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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
topaz heady turdskin
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
topaz heady turdskin
  11/22/25
(witch)
Honey-headed hairraiser kitchen clown
  11/22/25
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Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
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  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
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  11/23/25
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  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
purple box office
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
purple box office
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
insane indirect expression school cafeteria
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
balding self-centered location
  11/22/25
?
insane indirect expression school cafeteria
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency
  11/22/25
ljl
Darn tootin
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
balding self-centered location
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
Jet halford pit
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
balding self-centered location
  11/22/25
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Procedurally Wonky TP
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
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  11/23/25
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gratitude
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Talented ruddy casino
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Online Men
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Stubborn feces dilemma
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
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  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
razzle fuchsia menage
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
galvanic abode mediation
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
curious yapping bbw
  11/22/25
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Fucktarded cumskin here,
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Brilliant Vivacious Resort Police Squad
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
insane indirect expression school cafeteria
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
SneakersSO
  11/23/25
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gratitude
  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Jet halford pit

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: topaz heady turdskin

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: Jet halford pit

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: topaz heady turdskin

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: Honey-headed hairraiser kitchen clown

(witch)

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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: Jet halford pit



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Laughsome azure gunner

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: excitant affirmative action library



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Brilliant Vivacious Resort Police Squad



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Jet halford pit

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: purple box office

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: purple box office

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: insane indirect expression school cafeteria

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: balding self-centered location

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: insane indirect expression school cafeteria

?

(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: Jet halford pit

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: Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency

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: Darn tootin (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: balding self-centered location

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: Jet halford pit

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: balding self-centered location

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: Procedurally Wonky TP



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency

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: curious yapping bbw

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: Fucktarded cumskin here,



(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: gratitude (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)



(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: Talented ruddy casino

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: Yellow University International Law Enforcement Agency

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: Online Men

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: Stubborn feces dilemma

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 fuchsia menage

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 fuchsia menage

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: galvanic abode mediation

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: curious yapping bbw

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: Fucktarded cumskin here,



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Brilliant Vivacious Resort Police Squad

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: insane indirect expression school cafeteria

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: SneakersSO

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: gratitude (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)



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