Cube = chick magnet?

[Hadley4000]

It is so true! Total opposite of what many would think. Girls seem to come up to me more than guys do about the cube, and ask more question. Perfect conversation starter.

Tonight I was at a hockey game, and while waiting in line for a drink there was a fine as hell girl behind me. I had a cube in my pocket, decided to test it out again. Like clockwork, on the 2nd solve she asked me about it. I answered some questions, let her scramble it, adn then talking ensued. My brother was there and he said, "I saw the whole thing developing right away. Good job!"


Because of the cube, I have gotten 5 numbers and lots of FaceBook/MySpace/email. If I am spending a good amount of time in public somewhere(Coffee house, baseball games/hockey games), and have a cube with me, I tend to have a 3 to 1 girl to guy ratio coming up to me asking about the cube.


Point of the story, cube = girls magnet. Yet another reason to speedcube.

 

[Musturd]

That type of thing sort of happened to me back when I was averaging around two minutes, once.
I think it has happened once or twice, but with a lesser result more recently.

I am purposefully being vague for those who are oblivious.

Yes, I do agree with you, and yet when I tell my friends they laugh and say I'm ridiculous, but data (don't/doesn't) lie.

 

[Dene]

Well, I think I had a total of two groups of two people talk to me at my home university when I have been cubing. One group was girls, the other guys. I don't make much of a conversation buddy though so they normally leave. Plus, this is New Zealand we're talking about so I wouldn't want them to stay (for anyone that gets what I mean ).

 

[Ellis]

One group was girls, the other guys.

Ah, so for Dene, it's a guy magnet also. I see.

 

[Bob]

Cube < Bob Burton = chick magnet

I've seen it happen before.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

*claps* It doesn't do much for a middle-schooler....everyone just thinks your a geek....

@Bob: You have witnesses

 

[ConnorCuber]

It doesn't do much for a middle-schooler....everyone just thinks your a geek....

I've seen this happen before

 

[Sg.Speedcuber]

Doesn't work for me.my friend who happens to be a girl says do something better.

 

[DavidWoner]

Doesn't work for me.my friend who happens to be a girl says do something better.

Well that doesn't count, she was already your friend. Hadley is talking about meeting new people.

 

[pcharles93]

Doesn't work for me.my friend who happens to be a girl says do something better.

Well that doesn't count, she was already your friend. Hadley is talking about meeting new people.

Plus, aren't you like 11 or 12?

 

[abr71310]

It also doesn't work for high school students, TMDK.
Or I just look stupid with a cube.

What I found funny was that my OH cubing attracted more people (in general) than my 2H cubing, and I'm like 3x slower OH... xD

 

[blade740]

The cube is actually getting more chicks through Bob Burton than vice versa.

 

[04mucklowd]

Ever since i started cubing, I have generally got more intouch with the female race.
before, i was so bad at talking to girls it was discraceful
now, its still not perfect but its better
I agree, cubing = sort of chick magnet

 

[rachmaninovian]

LOL @ Sg.Speedcuber: your are p6, you don't need a girlfriend...aren't you already complaining that this year is your PSLE year? xD

wells i agree that the cube is kinda a chick magnet. but not to a large extent though.

 

[d4m4s74]

I was cubing on the train and two chairs down there was a girl and her "male girlfriend" (aka stereotype gay)

He was more interested then her, so I must be doing something wrong

 

[Stefan]

Point of the story, cube = girls magnet.

Um, you do realize that you are the magnet and that girls just use the cube as an excuse, right?

 

[AvGalen]

Point of the story, cube = girls magnet.

Um, you do realize that you are the magnet and that girls just use the cube as an excuse, right?

I completely agree with Stefan on this one (that scares me a bit).

Cube <> magnet. Cube == Conversation-starter

The cube is actually getting more chicks through Bob Burton than vice versa.

Cubes are very bad partners. They require lots of attention but don't give much back. They are also not loyal at all and seem to enjoy being touched by others just as much as by me. They are even doing that in public

Good thing is that I can have several cubes at the same time without them complaining.
Whenever I am in the mood for a pretty-but-easy one I do 2x2x2. Same when I just want a quickie.
3x3x3 is for casual meetings but she doesn't like my slow moving. The only time we really enjoy is when we spend an hour puzlling together (sometimes I Do Not even Finish)
4x4x4 has grown on me after the last years. She has some serious issues, but I have learned to live with that
I would call the 5x5x5 my most serious relation so far. She is very interesting and I keep finding new ways to move her and I can see she enjoys that
I am really starting to enjoy my interracial relationship with my new 6x6x6 though. She is big, sturdy and is done quicker than my previous white one. The extra time that leaves me I spent on...
...my nice round 7x7x7. I actually have two of them that I enjoy. Sometimes I even alternate between them

 

[soccerking813]

Good thing is that I can have several cubes at the same time without them complaining.
Whenever I am in the mood for a pretty-but-easy one I do 2x2x2. Same when I just want a quickie.
3x3x3 is for casual meetings but she doesn't like my slow moving. The only time we really enjoy is when we spend an hour puzlling together (sometimes I Do Not even Finish)
4x4x4 has grown on me after the last years. She has some serious issues, but I have learned to live with that
I would call the 5x5x5 my most serious relation so far. She is very interesting and I keep finding new ways to move her and I can see she enjoys that
I am really starting to enjoy my interracial relationship with my new 6x6x6 though. She is big, sturdy and is done quicker than my previous white one. The extra time that leaves me I spent on...
...my nice round 7x7x7. I actually have two of them that I enjoy. Sometimes I even alternate between them

Lol, that's hilarious.

 

[fanwuq]

It also doesn't work for high school students, TMDK.
Or I just look stupid with a cube.

What I found funny was that my OH cubing attracted more people (in general) than my 2H cubing, and I'm like 3x slower OH... xD

I agree. But I'm much faster at OH than 2H (comparatively by ranking). OH just allows you to be more calm and makes you looks either really weird or really cool. Someone may say, "He's not even caring about it." Someone else may say, "Weird fingers, WTF?"
2H is like, "Oh, what a nerd."
For me, it's quite random. Sometimes, no one cares. Sometimes people say, "I used to peel the stickers off." ...
Of course the cube does works as a "chick magnet," but never at the right time and place.
One day a few months ago, I had several different girls come up to me several times and becoming really interested in me and my cubes, but none of them are interesting people themselves.
A few days ago, I went to visit my elementary school for fun, and a group of 8 year old girls just forced me to sit there for over an hour scrambling my cubes and timing me non-stop. They were as obsessed with my stopwatch as with the cubes.
None of the girls you would actually want are ever interested in the cube.

 

[AvGalen]

It also doesn't work for high school students, TMDK.
Or I just look stupid with a cube.

What I found funny was that my OH cubing attracted more people (in general) than my 2H cubing, and I'm like 3x slower OH... xD

...None of the girls you would actually want are ever interested in the cube.

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