Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

When I was solving with the beginners method:
(getting to the stage when only corner permutation is needed)
Someone: hey it's almost done!
(starting the alg)
Someone: why are you messing it up???,you were so close!
:fp
 
fazrulz said:
"What's your best time"
"Uhh, at a competition or at home?"
"Just overall"
"Like, 5 seconds"
"What's the world record"
"7.08 seconds"
"Oh man you can easily beat that"
":fp"
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This doesn't qualify. Although he didn't know that taking the world record down is difficult, you did say your time is sub-WR. And didn't you say you get sub-WR every 15 or so solves anyway? I'd say that's pretty easy.
 
Remember how whenever you bring a 2x2 somewhere, people call it a "4 cube"?
The next day I brought my 4x4 and then one guy said "AN 8 CUBE!"

Lol.
 
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Yea, I thought the other guy in faz's post made sense. Kinda atleast, it's almost like he understood that 5 secs at home means he could probably sub7 in comp or something. dunno
 
I get the "cute" comments with my large 2x2x2 (same size as a normal 3x3x3), which somewhat baffles me. I can understand the "small=cute" line of thinking, but this one is not actually smaller. And of course people almost always call it the 4 cube.
When people ask if I can do it without looking (when I am scrambling) I always tell them I did once in 8th grade but can't anymore. Kind of lame, but true. (It took me I think 20 minutes for memo and 5 for execution.) I need to try the "with my hands" response to "How do you solve that?" - I might also reply "slowly."
 
lilkdub503 said:
This doesn't qualify. Although he didn't know that taking the world record down is difficult, you did say your time is sub-WR. And didn't you say you get sub-WR every 15 or so solves anyway? I'd say that's pretty easy.
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lol Faz doesn't get a sub-7.08 every 15 solves >_>

And please go get faster before you make stupid claims like "OH WELL GETTING SINGLE WR SHUD BE EASY CAUSE YOU GET SUB WR SOMETIMES" /:
 
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ariasamie said:
~Phoenix Death~ said:
ariasamie said:
~Phoenix Death~ said:
*insert long quote chain*
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prove it's not.
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*convinced*
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*still not convinced*

Could be faked just as easily as their other videos. In fact, if I was trying to fake videos like that, I would do the same kinda thing to try to make people believe it.
Also, where's the video that the guy was filming? (That is, assuming he was filming at all)

Also, take this one for example:

1. They go really out of their way to explain the fighters and the situation.
2. No sound coming from the TV. (could be muted, but then again, why would they mute it unless they knew that the sound would make it harder to hear the rest of the video?)
3. HOW WOULD HE NOT NOTICE THE CAMERA? He's practically staring right at it. :p
4. Why would someone who clearly has anger issues make sure to say "fricking" and "crap" instead of the less family-friendly versions unless they knew they were being filmed? (and that a bunch of kids would be watching)
5. He is wearing the gloves so he can punch the door without getting hurt, not just because he like to wear them. (Notice that he never kicks the lower panels, I assume so he doesn't hurt his feet. :p )

etc...

I dunno, those are just some of the things I've noticed. It just seems too... planned. I mean, after all, each of their videos get millions of views, so why wouldn't they try to make more? They are also YouTube partners, which means they get quite a bit of money every time they release a new video. (I've heard something like $1-5 per thousand views? So we're talking like... at least $1000 per video. Certainly worth the price of replacing the door he just broke. :p )
 
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KrazyFK said:
I also find it sort of amusing when someone asks to scramble my cube, and they somehow feel the need to turn their back from me while doing it, as if I''m going to memorise all of their moves and reverse them.
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I get this every time anyone has ever scrambled my cube, also the other day I had a guy ask me "how many youtube videos did you have to watch to figure that thing out?" I told him I learned to solve the cube before youtube existed and he told me I was a liar.
 
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