Simple pleasures: Welcome to the wholesome, yet splintered, community of online stick reviews

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/online-stick-reviews-1.7165135

Welcome to the wholesome, yet splintered, community of online stick reviews

We have stick-heads, as we call them, all over the globe,’ says one of the men behind Official Stick Reviews

Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Apr 05, 2024 2:03 PM PDT | Last Updated: April 5

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These men review sticks online, and they have a whole community of 'stick-heads' behind them
"The grain is just beautiful," says a bearded man standing in the forest, cradling a long, spiralling stick that he found on the ground.

"It's cascading down almost waterfall-eque," he says in a video review as he gently caresses the metre-long, helix-shaped branch with his finger, before bringing it in for a deep sniff.

"Smells like sage," he says approvingly. "Some eucalyptus in there, too."

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