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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth
  11/22/25
(witch)
Shimmering telephone hospital
  11/22/25
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marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
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deranged exhilarant juggernaut
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Crimson trip market ape
  11/22/25
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sooty spot travel guidebook
  11/23/25
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vivacious drunken theatre voyeur
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Mauve Insecure Clown Garrison
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Mauve Insecure Clown Garrison
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Glassy lascivious plaza
  11/22/25
?
Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
deranged exhilarant juggernaut
  11/22/25
ljl
Darn tootin
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Glassy lascivious plaza
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Glassy lascivious plaza
  11/22/25
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mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
deranged exhilarant juggernaut
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
honey-headed stage weed whacker
  11/22/25
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Submissive curious fanboi
  11/23/25
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gratitude
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Glittery box office psychic
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
deranged exhilarant juggernaut
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Online Men
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
excitant bearded corner elastic band
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
Azure bbw rehab
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
Azure bbw rehab
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
Pungent orchestra pit
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
honey-headed stage weed whacker
  11/22/25
...
Submissive curious fanboi
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
vivacious drunken theatre voyeur
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
SneakersSO
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  11/24/25


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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard

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: mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth

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: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard

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: mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth

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: Shimmering telephone hospital

(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: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard



(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: deranged exhilarant juggernaut



(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: Crimson trip market ape

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: sooty spot travel guidebook



(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: vivacious drunken theatre voyeur



(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: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard

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: Mauve Insecure Clown Garrison

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: Mauve Insecure Clown Garrison

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: Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle

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: Glassy lascivious plaza

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: Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle

?

(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: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard

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: deranged exhilarant juggernaut

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: Darn tootin (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

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: Glassy lascivious plaza

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: marvelous plum persian haunted graveyard

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: Glassy lascivious plaza

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: mischievous friendly grandma ticket booth



(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: deranged exhilarant juggernaut

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: honey-headed stage weed whacker

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: Submissive curious fanboi



(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: gratitude (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)



(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: Glittery box office psychic

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: deranged exhilarant juggernaut

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: Online Men

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: excitant bearded corner elastic band

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: Azure bbw rehab

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: Azure bbw rehab

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: Pungent orchestra pit

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: honey-headed stage weed whacker

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: Submissive curious fanboi



(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: vivacious drunken theatre voyeur

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: Poppy Supple Principal's Office Wrinkle

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: SneakersSO

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: gratitude (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)



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