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2017-09-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Man dies after running into fire ceremony at Burning Man

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 00:59|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 ...which culminates with the burning of a towering 40ft-effigy made of wood.

When I was in high school, we used to call these 'bonfires'. Not sure if they do them anymore out of legal / safety concerns.

Posted by Raj 2017-09-04 01:19|| 2017-09-04 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 You don't get it, du-u-u-ude.

We're burning The Man, man.

Posted by no mo uro 2017-09-04 05:13|| 2017-09-04 05:13|| Front Page Top

Posted by Frank G 2017-09-04 08:54|| 2017-09-04 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 The average IQ went up for a few seconds anyways. I am assuming drugs or alcohol were involved

Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-09-04 12:48|| 2017-09-04 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Burning man has a lot of the "Mad Max at the County Fair" vibe to it. If you're not prepared to be edgy and provocative, they all want to do the edgy and provocative at you.
Irony is dead, and these are the people that tortured it to death.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-09-04 14:01|| 2017-09-04 14:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Get 70,000 people doing crazy sh*t out in the desert, enjoying the alkalai flat dust storms, and you get the real burning man. And the expense of medivac-ing from Nevada to Davis probably by air.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-09-04 15:36|| 2017-09-04 15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Good thing they didn't have a wood shredder.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-09-04 15:37|| 2017-09-04 15:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, I've been to Burning Man over twenty times. (I live in the Black Rock Desert.) I've always found it to be a rather positive experience, irony and all. However, what this man did was inexcusable and selfish, showing little regard for others. In fact, he did it right in front of a friend of mine; a sweet young woman who wouldn't hurt anyone, and was rather traumatized by the experience. As I'm certain were a lot of other people who were simply enjoying themselves and minding their own business.

Posted by Secret Master 2017-09-04 15:39|| 2017-09-04 15:39|| Front Page Top

#9 And to add insult to injury, he didn't bring any marshmallows for the post immolation Smores

Posted by Regular joe 2017-09-04 19:58|| 2017-09-04 19:58|| Front Page Top

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