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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag
  11/22/25
(witch)
Bateful selfie stead
  11/22/25
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submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
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swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
appetizing stubborn half-breed
  11/22/25
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puce toilet seat
  11/23/25
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Green crackhouse
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
seedy marvelous area indirect expression
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
seedy marvelous area indirect expression
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
chocolate becky
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs
  11/22/25
?
chocolate becky
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard
  11/22/25
ljl
Cracking pearl temple
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs
  11/22/25
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Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
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  11/22/25
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Multi-colored Hissy Fit Pit
  11/23/25
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submissive queen of the night puppy
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
useless gaped principal's office milk
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Contagious theatre
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Trip gas station
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
Slippery Histrionic National Security Agency
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
Slippery Histrionic National Security Agency
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Buck-toothed exciting yarmulke new version
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
slate tanning salon goyim
  11/22/25
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Multi-colored Hissy Fit Pit
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Green crackhouse
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
chocolate becky
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: submissive queen of the night puppy

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: Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag

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: submissive queen of the night puppy

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: Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag

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: Bateful selfie stead

(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: submissive queen of the night puppy



(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: swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard



(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: appetizing stubborn half-breed

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: puce toilet seat



(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: Green crackhouse



(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: submissive queen of the night puppy

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: seedy marvelous area indirect expression

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: seedy marvelous area indirect expression

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: chocolate becky

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: beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs

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: chocolate becky

?

(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: submissive queen of the night puppy

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: swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard

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: Cracking pearl temple

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: beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs

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: submissive queen of the night puppy

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: beady-eyed sanctuary hairy legs

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: Razzmatazz school cafeteria nowag



(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: swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard

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: slate tanning salon goyim

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: Multi-colored Hissy Fit Pit



(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: submissive queen of the night puppy



(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: useless gaped principal's office milk

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: swashbuckling idea he suggested gay wizard

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: Contagious theatre

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: Trip gas station

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: Slippery Histrionic National Security Agency

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: Slippery Histrionic National Security Agency

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: Buck-toothed exciting yarmulke new version

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: slate tanning salon goyim

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: Multi-colored Hissy Fit Pit



(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: Green crackhouse

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: chocolate becky

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: Confused scourge upon the earth sandwich

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: submissive queen of the night puppy



(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)