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September 9, 20245 Reasons Why I’m Not At Burning Man
Maybe I’m alone on this one, and that’s totally fine, but I’m just not a “festival” person. I’ve tried, and I get it – people loveeeee them. Be it Burning Man, Coachella, EDC, Wanderlust… whatever thing you got going on, it’s just not my jam. I’ve tried to force myself to be into it, I’ve tried to pretend like I’m into it, I’ve attended the events, I’ve smiled in the pictures. I have a high percentage of friends that frequent these events. So clearly, it’s not that I’m below or above festivals by any means, or that I think I have it right and others have it wrong. It’s just that when I face the cold hard facts of the matter, I can’t bring myself to justify attending these events, for personal reasons.
I’ve spent a lot of time wondering, “What’s wrong with me? Why am I so weird?”. I’ve decided that nothing’s wrong with me, I’m just different – and that’s cool, too. In the pursuit of figuring out why I’m so strange, I narrowed down 5 reasons why you won’t find me at Burning Man.
1. People are Stupider When Wasted
I’m consistently amazed each day by the ludicrousness of peoples’ thought processes and I wonder how many get by on a day-to-day basis. Do you ever have an interaction with someone and in your head, you’re wondering, “Whoa, this person actually navigates through day-to-day life. Shocking.”?
So why would I then want to trap myself for days on end with massive amounts of people that are now intoxicated on a myriad of substances? I’m looking around thinking, “Where the hell are the fire exits?”