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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So what motivates people to do this? I can understand the desire to spend a few days drinking and drugging, and doing it with a bunch of others. But most people do this at bars and/or raves/dens/etc.
Then there are the "artists". Is this just a "look at me" event? See how wild a costume/vehicle/campground/whatever I can come up with?
I'm not judging; I'm trying to understand why this event draws so many people each year. It's a fascinating study of human psychology, no doubt.
And, if Star Trek conventions were held in the desert, with this much press coverage, I'd probably be asking the same questions.
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As RT said, for some it is a sense of community building, where everyone get along, there's no money, there are no "hang-ups," yada, yada, yada. For others, it is art-driven - they even get grants and shit. For others, it is the eight-day party. Some people do say it changed their life. I clearly didn't "get it" in that sense. I found that all a bunch of stoner mumbo-jumbo. But there is a sense of release - that anything goes (within certain boundaries), that you can wear outlandish costumes, take drugs/get drunk/fall down/sleep in someone else's camp or out of the playa, get spanked in public while wearing women's panties (or whatever turns you on), wander around, check people out, and wake up and do it again the next day. It is more of a bacchanal than your average rave with far less risk.
