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GRAVITY: The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.
[Note that this is a definition from thefreedictionary.com, hardly a reliable source for academic purposes. Since this blog is not (yet, if ever) for academic use, this definition, given the context of my blog post, should suffice. :D]


Acceleration due to gravity here on Earth is also equivalent to 35.316 km/hr^2. Pretty fast, for a force that is universally and continuously present.
And that's why it's so hard to say, run up a hill. So much power is put into working to get up, and you don't even feel like you're covering any distance. :| Same with bikes, and since I ride a BMX, I only have one gear.
The same force makes air travel so difficult (and expensive), not to mention the amount of greenhouse gases and pollution commercial airplanes emit. Without Earth pulling us down, I could go to outer space! :D
Gravity makes it painful to fall down, it makes people heavier, and may make Physics a lot harder to understand. XD


It may be safe to say, then, that gravity is Enemy #1.
Think about it! Without gravity, there would be no limits! Without gravity, life wouldn't be so heavy.




Without gravity, we wouldn't be alive. Without gravity, the universe would be missing one of its fundamental forces, which I'm pretty sure will disrupt a lot of stuff. :P


Say we were to survive. Still, we would miss out on activities that are definitive of our human lives -- plane rides (the amazing feeling of being able to fly), bike rides, that awesome feeling you get on roller coasters and jump off stuff. Falling in love? Hahaha.




Gravity keeps people together. Gravity keeps us grounded.
Without gravity, we would simply float away into the unknown universe. It also keeps us together literally, if I'm not mistaken. Without gravity, nothing would be applying pressure to keep our bodies intact.
We would simply explode.


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Now what's with the sudden mention of gravity?
Answer: I suck at driving up hills. :|


Oh gravity, why can't we seem to keep it together?