A flood of biblical proportions has turned Burning Man festival into an absolute sh1t-show this year, but according to one “hardcore” attendee it’s actually improved the experience, because it’s weeded out the “weak” festival-goers and left people like her who know how to rave properly.
Sarah Jane Woodall, 46, who also goes by the name Wonderhussy, told MailOnline that the awful weather conditions “distilled the attendance down to just the hard-core survivors”:
“This is my thirteenth time, and for me it was exactly what was needed.
It’s kind of a thing with veteran Burning Man attendees that you become sort of jaded, like ‘Oh, 13 times? It’s always the same thing, this is getting boring. Why do I do this every year?’
I was having those thoughts earlier in the week, and then when it started raining, it completely changed the event for me. For me, it made it one of the best I’ve had because it was so interesting and it also weeded out the weak.”
For many long-time Burners like herself, Woodall said, there is a resentment toward the newbies:
“Another complaint among Burners is, ‘Oh, these new people, they don’t understand Burning Man culture. They just come for the weekend, they think it’s Coachella, they’re half-assed partiers.’ Well, all those people left as soon as they could.”
To sum it up; no one parties harder than Sarah Jane Woodall, 46, and if you’re one of the tens of thousands of people who are struggling to get back to their homes and families in this horrific weather, then you’re obviously not hardcore enough to handle Burning Man. Can’t we just leave her there in the middle of the desert, since she’s having such a great time?
I guess that’s the sort of attitude you can develop when you attend Burning Man 13 times and are still going in your mid-forties. Which is fine, of course; it’s just annoying when these types of people start to see themselves as ‘veterans’ who are superior to everyone else there. It’s basically just a bonfire in the middle of nowhere and this year the weather’s sh1te. Get over yourself!
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