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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
flushed zombie-like field prole
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
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  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
flushed zombie-like field prole
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
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  11/22/25
(witch)
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  11/22/25
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Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
flushed zombie-like field prole
  11/22/25
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. ...
Passionate blue dilemma international law enforcement agency
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
mint vigorous hell legend
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
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  11/22/25
?
mint vigorous hell legend
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
flushed zombie-like field prole
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
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  11/22/25
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Avocado Quadroon
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
electric talking people who are hurt
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
flushed zombie-like field prole
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
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  11/23/25
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  11/23/25
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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  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
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  11/22/25
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Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
mint vigorous hell legend
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole

Seems like witchcraft to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452778)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:05 PM
Author: fuchsia supple pisswyrm

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\u0026hid=#49452779)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452784)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:19 PM
Author: fuchsia supple pisswyrm

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\u0026hid=#49452810)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: bipolar spot telephone

(witch)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452815)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: canary community account ape



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: frisky toaster

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49453151)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good mustard turdskin



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: greedy slimy range feces



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole

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\u0026hid=#49452818)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Passionate blue dilemma international law enforcement agency

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\u0026hid=#49452851)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Passionate blue dilemma international law enforcement agency

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\u0026hid=#49453187)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: mint vigorous hell legend

It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452855)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: electric talking people who are hurt

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\u0026hid=#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: mint vigorous hell legend

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452899)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole

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\u0026hid=#49452921)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: canary community account ape

it's because you're trading distance for force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452950)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Avocado Quadroon

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49454445)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: electric talking people who are hurt

A fixed pulley has no effect on force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452968)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole

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\u0026hid=#49452927)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: electric talking people who are hurt

Interesting typo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452972)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:26 AM
Author: fuchsia supple pisswyrm



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: canary community account ape

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\u0026hid=#49452982)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: green filthy theater masturbator

ooooh, i love knots too

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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:30 AM
Author: Dashing ultramarine nursing home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49453347)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: Cracking stag film background story

Did you not take a Physics course in college?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49452988)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: canary community account ape

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\u0026hid=#49453016)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: high-end church factory reset button

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\u0026hid=#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Know-it-all cumskin

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\u0026hid=#49453007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: adventurous ruby shrine organic girlfriend

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\u0026hid=#49453020)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: adventurous ruby shrine organic girlfriend

Gets good around 13:30

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49453127)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: tantric cream casino

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\u0026hid=#49453130)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: green filthy theater masturbator

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\u0026hid=#49453176)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Dashing ultramarine nursing home



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: greedy slimy range feces

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\u0026hid=#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: mint vigorous hell legend

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\u0026hid=#49453294)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:43 PM
Author: Copper philosopher-king twinkling uncleanness

Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49454483)



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Date: November 24th, 2025 3:58 AM
Author: flushed zombie-like field prole



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



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