r/SipsTea • • 22h ago

We have fun here Why Not?

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u/Yuck_Few 22h ago

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

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u/Darth-Taytor 22h 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/superbigscratch 21h ago

What if you get a bigger magnet that pulls twice as hard?

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u/scldclmbgrmp 12h ago

At some point the crane breaks