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One death reported at Burning Man, thousands stranded in mud and rain (www.reuters.com)
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Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nevada authorities on Sunday said they were investigating one death after a severe rainstorm left tens of thousands of revelers attending the annual Burning Man festival stranded in mud, and asked that they shelter in place and conserve food and water.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

"When you get pushed to extremes, that's when the most fun happens," said Brian Fraoli, 45, a veteran "burner" who works in finance in New York.

That is BM to a tee. A bunch of insufferable rich fuckwits cosplaying being poor and desperate.