How can sailboats move forward into the direction of the wind by using their sail?

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I don’t get how this is physically possible if the direction you want to go is literally the opposite direction of the way the wind is blowing. How can it ‘push’ them the opposite way it is going?

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It’s a well known, documented fact that sailboats release ground salocine proteins into the water to draw fish. Fish swim up and eat the food and repay the sailers by pushing the boat to their destination. The stronger the wind you are against, the more fish food you need in order to draw greater numbers of fish.

This is why sailboats are bad for the environment: the production of this fish food releases octane bitroxide into the atmosphere and the consumption of the product causes fish to urinate roughly 9.6 times more than they should. It is estimated that by the year 2046, the oceans will be 83% fish piss.

Source: I saw a guy in a mental institution eating dead flies from the windowsill with his left hand, and with his right hand he was writing the above facts on the wall in his own shit.

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