You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

  • @Cookie1990
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    -310 months ago

    What now? How is water in a Desert “Natur is healing” ?

    • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙
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      2010 months ago

      Burning man is held on the playa.

      A playa is a dried-up lake.

      This year, the playa is becoming a lake.

      Nature is healing.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        210 months ago

        Playa means beach, at least in Spanish. Where are you getting *dried up lake" from?

        • Rob T Firefly
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          10 months ago

          Playa (plural playas) may refer to:

          Landforms

          • Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake
          • Dry lake, often called a playa in the southwestern United States

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa

          This English definition does come from the Spanish word for “Beach.”

          https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/playa

      • @negativeyoda
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        210 months ago

        Who else has been confused by seeing the word “playa” in news and memes in the context of Burning Man? I thought they were talking about the fuckbois at first

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        I really wonder how the Spanish word “beach” became “dried up lake” in English. Spanish speakers must be very confused. It’s like ハンドル in Japanese. It’s basically a Japanese pronunciation of “handle” but they use it to mean “steering wheel”.

    • @negativeyoda
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      110 months ago

      Jokes that appear to have gone over your head aside, deserts are usually dry. In a lot of examples, a sudden flood happens, but the desert is dry the other 99% of the time.

      I’m not making the argument that our climate is neither fucked nor unpredictable as a result, but what point were you trying to make?