OUT
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IN
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80 Acres |
Work Ranch
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absinthe | agave
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affordable tickets | credit card debt
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all the losers who passed on going this year | all the people who fucking made it - isn't it already better?
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and all that crap | opportunistic adult-media hacks
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beer | Jager in icey cooler backpacks
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Black Rock Desert | Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
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brain cells | nitrous oxide
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Burning Man films | Burning Man reality TV shows
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campaign to recall | campaign to recall
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Center Camp | Walk-In Camping
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Chap Stick | Carmex
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clueless Newbies | Newbies who act like jaded Burning Man veterans
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cover/tribute bands | original rock bands
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Critical Tits | DPW parade
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crystal meth | cocaine
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cults | high society
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cynicism | faith
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depth | humor
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devil horns | bullhorns
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digeredoo | digeredon't
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DJ superstars | playing Klezmer and dub
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dogs | birds
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dogs | robot dogs
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Doubloons and passports | open access to the Man
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Draka the Dragon | La Contessa
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dropping E on Burn Night | going to the Burn sober
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E | mushrooms, then sedatives
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EL wire | fibre optic
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EL-wire | Luminex (fiber optic fabric)
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energy drinks | water
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Esplanade | Outer Fence
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everything | nothing
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failure to appear | minimalism
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feather boas | lam&eacut;
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fire dancers who become porn stars | porn stars who become fire dancers
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from your laptop | from your iPod
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full moon | new moon
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funk | country
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Funkmobile | the Remnants of Funk
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fur jackets | Black Rock City Neighborhoodies
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gay sex at Jiffy Lube | hetero sex at Jiffy Lube
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generators | power grids!
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generators | solar and wind power
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Girls Gone Wild | public executions of
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giving a shit about 'Beyond Belief' | theme resentment
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glow stick spinning | fire spinning
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glowsticks | blinky anything
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golf carts | scooters
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Governor Davis | Burning Man
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Greeters | Gate
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happy clowns | evil clowns
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heaven | hell
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hoary discussions centering on the Middle East by people crashed out on bourgeois lawnchairs who secretly don't give a fuck | forming the new freak Freemason organization on the playa and taking the plan home with you
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lame android music | ?
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live webcast of the Burn | if you're not here, you miss out
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medical marijuana | medical mushrooms
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MTV at Burning Man | Travelocity Burn tours
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pole dancers | Maypole dancing
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porta-potty lines | Camp PeePot
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puzzle parts | cardboard parts
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R.A.V.E. Act | anti-R.A.V.E. Act activism
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rave | trance
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reggae | noise muzik/no wave
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running a radio show | running a radio show
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sarongs | Utilikilts
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skipping this year | coming to Burning Man
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sleeping in | sunrise yoga
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slow-dancing | failure to appear
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spectators | spectators with an attitude
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Spock Science Monitor | NAMBLA's Porta-Letter
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stars and stripes | peace on Earth
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stealing art | lynching art thieves
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stealing street signs | re-naming street signs
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Sunday night | Monday morning
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tattoos | scarification
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techno | any music other than techno
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techno DJs on the playa | rock bands on the playa
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The Onion | Spock Science Monitor
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the Commonwealth Club's Burning Man beaver girl | Squeaky Fromme
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the moon | Mars
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the previous common model of male playa identity: fire-spinning, understanding-and-appreciating-female energy, fuck-hungry Dave Matthews fans | The 2003 model of playa masculinity: caved-in, pasty, Jarvis Cocker-style male physiques, complete with hacking coughs and compressed sexual energy, waiting for you
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theme camps | gay theme camps
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theme camps | theme parks
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tofu | salmon jerky
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trash in the porta-potties | shit in the porta-potties
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trust fund-funded camps, all rebar and tantrums | living out of your '82 Toyota, tent-free, or better still, living out of a complete stranger's '79 Nova, screwing in the dirt
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Utilikilts | traditional kilts
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Washoe County | Black Rock City
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water bottles | hydration systems
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"Welcome home!" | "We need to search your trailer."
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"what's out/what's in" lists | embracing things that are "out" just to piss off those who really give a shit
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yoga | Tai Chi |
- compiled by Eggchair Steve, Jason Fell, Scott Gibson, Snoh, Summer B., Lenny Jones, Malderor, Steve Fritz, the Rev. Blind Toaster, Skritch, Adrian Roberts, and PF
