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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge
  11/22/25
(witch)
Pearly church building idiot
  11/22/25
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sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
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chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Embarrassed to the bone vibrant internal respiration
  11/22/25
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mauve institution pozpig
  11/23/25
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Medicated Range Keepsake Machete
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Insecure orchestra pit
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Insecure orchestra pit
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
Red home
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life
  11/22/25
?
Red home
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann
  11/22/25
ljl
Excitant tattoo
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
sexy onyx office
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life
  11/22/25
...
Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Mewling Nudist Cruise Ship Pisswyrm
  11/22/25
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pearl razzle brethren round eye
  11/23/25
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sexy onyx office
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
dashing deep main people resort
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
magenta tank university
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
vigorous ruddy area rigpig
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
dun ratface
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
dun ratface
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
orchid ape
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Mewling Nudist Cruise Ship Pisswyrm
  11/22/25
...
pearl razzle brethren round eye
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Medicated Range Keepsake Machete
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
Red home
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
Electric half-breed abode
  11/23/25
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black abyss
  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: sexy onyx office

Seems like witchcraft to me.

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:05 PM
Author: Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge

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=2id.#49452779)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: sexy onyx office

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:19 PM
Author: Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge

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=2id.#49452810)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Pearly church building idiot

(witch)

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: sexy onyx office



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone vibrant internal respiration

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

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: mauve institution pozpig



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Medicated Range Keepsake Machete



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: sexy onyx office

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=2id.#49452818)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Insecure orchestra pit

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=2id.#49452851)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Insecure orchestra pit

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=2id.#49453187)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: Red home

It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life

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=2id.#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: Red home

?

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: sexy onyx office

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=2id.#49452921)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann

it's because you're trading distance for force

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Excitant tattoo

ljl

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life

A fixed pulley has no effect on force

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: sexy onyx office

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=2id.#49452927)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: Unholy cheese-eating property goal in life

Interesting typo

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:26 AM
Author: Appetizing wine patrolman indian lodge



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann

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=2id.#49452982)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: Mewling Nudist Cruise Ship Pisswyrm

ooooh, i love knots too

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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:30 AM
Author: pearl razzle brethren round eye



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



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: sexy onyx office



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: dashing deep main people resort

Did you not take a Physics course in college?

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: chocolate chest-beating step-uncle's house boltzmann

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=2id.#49453016)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: magenta tank university

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=2id.#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: vigorous ruddy area rigpig

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=2id.#49453007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: dun ratface

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=2id.#49453020)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: dun ratface

Gets good around 13:30

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: orchid ape

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

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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: Mewling Nudist Cruise Ship Pisswyrm

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=2id.#49453176)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: pearl razzle brethren round eye



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Medicated Range Keepsake Machete

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=2id.#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: Red home

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=2id.#49453294)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:43 PM
Author: Electric half-breed abode

Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.

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



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Date: November 24th, 2025 3:58 AM
Author: black abyss (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)



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