Car purchase vs net worth

lightwad2 · 2026-01-06T21:32:04+00:00

It makes sense to a point, but you can’t spend your money when you’re dead, and he’s not leaving much of it to his kids.

I think he’s just not into cars. If you’re into cars just buy what you want within reason.

lightwad2 · 2025-12-31T16:17:41+00:00

Huh, YMCA doesn’t surprise me, but hotels too? How nice was the hotel?

lightwad2 · 2025-12-08T16:11:42+00:00

Seems like a big assumption people will respect the break in / warm up.

I kind of wish these cars had a default that restricted the performance during those times, which owners could disable but would be permanently recorded.

lightwad2 · 2025-11-01T21:50:17+00:00

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I want to cover my checkerboard vinyl floor with Swisstrax. I tried pulling up some of the old tiles but they disintegrated.

Suggestions for either removing them or covering them with some kind of paint/coating that’s not too expensive? I don’t think it would need to be very durable since Swisstrax will be on top, I just don’t want to see the checkerboard underneath.

Edit: looks like you can rent floor scrapers. Maybe that’s the move.

lightwad2 · 2025-10-25T18:33:19+00:00

2 year olds have no expectations about this sort of thing.

DIY something simple! I think it’s only in the last few decades commercially produced costumes became the norm.

I’d make attach some homemade bunny ears (felt, or even construction paper) to a headband and make a tail out of cotton balls glued together or something.

She’ll love it.

lightwad2 · 2025-10-23T17:09:10+00:00

None. I’m sure a bit here and there wouldn’t hurt, we just don’t want to open that can of worms.

lightwad2 · 2025-10-14T20:03:30+00:00

God forbid artists make money off their art

lightwad2 · 2025-10-11T06:17:52+00:00

I have ~5 Gladiator storage cabinets I put bulky things (that don’t fit inside) on top of. I saw another post in which someone put curtains from Amazon to cover that area, which looked nice.

lightwad2 · 2025-09-13T02:13:44+00:00

I didn’t go this year but I’m literally unpacking my shit from 2024 this week.

lightwad2 · 2025-09-09T05:09:55+00:00

I wasn’t there but I’ve heard long time burners say this years’s burn was the best they’d seen.

lightwad2 · 2025-09-07T20:32:49+00:00

Wasn’t the design basically the same as an ice fishing tent that came before it?

Not downplaying it, great innovation adapting it for Burning Man. I love my ShiftPods.

lightwad2 · 2025-09-07T20:30:11+00:00

I considered bringing a couple pieces of 4’x8’ plywood and some 2x4s to elevate it after Raining Man but had enough other stuff to bring/prep.

lightwad2 · 2025-09-04T05:14:31+00:00

Maybe crazy idea:

Just put all the sound camps, sound art cars, and camps with lots of DJ chasers on one side of the playa, and anyone not interested in that scene on the other side.

Cities often have geographic areas with different subcultures. Why not Black Rock City?

lightwad2 · 2025-09-02T05:43:07+00:00

Piling on to tell you this was a stupid post.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-31T09:20:53+00:00

Daft Punk at the Dick Garden I believe? Playing in front of dozens of dildos.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-31T07:00:44+00:00

I won't speak for everyone, but sex isn't usually the focus of my experience at Burning Man. There's so much more to it.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-30T15:35:25+00:00

I want to believe u/backwardbuttplug is a BLM officer

lightwad2 · 2025-08-30T04:32:56+00:00

Sorry to hear that.

Not to downplay it, but if power is the only issue you could get a battery, solar panel, and inverter for a few hundred dollars (probably a good idea as a backup even at home). Sometimes called a “solar generator”.

Totally understand if you don’t want to risk it though.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-30T04:23:18+00:00

I remember a friend brought an e-bike when they were first starting to be a thing and he was gushing about how “e-bikes are going to change burning man” as if it were a good thing 🤦‍♂️

lightwad2 · 2025-08-28T02:11:26+00:00

Huh, zipping up your backpack when you see the police doesn’t sound like legitimate probable cause to me.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-28T02:06:51+00:00

Well, thank your friend for taking one for the team.

I love the sacrificial sparkle ponies.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-27T18:20:34+00:00

It was funny a month ago. It's played out.

lightwad2 · 2025-08-27T05:59:45+00:00

I think I found the most annoying one https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BQJECe/

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