It can become anything

Girls, too. I grew up with this girl that always collected cool looking sticks, rocks, et cetera. Her room looked like what a bedroom would look like if a raven made a wish to be human. Ended up wiccan, and still collects cool sticks and rocks. Haha.

Kids even I'd say. One of my kids collects them. He has a pile in the barn of hundreds of sticks that no one is to touch.

I've always imagined the universal desire to have a "good stick" and to even know what a "good stick" is stems from a survival instinct

Yup. Also used to play around a creek. Leaves were ships and rocks were bombs.

I still have some cool sticks that I’ve found. I need to get rid of them but I can’t bring myself to throw them out

@JPSound's perfect stick.

dudes rock

Wood... This you can trust