Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[markms]

When I don't have a cube in my hand my wife say 'You look puzzled'

 

[261B]

you...you're f****** countin'.

he's... he's f*****' countin'!

-Some drunk guy on the bus.

 

[brian724080]

When I don't have a cube in my hand my wife say 'You look puzzled'

That's one step towards the appreciation of twisty puzzles!

 

[Evan Wright]

i made a rant about that on my youtube channel

 

[IRNjuggle28]

"If I scramble it well enough, there's no way you'll be able to solve it this time." - a total genius

 

[IamWEB]

"Is the 2x2 easier or harder than the normal one?"

This often happens due to the misapplication of Confined Space Complications.

lol j/k, I made that up.

A lot of people ask me why I have so many cubes (apparently 11 cubes is a lot), and my parents complain when I want more, specifically when I want another cube of the same kind. I don't understand the difference between this and owning several pens and pencils, or owning two cars instead of one.

-11 cubes is a lot. It makes sense to have a collection that grows beyond that, but it's reasonable for any non-cuber to see having 11 cubes a high amount.
-Same kind as in puzzle type (3x3x3, 4x4x4, etc.), or same brand type?
-Pencil will be run down and pens will be used up. Having a backup/replacements of small, cheap, and highly useful or necessary utensil is more reasonable than having tons of cubes.
-Different cars having many different and important attributes. Also, it's often necessary to have more than one car if/when more than one adult is involved.

Cubers say the darndest things!

 

[brian724080]

-11 cubes is a lot. It makes sense to have a collection that grows beyond that, but it's reasonable for any non-cuber to see having 11 cubes a high amount.
-Same kind as in puzzle type (3x3x3, 4x4x4, etc.), or same brand type? Same puzzle type
-Pencil will be run down and pens will be used up. Having a backup/replacements of small, cheap, and highly useful or necessary utensil is more reasonable than having tons of cubes. Cubes have the exact same attributes
-Different cars having many different and important attributes. Also, it's often necessary to have more than one car if/when more than one adult is involved. That is the same with cubes, it's often necessary to have more than one when more than one cube or person is involved

Cubers say the darndest things! Yup

Yup

 

[McMitch]

I on my lunch break at work and a guy I work with comes up to me.

Him:Are you one of those freaks who can solve it super fast?
Me:No, it takes me about a minute.
Him:WOW!

 

[McMitch]

Also, I was at home and one of the corners of my stickerless Zanchi looked like it was coming apart, so I pop it out to push it back together.

Mum:Are you cheating?
Me:*looks at her*
Mumulling the stickers off.

IT IS A STICKERLESS CUBE.

 

[sneaklyfox]

i made a rant about that on my youtube channel

Watched the rant. I find it ironic that it bothers you when non-cubers call the pyraminx a "triangle" when in the video you refer to it as a "cube".

 

[brian724080]

Watched the rant. I find it ironic that it bothers you when non-cubers call the pyraminx a "triangle" when in the video you refer to it as a "cube".

Are we supposed to refer to non-cubic twisty puzzles as a cube?

 

[sneaklyfox]

Are we supposed to refer to non-cubic twisty puzzles as a cube?

... though I guess we still call it "cubing" instead of "twisty puzzling".

 

[Methuselah96]

... though I guess we still call it "cubing" instead of "twisty puzzling".

Do we?

 

[HunterM]

"Have you ever solved it before?"
"I bet if I scrambled it you can't solve it"
(while solving my megaminx) "whats wrong with your Rubik's cube"
"I have a cube nobody can solve" (A week later brought it to me and I solved it for him in under a min (was a pice of junk))
"I got 1 side once"

 

[HunterM]

"My friend did it in like 10 minutes"

 

[HunterM]

Sounds like a 6 move Devil's Algorithm?

Yeah I think it was some Mexican kid on YouTube who posted a vid of it I tried when I had first started solving.

 

[Jaycee]

I think the majority of people in my highschool are really nice compared to the people that everybody one here knows; I do get the standard non-cuber comments, but I find that if you just respond logically, with a nice tone (not a smart-ass or know-it-all tone), and with a casual smile it generally goes over well.

-"Is the small cube harder than the regular one?" : *holds 2x2 and 3x3 up together* "Which one looks easier?" "The small one." "Well then, there's your answer!"
-"4-cube, 16-cube, 12 sided cube, etc" : I don't get these very often at my new school. The only one that's still common is "Rubik's Triangle" or "Triangle Cube". One of the smarter girls called it a triangular prism, which is still wrong, but at least it's a real geometric figure as opposed to a triangle cube.

I'll probably post how I respond to the others as I get them. Surprisingly many people actually ask me questions about cubing as opposed to making dumb comments. Common questions include "How long did it take you learn?" "How did you learn?" "When did you start doing it?" "What did you do to make your cube so fast/smooth?" "Are there other people who do that faster than you?". I like the people at my school more than those at the school I was at last year, at least in terms of common sense / saying the darndest things. xD

 

[TDM]

One of the smarter girls called it a triangular prism

lol

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Lol. I was doing 7x7 at school. "What is that, like a 100?" "No it's a 9x9" "Actually its a 6x6"
Why can't people count?

 

[kcl]

Lol. I was doing 7x7 at school. "What is that, like a 100?" "No it's a 9x9" "Actually its a 6x6"
Why can't people count?

I get that

ZOMGZ DO YOU HAVE A 100x100