When your brain is moving a hundred miles an hour and at a complete standstill at the sametime, resulting in either constant pauses while you speak as you attempt to comprehend what you're saying, or complete psychic immobilization from mental error.
"Hold on, I'm mentally rebooting. I have Schrodinger's Cognitive Inertia"
by JeepJumping_Jonah July 23, 2022
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Narrative Inertia

When the current media narrative has so much momentum that all news sources are covering the same topic and ignoring other unrelated news.
Science Dude: We finally figured out cold fusion! This is going to shock the world!
Friend Dude: Good luck, the pandemic has such much narrative inertia you'll be lucky to get a mention at the bottom of the page.
by JethroXP May 21, 2020
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Consensus Inertia

Consensus inertia (Noun): The resistance to change that comes from the need for a majority of people to agree to the proposed change.
The board of directors was stuck in a state of consensus inertia, unable to move forward due to a lack of agreement on the proposed changes.
by Phieyl January 16, 2023
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