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Social media seems to be laughing its ass off about this tragedy, is it because the folks at burning man are perceived as frivolous hippies or something? Everyone I’ve ever met who was a regular burning man attendee has been a solid human being with strong morals, personally and financially responsible, a career. Upstanding members of society for sure. I guess all some people know is the sensationalized drugs and sex. A person died. This is a tragedy for an event that brings positivity into the world. Kind of annoyed.

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[–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well far be it from me to judge anyone at a music festival but I think for many burning man has some bourgeoisie, fake hippie sorta connotations?

[–] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, exactly my confusion…this makes it ok to take joy at what happened? I think the perception is wrong but even if not…it’s fucked up.

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When leftists say eat the rich they don't mean it in a nice way.

[–] mysoulishome@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Are burning man people rich? Not being a smartass, I’m just trying to understand the perception.

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Higher up you were talking about a travel writer marrying a doctor. Those motherfuckers are rich.

[–] Bootheal0179@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t take joy in suffering of anyone. My only experience of the Burning man festival is on the hilarious episode of “Malcom in the Middle.” Also, rain in the desert is often a mixed blessing

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I always think of the Reno 911 episode, that was hilarious as well.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Generally, they're not. I'd say it's an inclusive crowd that likes to backbite each other. I don't particularly love burners, but this level of distain is ridiculous. A lot of art collective types and their patrons.

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

who me? i'm just a poor lower class fine art patron.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not really what I'm saying. If you don't know the type, you don't know the type. Bunch of fire spinners and Etsy sellers working middle class jobs.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think - correctly or incorrectly - a lot of people perceive the typical Burning Man attendee nowadays as being a rich and/or famous person who is somewhere between indifferent to + amused by the suffering of other people less fortunate than they. And - again, not saying this is correct - they perceive this as being more of an annoying/inconvenient/uncomfortable thing (lots of wallowing in filth, but only 1 death AFAIK) than a bona fide natural disaster; totally different order of magnitude from what just happened in Florida, for example, or Hawaii.

So it's less serious than a hurricane or flood or whatever in a populated area, and affects much more deserving people; if, heaven forbid, a bomb went off and hundreds of Burning Man attendees died it would be a very different story, and certainly in that case I don't think any decent person would laugh about it, but a bunch of rich assholes stuck in the mud playing "Survivor" for a week is much more farce than tragedy.