Why do they burn a man at Burning Man?

Re:Why do they burn a man at Burning Man? by michaelt on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:32PM (#28417777)

Sure - but if I, a stranger, am really looking forward to seeing the burning of an effigy of some dude's ex-girlfriend, that would make me look pretty weird.

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Re:Why do they burn a man at Burning Man? by Zababa on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:56PM (#28418004)

I don't know, burning a symbolic "ex" could be something many people would relate too. Instead of taking out your anger on a real human, you take it out on a symbolic effigy. It's better for everyone involved.

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Re:Why do they burn a man at Burning Man? by boublepop on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:53AM (#28424355)

Why? Billions of teens are dancing along to songs of Taylor Swift figuratively burning her ex-boyfriends. That doesn’t mean they hate men or that they “look pretty weird”.

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Re:Why do they burn a man at Burning Man? by bsksi on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:38PM (#28417829)

I think we can all sympathise with that sentiment, regardless of our sex :P

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