We all know this is the Internet, right? The "Interwebz", as I call it, is so full of bullshit it just defies imagination! Sourdough is a perfect example. I'd bet there are 75,000 websites and blogs out there talking about sourdough, and most of them leave shit out, intentionally. They do it for clicks and whatever. (Sometimes I hate the Internet for this exact reason). I try not to do that. I also try to cut through all the bullshit like product promotions and other crap, and cut to the chase.
Of all those websites, videos and blogs; they're all trying to sell you something. "Hawking their wares", as I call it. They leave out key pieces of info so you'll "subscribe" or buy their training course (which is also chocked full of bullshit and noise), or buy their "special sauce" (whatever it is). Okay, fine. But I don't do that. I'm not sellin' anything. I'm also not tryin' to make my living off the Interwebz as an "influencer" (a name which makes me want to projectile vomit every single time I hear it!).
I am glad to share what I know with anyone who is interested. And if that nugget is 'sourdough' then so be it. If a billion people wake up tomorrow and want to make sourdough, you know what? My sourdough will only improve because of it. And, if I'm giving away their shit, well, tough, motherfuckers! I'm not givin' away anything I didn't already have, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, bitches! Just because they wanted to try to make a buck off it to support their crack and beauty products habit ain't my fuckin' problem!
Okay...got that off my chest! LOL!
edit - I wrote this last reply after I went out on Amazon and looked at all the snake oil salespeople selling... "REAL San Francisco Sourdough Starter"...for $14 dollars. This, compared to 100g of flour and 100g of water. What, the profit margin on that shit must be about 65,000%, right??? P.T. Barnum had it right...There's a sucker born every minute! You don't need any of that shit to make sourdough. Most of it is just flour...and nothing else. WTF???
Of all those websites, videos and blogs; they're all trying to sell you something. "Hawking their wares", as I call it. They leave out key pieces of info so you'll "subscribe" or buy their training course (which is also chocked full of bullshit and noise), or buy their "special sauce" (whatever it is). Okay, fine. But I don't do that. I'm not sellin' anything. I'm also not tryin' to make my living off the Interwebz as an "influencer" (a name which makes me want to projectile vomit every single time I hear it!).
I am glad to share what I know with anyone who is interested. And if that nugget is 'sourdough' then so be it. If a billion people wake up tomorrow and want to make sourdough, you know what? My sourdough will only improve because of it. And, if I'm giving away their shit, well, tough, motherfuckers! I'm not givin' away anything I didn't already have, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, bitches! Just because they wanted to try to make a buck off it to support their crack and beauty products habit ain't my fuckin' problem!
Okay...got that off my chest! LOL!
edit - I wrote this last reply after I went out on Amazon and looked at all the snake oil salespeople selling... "REAL San Francisco Sourdough Starter"...for $14 dollars. This, compared to 100g of flour and 100g of water. What, the profit margin on that shit must be about 65,000%, right??? P.T. Barnum had it right...There's a sucker born every minute! You don't need any of that shit to make sourdough. Most of it is just flour...and nothing else. WTF???