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    3 days ago

    This is a twig. Are twigs sticks? 🤔

    Apparently not. Twigs are still attached to the tree and are also flexible. Sticks are detached and dry, so they are not flexible.

    That means if a branch or twig falls off the tree, it isn’t immediately a stick! It has to dry out a bit, and then it’s a stick! God damn. We really have words to differentiate anything and everything. 😮

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      3 days ago

      Actually, by virtue of it not being attached to the tree anymore after it has fallen, it no longer is a twig even if it hasn’t fully dried up yet. So until it has fully dried, it’s in a state where it’s both twig and stick. A twick if you will.