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Can anyone really explain how pulleys work? I mean not in theoretical terms

Seems like witchcraft to me.
hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
comical wrinkle
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
comical wrinkle
  11/22/25
(witch)
Cerebral Harsh Incel House
  11/22/25
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hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
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jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Gaped Mischievous Love Of Her Life Place Of Business
  11/22/25
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Galvanic cruise ship half-breed
  11/23/25
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Aromatic pontificating jewess hell
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Disrespectful federal pit community account
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Disrespectful federal pit community account
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Twinkling rehab
  11/22/25
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vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry
  11/22/25
ljl
Beady-eyed crusty sex offender
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Twinkling rehab
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Twinkling rehab
  11/22/25
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comical wrinkle
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
lime gaming laptop brethren
  11/22/25
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Laughsome university giraffe
  11/23/25
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hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
wonderful sandwich resort
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Glittery flesh degenerate
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
tan hunting ground parlour
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
white friendly grandma really tough guy
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
white friendly grandma really tough guy
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
supple scarlet boiling water
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
lime gaming laptop brethren
  11/22/25
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Laughsome university giraffe
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Aromatic pontificating jewess hell
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
ivory titillating senate
  11/23/25
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hot fuchsia rigpig french chef
  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef

Seems like witchcraft to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452778)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:05 PM
Author: comical wrinkle

Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are just that, simple.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452779)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef

Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable Knowed One!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452784)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:19 PM
Author: comical wrinkle

Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and change the direction of a force, making it easier to lift heavy objects. A single, fixed pulley can change the direction of force, while a system of multiple pulleys (called a block-and-tackle) provides mechanical advantage by distributing the weight across more ropes, requiring less force to lift the load, but over a longer distance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452810)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Cerebral Harsh Incel House

(witch)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452815)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452823)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452948)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Gaped Mischievous Love Of Her Life Place Of Business

You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics chief

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453151)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: Galvanic cruise ship half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453220)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Aromatic pontificating jewess hell



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef

Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity by transferring the load from up to down?

But then why does the effort required to lift the load decrease with every additional pulley system?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452818)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Disrespectful federal pit community account

cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would “unreverse” the gravity, thereby rendering it useless. kind of like a “double negative” for the wordcels out there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452851)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Disrespectful federal pit community account

after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. a dual-pulley system would have the second pulley upside-down, thus reversing the gravity twofold. in this system, the rope isn’t used to exert force but rather to keep the load from floating away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453187)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house

It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452855)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Twinkling rehab

He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP is genuinely wondering why a rope on a wheel moves when you pull it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452899)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef

Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley working involves a demonstration of a pulley working?

That’s not by accident.

How do they work!?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452921)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry

it's because you're trading distance for force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452950)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Beady-eyed crusty sex offender

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49454445)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: Twinkling rehab

A fixed pulley has no effect on force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452968)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef

Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspired us by showing through one of the profits that this is a pulley?

And if that happened millennia ago, is it still happening now? Are today’s rich and famous really prophets chosen by God? Will Elon Musk and Sam Altman lead us to Nirvana?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452927)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: Twinkling rehab

Interesting typo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452972)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:26 AM
Author: comical wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453345)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry

you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and learn this shit

you should also buy some rope and learn some knots. this is my favorite knot that I use multiple times per week: https://www.animatedknots.com/tumble-hitch-knot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452982)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: lime gaming laptop brethren

ooooh, i love knots too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453183)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:30 AM
Author: Laughsome university giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453347)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49454537)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: wonderful sandwich resort

Did you not take a Physics course in college?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49452988)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: jade disgusting school cafeteria cuckoldry

I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got assigned to the Hot Girl's group (there was only one in a class of 200). I took care of all the work in the class and wound up dating her for a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453016)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Glittery flesh degenerate

They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are trying to keep us away from the Secret Truth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: tan hunting ground parlour

A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using centripetal force. (Or maybe it's centrifugal force. Pretty sure it's one of those.)

If you get really deep into the physics, the mass of the pully actually exerts a geometrodynamical force that acts upon the field containing the rope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: white friendly grandma really tough guy

I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old jeep, and when he sprayed lube into the stuck alternator he also sprayed it all over the belt. Intuitively I thought that was a mistake. Seems like you'd want more friction there between the belt and the pulley

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453020)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: white friendly grandma really tough guy

Gets good around 13:30

https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7ddMQQQF43ptR5H

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453127)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: supple scarlet boiling water

Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted his attention.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453130)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: lime gaming laptop brethren

Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a couple pulleys together, it confuses the gravity molecules and they stop pushing down on the object you are trying to move, hence, the object stops feeling heavy and you can build things with large blocks such as pyramids, and also places like Nan Madol. The more pulleys you place together, the more confused the molecules becomes, its rather simple akshully

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453176)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Laughsome university giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453346)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Aromatic pontificating jewess hell

this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just the same, i am confident that oldhlsdude could explain this at a level that is higher than average board understanding

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: vibrant confused macaca step-uncle's house

Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near so as a result that’s not hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49453294)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:43 PM
Author: ivory titillating senate

Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49454483)



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Date: November 24th, 2025 3:58 AM
Author: hot fuchsia rigpig french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2).#49455393)