# Buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg Mmmmmaaaaaannnnn!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976 "2007-09-04T04:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976/61 "2007-09-06T13:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=Rusalka] I don’t understand why everyone’s naked…and why all the BDSM and sexual references? [/QUOTE] Why not? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976/62 "2007-09-06T14:53:29Z")
I’ve had the opportunity a couple of times to go to Burning Man and I did not, for these reasons: 1. No desire to spend hard-earned vacation in what are to me extremely uncomfortable accommodations. 2. No desire to spend vacation in such an inaccessible and hard-to-get-to area (if I’m going to fly and drive for 15 hours, I’m going to a Greek island and having someone serve me day and night). 3. No desire to be around 40,000 stinky, smelly, sweaty, unwashed, pot-smoking, drunk, high people who make a kind of art (or “art,” in some cases) that I’m not interested in. 4. I hate being outside in the heat getting all sweaty, with no way to de-sweatify. Ick x 1,000. 5. The thought of being covered with salt residue for a week makes me ill. 6. The thought of being forced to look at so many naked people, who I would not choose to look at any other time, is not appealing. Yes I can look away but come on, it’s impossible to avoid them all. 7. The thought of having to use public portable toilets for a week is revolting. As you can see, BM is not “my” thing. Yet so many people LOVE it. Is it really as uncomfortable, sweaty, stinky, salty, and high-on-pot as I think? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976/63 "2007-09-06T20:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] I’d like to go to Burning Man, at least once. [/QUOTE] Me too. But I’m such a city boy, that I’m afraid to go without someone very experienced. ---
**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 6, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976/64 "2007-09-06T21:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=SandyHook] I took a 5th wheel which was wonderful. We could go back to it during the day, turn on the AC and have lunch and a short nap. You have to bring everything yourself. … … and they charge you a $20 fee if you want to get back in. [/QUOTE] Because its so “anti-commercialization”, and stuff. Like someone said earlier, “It ain’t what it used to be”. Yeah, _free_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976/65 "2007-09-07T04:55:52Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] As you can see, BM is not “my” thing. Yet so many people LOVE it. Is it really as uncomfortable, sweaty, stinky, salty, and high-on-pot as I think? [/QUOTE] **Uncomfortable.** Well sorta. It is hot and windy, and dust is a constant presence. But for the most part it wasn’t that uncomfortable this year. The wind was (with a couple of extreme exceptions) a welcome breeze. Even when it did blow hard it was generally easy to find a tent to duck into and someone to visit with while you waited it out. **Sweaty**. Sorta. You could sure break a sweat easy enough. But at 5%ish humidity you stayed dry. **Stinky.** I didn’t notice any BO at all. Keeping clean took a little work but it seemed like most of the folks there had planned ahead and managed the trick **Salty.** Not at all. It’s alkalai, not salt (though for all I know alkalai may be a form of salt). But there is a lot of it. **High-on-pot.** I only saw a handfull of people that were obviously high or drunk and none of them were obnoxious. There was just too much to do and see to spend your time blotto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buuuuurrrrrrrnnnniiiiiiiigggggg-mmmmmaaaaaannnnn/417976.md?page=3)