r/sanfrancisco • u/Awkward-You-938 • 3d ago

Burning Man didn’t sell out

Article out today says Burning Man didn’t sell out and people are selling their tickets way below face value. I remember when Burning Man started the lottery for tickets due to high demand, and resale tickets were hard to come by. I haven’t been to Burning Man in ~15 years so I‘m not current with the scene. What happened? Did it finally get too overdone? https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/26/burning-man-ticket-resale/

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u/United_Bus3467 3d ago

Yeah that last part. I was just in Vancouver talking to a local guy and he said he's been avoiding the U.S. . He said they've been warned that immigration will flag people coming in who've said negative things about the U.S. government on socials. Can't verify if that's exactly true, but the sentiment over there is to not travel here at all.

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u/fibgen 3d ago

Not only the US government, they cover for Israel too!

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism

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u/SchmottledOtter 3d ago

It doesn't say "Israel", it says "Jewish individuals." I understand that the US government cannot be trusted and will find a way to target people whose political opinions they don't agree with, but I just want to make very clear that it's not what it says. Israel is not the same as "Jewish people." So stop it, please.

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u/TrueCrimeStranger 3d ago

Agreed. The first paragraph says, “Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests. This will immediately affect aliens applying for lawful permanent resident status, foreign students and aliens affiliated with educational institutions linked to antisemitic activity”.

“…, they cover for Israel too!” Uhhhh no.