every other page writes the honey hunters like they are mythical forest spirits. "ancient mystical tribesmen who commune with the cliffs." no. they are Gurung and Magar men, with names, with families, doing dangerous skilled work on rope ladders for a living. turning them into a fairy tale is not respect. it lets the seller skip the only questions that matter — who collected this, from where, and were they paid properly. awe is cheap. accountability is not
the mysticism thing always sits wrong with me too. sounds like reverence but it just flattens real people into scenery
its a pattern across the whole internet honestly. the more "mystical and ancient" the copy, the less verifiable info underneath. mystique is what you reach for when you cant show a supply chain
"shrouded in secrecy passed down through generations" = we wont be telling you who, where, or what they got paid. the vagueness IS the product apparently
@KiranFromNepal the pay part is what i keep coming back to. a dramatic cliff video pulls a million views and the men in it might see almost none of that. respect that doesnt reach their pocket isnt really respect