stackyFACTSInertia guarantees that resting masses are incredibly lazy. An object completely at rest will happily sit perfectly still until the end of time unless an external force forcefully shoves it. You must continuously overrule its stubborn refusal to budge just to generate a tiny fraction of motion.
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