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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Insecure spectacular pit
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
Insecure spectacular pit
  11/22/25
(witch)
contagious tanning salon
  11/22/25
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curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
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Khaki Half-breed Giraffe
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Vivacious Mint Nowag
  11/22/25
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Arousing sweet tailpipe
  11/23/25
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stimulating frum menage factory reset button
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Ruby jet-lagged jew
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Ruby jet-lagged jew
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
aromatic hospital pocket flask
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
vibrant brilliant stag film place of business
  11/22/25
?
aromatic hospital pocket flask
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
Khaki Half-breed Giraffe
  11/22/25
ljl
Chestnut stage jewess
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
vibrant brilliant stag film place of business
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
curious milky queen of the night
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
vibrant brilliant stag film place of business
  11/22/25
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Insecure spectacular pit
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
Khaki Half-breed Giraffe
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Odious office circlehead
  11/22/25
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Glassy milk prole
  11/23/25
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curious milky queen of the night
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
chrome mind-boggling home kitty
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
Khaki Half-breed Giraffe
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Angry geriatric death wish cumskin
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Submissive Library New Version
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
boyish mewling persian address
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
boyish mewling persian address
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
thirsty honey-headed meetinghouse liquid oxygen
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Odious office circlehead
  11/22/25
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Glassy milk prole
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
stimulating frum menage factory reset button
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
aromatic hospital pocket flask
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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  11/23/25
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  11/24/25
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  12/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night

Seems like witchcraft to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452778)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:05 PM
Author: Insecure spectacular pit

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\u0026show=week#49452779)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452784)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:19 PM
Author: Insecure spectacular pit

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\u0026show=week#49452810)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: contagious tanning salon

(witch)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452815)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452823)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: Khaki Half-breed Giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452948)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Vivacious Mint Nowag

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453151)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: Arousing sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453220)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: stimulating frum menage factory reset button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453167)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night

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\u0026show=week#49452818)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Ruby jet-lagged jew

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\u0026show=week#49452851)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Ruby jet-lagged jew

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\u0026show=week#49453187)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: aromatic hospital pocket flask

It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452855)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:39 PM
Author: vibrant brilliant stag film place of business

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\u0026show=week#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: aromatic hospital pocket flask

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452899)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night

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\u0026show=week#49452921)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: Khaki Half-breed Giraffe

it's because you're trading distance for force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452950)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:30 PM
Author: Chestnut stage jewess

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49454445)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:31 PM
Author: vibrant brilliant stag film place of business

A fixed pulley has no effect on force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452968)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night

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\u0026show=week#49452927)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: vibrant brilliant stag film place of business

Interesting typo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452972)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:26 AM
Author: Insecure spectacular pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453345)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: Khaki Half-breed Giraffe

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\u0026show=week#49452982)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: Odious office circlehead

ooooh, i love knots too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453183)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:30 AM
Author: Glassy milk prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453347)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: curious milky queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49454537)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: chrome mind-boggling home kitty

Did you not take a Physics course in college?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49452988)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: Khaki Half-breed Giraffe

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\u0026show=week#49453016)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Angry geriatric death wish cumskin

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\u0026show=week#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Submissive Library New Version

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\u0026show=week#49453007)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:49 PM
Author: boyish mewling persian address

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\u0026show=week#49453020)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: boyish mewling persian address

Gets good around 13:30

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453127)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: thirsty honey-headed meetinghouse liquid oxygen

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\u0026show=week#49453130)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: Odious office circlehead

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\u0026show=week#49453176)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Glassy milk prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49453346)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: stimulating frum menage factory reset button

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\u0026show=week#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: aromatic hospital pocket flask

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\u0026show=week#49453294)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 4:43 PM
Author: wine faggot firefighter

Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49454483)



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Date: November 24th, 2025 3:58 AM
Author: curious milky queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5801213&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#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\u0026show=week#49538545)