Understand you’ll probably lose a few grows. It’s more or less inevitable. If the only reason you’re getting into it is for “yield”, you will burn out quickly. Keep a journal. Write down why you made the decisions you did. Experiment. Have fun with it.

The way I view it is that religion serves to quell some existential anxiety. If your daily thoughts are preoccupied with forest fires, floods, and crop blight, you would reach out to some deity you feel controls those things. The hierarchy of needs just serves to display that society has progressed (imperfectly) up that hierarchy for many people.

I’m sure someone thought of this before, as you stated. Just a stoner thought I had. But a part of me believes religion serves some primordial animal drive. A way to surrender your worry into something bigger than yourself. The ultimate goal of giving up that surrender into yourself is kind of Buddhist in a way. I hope to achieve that one day.

I ate one of these once. Was way far gone. Had the texture of pencil erasers.

Did you catch them glowing?

I believe the scooter spots are financed by the city. Scooter pollution was a big problem here when they were first introduced, so I’m sure the alderpeople stepped in.

We also have the racked ebikes, and those are great. I think people dislike them since they require you to have a station at your destination/position, but I think the solution to that is just to build more. The scooters require a ton of overhead to be moved and charged.

I’d be in full support of banning use of bike racks for scooters. I think they’re a useful micromobility option, but they were implemented very poorly. Hell, maybe they could even build their own racks. Then you’d be guaranteed to always have a scooter fairly well charged.

The e-scooter apps I’ve used do require you to take a photo in the app. Probably so they can ban you if you suck. Where I live, I’m fortunate enough for there to be designated scooter parking in some places. They essentially take a car street parking spot, put posts around it, and label it. Really cleans up the area.

If you aren’t somewhere that has a spot like that, most of the time I just park on the city side of the grass. Off walkways, and the worst that can happen is some dead city grass. I couldn’t imagine attempting to slide one into a bike rack.