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Because the attractive force is so small. The net force of the electric field plus gravity is likely very similar to just gravity.

You may have rubbed a balloon on your hair, generating a static charge. You feel no attractive force toward the balloon, but your hair is pulled toward it, and your nerves can detect the changed angles of the hair.





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