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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
angry indian lodge
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Olive mental disorder
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
angry indian lodge
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
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  11/22/25
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Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
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  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. ...
razzmatazz elastic band corn cake
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
green multi-colored home
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Red giraffe
  11/22/25
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green multi-colored home
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
angry indian lodge
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
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  11/22/25
ljl
Crawly new version area
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Red giraffe
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
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  11/22/25
Interesting typo
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  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
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  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
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  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
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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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Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: angry indian lodge

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: Olive mental disorder

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: angry indian lodge

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: Olive mental disorder

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: henna insane genital piercing site

(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: angry indian lodge



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: blue set foreskin



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Filthy travel guidebook ticket booth

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: Charcoal casino preventive strike



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: glittery temple factory reset button



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: angry indian lodge

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: razzmatazz elastic band corn cake

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: razzmatazz elastic band corn cake

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: green multi-colored home

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: Red 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)#49452864)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: green multi-colored home

?

(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: angry indian lodge

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: blue set foreskin

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: Crawly new version area

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: Red giraffe

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: angry indian lodge

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: Red giraffe

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: Olive mental disorder



(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: blue set foreskin

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: Brass Kink-friendly Tank Internal Respiration

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: comical nofapping keepsake machete meetinghouse



(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: angry indian lodge



(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: Supple bat shit crazy clown step-uncle's house

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: blue set foreskin

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: Harsh school goal in life

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: Talented house-broken range

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: Electric flatulent trump supporter stain

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: Electric flatulent trump supporter stain

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: smoky bespoke messiness tanning salon

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: Brass Kink-friendly Tank Internal Respiration

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: comical nofapping keepsake machete meetinghouse



(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: glittery temple 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)#49453190)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: green multi-colored home

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: Contagious brilliant volcanic crater national

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: angry indian lodge



(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)