jpwinner gaming Men, Please Stop Talking About Burning Man
I used to be the type of person who enjoyed dating in New York City. A summer afternoon rendezvous perhapsjpwinner gaming, one that begins with the smell of sticky sidewalks and Aperol and ends with the cheerful patter of synchronized footsteps.
Instead, I have been subjected, time and again, to Burning Man — specifically, to men who feel the festival experience has imbued them with esoteric meaning, a purpose which they never seem able to fully articulate.
I ask this sincerely: Am I the only one in the city being lectured on dates about Burning Man?
Not to be confused with post-festival passion or the harmless “Were you at Burning Man?” inquiry. I’m talking about the drawn-out and increasingly predictable “How Burning Man changed me” speech that inevitably ends with the sentiment: “If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it.”
My most recent encounter involved an ex-vegan, A.I. software developer I had met a week earlier at a small music event in Brooklyn. He was cute, witty and a good conversationalist. He had potential.
Yet, I hadn’t even finished chewing my first mouthful of pasta before his 37-minute tale began. (Yes, I timed it.) He fiddled excitedly with a loose dreadlock as I once again fell victim to an eternity of spiritual mansplaining.
The formula was all too familiar. A compulsory mention of the 10 “core principles” of Burning Man, which, in more obnoxious settings, have also been referred to as “the truths.”
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