the.com/friction
the universe's way of charging a tax on every move you make
means The resistance that arises when two surfaces rub against each other, or, more loosely, the conflict and tension that slows down any interaction.
from From Latin 'frictio,' meaning a rubbing or chafing, built on the verb 'fricare,' to rub. The same root rubs off on 'friable' (easily crumbled) and even 'dentifrice' (literally 'tooth-rubbing,' the old word for toothpaste). English picked it up in the 1500s, first for the literal scrape of surfaces, later for the social and emotional kind.
- fire starter
- Rubbing sticks gave humans their first kitchen
- no grip
- Walking is impossible on frictionless ice
- heat thief
- Spacecraft survive reentry by burning friction's wrath
- squeaky truth
- Most engine fuel dies fighting internal drag
- static cling
- Friction sparks the shocks that zap your fingers
india pakistan partition — 1947 division of british india causing 1-2 million deaths and 15 million displaced persons
israel palestine conflict — ongoing dispute since 1948 over land and statehood in the middle east
korean peninsula division — 1953 armistice creating north and south korea, technically still at war
us china trade war — 2018-present tariffs and sanctions between world's two largest economies