Burners eat big losses in desperate race to sell unwanted Burning Man tickets
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#2Witnessing the hangover of the experience economy.
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#4> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” he said.
Why are you going to Burning Man?!
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#5> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” he said. Why are you going to Burning Man?!
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#6I still do not understand Burning Man, but I wonder why low ticket sales. Did something change.
Assuming that is somekind of illegal drug fest, could this be because drugs are not considered as bad now.
Or are law enforcement is showing up or was security is beefed up to prevent things not considered safe ?
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#7I still do not understand Burning Man, but I wonder why low ticket sales. Did something change. Assuming that is somekind of illegal drug fest, could this be because drugs are not considered as bad now. Or are law enforcement is showing up or was security is beefed up to prevent things not considered safe ?
There was a big, muddy mess last year with many stranded with no way out. It was widely reported in the MSM because high profile stars were stranded too.
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#8ooof. finding out that market forces are real must really suck when you "don't have the disposable income to spare" but bought those, now, 50% worthless tickets anyhow.
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#9> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” he said. Why are you going to Burning Man?!
s/going to Burning Man/living in SF/
Status, approval, escape, be around rich people, etc etc. More than a few people do things that don't make rational sense but perhaps they have a covert survival strategy I or no one else understands.
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#10> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” he said. Why are you going to Burning Man?!
The demographic skews affluent to be sure, but it's an enormous gathering of highly creative and generous people. With a high preparation bar so it is primarily the highly motivated. Last year's rain cleared out the unmotivated who essentially paid others to pave the way, and those who remained were the happier for that fact.