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
It does.
this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2024
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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.
also larger than Australia
Not all that well-known, but Australia claims about 42% of Antarctica as part of it's territory.
Claims vs. recognized.
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.
This is likely an extremely powerful weapon that can only be used once before it breaks so save it for the last boss.
Fuck, I beat the last boss and I forgot this was in my inventory...
Local variants of sticks are acceptable.
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.
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.
Is there no flotsam from elsewhere washed ashore in Antartica?
But independent of that, I think that's an awesome ice stick!
I now need to know whether there is flotsam in Antarctica
can't bring sticks? i have questions
You can't bring anything that could carry non-native lifeforms on it, to preserve Antarctica's unique Flora and Fauna from invasive species.
What, not even our nice Norwegian ~shape-shifting assimilating microbes~dogs?
EDIT: I am sad lemmy doesn't appear to support strikethrough.
Lemmy ~~doesn't~~ support strikethrough.
Bookend two tildes for strike through ~~ stuff ~~ = ~~stuff~~
Doesn't work for me? Vivaldi (Chrome-based browser, desktop) using old.lemmy.ca
Oh... ha, I browse using the 'mlmym.org' theme. Using www.lemmy.ca I see it works. Must be a bug in the theme. I'll see who I can report to, for a fix. Thanks.
Explain these 'dogs' please
Wouldn't anything that didn't evolve to deal with Antarctica's brutal climate just immediately die?
With the number of species that live on a stick, you could get unlucky and transport one which would randomly happen to have traits good for thriving in Antartica.
I agree, but don’t humans carry the even more microbial live than sticks? And what about birds and seals? I am guessing there is quite a lot of exchange of microbes between Antarctica and the other continents.
Yea, you're right, and I don't have any counter point. I don't know what the experts think about this.
Life will...uhh... find a way.
Just like dopamine and serotonin: If you don't have homemade, store bought is just fine
shore brought is fine
"...there are no sticks here. Nothing grows..." so far...
[...] we demonstrate a clear but nonlinear trend towards a greater area of vegetation cover across the [Antarctic Peninsula] in recent decades [...] Crucially, the rate of change in vegetation cover has increased considerably in recent years
[...]
Regardless of the complexities discussed in the preceding, the overall statistically significant trajectory of APwide greening from 1986 to 2021 [...] provides strong evidence of rapid and ongoing response of AP vegetation to climate change, and presents a compelling case for future widespread changes in the AP’s terrestrial ecosystems.
.... I'm just going to be technical and point out that it's currently summer in Antarctica .....
I’m pretty sure this is a narwhal disguised as a human…
Curious, why can't you bring sticks?
I would assume biosecurity concerns
Can't bring sticks
What?! Why?