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PsiloPsychIn Reged: 06/17/14 Posts: 8182 Loc: up north |
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Scroll to the bottom of this first post for contest themes Hi Folks This is meant to be a fun thread for all to post in - and read through when you're bored. The idea is pretty simple. We amateur mycologists get really passionate about our hobby and our brains get focussed in weird ways and we do weird things that normal non mushroom obsessed people don't do and wouldn't understand. Please use this thread to confess your peculiar Mushroom Cultivation RELATED thoughts and behaviors. Don't worry about posting something that other people have already posted - part of the fun will be seeing how many people do that same weird things. MYCO SINS: ... In addition to your myco peculiarities you can also confess your MYCO SINS here... things like the time you blew off sterile technique and did agar work in dirty clothes on the kitchen table, the time you forgot that mono for months and found it looking all disgusting and sporulated (post photos please), that trade you never completed and still feel guilty about, telling your boyfriend or girlfriend you can't go out (because you have to harvest or rather do agar work), etc. EPIC NOOB FAILS: Confess your most embarrassing noob failures here. Although all are welcome I will moderate - if things get trolly or way off topic - the confessions area about mush cult related things OK? (Scroll to Bottom FOR NEW CONTEST UPDATES) UPDATE: To Celebrate Turning 100 (pages) there will be a contest in this thread. Here are the guidelines: From May 10 2017 to May 17 2017: Post a True Confession (be honest) that fits in one of the following Dream Themes - 1) Myco Dreams - I woke up and had this dream about mushrooms / mushroom cultivation Examples: I dreamt that I was miniaturized and walking around in my monotub in a forest of giant cube fruits I dreamt my girlfriend / boyfriend was a mushroom and we were making sweet mush love on a blanket of jiffy mix casing I dreamt that just as I was loading up my third dehydrator, law enforcement knocked on my lab door (yes nightmares count too) OR 2) Myco Dream / Scheme - as in I plan to do this X, Y, or Z big / difficult thing with mush cultivation. Examples: I dream that I will someday hybridize shiitakes and cows and make "shiitstakees" I dream I will some day have a successful monotub I dream I will corner the market on shrooms in my state and drive a Porsche and be called "Shroom King" by all my homies At the end of the contest week I will pick a winner in both categories and send you a print for sharing your awesome true confession. To qualify for an active print the selected winner must meet the residency requirements for the market place and have a decent trade rating. UPDATE: Photo Only Contest June 1st - June 7th This contest will be for confessing without words... What I'm looking for are photo entries that say it all. NO CAPTIONS , No explanation, Just a Photo that confesses something myco related. Some examples, might be: A photo of that tub you should have harvested.... but you waited a day or two and is sporeloaded / sporesplosion all over A bacterial jar or other contaminated jar that you should have thrown out a LONG time ago A tub that you let get way too dry and there is just one or a few struggling fruits / pins trying to survive... or maybe it is a positive moment? You confess that after a long time you finally got that killer full canopy flush (maybe a before and after sequence your first mono and your best mono) use your imagination, photos, before and after... hell maybe you even have an animation. Tell a secret story about some aspect of your myco world. At the end of the week I'll pick a winner and send out a Texas Orange Cap spore print. Update... I'm thinking up a contest theme for July ... in the mean time confess away randomly : JULY CONTEST - From JULY 1st to JULY 14: Post your Myco Relationship Confessions. At the start of your entry add the following heading: "CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession" Some examples: CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession I've always wanted to try having sex with my partner while tripping" CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession My partner has threatened to turn me in / trash all my myco stuff / leave me because of my myco habit... CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession My partner is jealous of the time I spend on the shroomery / myco work... etc. CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession I can't seem to find a parter / start a LTR because of my myco obsession... etc. Winner will receive a spoor print. Maybe Amazonian or Tasmanian UPDATE September Contest "Don't Hide Your Pride" SEPTEMBER 1-10th - START YOUR ENTRY WITH "MY SECRET PRIDE" What I'm looking for is something that you have been quietly proud of in your myco world. Something you feel really proud about but have been inhibited about bragging or even mentioning it. Maybe it is a great accomplishment and it just isn't your style to brag. Example - I got my first full canopy monotub! Whooot! Example - I grew my first exotics (non cubensis). Maybe it is a significant accomplishment for you but when you look at all the cool stuff on the shroomery it seems like no big thang. Example - I got pins on my (10th) PF tek at last! Example - I managed to do a grow without any contaminants for the first time! Maybe you are proud of something you'v recently learned or cleared up, or a technique that you have become pretty good at or mastered even... Example - I finally got it that there are varieties of cubes... not "strains" or "species" Example - I can do agar transfers now without dropping wedges all over the f@#kin SAB. Give us a bit of context so we understand what you are proud of and maybe why you have kept it more or less a secret. ******************************** update NOVEMBER CONTEST (post entry between November 1st and 10th) THEME: My Mystical Experience To make it clear you are making a contest entry please begin your post with: "I confess My Mystical Experience" THEME details / examples. Confess something mystical, spiritual, or just plain difficult to conceive from a normal perspective that has happened to you or your life since you started your association with magic mushrooms. Dig deep, be bold, lets not anyone judge these deep confessions - make a safe space to share these deeply intimate experiences. While partaking in magic mushrooms many of us have had experiences that are difficult to explain from a normal every day consciousness perspective. Maybe you have had an insight, maybe you have experienced psychological or physical healing that seemed difficult or impossible to obtain through other means. Maybe you have experienced feelings like you have at no other time in your life. Maybe you have seen something or someone that just seems inconceivable from any ordinary state of consciousness. Maybe your experience didn't happen while on mushrooms, maybe it is something that is happening in your life in general since you started tripping or cultivating. Doc's example of tripping and being visited by the spirit of a good friend who just passed is a good example. (page 413 of this thread). Your confession doesn't need to be this "out there" a person could even just say something like: "I confess my Mystical Experience is that since I starting doing mushrooms I have a better appreciation of nature than I have ever had in my life" ****** UPDATE JANUARY CONTEST ******* The Theme of the January Contest Confession is "I WONT DO THAT AGAIN!!!". The idea is we want to hear you confess some mushroom cultivation related 'experiment' you tried that turned out pretty badly and you said to yourself... "I wont do that again... ever!". Maybe you decided that you would cut some corners in following a tek... and rather than the great results shown in the tek you ended up with some disaster ... or even just far short of what you hoped for. Maybe you decided to get creative .... and in hindsight wish you had not been. Perhaps the non sterile cat food tek just didn't turn out the way you'd hoped and you were going to keep it as your dirty little secret. Maybe you decided it would be a good idea to sample fresh fruits while you were harvesting and ... yeah that got a bit intense. So for your entry please submit in the following form (see three headings below) between January 12 and January 20th: Subject Line: "I Wont Do THAT Again!!!" Description of your regrettable experiment: Short description of what you Learned: Contest winners will most likely be sent some Jar Lid Hardware... Plastic Lid, Synthetic Filter Disks, Injection Port, something like that. If I have some spore prints and you'd prefer that I may send out spore prints. ************** MARCH CONTEST THEME **************** Ok folks I know March is 2/3 gone, but I just got the awards for the last contest in the mail yesterday so I thought I didn't want to get ahead of my self. MARCH THEME: "THINGS I REGRET DOING ON THE SHROOMERY" So the idea here is that we all from time to time do things on the Shroomery we regret later. Examples include: Trolling, Asking dumb questions that we could easily find the answer too if were were not too lazy, Giving bad advise (when we didn't know better but later feel bad about) Drunk / Stoned posting Forgetting your side of a trade or taking forever to get it in the mail Taking way too long to send contest winner's prizes ... =) Becoming some noob's go to guy (or gal) ... especially when they don't even listen to you... etc. Make your contest entry by starting with the phrase "I regret ... " and then your thing. Make your contest entry between March 21st and 31st. I've got some LGT (Leucistic Golden Teacher) prints around so that is likely to be the prize. I might have some other varieties of prints around so if you have and LGT we could maybe work out an alternative if you are a lucky winner. *************** APRIL 2020 CoronaVirus Confession Theme and contest parameters. 1) Contest duration. This contest runs from April 10 to April 12th. 2) Contestant eligibility: Contestants must be a) Marketplace eligible, and b) must have posted in the confessions thread at least 10 times before April 10th. 3) How will winners be selected? On Monday voting will open and by Wednesday voting will close. Confession thread posters can post their vote for first, second, and third place CoronaVirus Confessions. Psilo will tally results Thursday and post the winners on Friday. 4) What do winners get? Accolades, respect, appreciation, and possibly a card from PsiloPsychIn. 5) CoronaVirus Confession theme: make your confession about how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around your mushroom cultivation hobby has been affected by the CoronaVirus. For example: “I confess that since the pandemic started I can’t find any rubbing alcohol for my sterile work!” Or “I confess that since I’ve had to start being locked up in my house I’ve been doing mush cult double time to keep from going stir crazy” Or “I confess I’ve broken quarantine to get supplies for my hobby. (Essential shopping)” *********February 2021********* Period of Appreciation:: Thursday February 25th to Friday March 5th Confession Theme:: Confess what you like (or hate) most about how spring affects your mush cult experiences. Start Your entry with the heading:: "EARLY Spring Spore Appreciation Confession" So old Psilo can find the confessions that fit the theme and want to be appreciated. Examples: Depending upon where people are in the world I see all sorts of season related comments like: It is so damn cold, finally my grow room is getting warm enough to grow some proper shrooms, or Damn now it is going to get so hot in my grow room that I'm going to have to shut down for a few months... or Damn it is mold city this time of year I can just see a tidal wave of green coming my way... etc. Just share a reflection or observation on how the shift to spring effects your mushroom cultivation good or bad. Rules: 1) MAKE YOUR CONFESSION BEFORE APRIL 30TH 2) Start Your Post with the Words: "My Cover Story" so I know it is an entry. Appreciation: The top 3 cover story confessions will get a gift bag from PsiloPsychin... may include scalpel blades, inoculation wires, stickers, synthetic filter disks... who knows? Edited by PsiloPsychIn (10/13/23 01:17 PM)
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