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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich
  11/22/25
(witch)
french chocolate half-breed
  11/22/25
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free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
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Lascivious House-broken House
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
ungodly vigorous international law enforcement agency chad
  11/22/25
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coral nubile gaming laptop parlour
  11/23/25
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silver hell trust fund
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
obsidian greedy brunch new version
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
obsidian greedy brunch new version
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
Laughsome national security agency generalized bond
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
stirring quadroon chapel
  11/22/25
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Laughsome national security agency generalized bond
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
Lascivious House-broken House
  11/22/25
ljl
Thriller Fanboi National
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
stirring quadroon chapel
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
stirring quadroon chapel
  11/22/25
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comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
Lascivious House-broken House
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Low-t Spectacular Puppy
  11/22/25
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olive idea he suggested party of the first part
  11/23/25
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free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Insecure stead mad cow disease
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
Lascivious House-broken House
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Cerise boiling water multi-billionaire
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
angry misunderstood cruise ship doctorate
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
pale gaping
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
pale gaping
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Pearl Tripping Legal Warrant
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Low-t Spectacular Puppy
  11/22/25
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olive idea he suggested party of the first part
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
silver hell trust fund
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
Laughsome national security agency generalized bond
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
ruddy boyish mental disorder menage
  11/23/25
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free-loading locus really tough guy
  11/24/25
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Alluring sisters in law of yesteryear
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: free-loading locus really tough guy

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: comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich

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: free-loading locus really tough guy

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: comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich

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: french chocolate half-breed

(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: free-loading locus really tough guy



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: Lascivious House-broken House



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: ungodly vigorous international law enforcement agency chad

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: coral nubile gaming laptop parlour



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: silver hell trust fund



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: free-loading locus really tough guy

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: obsidian greedy brunch new version

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: obsidian greedy brunch new version

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: Laughsome national security agency generalized bond

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: stirring quadroon chapel

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: Laughsome national security agency generalized bond

?

(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: free-loading locus really tough guy

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: Lascivious House-broken House

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: Thriller Fanboi National

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: stirring quadroon chapel

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: free-loading locus really tough guy

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: stirring quadroon chapel

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: comical cowardly pisswyrm sandwich



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



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: Lascivious House-broken House

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: Low-t Spectacular Puppy

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: olive idea he suggested party of the first part



(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: free-loading locus really tough guy



(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: Insecure stead mad cow disease

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: Lascivious House-broken House

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: Cerise boiling water multi-billionaire

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: angry misunderstood cruise ship doctorate

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: pale gaping

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: pale gaping

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: Pearl Tripping Legal Warrant

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: Low-t Spectacular Puppy

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: olive idea he suggested party of the first part



(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: silver hell trust fund

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: Laughsome national security agency generalized bond

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: ruddy boyish mental disorder menage

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: free-loading locus really tough guy



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



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Date: December 24th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Alluring sisters in law of yesteryear (πŸΎπŸ‘£)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2#49538545)