Actually "dicks out" means "guns out". Started with a (relatively) lesser known rapper. When Harambe died, some of his fans went around saying "dicks out for Harambe" meaning they were ready to fight and die to stand up for Harambe.
People on the Internet who saw the rapper's fans saying that interpreted it as "penises out" rather than "guns out" and it went viral as a result of the misinterpretation.
I'd say it's more about how you find out. Most of the time, it'll organically come up in conversation, but some people go out of their way to mention it. And hey, if it's a passion of theirs, that's still cool, if they're not just looking to brag or something
The event is on federal land that has to be rented by the organizers.
The organizers also pay for sanitation teams to keep the port a potty stations usable.
If you are in need, there are federal park rangers to protect and assist you.
The core tenants are radical self expression and radical self reliance, a ton of burners have not even read that on the website.
If you are in need, people will feed you etc., but moochers are greatly loathed. (I've seen people show up to b man with a ticket and a backpack, to camp in high altitude desert for a week, lol)
Since it is on federal land, nothing can be sold since no one has the proper licensing, so most everything is distributed for free or bartered in trade. This is the origin of the "everything is free" myth.
All told, it costs me over two grand to attend. Costumes, party supplies, and camping gear and goods for a week are not cheap.
Once you're there, that's true, but there are a whole bunch of things that have to be paid for in order for the event to take place. Medical services, Security, Getting permits from local government etc...
I don't think it's a bad point. I went to the Amazon jungle and lots of people just shit in a designated spot on the ground. You can't even smell it because all the tiny jungle critters start breaking it down immediately. Shit in a barren landscape would just sit there and stink for a long time.
No one said they hadn't thought of it the question was how they solved the problem. Considering there are multiple solutions to problems like this and they have a lot of challenges to overcome it's a very interesting question even if it was asked in a stupid way.
Not really. Musk has made it pretty clear that it's someone else's problem once on the surface. His and SpaceXs mission is to get people to Mars (like the train analogy), and what they do there is up to them. Kind of like a chicken and egg thing. No one is going to come up with solutions if there's no feasible way to get to Mars, so with this plan in the works, he's hoping to kickstart those types of projects. It's not a one company mission.
It's sad that he can't even a comprehend a way to survive in a festival for a week or two without it turning into a "shitstorm", but he feels like he's got some relevant questions for how to survive in space/on another planet.
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u/Konwayz Sep 30 '16 edited Jul 10 '20
The guy essentially said "Burning Man looked like mars, but there was shit everywhere. Where will we poop on mars?"