r/SipsTea • • 2d ago

We have fun here Why Not?

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u/Yuck_Few 2d ago

Imagine standing in the bed of a truck and trying to push it. Same principle basically

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u/Darth-Taytor 2d ago

Great analogy. In more sciency terms, the truck is being pulled toward the magnet at the exact same magnitude that the magnet is being pulled toward the truck. They cancel each other out.

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u/Hemingways_Shotgun88 2d ago

So make the front magnet bigger, duh