One might think that everything has been invented on the Internet. There are even accounts of weathermen who put song lyrics into their forecasts, people who count the days before being asked in an establishment if they are going to eat “the usual” or street magicians with obviously lame tricks. However, people’s ingenuity surpasses anything that artificial intelligence will create in the future. And for proof, a button. Or a rock, rather: Throwing Stones.
And now I’m going to throw this stone
61,000 followers on Instagram and more than 25,000 on TikTok are the successes of a page created with a single goal: for people to share their videos throwing stones into the water. But of course, with simplicity comes the twist: unusual shots, incredible presentations, unexpected endings, unique sounds, gigantic splashes. Piedras Tirar brings us back to innocence, to that time when there only seemed to be five websites, it is a place of true purity on the Internet.
Collaborative purity, moreover: to participate you don’t have to be a great artist, a genius or someone very cultured. You just need a rock, a river and a cell phone and the rest is done. And if you want to dig even deeper, the comments of the rockers (the wonderful name the fans have given themselves), who value everything from the layout of the shooter to the sound, the splash or the finish, will make you love their ingenuity even more.
Obviously, there are some rules: you can’t throw from so far away as to hit someone in the head and they demand patience with the videos, because they receive so many that it’s impossible to keep up with them, even if they upload several a day. Piedras Tirar, created by four Basque kids (or from the north, at least), doesn’t demand anything from you except to unleash your most primal instinct: the one that when you see a stone and a cliff you think, inevitably and regardless of your profession or academic level, to throw it.
There is no way to monetize it, no intention of becoming famous, just the pleasure of throwing stones and making them sound a lot. In a world of influencers, clickbait and clickbait, Piedras Tirar is what the Internet was created for. A place to be a little happier. To throw stones into a river. Who wants more?
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