I think they’re convenient for hanging plants, but with most of my plants I’m more concerned about overwatering than underwatering so they’re not ideal.
My calathea is the only plant I’d say truly thrives in a self-watering pot. I have a few others in self-watering pots- philodendrons, alocasias, aglaonemas- that are varying levels of ambivalent about their pots. I need to be careful not to leave them too wet and will likely be repotting them into normal draining pots.
This is something I worry about as well (mid-thirties millennial), but I’m really hoping it won’t be a problem. Anecdotally, I don’t notice any appreciable difference between myself and my dad (technically a boomer) when it comes to technology, but my mom isn’t as comfortable. I think it’s because my dad spends more time using various types of current tech and is willing to troubleshoot on his own, so maybe it’s just a matter of continued exposure and a willingness to learn.
At the same time I see my grandparents really struggle with digital interfaces because they didn’t grow up with them and don’t find them intuitive, in a way that can’t be explained by lack of curiosity. It’s almost like they’re not fluent in the language because they missed a critical period of learning in childhood? If a brand new, extremely different way to interface with the world takes over, I guess I could see myself and my peers struggling as well.
I can’t make a comparison unfortunately as I haven’t joined lemmy.zip, but it seems like a good instance to me!
This was my exact trajectory and reasoning, but I ended up adding lemmings.world after that. 😅
I have joined several instances and all have their pros and cons, but I’ll plug the most recent one (lemmings.world) because it checked all of these boxes for me:
Yes, I’d love an audiobooks community! I’d also like audiobook and ebook deals communities.
A headphones community exists! [email protected]
Beauty communities seem conspicuously absent for topics that have a large internet presence elsewhere. Makeup, skincare, hair, nail art, etc. I specifically miss the asian beauty sub.
We have a few general cooking/food communities that are nice and active, but I miss more specific things like ask culinary, chef knives, and communities geared toward dietary restrictions.
City and region-specific forums.
It’s basically the same for me! I’d say anchovies/fish sauce in general. My first introduction was through Thai fish sauce, which I grew up with and learned how to use in Thai cooking. Then, I started cooking with anchovies in oil and Worcestershire sauce in what I viewed as their respective cuisines. At some point I understood the similar role these ingredients played in providing the umami element needed to complete a dish, and that made me feel more confident using them in a wider variety of foods and “across” cuisines as needed. Used in the appropriate amount, they won’t overpower a dish or turn it fishy; a little bit provides so much flavor!
About every other week with the self-watering pot, whereas it’d be weekly in a normal pot!