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Story time! My friend is a private pilot for an obscenely rich person. He dropped them off wherever the nearest airport is and man in a luxury RV picked them up. He drove them there, set the whole thing up, and left them to have fun. Apparently this is not an abnormal thing they do.
I guess last night they got a hold of the dude, who drove to an area a couple hours walk away, and they hiked to his truck. He went to the RV and they drove the truck 4 hours to Reno, and they're staying at a four seasons or something. My buddy had to cancel his own vacation to go and pick them up this morning so now I'm at a beach watching his kids.
Whatever it was before, burning man is a playground for the 1%. When the shit hits the fan, their money will always get them out of any situation.
Was your buddy obligated to go pick them up, or was the money that good that he couldn't say no?
I think being a kept man is a well paid gig. Sometimes the hours really suck though.
He's salaried and essentially on call
I said in an earlier post that this was rich people's problems.
People with cash looking for life transcending moments, but are just drugged up festival chasers hanging out with those who font hide the delusions. They're there for the drugs and the festival.
And could afford it, too.
People gonna shit on the wealthy for going and still having the resources to get a way out almost no matter what.
People gonna shit on the middle class for trying to find a fun activity and deciding this looked like the best option for the week.
People gonna shit on the poors for being stupid by going and having no way out, possibly needing to be rescued.
People gonna shit on those who have enough time and resources in their life to go camping in the desert for a week and to see a bunch of wild people who are trying to get away from whatever square world they come from.
People gonna shit on everything no matter what. Ignore 'em.
Nobody should never "need" to be rescued and should always plan accordingly (10 essentials for us boy scouts, lol).
Anyways, rant over.
We aren't shitting on anyone, just amused that perhaps less rich people exist now, and their own stupidity despite their ridiculous fortune. Same as the submarine thing. Tale as old as itme - sometimes it seems there's a correlation between stupidity and wealth...
If they changed the name to Salty Millennial Man, would the event have wider appeal?