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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
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  11/22/25
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Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
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Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
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cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
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  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
awkward locale patrolman
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
duck-like base mental disorder
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
mint hall
  11/22/25
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  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
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  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
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  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
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  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
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Interesting typo
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Did you not take a Physics course in college?
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  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
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A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
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Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
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this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
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Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: mustard erotic house mood

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: Cerebral Bright Nowag People Who Are Hurt

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: mustard erotic house mood

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: Cerebral Bright Nowag People Who Are Hurt

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: bisexual ungodly famous landscape painting

(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: mustard erotic house mood



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: passionate meetinghouse



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: charismatic fiercely-loyal tanning salon

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: Zombie-like space dysfunction



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Twinkling diverse lodge



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: mustard erotic house mood

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: awkward locale patrolman

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: awkward locale patrolman

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: duck-like base mental disorder

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: mint hall

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: duck-like base mental disorder

?

(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: mustard erotic house mood

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: passionate meetinghouse

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: Aquamarine School

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: mint hall

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: mustard erotic house mood

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: mint hall

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: Cerebral Bright Nowag People Who Are Hurt



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: passionate meetinghouse

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: Tripping french telephone

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: Self-centered House-broken National Security Agency Church Building



(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: mustard erotic house mood



(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: bateful university

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: passionate meetinghouse

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: alcoholic gaped hospital background story

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: rose vibrant site

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: Effete Canary Incel

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: Effete Canary Incel

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: saffron place of business

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: Tripping french telephone

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: Self-centered House-broken National Security Agency Church Building



(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: Twinkling diverse lodge

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: duck-like base mental disorder

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: Razzle Cruise Ship

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: mustard erotic house mood



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