Found this post on IG and I’m wondering what this community’s stance is. With winter now officially here*, I think it’s a valid question.
Edit: *where I live
Local variants of sticks are acceptable.
I just realized there is an entire continent where there are no trees, and thus no sticks.
And it isnt a small continent either. it is larger than all of Europe and also larger than Australia. We arent talking about an island or archipelago or even some random landlocked desert. It is a continent.
the fact that there are no sticks that naturally occur there at all… it confuses and concerns me.
This is deeply unsettling to me.
Before it slipped down to the bottom of the world, it used to be covered in jungles.
Don’t worry. At this rate, the ice will be gone soon and… oh
So i did a little research. The sad/fun part about my realization is… if you go back far enough in time, before the ice and nothingness, archeologists have pointed out that Antarctica was once a massive forest continent.
Millions of years ago, it had trees, and thus, sticks for days and days.
Once again we are living in the wrong time. Too late to explore all continents having sticks. But also too early to live where all continents have sticks. In the grand scheme of things, we exist in the uneven ground.
It’s a sad equilibrium to be sure.
There’s also stuff we’re pretty sure first evolved there. Because it used to connect south America to Australia
We grant you the rank of honorary stick.
“This is acceptable! This is fair!”
Motion seconded
That’s an icicle, sticks are wooden. I like his spirit though, that icicle has stick vibes.
It is an ice sculpture of a stick.
Can you poke things with it? Can you swish it around and pretend it’s a sword? Does it bring joy to your heart? Then it’s a stick.
Nice stick
Throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks.
Well played.
You bet you’re cold white pasty ass it counts. Now go spear a narwhal or do something cool with it!
A narwhal horn would make the best stick.
Just like dopamine and serotonin: If you don’t have homemade, store bought is just fine
This is why there are 12 types of Christianity. No it’s not a stick and I will crusade against anybody who claims it is.
Can you poke someone in the butt with it?? Fuck yeah you can.
…that’s not a poke!
Seriously - this doesn’t count as a stick - this is a close approximation of a stick in that it has many similar properties but it is far from it. Watch how in a few hours it dissolves on the ground (or inside?).
However it does beautifully capture the novelty-based appreciation of sticks. There’s something to this, for sure…
You can melt and solidify metal but that is considered a rod, not a stick
You can melt and solidify water
That is a rod of ice
Curious, why can’t you bring sticks?
