system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If I put water into a freezer with a temperature of ~-5° C and close the door, why doesn't it freeze instantaneously?
gpt
Freezing something is like trying to calm a group of people down.  The larger the group is(more volume) and the more pissed they all are(hotter), the longer it will take to cool them all off.

The more effective the negotiator(colder freezer), the faster the people calm down.

Consider energy, momentum, inertia, and the ability to diminish these things.