# 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:** 2
**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 4, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/21 "2017-09-04T17:50:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Not beer pressure, then. > > ETA: [A little burning man music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4) [not strange enough](https://youtu.be/VN9RKaL1wD4) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/22 "2017-09-04T18:43:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Not beer pressure, then. > ETA: [A little burning man music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4) > > . > [@eschereal](#): > > [not strange enough](https://youtu.be/VN9RKaL1wD4) Ahem. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zdLSfXnxahs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/23 "2017-09-04T18:56:08Z")
_Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run! Devil’s in the house of the rising sun._ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/24 "2017-09-04T19:23:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Renew! Renew! Renew! Whelp, I’m goin’ to hell. Might as well get a good seat… ♬ _“[Summer Is Icumen In…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG-0s5BnO-0&t=3m01s)”_ ♬ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/25 "2017-09-04T21:21:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Someone ought to be fired over this. I’m sure someone caught a lot of heat for this. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/26 "2017-09-04T21:27:13Z")
Well, he may not have been on drugs, but he was baked. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/27 "2017-09-04T21:50:46Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > … > 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… > 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 > … I must say I aim for somewhere between the two extremes, and it seems to work okay. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/28 "2017-09-04T22:02:02Z")
I heard he has a profile on [Match.com](http://Match.com). And his favorite band is [The Doors.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deB_u-to-IE) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/29 "2017-09-04T22:37:34Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well, he may not have been on drugs, but he was baked. Made an ash of himself, he did. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/30 "2017-09-04T22:49:05Z")
_C’mon baby light my fire_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/31 "2017-09-04T23:15:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Made an ash of himself, he did. Sick burn. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/32 "2017-09-05T05:34:43Z")
He was probably trying to cool off. Seriously, it’s fucking hotter than shit up here right now. ---
**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 5, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/33 "2017-09-05T06:20:47Z")
Perhaps he was from Oregon, saw the fire and thought, “I’m home!” which made him run toward it. ---
**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 5, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/34 "2017-09-05T07:14:19Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > He was probably trying to cool off. > > Seriously, it’s fucking hotter than shit up here right now. Yikes. I was in that area two weekends ago and it was utterly ghastly hot, and had to curtail my activities because of it. Now I’m expecting, just maybe, to be in the area again next weekend. This does not bode well. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/35 "2017-09-05T08:41:28Z")
Well, at least that’ll bring back the honey. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/36 "2017-09-05T08:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth. That’s quite the opposite of rebirth. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/37 "2017-09-05T20:40:58Z")
It’s a rare event when one dies where fire is the medium, but this one was well done. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/38 "2017-09-05T20:46:26Z")
Seariously, let these puns rest, they’re losing their juiciness. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/39 "2017-09-05T22:19:17Z")
About the people “running into the flames as a sign of rebirth” - when it’s a 40-foot high bonfire, how do you even get near? Doesn’t that cause 2nd-degree burns from even near proximity? ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426/40 "2017-09-05T22:38:20Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > About the people “running into the flames as a sign of rebirth” - when it’s a 40-foot high bonfire, how do you even get near? Doesn’t that cause 2nd-degree burns from even near proximity? Not if you have a good dry rub. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-man-gets-too-real/795426.md?page=3)