Strangest Burning Man Rules

Get medieval on rabbits to relieve desert-festival stress while you participate in an experimental community.

Burning Man's survival guide states: "There are jackrabbits in the area. It is not worth jeopardizing your safety to swerve to avoid them."

So, kill them.

People see photos of Burning Man. Have they really seen photos?The 'No Photography' rule comes from relaxing in 1994.Burning Man? The "no photos" policy lets attendees cut loose. They can do what they naturally do without thousands of cameras. Only the wealthiest people can manage this desert anarchy festival right.

Uptight colleagues would not like seeing them photographed zoned out on molly and wearing a diaper.

Imagine: You danced your pants off in the dirt. Thick, glistening sweat-filth tar covers you from taking drugs in the desert. You want toDo not use the hot springs.Common sense says you should dip in a hot spring in the Black Rock Desert, right? Wrong.

You will probably die. One Burner saw a dog boiled alive in a hot spring.This happened in 1994.This rule applies in 1994.

People think environmentally conscious Burning Man attendees would hate eating an animal. Burners love bacon.Bring bacon if you want to make friends.Bacon is one of the festival's biggest items.

Offering bacon breaks the ice when you want to make friends.

The "no money" rule is either a break from currency or a nightmare. Festival founder Larry Harvey said:Burning Man is like a big family picnic.Would you sell things at a family picnic? No, you share things.

It is not a barter system; you share without expecting something back.

Out on the playa, you use a Burning Man name, not your real name. You do not choose this name.That is the tradition, according to the Burning Man website glossary.You cannot choose your own playa name.

Organizers wrote that playa names started because staff needed unique names for their two-way radios. Playa names are now common; sometimes, they give someone an 'alternate' personality or persona. Traditionally, organizers give playa names to a person, they do not take them on.

The festival's "leave no trace" policy meansfeathers are forbidden.Feathers cause problems at Burning Man. Your feather boa looks cool, but the wind blows the feathers off. They ruin the desert's non-feathery ecosystem.

Burning Man veterans give major side-eye if you bring feathers or glitter because cleaning them up is tough.

Burners power flamethrowers, sound systems, and art with their own generators. These generators create huge noise problems. Some people bury generators to stop the sound pollution.

Festival organizers ask revelers to stop, following their "leave no trace" policy.

Organizers told people to "Cover your generator with a sound shield or baffle."Wrote this on the website.Do not bury the generator to block noise. The hole leaves a huge gouge in the playa, no matter how well it is filled later.

Bring good shoes to Burning Man. The playa is a dried lake bed from the Pleistocene Epoch. Walking barefoot causes a nasty consequence called a "playa foot."

TheBurning Man glossarydescribes it as: "A common malady where one’s feet become dry and cracked due to prolonged exposure to the highly alkaline desert floor. Treat it with a mild acid solution like vinegar-water or lime juice, then moisturize and put your shoes back on."

Obviously.Who burns art without a proper platform?? The "leave no trace" rule means you must light any art you bring to the Burn before you leave. This releases you from possession and stops art trash from staying in the desert.

Platforms stop the desert from scarring. They ensure more Burning Mans (Burning Men?) for years ahead.

Burning Man's "leave no trace" policy means...There are no trash cans.? Know this: Bring ways to store and remove all your own MOOP ("matter out of place," or things not native to the ecosystem) before going to the desert.

Burners take this seriously. Many clean up trash left by strangers to avoid damaging the land.

Most plants die in the desert. Apparently, this idea escapes some healthy Burners.the festival organizers made a rulereminding everyone not to plant roses in the desert.

"Live plants die on the playa. Ask anyone who brought them," organizers wrote. "They always make a mess. In our history, participants who brought in plants, sod, trees, or cut palm fronds created a MOOP (Matter Out of Place) disaster. Every site using them caused the Burning Man Project days and days of cleanup after the event."

A public swimming pool is one thing to think about for Burning Man, but people tried to build one, and it failed.

It has something to do withPeople using disgusting water.to fill the pool.

Burning Man has an unspoken rule: leave your career behind. This builds community among festivalgoers who attend the desert yearly to get weird. Burning Man aims to cut ties with mainstream society; you become the animal you were born to be.

You do not need a career while doing that, especially if you seek nirvana by causing a Hobbesian state of nature.

You know that one friend you have who is the worst?Do not bring them to Burning Man.No one wants to deal with them. They are awful, and you know it. Bringing them to a hot campground with no sleeping spots and guaranteed dehydration is the worst idea anyone has ever had.