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

Seems like witchcraft to me.
Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
Do you know how a lever or a screw work? Simple machines are...
Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre
  11/22/25
Wow, thank you for that transfer of knowledge, oh Honorable ...
Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
Pulleys work by using a wheel and rope to multiply force and...
Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre
  11/22/25
(witch)
multi-colored yapping school cafeteria
  11/22/25
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Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
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spectacular grizzly forum
  11/22/25
You know how water is wet? Well that’s fluid dynamics ...
Obsidian Nursing Home
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submissive athletic conference
  11/23/25
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Maroon marvelous volcanic crater church
  11/22/25
Is it because you effectively negate the weight of gravity b...
Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
cq. if anything it seems like a system of two pulleys would ...
amethyst international law enforcement agency ceo
  11/22/25
after thinking about this, the solution is kind of obvious. ...
amethyst international law enforcement agency ceo
  11/22/25
It halves the distance ergo doubles the force.
olive stubborn wrinkle
  11/22/25
He didn't say anything about compound pulleys. I think OP i...
Flickering Heady Dysfunction
  11/22/25
?
olive stubborn wrinkle
  11/22/25
Ever notice how every compelling explanation of a pulley wor...
Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
it's because you're trading distance for force
spectacular grizzly forum
  11/22/25
ljl
buff liquid oxygen
  11/23/25
A fixed pulley has no effect on force
Flickering Heady Dysfunction
  11/22/25
Unrelatedly, are pulleys a sign that God came down and inspi...
Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/22/25
Interesting typo
Flickering Heady Dysfunction
  11/22/25
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Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre
  11/23/25
you should buy a block and tackle from harbor freight and le...
spectacular grizzly forum
  11/22/25
ooooh, i love knots too
mauve pocket flask
  11/22/25
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wonderful internal respiration famous landscape painting
  11/23/25
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Awkward chapel roast beef
  11/23/25
Did you not take a Physics course in college?
Magenta galvanic lodge
  11/22/25
I miss college physics. We had assigned groups and I got ass...
spectacular grizzly forum
  11/22/25
They do not cover pulleys in physics class because they are ...
sapphire cheese-eating public bath cumskin
  11/23/25
A pully reverses the direction of the stress tensor using ce...
Jade Gas Station
  11/22/25
I just watched a YouTube video of a dood restoring an old je...
Cowardly bawdyhouse cuckold
  11/22/25
Gets good around 13:30 https://youtu.be/gPOXLajvdds?si=u7...
Cowardly bawdyhouse cuckold
  11/22/25
Was sure this was an NSAM thread. Not surprised it attracted...
fiercely-loyal native
  11/22/25
Its all about the displacment of gravity. If you put a coupl...
mauve pocket flask
  11/22/25
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wonderful internal respiration famous landscape painting
  11/23/25
this is dumber than the fish and lightning thread, but just ...
Maroon marvelous volcanic crater church
  11/22/25
Pretty sure the average board understanding is zero or near ...
olive stubborn wrinkle
  11/23/25
Aren’t pulleys similar to Gears.
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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Awkward chapel roast beef

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: Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre

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: Awkward chapel roast beef

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: Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre

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: multi-colored yapping school cafeteria

(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: Awkward chapel roast beef



(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: spectacular grizzly forum



(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: Obsidian Nursing Home

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: submissive athletic conference



(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: Maroon marvelous volcanic crater church



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Awkward chapel roast beef

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: amethyst international law enforcement agency ceo

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: amethyst international law enforcement agency ceo

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: olive stubborn 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: Flickering Heady Dysfunction

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: olive stubborn 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: Awkward chapel roast beef

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: spectacular grizzly forum

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: buff liquid oxygen

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: Flickering Heady Dysfunction

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: Awkward chapel roast beef

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: Flickering Heady Dysfunction

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: Pea-brained Mildly Autistic Theatre



(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: spectacular grizzly forum

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: mauve pocket flask

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: wonderful internal respiration famous landscape painting



(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: Awkward chapel roast beef



(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: Magenta galvanic lodge

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: spectacular grizzly forum

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: sapphire cheese-eating public bath 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]#49454477)



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Date: November 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Jade Gas Station

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: Cowardly bawdyhouse cuckold

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: Cowardly bawdyhouse cuckold

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: fiercely-loyal native

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: mauve pocket flask

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: wonderful internal respiration famous landscape painting



(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: Maroon marvelous volcanic crater church

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: olive stubborn 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: zombie-like hospital

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: Awkward chapel roast beef



(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)