Stick with us: Why the internet is obsessed with one of the simplest tools known to man

For those who have ever found a cool stick and felt the impulse to show it off, there is an internet community of millions that wants to see it.

"Stick Nation" is a worldwide movement that thrives on irreverent, fantastical and downright wholesome descriptions of sticks and the people who rank them. An account posting videos of people and their sticks has nearly 3 million followers on Instagram. On TikTok, it's known, appropriately, as StickTok.

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