Through the 2010s, I witnessed random friends and acquaintances suddenly turning into hardcore #burners after going for the first time… Including old SF friends who would have never been caught dead hanging out at that hippie rave, back in the 1990s.
I always made a conscious effort not to draw now-vs-then comparison or engage in not-what-it-used-to-be moaning: as long as people had a good time (and perhaps experienced some amount of cultural/spiritual epiphany) → 🥳
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