperbole and misinformation.

I Was Actually Impressed With This Video As I Was Born And Raised In The Area And The Folks Presenting This Video Have A Very Intelligent Understanding Of The Whole Situation Concerning The Black Rock Desert And The Impact Of Burning Man - Winnemucca, Lovelock, And Central Nevada Have No Idea How Much Their Dust Storms Over The Last 20 Plus Years Have Been Caused By The Alkali Flats Being Torn Up By Burning Man, Send Them Back To California!

@bwofficial1776

8 ай бұрын

Why Did You Capitalize Every Word? You only capitalize the first word and proper nouns. Doesn't your shift finger get tired?

"don't take life so seriously... "noTrace"... we never make it out of here alive!"

Hmmmm.... i was there! I was there in 2022 where high winds and dust outs. Yet, it takes a rain to get the media to lie about the situation in the ground!

Climate changes 4 times a year! And sometimes it even rains in the summer.

@KrisS8528

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@kaylew108

9 ай бұрын

Indeed. Anytime the weather does ya know, weather…they talk about climate change. Or how about this is spontaneous weather patterns that cause this flooding at the right time and right place. This video even talked about how it’s normal for this to happen in the region

@CitiesForTheFuture2030

9 ай бұрын

Weather is what occurs daily /anually; climate is the type of weather for a given place that occurs over very long periods - such as the last 10'000 years. A stable climate is critical for many human activities, such as agriculture, and our survival. It's 2023, there's the Internet & thousands of good websites on this topic - you should know this stuff already...

@nowayoutbutup3122

9 ай бұрын

​@@CitiesForTheFuture2030Good websites about Climate Change ? Please cite and identify .

@CitiesForTheFuture2030

9 ай бұрын

@@nowayoutbutup3122 Oh dear, can't use google? I'm too afraid to ask what type of organisations you trust - whether they be environmental, economics, scientific, political or social care etc - but most reputable organisations should be able to clarify this issue for you.

Karma a biss.... They deserved it.

Perfect location for burning man. People just need to pick up their shit is all.

Activists will be laughing like see we told you not to go ..mud everywhere

You know, it wasn't as bad as the media is making it out to be. Most of the people who got stuck did so after being asked to remain in camp and to not drive until the playa, what we call the dry lake bed on which the event is held, dries back out, which it does fairly rapidly after rain like this. I was there and work in Traffic Ops so I do kind of have the inside story here. The media found the worst of the worst and has portrayed it as true for the entire event site-wide. I drove off playa yesterday, having finally been able to go off shift, and only passed one stuck vehicle, a truck and trailer. The driver clearly drove outside the marked lanes provided and paid the price. Do stupid things, win stupid prizes. If only they had followed instructions, you know? Also, there was no Ebola, no cannibalism, no dysentery, and FEMA never showed up so don't believe the rumors and hype the media have promoted. LOL Most of the people who got stuck during Exodus did so because they willfully disregarded strong urging to stay in place in camp and NOT drive on the playa until it had dried sufficiently to do so safely. They panicked and, well, people are dumb panicky animals. When we see one person flipping out, we tend to do the same thing. If you read the Survival Guide and paid heed to what it said prior to making your preparations, you would know to not drive on wet playa. Heck, don't walk on it unless you absolutely have to. It sticks to everything very thickly and dries like concrete. Those who got stuck will likely have to pay to be dug out of the playa. Last I heard before I left yesterday is that the usual tow companies that service Burning Man weren't going to do that until things dry out well because they don't want to get stuck themselves.

I was invited to Burning Man in 2000, I declined to spend the money and time, I have watched several videos of BM over the last 20 + years, and it has changed drastically. I think the concept & ART is amazing. I would have gone for maybe 3-4 nights at the most. I can’t imagine being out there for a week or more. The one thing I have difficulty with is the amount of trash that is generated by this event, it has to go somewhere, yes some major installation ‘s are burned, but that leaves behind unburned wood and other materials. The mostly volunteer crew that is left behind to clean it all up, I am only going to assume that they pay to have dumped in a land fill, same with all the Burners who take out what they brought in gets thrown away. There is no place called away, it ends up in a dumpster or at the curb side when they return home. I can’t imagine that there is anything after a week in Black Rock City that is not discarded. I lived in the California Desert for a couple of years and I can tell you, that fine sand gets in everything. My point here is Move this event to some other location, down scale it to a more manageable event, and keep the Burning of anything to a minimum. Welcome the Art, Music, & party atmosphere, I have told my friends that have been several times, that it is starting to look like more work than Fun. They agreed & have not been since around 2010 or so, Bigger does not mean Better. Just my take on this event. 😎

@ditadee01

8 ай бұрын

Good go home 😂

Garbage in, garbage out. Talk to me when our temperatures pass Pleistocene levels.

Obviously . . . . . 'climate change' ! Rolls off the announcer's tongue effortlessly.

Awesome Video never really thought about all that and actually was thinking of going there one day but now probably wouldn’t do that if they don’t really find some great solutions to be more sustainable… One thing I do have to say I still can not stand these blockade protest they don’t lead to ANYTHING good… if they’de but up their signs and everything next to the road and just talked and discussed with people I’m sure they would have made a much bigger impact than with blocking the road and pissing everyone off…

I love it

Were you there?

i dont see a problem with this, but clean up after your self thats the problem with me

Looks like a lovely vacation spot.

@Jack-ne8vm

9 ай бұрын

It is. Hotsprings too!

@truthwarrior2727

9 ай бұрын

Only sociopaths celebrate burning of a man after thousands were just burned alive

@JOHNHEALY-mg2xy

9 ай бұрын

FOR WEIRDOS

@jimdavison4077

9 ай бұрын

@@truthwarrior2727 Fits now more than ever, unless people change what they are doing more and more people will burn.

I guess we'll see about that. People's mind does change sometime.

I'll start worrying about my carbon footprint the day billionaires stop flying private planes

L0L...THEY'RE N0T VERY GREEN!!

This is fairly standard in th uk and Ireland at festivals. They have a clean up crew that comes through immediately after the festival and hire local farmers and tow crews to tow out vehicles. These organizers just hoped it never rained and didn’t have a plan if it did rain. No big deal really. Just wear wellies and get on with it

@OdinWannaBe

9 ай бұрын

this will kill burning man

@redwarf8118

9 ай бұрын

@@OdinWannaBe hopefully

@ruthnolan13

9 ай бұрын

Right - but the BIG problem with Burning Man is it's in a very remote place away from city and county oversight and bylaws, and there is no infrastructure in place for it!! No stadium, no curfews, no paved roads, no emergency plans, no locals to hire to clean it up, etc. And once off the playa, hours of driving mostly on 2 lane remote highways to the nearest sizable city, Reno, NV. That is AND unlike in your part of the world, MUD (sticky, deep clay) on a desert playa is a serious issue. It's un-drivable, as we've seen. People were not prepared for historic levels of rain from the Tropical Storm Hilary + another huge weather system moving through a week later. it only rains out there once a year at best and usually a small amount. Just so you know, rain and mud here in the desert west is whole different story from the UK. Extremely different story. It would be like if one of your music festivals was hit with a 115 F. heatwave, and people were stuck 100 miles out in the middle of nowhere with no air conditioning and no way out.

@tehachapimtnlover

9 ай бұрын

@@OdinWannaBe Bet me. A few inches of mud that dried up. Big fucking deal.

@OdinWannaBe

8 ай бұрын

@@tehachapimtnlover It was cancelled. it didnt dried up quick enough. Not understanding the impact this kind of shit happening has on the perspective of the event. It can for sure reduce the hype and be the start of the end.

Everyone knows the monsoon season begins in August in Nevada Why not schedule it in the spring when it’s still cool and everyone will have a good time

A celebration of self indulgence. Look up Wicker Man.

Have Burning man in New York's Central Park....Big money maker...