Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[KCuber]

Oh, you can solve it in 40 seconds, watch this.
*Does one U turn*
Ready! 3! 2! 1! Go
DONE!

One of my non-cubing friends did that once, and my response was:
"You were one turn off, and you turned it the wrong way:fp"
(he scrambled it by doing U and solved it by doing U3)

 

[marceldacs]

One of my non-cubing friends did that once, and my response was:
"You were one turn off, and you turned it the wrong way:fp"
(he scrambled it by doing U and solved it by doing U3)

I was solving in front if a kid and he wanted to scramble it for me. He told me to look away and when he was done he handed me the cube. It looked scrambled pretty well so I solved it regularly in 24 seconds with 50 ish moves and when I was finished, he said "why didn't you just reverse the 7 moves that I did". :fpIt is probably easier to solve it regularly than to solve it by doing the opposite of the scramble.

 

[Hunter]

They always make you look away.

 

[DarknessACuber]

(after finishing oll) ha you suck theirs no way to move those pieces without screwing up the top (compleates pll) i stand corrected

 

[CHJ]

They expect me to solve the cube bindfolded without me inspecting it then they complain because i take more than 30 seconds to inspect

 

[uniacto]

Them: "OH LOOK! you got two pieces together! oh wait why did you mess up the cube? WOAH look! you finished the two layers! Why are you messing it up again? WOAH LOOK! the yellow layer is done? the sides are still messed up! WOAH YOURE DONE?"

Me: =.=

 

[WMCubes]

Probably when people say my uncle has this 7x7 from like 1920 and I solved a side. It's so hard!
When you're scrambling a cube without looking and they're like OMG HE'S SOLVING THE CUBE WITHOUT LOOKING!

 

[John Birch]

If anything I get the good ole "my song can solve a couple sides" or "i just remove the stickers and put them back on " , more than anything I get complaints for how loud it can be ......

 

[PandaCuber]

I love Rouxing in front of noncubers cause they are used to seeing LBL stuff. so theyll think i got it wrong...but really not at all..

 

[Divineskulls]

I was OHing in the hallway at school while walking from one class to another, and this kid walked past me, and while he was doing so, he asked, and I quote, "Why are the colors so cool looking?" I don't know why it pissed me off so much, but I just ignored him and kept walking. Later on I realized how stupid of a question it was.... I could have said so many snarky, sarcastic things! D:

 

[CarlBrannen]

From a grad student in physics with an undergraduate degree in mathematics: "Most people solve the cube by reversing the scramble". He's still convinced even after I explain to him that there's a contest to see how few moves you can use to solve the cube and that people get like an hour to do it (but that you only get 15 seconds to inspect in a speed solve).

I really didn't know what to say; when people convince me that they're a complete m*o*r*o*n about something I try to change the subject.

 

[DNFphobia]

A friend of mine brought his pyraminx and ShengShou 4x4 to school and I heard stuff like "Is that a rubik's triangle?" and "Let me shuffle it!"
Few days ago we had a little debate on how to spell Rubik's.

Non topic: I've gotten one of my friends to start cubing since this summer and now he's learning F2L

 

[ThomasJE]

There was a question on The Chase today.

"Speedcubing is about solving what puzzle as quickly as possible?"

 

[5BLD]

When I was outside cubing someboodeeh told me their cousin could solve a 2x2 bld in 6s. I told them that's fast, does that include memo. He told me yes, and he scrambled it with his cousin's back turned. I said "well, ye scrambled it? That explains it"

Alsoe, somepony asked me why do I scramble it meself. Because otherwise someone else would be bored duh. Morons are morons. Ohwell, I try to be nice most the time. When it's a stupid question I humour them until it wastes my time; if it's a lie I do hit them hard though. Metaphorically ofc.

 

[Dacuba]

Me and my friends talking about cubing a little bit.

Him: "You still do that? The Rubik's Cube?"
Me: "yeah yeah, but don't have the time to practise much right now. Next year I seriously want to look where I can really get, when I have time"
Him: "But you can't even make money with that, why wuld you do that?"

That made me sad.

 

[5BLD]

Somepony asked me at school if i was robert yau. I said no but I know him and he just walked away. What is it with cubers and attracting moronic people? I am sad too.

 

[PandaCuber]

I hate it so much when people say, you cant make any money out of that.

not only taking about cubing, but in general

 

[ketchuphater999]

Someone said "get a life dude, you have nothing to do except that?" and "don't bring that to school do that at home at least" and "25 dollars for JUST a 7x7? thats a total RIPOFF!" <<<I know!!!
and then "I would only spend like 5 bucks on a cube like that!"
And that was all the same person in the same 5 minute period during recess.
Made me mad, punched him in the face. Made me feel good doing that.

 

[5BLD]

There was this picture cube on the japanese table at my school's open morning (i had lots of breaks from
what i was doing). That's already wrong. Anyway I solved it in like 2-3mins and this visitor says "are you like one of the fastest", I said am 3rd in UK. He said how can you be, it took you 3 mins to do that and it is easier than a normal one.
Ah the moments when you can't punch people in the face.

 

[Pokerizer]

Somepony asked me at school if i was robert yau. I said no but I know him and he just walked away. What is it with cubers and attracting moronic people? I am sad too.

Dude if a pony came up to me and started talking I would capture his ass and start my own circus sideshow