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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
sooty cumskin internal respiration
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
sooty cumskin internal respiration
  11/22/25
(witch)
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  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
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  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
Ocher bawdyhouse
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
Ocher bawdyhouse
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
Flesh meetinghouse
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Indigo Sticky Messiness Whorehouse
  11/22/25
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Flesh meetinghouse
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
Kink-friendly fanboi
  11/22/25
ljl
Walnut hateful toaster
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Indigo Sticky Messiness Whorehouse
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
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  11/22/25
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sooty cumskin internal respiration
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
Kink-friendly fanboi
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
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  11/22/25
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Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Cerebral Bright Lettuce
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
Kink-friendly fanboi
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
Cruel-hearted histrionic idea he suggested main people
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Rebellious affirmative action
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
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Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
vigorous sex offender area
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
judgmental address
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
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  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
canary psychic athletic conference
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
Flesh meetinghouse
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film

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: sooty cumskin internal respiration

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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film

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: sooty cumskin internal respiration

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: amethyst zippy water buffalo giraffe

(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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: Kink-friendly fanboi



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:09 PM
Author: Startled ruddy parlor

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: heady rough-skinned police squad senate



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: canary psychic athletic conference



(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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film

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: Ocher bawdyhouse

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: Ocher bawdyhouse

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: Flesh meetinghouse

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: Indigo Sticky Messiness Whorehouse

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: Flesh meetinghouse

?

(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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film

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: Kink-friendly fanboi

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: Walnut hateful toaster

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: Indigo Sticky Messiness Whorehouse

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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film

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: Indigo Sticky Messiness Whorehouse

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: sooty cumskin internal respiration



(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: Kink-friendly fanboi

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: razzle-dazzle startling stage

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: Black supple national crotch



(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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film



(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: Cerebral Bright Lettuce

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: Kink-friendly fanboi

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: Cruel-hearted histrionic idea he suggested main people

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: Rebellious affirmative action

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: vigorous sex offender area

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: vigorous sex offender area

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: judgmental address

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: razzle-dazzle startling stage

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: Black supple national crotch



(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: canary psychic athletic conference

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: Flesh meetinghouse

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: Smoky nursing home

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: Sadistic Mad Cow Disease Stag Film



(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)