Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[EternalE]

Non-Cuber: Can you solve it blindfolded?
Me: No.
Non-Cuber: I'll tell you when you're done!
Me: It doesn't work like that.
Non-Cuber: But I'll tell you when you're done!
Me: *sigh* Fine.
Non-Cuber: *stealing cube* Yay! Close your eyes!
Me (planning to squint as soon as I get my cube back): Yep. Make sure you scramble it up real good. *closes eyes*


I haven't seen my cube since.

 

[LiquidDnB]

Lol I was at a gathering of some family friends and there was this little kid(wannabe cuber) who brought a 2x2-5x5. His non cuber friend was over. I was just casually solving the 4x4 and the wannabe cuber asked his friend if he could solve cubes. His friend replied that he could, and he played with "2's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 8's, and 12's." Lolwut?

I bring my cubes to play with at these events. Little kids ALWAYS ask to borrow my cubes. They twist corners and tell me to solve it, and when I twist the corner back, they call me a cheater. Wtf?

 

[Logiqx]

A friend who watched a video of me solving the cube online...

Friend: "Surely it is cheating if you mix it up yourself?"
Me: "No. The computer gives me a scramble to put the cube into a random state then I solve it"
Friend: "But surely it makes it easier if you mixed it up?"
Me: "No. Knowing the scramble doesn't help and me solve the cube... I don't solve the cube by doing the same moves in reverse"
Friend: "I'm still not convinced..."

I had two conversations going on at once (another guy telling me about how his wife could solve the cube) so I didn't get a chance to convince this guy!

 

[shadowslice e]

Me: *solving through an FMC*
Friend: OMG YOU'RE SO SLOW I BET EVEN I COULD HAVE FINISHED AGES AGO!!!
Me: *explains FMC*
Friend: WELL WHAT'S THE POINT OF DOING IT IF YOU DON'T DO IT FAST?
Me: ... U_U

*sigh*

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I've told some people at my school about you, that you can solve a 17X17 in 3 seconds. Dillon P. From my scout troop 2015

 

[Ordway Persyn]

so true....

and people say
"you should go to a comp you would win"
(I average high 10s-11) and I'm like "yeah...I will have a ways to go" lol

You could win a competition with those times, as long as no world class speed cubers are there.

 

[MoyuFTW]

Friends came over yesterday. One of the parents looked at my 4x4 and said "Wow, that's a four sided cube". I later gave him a lesson in geometry.

 

[Jade]

When I used the Dan Brown method for 1:15 solves...
me: *doing sexy move*
annoying kid: OH MY GOD SHE'S NOT SOLVING IT SHE'S JUST DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN
cube: *solves*
annoying kid: The cube is rigged... you just do the same two moves again and again and then it solves! Cheater!

I really don't blame them for being naive or not knowing much about how cubes work, but nobody wants to hear about how it would take you a year to do it or about how you would just peel off the stickers. -_-

 

[shadowslice e]

Me: *Restickering*
Friend: cheat
Me: ... ... ... ... ... ...

Do I need to explain more?

 

[IAmAPerson]

Me: *Does a U perm on a 2x2*
Friends: OMFG YOU JUST SCRAMBLED IT AND SOLVED IT THAT FAST *accuses me of dark magic*

 

[noodlez]

"Did you win it yet?"

 

[dominugget]

Anyone get annoyed when non-cubers want to try and "solve" your cube, and they take 30 minutes.


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[2180161]

Anyone get annoyed when non-cubers want to try and "solve" your cube, and they take 30 minutes.


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So every time I go out in public with cube? yes

 

[dominugget]

So every time I go out in public with cube? yes

I just resort to a good old fashioned no. It also annoys me when they think repeating the same move will solve it because they "saw it on YouTube."


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[2180161]

I just resort to a good old fashioned no. It also annoys me when they think repeating the same move will solve it because they "saw it on YouTube."


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With me, they act as if it is one of those cubes where it only turns in one direction per face. *fp*

 

[dominugget]

With me, they act as if it is one of those cubes where it only turns in one direction per face. *fp*

Ha. They also think if I look ill "cheat" and be able to solve it faster.


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[Cubessassin]

One day when I switched from my 3x to my 2x my buddy if I had made my cube smaller.
Seriously??

 

[Damien Porter]

Me: *solving through an FMC*
Friend: OMG YOU'RE SO SLOW I BET EVEN I COULD HAVE FINISHED AGES AGO!!!
Me: *explains FMC*
Friend: WELL WHAT'S THE POINT OF DOING IT IF YOU DON'T DO IT FAST?
Me: ... U_U

*sigh*

Perfect comback ,
You: I feal sorry for your girl friend.
Friend:

 

[willtri4]

I've had people tell me that megaminx must be easier than 3x3 because the centers of a megaminx are fixed.

 

[newtonbase]

A bloke I met at a car boot sale told me that any scramble could be solved in 48 moves. He also claimed to have solved a cube by accident.