Tom Lenk Answers: Must We Go To Burning Man?

By Kristy Puchko | Celebrity | August 31, 2016 |

By Kristy Puchko | Celebrity | August 31, 2016 |

We’ve all got that friend: The Burning Man devotee. They’re obsessed. This time of year, all they talk about is the life-changing weirdness in the faraway desert. It’s our jobs as their friends to nod politely, maybe even indulgently as they rattle on about the costumes and the drugs and the freedom, leaving out the weather and the sand and the moop. But when they try to convert us? We are all Tom Lenk. Except for Jack Plotnick; he is your regrettable Burning Man friend.

Stage One: No thank you. No.

Everyone's annoying Burning Man friend.https://t.co/Bdd40Zieuw

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 28, 2016

Stage Two: Guess what, I feel creative every day.

Judgmental Non-Burner vs. Annoying Burner #BURNINGMANhttps://t.co/eJRK60MEGz

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 28, 2016

Stage Three: I’m sorry, MOOP!?

I HAVE ONE WORD FOR YOU. MOOP. #BURNINGMANhttps://t.co/UFGqtpkutS

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 28, 2016

Stage Four: If one more person says “playa” like they’re a geologist …

Episode 4 of "When Your Friend…" thinks they're a professional geologist at #burningman.https://t.co/F58zYEc8Ss

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 29, 2016

Stage Five: No shade, no go.

NO SHADE, I can't with #burningman…I mean literally, there's NO SHADE. So…nope. (Ep. 5)https://t.co/tIx2Qs4x1J

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 29, 2016

Stage Six: I actually really hate magic.

What's with the #burningman #magictricks disdain/discomfort overlap? That's a thing right?! (Ep. 6)https://t.co/p7Ru1A4R67

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 29, 2016

Stage Seven: Omigod! You have to READ THINGS?!

No AC AAANNNND you have to READ THINGS?! #burningman (Ep. 7) pic.twitter.com/M8WRJUjgmB

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 30, 2016

Stage Eight: Pooping in trailers.

Can't we just got to DISNEYLAND instead of #BURNINGMAN?! (Ep. 8) pic.twitter.com/A070ZZxhnG

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 30, 2016

Stage Nine: Therapy and AC.

When you're right about #burningman and your friend is totes wrong. #burningman (Ep. 9) pic.twitter.com/6DdGd4qUEo

— Tom Lenk (@tomlenk) August 30, 2016

Yep. We’re good. Kthanx.

Kristy Puchko knows the header is from The Wicker Man.