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I don't understand why firefighters went in to get him out. Is it expected of them to "rescue" someone like that? Firemen have families, too.
That is the only sad thing about it. These guys will have to relive this douche bag dying over and over again. No wonder there is a high alcoholism rate with FF and LE. The smell of burning human flesh will be etched in their minds for the rest of their lives.
I could see a misguided stupid kid doing something like this to protest that he doesn't want to live in the racist oppressive dictatorship of the Trump America (their words not mine) but a 41 year old guy should know better.
I suspect drugs or alcohol was involved mixed with suicidal intentions.
How did the hippy snowflakes respond to this? Did they cancel the rest of the party? Were counselors brought in along with comfort puppies?
We shouldn't joke because today there is now a grieving family somewhere.
Doesn't stuff like this make the concept of Burning Man controversial?
Controversial how?
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Originally Posted by Hesychios
Burning man was an ancient Celtic ritual. It is still done in some places as a way of celebration, sort of like how we do a fireworks display or a picnic bonfire.
I can't imagine why they would be doing this in Nevada, of all places.
It started as an artists' solstice beach festival in San Francisco. When it got too large for the beach, organizers looked for a place with more room and less probability of annoying the neighbors.
"In 1986 the first Man burns on a San Francisco Beach.
Larry Harvey and his friend Jerry James knock together an improvised wooden figure and drag it down to Baker beach on the Summer Solstice. They light it up, and a curious crowd gathers to watch it burn." https://burningman.org/timeline/
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Originally Posted by skins_fan82
A crazy person ran into a fire and died. Whether he was stone cold sober or tripping balls on LSD, he walked into a fire and is now dead. I believe that's all there is to the story. I believe it really is that simple.
Leave it to City-Data to somehow make this into some kind of political argument LOL.
Been there, but sure didn't do that!
But I do find it rather hilarious that a man actually burns at Burning Man. To be politically correct, they need to rename it to Burning Person to allow women to join in.
And the festival finally lives up to its billed name.
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Burning Man attendee dies after running into flames
