# Burning Man gets too real **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426 "2017-09-03T20:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/1 "2017-09-03T20:58:08Z")
Somebody took things a little too literally – [Man who ran into Burning Man fire dies](http://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2017/09/03/man-who-ran-into-burning-man-fire-dies/) > [@](#): > > **Black Rock City, Nevada •** A Nevada sheriff says the man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival’s signature burning ceremony has died. > > Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen says the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival. > > \< … \> > > The nine-day event culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth. Apparently this is a thing! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/2 "2017-09-03T21:16:13Z")
> [@](#): > > The nine-day event culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth. Renew! Renew! Renew! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/3 "2017-09-03T21:23:58Z")
Dibs on a leg!! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/4 "2017-09-03T21:50:26Z")
Is it the peer pressure of a Tony Robbins coal walk type of thing? Seems like a bad idea, even while tripping in a big way. Fire hot. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/5 "2017-09-03T22:29:13Z")
Someone dies at the Burn every other year or so. There are a lot of people there and a lot of drugs, alcohol and you’re out in the elements. My guess is suicide rather than someone being too inebriated. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/6 "2017-09-03T22:47:34Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it the peer pressure of a Tony Robbins coal walk type of thing? Seems like a bad idea, even while tripping in a big way. Fire hot. immolation is the sincerest form of flattery ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/7 "2017-09-03T22:48:33Z")
You will burn for that one! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/8 "2017-09-03T22:59:08Z")
I burning your bod! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/9 "2017-09-03T23:08:08Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > immolation is the sincerest form of flattery \*sprays \*_Trancephalic \*\* with CO2_ ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/10 "2017-09-03T23:15:23Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Someone dies at the Burn every other year or so. There are a lot of people there and a lot of drugs, alcohol and you’re out in the elements. My guess is suicide rather than someone being too inebriated. if he wanted to be famous, it didn’t work ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/11 "2017-09-03T23:24:00Z")
The same thing happened in 2014 at a similar event in Utah. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/12 "2017-09-03T23:58:26Z")
Someone ought to be fired over this. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/13 "2017-09-04T06:15:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Renew! Renew! Renew! Damn, I knew I wouldn’t be the first to think of that!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/14 "2017-09-04T13:32:57Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Someone dies at the Burn every other year or so. There are a lot of people there and a lot of drugs, alcohol and you’re out in the elements. My guess is suicide rather than someone being too inebriated. Official types say he was “not drunk” at the time, although testing for other substances is still pending (usually takes a couple weeks). I feel bad for his family. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/15 "2017-09-04T14:04:54Z")
Light meat or dark? OTOH, it’s all overdone. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/16 "2017-09-04T14:16:35Z")
Man burns at Burning Man. Just doesn’t sound like news. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/17 "2017-09-04T16:14:07Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Is it the peer pressure… ? > [@Broomstick](#): > > Official types say he was “not drunk” at the time… Not beer pressure, then. ETA: [A little burning man music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4) . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/18 "2017-09-04T16:18:03Z")
Who knew not burning yourself alive was so complicated? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/19 "2017-09-04T16:35:25Z")
Burn, baby burn. Disco inferno. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/20 "2017-09-04T16:56:32Z")
What immediately came to mind was Don Marquis … [http://www.donmarquis.org/themoth.htm](http://www.donmarquis.org/themoth.htm) \* … why do you fellows pull this stunt i asked him because it is the conventional thing for moths or why if that had been an uncovered candle instead of an electric light bulb you would now be a small unsightly cinder have you no sense plenty of it he answered but at times we get tired of using it we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while so we wad all our life up into one little roll and then we shoot the roll that is what life is for it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty our attitude toward life is come easy go easy we are like human beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves .\*… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426.md?page=2)