Something not to do....

[mangosteen]

Do not,
under any circumstances,
no matter how entertaining you think it might be,
no matter how much you think you're doing it in good humor,
even if you actually have a more informed opinion and mean it only in jest,

...describe Burning Man as an "over-privileged geek raver summer camp" when there's someone in range who's the slightest bit insecure about their participation in the event.

It will only end in pain, suffering, and thirty minutes of tedious semantic arguments.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

(Disclaimer: no, I have never gone to Burning Man, and have no intention of ever going)

Comments

o I gotta know

[cthulhia]

was this at one of the parties on saturday night?
and, er, was it possibly a comment by someone who apparently skipped arisia because said someone hates being identified as a geek?

Re: o I gotta know

[mangosteen]

Indeed, it was at one of the parties on Saturday night.
While I don't know if the argument was made by the same person who didn't attend Arisia, a small part of me wishes it was, as the irony would be just too beautiful.

For the record

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

I think I know both of the people to whom you're referring -- and they're separate people. My cousin is irked by the description, but she wasn't in the room for the argument (or at least not the part of it that I observed).

And, also for the record, apparently I was mistaken in thinking that my cousin didn't go to Arisia because she didn't want to be identified as a geek. She self-identifies as a massage geek. She skipped Arisia out of simple lack of interest, apparently.

[awfief.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

*sni cker*

*giggle**giggle*

*laugh*

I can *so* see that happening. Wish I'd been there. *snicker* *giggle*

At any rate, that description sounds....accurate. *cough*

for the record...

[cthulhia]

It really isn't a very accurate or adequate description of burning man.

It a far more accurate description of the social circle where such descriptions might be seen as adequate.

It is an exercise in futility to convince Elias that some things really can't be succcinctly summed up by stringing together catch phrases until they sound clever.

Stories always tell you more about the storyteller than what they THINK they're describing.

Re: for the record...

[mangosteen]

Stories always tell you more about the storyteller than what they THINK they're describing.

I'm completely with you on that one.

Re: for the record...

[cthulhia]

and generally, I find your stories entertaining.

Even though I probably agree with whoever got temperamental about your flippant description, it's not something worth getting too bothered over. Burning Man defies description every time *I* try, and I've been going to it for years.