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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Deranged piazza hominid
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
Deranged piazza hominid
  11/22/25
(witch)
hairless narrow-minded pocket flask
  11/22/25
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hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
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soul-stirring indecent lodge
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Tan Odious Library Keepsake Machete
  11/22/25
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rose nowag trust fund
  11/23/25
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Pontificating Fat Ankles
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Hot Laughsome Puppy Nursing Home
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Hot Laughsome Puppy Nursing Home
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
Passionate autistic tanning salon
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo
  11/22/25
?
Passionate autistic tanning salon
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
soul-stirring indecent lodge
  11/22/25
ljl
Doobsian spot blood rage
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo
  11/22/25
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Deranged piazza hominid
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
soul-stirring indecent lodge
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Cobalt seedy station
  11/22/25
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multi-colored bistre striped hyena
  11/23/25
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hideous pearl half-breed stage
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Citrine French Chef
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
soul-stirring indecent lodge
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Poppy locale wrinkle
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
arousing mediation center
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
razzle massive school cafeteria national security agency
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
razzle massive school cafeteria national security agency
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Marvelous antidepressant drug house
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Cobalt seedy station
  11/22/25
...
multi-colored bistre striped hyena
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Pontificating Fat Ankles
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
Passionate autistic tanning salon
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: hideous pearl half-breed stage

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: Deranged piazza hominid

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

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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: hideous pearl half-breed stage

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: Deranged piazza hominid

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: hairless narrow-minded pocket flask

(witch)

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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: hideous pearl half-breed stage



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: soul-stirring indecent lodge



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Tan Odious Library Keepsake Machete

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: rose nowag trust fund



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Pontificating Fat Ankles



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: hideous pearl half-breed stage

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: Hot Laughsome Puppy Nursing Home

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: Hot Laughsome Puppy Nursing Home

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: Passionate autistic tanning salon

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: Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo

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: Passionate autistic tanning salon

?

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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: hideous pearl half-breed stage

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: soul-stirring indecent lodge

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: Doobsian spot blood rage

ljl

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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo

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: hideous pearl half-breed stage

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: Light Outnumbered Water Buffalo

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: Deranged piazza hominid



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: soul-stirring indecent lodge

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: Cobalt seedy station

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: multi-colored bistre striped hyena



(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: hideous pearl half-breed stage



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Citrine French Chef

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: soul-stirring indecent lodge

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: Poppy locale wrinkle

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: arousing mediation center

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: razzle massive school cafeteria national security agency

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: razzle massive school cafeteria national security agency

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: Marvelous antidepressant drug house

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: Cobalt seedy station

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: multi-colored bistre striped hyena



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Pontificating Fat Ankles

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: Passionate autistic tanning salon

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: Aphrodisiac Stead

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: hideous pearl half-breed stage



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