Proof that burning man goers are selfishly idiotic

SAN FRANCISCO
School year's early start burns parents

Heather Knight

Tuesday, February 8, 2005

The Board of Education is expected to approve the school district's calendar for the 2005-06 academic year tonight -- but not before a spirited debate among parents over when classes should begin.

There have long been arguments among parents over whether school should start before or after Labor Day, with the former winning out the past several years.

This year, however, brings a new wrinkle -- the 20th anniversary of the Burning Man art festival in the wastelands of Nevada is scheduled for Aug. 29- Sept. 5. In an only-in-San Francisco argument, several parents are demanding that school start Sept. 6 so their children can attend the event.

Unfortunately for the Burning Man contingent, the board is expected to set Aug. 29 as the first day of school.

sf gate article

those morons really thought they could DEMAND that the school board rearrange their calendar just so mom & dad can get high in the desert?!? i can't even believe this.

wait, this is an april fool's day joke right??

If there's 2 things I don't like it's burners and hippies.















If there's three things I don't like it's burners hippies and kids.

I never really understood the point of Burning Man. It's like a rave right? In Black Hills/Rock/Some shit Nevada?

Woah, I truly thought that there was no one in California under the age of 50 that used the word "burners". HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA....are you seriously referring to drug users?

Ok...I'm going to take a wild guess and say the title of this thread may cause some consternation.

San Francisco, a portal into another realm.

I kid. I kid. It was supposed to be funny.

but seriously.... these people are breeding?

It's a regional thing though. Everyone's got their weird things that make the rest of the country go, WTF?!?!? My cousins in Wisconsin got the first day of hunting season off each year.

"Burners" = Burning Man attendees/fanatics/freaks.

Ohhh, well now, that makes much more sense. MoralityDies likes to make fun of me by calling me a burner and a doper and I always thought that was so Texas.

MoralityDies is a notorious yokel.

And, yes, i'm on the weed.

Okay, I learned something tonight! Burning Man Attendees are "Burners." To the Philly/South Jersey bikers I grew up with a burner was a line of Meth. I know someone who went to one and she said it was so weird - hippies, bikers, New Agers, Ravers, Punks, and all the stereotypes from so-called non-conformist fringe groups all in attendance.

But WTF???? I'd like school to start late this year so I can go on Holiday to Amsterdam again. I'm sure the schools will understand.

See, I'm totally down with the kids today. The kids still go to tea pads and smoke jive, right?

Doesn't anyone just skip school anymore?

*shakes cane angrily at youth*

shake harder boy.

Ohhh ... I wanna smoke some jive!

I like how we're all referring to 'these people' like they're orientals or the Irish or something.

Okay, now seriously, can someone explain this to me???

What's to explain?! They're in the desert in the blazing sun. Tell me that outfit doesn't look like it breathes.

I must meet you. You have entertained me.

It's not just those people.

well and isn't burning man at least a little bit about nonconformity??
what's more nonconformist than skipping the first day of school so you can hang outwith your parents in the desert?