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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: chris77] * 5
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chris77 said:
wow, the hype is really something.
it hasen‘t been like this before, am i right or did i not notice it?
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just my 2c
:peace:


Well, sure. I remember when I first started lurking here. Everyone just ran their mouth and talked shit. Don't recall seeing much encouragement or validation. Or even discussion, really. Just lots of absolute blanket statements. Lots of TEKs taken like biblical scripture. Yeah, I'd say this is kind of a new-ish thing.

But really, we're not talking about the quality of cultivators here. I mean, sure. At a certain point, it'd be pretty hard to BS your way into convincing people you've been growing and crushing it, but I don't actually know shit about what other people are up to on here. And, conversely, I know lots of cultivators IRL who aren't posting online. I get weed that definitely wasn't grown by the breeders I follow on Instagram. For actual skill/accomplishment/whatever, it's about your end product and your cultures, and how well you're able to minimize time/effort/space to achieve your goals. What we do IRL is a completely separate thing from our online personas.

So, yeah. What we're talking about here, really, is quality POSTERS. Encouraging people to be the best version of their online selves. I don't see that as a competitive thing. When it comes to the production of any sort of food or drug, I think it's more about standards than competition. Being "the best" doesn't mean shit. What matters is whether your extended network can blaze/trip/feast this weekend, and the one after that.

I'm not a fan of serious competition in most cases, but there is a point where standards are good. I also think it's important to understand where one stands, skills and experience-wise, in approximate relation to others. That need not lead to feelings of inferiority.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 2
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well said!


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 4
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Gilmour Hendrix said:
I kinda feel like one of those upper middle class kids now.



Nah, man, no way.

Your mom didn't e-mail Ythan and tell him to treat her kid real nice. You just happened to turn up at an opportune time. I've had several cracks at psilocybe cultivation, first one was back in the stone ages with "Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide." It was a lovely and exciting pioneering work, but in all honesty, their instructions sucked. Probably subconsciously assumed people had some sort of microbiology lab experience or something. Years later, I stumbled across PF tek. That worked and was straightforward. Still lots of fluff on the instructions, understandably so because he had just developed the whole technique from scratch. Years after that, I set out to grow in bulk for real for real. And found this site. Don't let the comparison between then and now fool you: I was still incredibly lucky to stumble across mid-2010's Shroomery. Still standing on the shoulders of giants.

I feel all that about pressure, competition, impostor syndrome, etc. I mean, sometimes, we just need whatever internal motivation to push ourselves. I think it's usually not 100% healthy, but I can't figure out how else to proceed in a lot of cases. Like, every time I get some stupid pointless job working for people who suck, I go through this whole honeymoon phase where I convince myself that everyone is better than me and I have to really appy myself to learn everything and develop good muscle memory and routines. But that's absolutely critical, because eventually the charade falls apart and I see how stupid and pointless everything is, and at THAT point I desperately need the muscle memory and instant recall so that I can do the job with my eyes closed. BECAUSE, if I don't close my eyes, I'm gonna rage-quit or break something.

I really wish I'd heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect when I was younger. I took so many "trust me, bro"'s at face value. Not understanding that my lack of confidence, or unconventional thinking, was the result of grappling with an issue more substantially, and the confidence of whoever I was talking to was borne of a more superficial understanding of the matter at hand. Random flashback: I was in college when DJ'ed dance music/EDM/whatever-the-fuck really started getting big. Not really my scene, or maybe it was just so new to me that I didn't fully get it yet. But I was talking to someone about how if I DJ'ed, I'd get ridiculous and do slowed-down loops of Slayer mixed with gangsta rap and shit like that. My friend who was "all into it" told me he'd push me off the stage, because he went to these events to DANCE. Fast-forward some time, and I'm at a festival watching people flip out to Girl Talk and just thinking, FML.


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Edited by B Traven (01/04/26 12:42 PM)

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 4
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I always took NOTM/Y to just be a fun thing. I thought it was cool when Beef messaged me and said I won NOTM. But what’s funny is I knew I was a mediocre (but improving) improving grower. Still am. So I knew it was more about attitude and I thought, “hmm, these guys/gals must not hate me.” That was cool by me, as I felt I could yuk it up on the boards and take part in more of the social aspects of the site. It made learning the cult stuff more fun.

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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: chris77] * 3
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fucking well said chris and B! wow! And gil thats so big of you to say. 

thinking on it after a restless sleep last night and my subsequent post that tried to express my mixed feelings of the institution, now this amazing dialogue you three just had here, i see where all of it fits into the discussion in lockstep.


so this is my perspective now. 
consider my mission statement as it has always been.:

"colonize the world with our kind.  to globally transform-- as many as possible-- perspectives and paradigms to become a collectively more  empathic and compassionate civilization as a whole via the great psilocybe homogenizer"

noty is a incubator.  kloakk was the phenom this year.  the entire clutch is beloved and cherished but kloakk pushed the standard boundary as a contributor to collective. 

incredible, every last one. as ive said befofe, i dont think i would have stood a chance against any of them.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Mr Piggy] * 5
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Mr Piggy said:
I was a "gifted" youth.

Anyway, pass the ketamine.


Same. Dropped out of high school at 16 and was huffing keyboard duster in the back room of a car wash bc I was stupid enough to believe the guy who said it was just concentrated oxygen.


Being gifted doesn't mean much if you don't know what to do with it.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: B Traven] * 4
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You know, I often wonder if the people that have a carefree/ don't give a shit attitude are really that way or if it's another defense mechanism. Some of them do well. Some of them are insufferable pricks.

That honeymoon phase example reminded me of something a dear friend told me. I was all balled up about an interview or something; Worried I wasn't good enough. This guy is my hype man, by the way. He said "They don't know you, but you know you, and you know you're going to do your best. That'll be better than they expect." I felt the stress melt away. I wanted to share that in case someone needs to hear that right now. It helped me when I needed to hear it.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Gilmour Hendrix] * 3
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what if our silly little cult olympics accidentally made the world a better place? oops! Im so sorry if someone felt hurt that they werent the best superhero in the superhero school.



"But dad, I was supposed to be the one who was gonna save the world!"


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: BeefExtreme] * 3
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superheros. every. last. fuckin. one of ya.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: cronicr] * 3
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cronicr said:
I'll confess ...it was the year of the noobs there were so many that killed it , hats off to you all !
You guys have so many active tc's to listen to and follow it's truly a blessing and a huge shout out to those tc's for stepping up as well , lets us know the system is working, now it's time to step it up and go from student to teacher and show us where the real skills lay their Beaty eyes , push that envelope break those boundaries


This. 100%. The TCs and others that tirelessly prod, poke, correct, encourage, bitchslap, opine, yell, are the reason for our success. It’s hard to be bad with this much support.

A thousand thank yous for this community.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: BeefExtreme] * 2
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BeefSupremeJr said:
superheros. every. last. fuckin. one of ya.


Right on.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Mr Piggy] * 4
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Mr Piggy said:
I was a "gifted" youth.

Anyway, pass the ketamine.


Fuck dude. Me in a nutshell. Or a shared nutsack. I feel you. Not your nuts.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: 1NFIN8] * 5
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So about competition…

Is it about lessening achievement? Or about boosting it?

Is it better for everyone to lessen the desire to achieve? Or would we be better served by celebrating it and striving more?

We would make real strides if we overcame our own self judgement and doubt than to say achievement is bad. To hold someone up and celebrate them shows us all that we can achieve more as well.

Where it goes sideways is when “winners” degrade the “losers”. That’s the root of issues. Maybe the root of all evil.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: BeefExtreme] * 3
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Whoa - the philosophizing is gettin deep in here! I'm with you all, on all of it. A good friend of mine recently recommended a book to me & I gave it a read. And I'm glad I did. I'm paying it forward here....Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. A great read that looks at things in a different light. You'll understand the connection and the recommendation to read it, once you do, if you will. Ten bucks in paperback on 'zon. I hadn't been able to read for enjoyment or comprehension for years due to my state of mind before mushrooms, but this one (and mushrooms) helped break the spell that had me in zombie mode for so long.

Peace to you all, my shroom fam!


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: flapping_bird] * 7
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I confess: I gotta make some damn grain.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: 1NFIN8] * 2
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1NFIN8 said:
So about competition…

Is it about lessening achievement? Or about boosting it?

Is it better for everyone to lessen the desire to achieve? Or would we be better served by celebrating it and striving more?

We would make real strides if we overcame our own self judgement and doubt than to say achievement is bad. To hold someone up and celebrate them shows us all that we can achieve more as well.

Where it goes sideways is when “winners” degrade the “losers”. That’s the root of issues. Maybe the root of all evil.


Well said! I try to take it as motivation that with time and effort I can achieve that as well.
I love rock climbing and use the good climbers I see as motivation to keep working at it.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Smellyhobbit] * 3
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Smellyhobbit said:
I confess: I gotta make some damn grain.


I confess I need another PC, I spent 2 days PCing grain this week.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: Mr Piggy] * 4
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Mr Piggy said:
I was a "gifted" youth.

Anyway, pass the ketamine.


Here....


⬅️ *toots a line* :lol:


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: LotKid] * 6
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i think ive got it in my pocket. i like where we landed.  we should all take tremendous pride in the champion we have collectively produced.


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Re: Cultivation confessional [Re: LotKid] * 3
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Okay, after a quick skim... something about competition and awards and such..

So, just curious, what's the prize for most overall dried weight produced in 2026?

:princepancakes:

....i want it


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