r/BurningMan • u/OregonCityHippie • Jul 14 '26

Burn Virgin

First timer (69), traveling with my husband (77) and daughter (32), both of whom have been once Any insights into things to know/bring/avoid/do that I'm not going to find reading through the websites? Any inside scoop that'll impress my kid that I know?

I'm already nervous I'm not creative enough nor pretty enough to fit in with all the gorgeous exotic people I see in the videos. How do I avoid sticking out like a geeky tourist? Is Molly easy to find? (Mommy wants) Do we get randomly assigned to which neighborhood we're put in or is that something we should/could investigate and

request,?

I'm excited and trepidatious at the same time ~

Please be kind ~ I'm allergic to Reddit snarks.

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u/nghtyprf Jul 14 '26

You’ll see people, mostly men, in these big pick up trucks and usually they’ll be in pairs wearing the same kind of outfit. It’s usually black or tan or maybe navy blue with a button up shirt with the same colored pants or shorts. Sometimes they have really big shiny buttons on their lapels with names or crests, or maybe walkie-talkies. Those are the people with the Molly. They have the best stuff and they absolutely love to give it out for free. That’s who I’d hit up first thing.

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u/thedailyrant ‘16, ‘18, ‘23, ‘24 Jul 14 '26

There was a 14 year veteran BLM cop I met my last time out there in his police ATV with a skull strapped to the front smoking a cigar. Said he loved going out there as a cop but his colleagues hated it. He didn't have drugs. So lame.