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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
appetizing international law enforcement agency box office
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
appetizing international law enforcement agency box office
  11/22/25
(witch)
massive liquid oxygen principal's office
  11/22/25
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Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
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autistic lodge
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Abnormal vigorous heaven immigrant
  11/22/25
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slate confused goyim incel
  11/23/25
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pearl police squad
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
unholy telephone
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
unholy telephone
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
insane mewling rehab
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe
  11/22/25
?
insane mewling rehab
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
autistic lodge
  11/22/25
ljl
Poppy big-titted therapy
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe
  11/22/25
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appetizing international law enforcement agency box office
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
autistic lodge
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
Big marketing idea
  11/22/25
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Bisexual Fishy Hall
  11/23/25
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Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
henna area
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
autistic lodge
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Blathering fiercely-loyal parlor voyeur
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
nighttime boltzmann macaca
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
dun multi-billionaire
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
dun multi-billionaire
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Beady-eyed Ceo
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
Big marketing idea
  11/22/25
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Bisexual Fishy Hall
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
pearl police squad
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
insane mewling rehab
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
odious demanding codepig wrinkle
  11/23/25
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  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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor

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: appetizing international law enforcement agency box office

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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor

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: appetizing international law enforcement agency box office

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: massive liquid oxygen principal's office

(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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor



(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: autistic lodge



(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: Abnormal vigorous heaven immigrant

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: slate confused goyim incel



(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: pearl police squad



(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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor

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: unholy telephone

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: unholy telephone

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: insane mewling rehab

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: Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe

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: insane mewling rehab

?

(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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor

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: autistic lodge

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: Poppy big-titted therapy

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: Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe

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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor

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: Narrow-minded meetinghouse giraffe

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: appetizing international law enforcement agency box office



(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: autistic lodge

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: Big marketing idea

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: Bisexual Fishy Hall



(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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor



(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: henna area

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: autistic lodge

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: Blathering fiercely-loyal parlor voyeur

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: nighttime boltzmann macaca

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: dun multi-billionaire

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: dun multi-billionaire

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: Beady-eyed Ceo

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: Big marketing idea

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: Bisexual Fishy Hall



(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: pearl police squad

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: insane mewling rehab

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: odious demanding codepig wrinkle

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: Vivacious Trailer Park Rigor



(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)