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Originally posted by LessinSF
I survived. It was almost indescribably surreal. Part stupification at the incredible time and money people spent to build (And haul out to buttfuck nowhere, Nevada) art installations, art cars , camps, equipment, stages, etc. Part adult playground where anything goes on or in your body. Part dress-up, part dress down. Part grody and disgusting - the omnipresent dust, nekkid people who should be nekkid, porta potties, sun showers, etc.. Part way, way, way too much techno music. And part hippie dippie stoner bullshit about participating, giving, loving, getting out of your corporate mindset, changing my life, communing, and "having a good burn, man."

I'm glad I went, but I don't know whether I will return next year. If I do go, I want an RV, less fat and/or less naked campmates, more interesting campmates, and a camp theme that involves a bar giving away gin and tonics to hot chicks.

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.