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Rather than using "syrup", why not just say fields interact (couple) with different strengths. This would also explain dark matter. Normal matter couples with both electromagnetic and Higgs fields. Dark matter only couples with the Higgs field. Also, is there anything wrong in saying the Higgs mechanism appears to give particles inertia rather than mass directly?

Thanks your clear summary. Is there anything wrong in saying the Higgs mechanism appears to give particles inertia rather than mass directly?.

Doesn’t Spin have enormous consequences, in addition to telling us about a particle’s intrinsic angular momentum. Particles with integral Spin (bosons) have symmetric wavefunctions whereas particles with Spin ½ (fermions) have symmetric wavefunctions. As consequence spin ½ wave functions lie on top of each other and cancel out giving zero possibility of this situation being permitted (Pauli Exclusion Principle).