Submitted 5 hours ago by MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
You know how cops are always busting people with houses full of marijuana plants? What if you did all of that but with potatoes instead of marijuana? What if you had an entire house full of grow lights and potato plants in buckets and then every inch of lawn on your property had potatoes and not a single blade of grass?
Would anyone care? Would the cops come along and put a stop to it? If not, how many more potatoes would you have to grow before something like that happened?
Jesus … so government decided to protect industry instead of individual farmers … because heaven forbid that a company or corporation should ever have to lose money due to individual people trying to do things for themselves.
Look man. You’re not getting it, ok?
You’re thinking in terms of “Marijuanna is illegal, and potatoes are legal, therefore I can do whatever I want, and the cops can’t stop me.”
Except here’s how things really work. Do you exist? Yeah? Well then the cops don’t give a FUUUUUCK about your rights, the law, or your life. You could die in their care. They don’t give a shit.
They smash peoples doors down, and shoot the homeowners. Later to find out they weren’t even on the right STREET!
It doesn’t matter that your acts are legal. Police are like what would happen if you mixed a bear, with a raccoon, with a chihuahua, with a fascist asshole.
So…you still want to draw their attention just to point out legality?
Fun fact: barbers require more hours of training to become licensed than police officers.
So fun.
Depends on entirely on local laws. My house has an interesting quirk written into the title where I cannot dig up clay in order to make bricks. No idea how that’s enforced, but its there.
If you’re going to use grow lamps for potatoes you’re not likely to make a profit. So probably until the debt collectors show up.
Irish dreams are impressive.
It would only be a problem if the rental office finds out I removed the flooring to put down soil and potatoes. On the second floor.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Neat, you’re one of those people my math textbooks warn me about.
NotRobert has a 1200 sq ft house
If each potato they grow takes up 1 cubic foot of area, how many potatoes can NotRobert grow?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That’s missing key information.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
NotRobert’s house has no ceilings nor a roof. Assume his property extends down to the center of the Earth and one light year into space.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
I’d like to point out that a potato plant has many potatoes growing in its roots. Especially if you’re using pots, and providing rich soil, a cubic foot of dirt could easily contain 3 big baking potatoes, or 20 little baby potatoes.
Unless you’re talking about each potato plant, in which case say so.