Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[Ninja Storm]

Are you trying to get into Ivy League school?

I'm not good enough; I'll probably just head to the University of Maryland for undergrad. Free tuition, too

 

[sneaklyfox]

I'm not good enough; I'll probably just head to the University of Maryland for undergrad. Free tuition, too

Free tuition is always nice. When I went to university it was really expensive, especially since the exchange rate for CAD to US was really bad at the time. What are you studying?
(Sorry I just realized this is so off topic.)

 

[TheNextFeliks]

After math class a kid sees me with my friends megaminx. "What is that? The rubiks hexagon?" :fp The sides are pentagons. The best part was that we just learned about platonic solids lol.

 

[kunparekh18]

After math class a kid sees me with my friends megaminx. "What is that? The rubiks hexagon?" :fp The sides are pentagons. The best part was that we just learned about platonic solids lol.

lol, same thing happened to me, someone called my Mega a hexagon :/

 

[YddEd]

lol, same thing happened to me, someone called my Mega a hexagon :/

Rubik's Pentagon lol

 

[kunparekh18]

Rubik's Pentagon lol

Calling it a pentagon is at least a bit decent (compared to hexagon). I don't think anyone would call it a dodecahedron though

 

[Wassili]

I've actually had this guy call my megaminx a dodecahedron, and yet he knew nothing about cubing, and he was only 13 back then.

 

[ultimatecuber]

the non-cubers in my class were like so surprised that i could solve the 3x3x3 and so
once i was solving the 4x4x4
and this one guys eyes went wide
he probably thought the 3x3x3 was the only rubiks cube in the world

 

[sneaklyfox]

the non-cubers in my class were like so surprised that i could solve the 3x3x3 and so
once i was solving the 4x4x4
and this one guys eyes went wide
he probably thought the 3x3x3 was the only rubiks cube in the world

Bring a bigger cube and his eyes will pop out.

 

[Spaxxy]

I've actually had this guy call my megaminx a dodecahedron, and yet he knew nothing about cubing, and he was only 13 back then.

Wow. No non cuber I have ever shown a megaminx has called it a dodecahedron.

 

[ultimatecuber]

i did i got a 5x5x5

 

[Wassili]

Wow. No non cuber I have ever shown a megaminx has called it a dodecahedron.

Yeah, I was really surprised What's funny was that he wasn't particularly interested in math or anything...

 

[Lchu613]

Wow interesting

 

[YddEd]

Calling it a pentagon is at least a bit decent (compared to hexagon). I don't think anyone would call it a dodecahedron though

"What's that? A.. Rubik's.... hexagon..? octagon..? OH! PENTAGON!"
"No, it's a dodecahedron."
"What? 0.0"

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Cube meet yesterday: person sees my unstickered 50mm zhanchi, points to it and says "I can actually solve this one!"

 

[Username]

I've actually had this guy call my megaminx a dodecahedron, and yet he knew nothing about cubing, and he was only 13 back then.

You don't need to know about cubing to know that a 12 sided shape with pentagonal faces is a dodecahedron

 

[YddEd]

Cube meet yesterday: person sees my unstickered 50mm zhanchi, points to it and says "I can actually solve this one!"

Just because it's smaller XD
Or maybe some other reason

 

[speedcuber115]

Wow. No non cuber I have ever shown a megaminx has called it a dodecahedron.

A teacher at my school did, they're not even a maths teacher.

 

[YddEd]

A teacher at my school did, they're not even a maths teacher.

He/she is still a teacher and should know though.

 

[speedcuber50]

Cube meet yesterday: person sees my unstickered 50mm zhanchi, points to it and says "I can actually solve this one!"

Probably because there were no stickers on it (i.e. you don't have to do anything to solve it).