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.
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.
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The phenomenon of still having feelings for a strange period of time for a guy that you’ve told to go the hell away for many good reasons
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Get the guy inertia mug.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.
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The text message from her boyfriend caused Krista to lose all promiscuous inertia as the new guy at work asked if she had dinners plans.
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We hit our first anniversary and were still TTC — calling it "initial infertility" made the whole thing feel less permanent and more like a phase.
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