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

  • Podunk@lemmy.world
    49·
    9 hours ago

    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.

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      It makes sense why there are no sticks. But I agree, the thought of a lack of sticks seems to be unsettling, not a lack of trees or bushes.

      Are we that naturally attracted to sticks because of primate evolution? I wonder if the earliest human ancestors developed this awareness of sticks as it is a primitive tool used to survive.

    • Affidavit@lemm.ee
      7·
      6 hours ago

      also larger than Australia

      Not all that well-known, but Australia claims about 42% of Antarctica as part of it’s territory.

      • Podunk@lemmy.world
        17·
        7 hours ago

        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.