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Aggrav8dAggrav8d Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
Dear Penny Arcade,

You put me in quite a quandry. There are two events I want to go to and I can't do both each year.

Pro PAX:
- Seattle is next door to my town (Vancouver).
- Indoors. Humidity controlled. No trouble getting whatever food you want.
- Beanbag chairs.
- Crazy music.
- People in strange costumes.
- Games and previews that won't be seen anywhere else for a few weeks.
- Many games like Settlers of Catan.
- Won't cost me much to go.
- Three days of awesomeness!
- Nerds everywhere.
- No worries about dust allergies
- recommendations for post-PAX include ??

Pro Burning Man:
- North of Reno, in the desert. 3 or 4 days of road tripping to get there and back.
- Outdoors. Awesome dust devils, sunsets, and the milky way at night.
- Beanbag chairs.
- Crazy music.
- People in strange costumes.
- Wierd art that won't be seen anywhere else because they'll set it on fire.
- Only one Settlers of Catan but it's 25' wide.
- Probably cost me ~$1000 for the whole week.
- 7 days of awesomeness!
- Nerds everywhere.
- 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
- environmentally friendly, carbon neutral
- recommendations for post-BM include "Don't quit your job, break up, or get tattooed for at least three weeks."

I want PAX to win here. Help me out.

TL;DR: PAX or Burning Man. Who wins?

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Just get really drunk and don't go to either.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    burning man is gay

    there you go

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    - 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
    - environmentally friendly, carbon neutral

    DOES NOT COMPUTE.

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Seriously.
    Burning Man is becoming a place for people who are trying way too fucking hard.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    this is easy
    are you a hippy faggot or a greasy nerd?

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  • baglerbagler Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    this is easy
    are you a hippy faggot or a greasy nerd?

    Why can't you be both?? I think it would be kinky.... I mean.... exciting, or rather, eggciting!!!!

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  • Aggrav8dAggrav8d Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    - 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
    - environmentally friendly, carbon neutral

    DOES NOT COMPUTE.

    Ok, how about "more environmentally friendly than PAX"?

    I don't drink, I'm not greasy, and I'm not a hippie.

    Sure, BM is gay. it's also straight, furry, fanfic, and probably furnie. You name it, they got it. Mostly naked, too.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    this is easy
    are you a hippy faggot or a greasy nerd?
    alternatively, are you hoping to fuck some greasy hippy chicks?

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Go to PAX. Or be a dickhead. It's your choice.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    - 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
    - environmentally friendly, carbon neutral

    DOES NOT COMPUTE.

    Ok, how about "more environmentally friendly than PAX"?

    What is not environmentally friendly about PAX?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    - 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
    - environmentally friendly, carbon neutral

    DOES NOT COMPUTE.

    Ok, how about "more environmentally friendly than PAX"?

    What is not environmentally friendly about PAX?
    it's run by, like, the man
    man

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    All the hot noxious gases from Sony about Home?

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    B.C. wrote: »
    Seriously.
    Burning Man is becoming a place for people who are trying way too fucking hard.

    it's like the guys who move out to Berkeley because of what it was during the hippie era

    then they find out that Berkley is dirty and burnt out, just like the hippies themselves

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    It seems like the biggest conflict of interest would be asking here.

    Or did you also make a thread on some burning man forum?

    You totally did, didnt you.

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    - 50' statue of a man that BURNS TO THE GROUND.
    - environmentally friendly, carbon neutral

    DOES NOT COMPUTE.

    Now now, it's absolutely true if you just pretend the event doesn't take place, by which I mean to say, Aggrav, that OF COURSE IT'S NO CARBON NEUTRAL YOU TERRIBLE IMBECILE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH NOXIOUS GASSES ARE PRODUCED BY THE PRETENTIOUS HIPPY FAGGOTS THAT DRIVE THERE IN THEIR OLD DODGY PICK-UP TRUCKS CARRYING THEIR CHAIN-SMOKING DOPE-FIEND FRIENDS, NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE TRUCKLOADS OF GARBAGE NEEDING MANY ACTUAL TRUCKS TO COME PICK THEM UP AFTER EVERYBODY'S BUGGERED OFF AGAIN? THE FIRST GULF WAR WAS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THAN BURNING MAN

    HOW CAN YOU BE SO STUPID AS TO BELIEVE SUCH BULLSHIT

    shift key massiv reprezent

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Spectre knows what's up.
    Daps.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    It's like those tree planting schemes to offset the carbon your car produces - you pay heaps thinking there will actually be seedlings planted and cared for until they are self-sustaining, they dump a tonne or two of seeds in some paddock. Profit!

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    technically, if they truck in enough plants to absorb a fifty foot wicker man's worth of carbon dioxide during the event, they can declare themselves carbon neutral

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    technically, if they truck in enough plants to absorb a fifty foot wicker man's worth of carbon dioxide during the event, they can declare themselves carbon neutral
    except that it's in a desert so even if they planted all that greenery, it would just die

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    but if they absorb the carbon before they die

    then they have achieved neutrality

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Or dump the same number of seeds as plants somewhere, that counts too! I could go on about so-called "green power" from your utility company, but I get really worked up about people being fleeced so obviously with full government support and subsidation...

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    They'd also have to truck in enough plants to off set the carbon dioxide given off by the vehicles trucking in the plants to absorb the carbon dioxide produced from the 50 foot wicker man.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    B.C. wrote: »
    They'd also have to truck in enough plants to off set the carbon dioxide given off by the vehicles trucking in the plants to absorb the carbon dioxide produced from the 50 foot wicker man.

    Gotta water them plants in the middle of the desert - welp, just truck some in. Oh sh-

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    If you burn fresh wood you're being pretty much carbon neutral, though, because that wood would normally have been part of the carbon cycle anyway. You're basically just helping it along a little. A lot of Swedish power plants are actually fueled by wood.

    Fossil fuels are the biggest problem, honestly. That's stuff that hasn't been part of the carbon cycle for aeons.

    Not to say that burning lots and lots of wood isn't bad, it's just not nearly as bad as fossil fuels.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    my wife was going to go to burning man and I was not but since we no longer live together but hopefully will be together by the time pax rolls around I guess she will be going to pax with me instead

    I think it's the better choice, frankly

    but then, I'm very strongly anti-froo froo hippie crap

    ask Callius, he'll tell you

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    but if they absorb the carbon before they die

    then they have achieved neutrality
    you don't understand how carbon sequestration works, do you?

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    B.C. wrote: »
    They'd also have to truck in enough plants to off set the carbon dioxide given off by the vehicles trucking in the plants to absorb the carbon dioxide produced from the 50 foot wicker man.

    and of course, when the plants die, their decomposition results in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

    a simple solution is to truck the plant matter to the florida everglades before it begins to decay, and drop it under a bog to become petroleum

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    but if they absorb the carbon before they die

    then they have achieved neutrality
    you don't understand how carbon sequestration works, do you?

    I am not being entirely serious about this discussion

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    B.C. wrote: »
    They'd also have to truck in enough plants to off set the carbon dioxide given off by the vehicles trucking in the plants to absorb the carbon dioxide produced from the 50 foot wicker man.

    and of course, when the plants die, their decomposition results in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

    a simple solution is to truck the plant matter to the florida everglades before it begins to decay, and drop it under a bog to become petroleum
    oh
    ok you do understand
    cool :)

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Aggrav8d wrote: »
    No trouble getting whatever food you want.

    This isn't really true...

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2009
    I think Dru fell down and broke his sense of humor a while back.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    it's easy to get food at pax if you want hot dogs

    pretty good hot dogs too

    but they're vegan

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    A duck! wrote: »
    I think Dru fell down and broke his sense of humor a while back.
    when you get to be my age, your sense of humor never really heals properly after a fall like that

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I've never seen Druhim make or get a joke the entire time I've known him.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Kazhiim wrote: »
    it's easy to get food at pax if you want hot dogs

    pretty good hot dogs too

    but they're vegan

    You mean the Cyberdogs? There's non-vegan hotdogs there.

    Didn't the Cheesecake Factory run out of soda last year? And I think the Subway inside the convention center ran out of stuff too. Meat maybe?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Jordyn wrote: »
    I've never seen Druhim make or get a joke the entire time I've known him.
    blatant libel

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Druhim's actually just an offshoot of Homo Erectus that never evolved a funny bone
    heh

    homos erect us

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Jordyn wrote: »
    You mean the Cyberdogs? There's non-vegan hotdogs there.

    you tell me this now like it'll make me feel better

    it doesn't

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This is not how you use "conflict of interest" emot-colbert.gif

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I would say most of the laughing I do around Druhim is at him, as opposed to with him. A small percentage is laughing for him, and once I even laughed through him, but that was just once.

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