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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann
  11/22/25
(witch)
Big dark masturbator locus
  11/22/25
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Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
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vigorous dull black woman
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
coiffed school cafeteria clown
  11/22/25
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appetizing naked deer antler
  11/23/25
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Lilac 180 Church Building Useless Brakes
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Canary stain
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Canary stain
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
confused shrine macaca
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Adventurous foreskin
  11/22/25
?
confused shrine macaca
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
vigorous dull black woman
  11/22/25
ljl
Honey-headed cuck lodge
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Adventurous foreskin
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
Avocado Patrolman
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Adventurous foreskin
  11/22/25
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out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
vigorous dull black woman
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Scarlet Marvelous Jew
  11/22/25
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Anal set lettuce
  11/23/25
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Avocado Patrolman
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Bossy citrine giraffe location
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
vigorous dull black woman
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
heady topaz persian bawdyhouse
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Low-t Nursing Home
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
stirring library
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
stirring library
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Bright supple mood principal's office
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Scarlet Marvelous Jew
  11/22/25
...
Anal set lettuce
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Lilac 180 Church Building Useless Brakes
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
confused shrine macaca
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
Arousing Emerald Heaven
  11/23/25
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Avocado Patrolman
  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman

Seems like witchcraft to me.

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:05 PM
Author: out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann

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=2в#49452779)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:19 PM
Author: out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann

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=2в#49452810)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Big dark masturbator locus

(witch)

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: vigorous dull black woman



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: coiffed school cafeteria clown

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

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: appetizing naked deer antler



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Lilac 180 Church Building Useless Brakes



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2в#49453167)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman

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=2в#49452818)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Canary stain

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=2в#49452851)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Canary stain

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=2в#49453187)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: confused shrine macaca

It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Adventurous foreskin

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=2в#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: confused shrine macaca

?

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman

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=2в#49452921)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: vigorous dull black woman

it's because you're trading distance for force

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Honey-headed cuck lodge

ljl

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: Adventurous foreskin

A fixed pulley has no effect on force

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman

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=2в#49452927)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: Adventurous foreskin

Interesting typo

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:26 AM
Author: out-of-control iridescent public bath boltzmann



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: vigorous dull black woman

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=2в#49452982)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: Scarlet Marvelous Jew

ooooh, i love knots too

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:30 AM
Author: Anal set lettuce



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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Avocado Patrolman



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Bossy citrine giraffe location

Did you not take a Physics course in college?

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: vigorous dull black woman

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=2в#49453016)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: heady topaz persian bawdyhouse

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=2в#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Low-t Nursing Home

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=2в#49453007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: stirring library

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=2в#49453020)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: stirring library

Gets good around 13:30

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Bright supple mood principal's office

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: Scarlet Marvelous Jew

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=2в#49453176)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Anal set lettuce



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Lilac 180 Church Building Useless Brakes

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=2в#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: confused shrine macaca

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=2в#49453294)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:43 PM
Author: Arousing Emerald Heaven

Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.

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



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Date: November 24th, 2025 3:58 AM
Author: Avocado Patrolman



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