Death of a cube...

What everyone said is true. I have like 3-6 good friends and thats all. The rest i might talk to or do hw with but we dont Talk Talk. i know how it feels to be Petrayed... and backstabbed. Then being at my cuber gave me a "nerd" reputation. And since im asian everyone just assumes im "Chinese" when im Vietnamese then they go DUDE YOU CAN ONLY SOLVE IT BECAUSE YOUR ASIAN, but i just ignore them and walk away. Then i brought my pink cube to school "bad idead" lmao, you can't believe how many times i got called gay... Even my teacher was like wtf..but yea...im really sorry about what happen to you....IM sure you will make new friends... If i had some extra cubes...i would give you one. But i still dont have 1 for me.


Well good luck getting a new cube.


p.s what grade are you in?
 
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I get the same kind of crap at school. Out of everyone who knows me, only 2 people don't care that I'm Asian. Everyone at my school believes I fit every Asian stereotype because I'm good at math. I'm not a bad driver; I have operated heavy machinery that could flip over cars and am one of the best operators working for my dad. I'm not a wimpy nerd; I can put on muscle just by not getting fat. I have more muscle than half of the wrestling team. I do not study 24/7; I don't bring home any notes or textbooks because I just pay attention in class.

So, my school is full of idiots. Also, Veitmanese? Not even close. Who botches a spelling that badly. Somehow they can spell Vietnam just fine, but when you make it into an adjective, you have to switch letters around. I also don't see why I can't just be Asian. I hate it when strangers ask me what kind of Asian I am. Then they start my favorite guessing game. "Japanese? Korean? Cambodian? Filipino? Chinese? Mongolian? Burmese? Siamese?(Doesn't exist anymore, so maybe, just maybe, the answer is "NO")" By the end of the day, I feel like caving in someone's face. But, I resist and wait for tomorrow's torrent of idiocy.
 
Sorry to hear the news. My friends are quite nice. They some times joke about my cubing addiction, but several of them are influenced by me and get cubes themselves. They would never break cubes or be actually cruel.
Most people are more amazed than cruel. Never had something like that happen to me.

The closest time would be when my dad got real angry when I accidentally deleted some picture from his camera and he smashed my first Rubik's brand cube from a friend. But soon afterwards, my parents ordered several cubes from cube4you. They still threaten me some times to break cubes.:p

In school, you should always stand up for yourself. Never cry, especially in front of enemies. You should have snatched the cube back and hurt them so bad that they won't dare to mess with you again. Had some sort of trouble like this when I was real young, but now everything's fine for me. The only annoying thing is when the ugly girls follow me around and ask stupid questions.

good luck getting a new cube.
 
One thing you must know before you start cubing. Don't trust anyone too much. The friends that were close to you will be different. It happened with me.
 
Crzyazn and signaly, that is EXACTLY what I feel and have. This one "pseudo-friend" is moving to pittsburgh this summer, and he's basically a complete ******* towards certain people (not me. I just don't like mean people.=P) I have about 1 or two people who I actually trust.
 
Out of an entire school...there should be at least a few people who will eventually become very close friends.

People change, and sometimes it's up to you to decide whether a connection is worth saving
 
Dene said:
Miss abbracadiabra: I disagree. Sure you are forced in certain situations to interact with people, but it doesn't have to be long term, and you certainly don't have to get on with someone you dislike. I think this is a huge weakness in general social ettiquette. If someone's being a loser, then tell them, if they're being rude or offensive, tell them. Don't stand there and take it because it's polite, that doesn't make any sense at all.

Thus far I have managed to avoid ALL social interaction (bar family and work) since I left school. I never go out, I never talk to people about anything off-topic of university work (this allows for discussion in lectures and tutorials, which is vital for my educational needs), and I haven't made a single "friend", ever.
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I don't think this is the way of life to live. There is more to life than talking about work. What do you plan to do about marriage? when you retire? if you quit cubing? It is important to have people around you. You have good times and bad times and that's the joy of life.

I feel like you are defending your lifestyle because you choose to be an introvert. Education is important, but it only carries you up to your school years. Having time alone is okay, being a complete introvert is not. This is completely my opinion from my experience with friends. I don't see how the benefits of going "solo" outweights the benefits of the friendships you can make.
 
Man, am I glad that portion of my life is long behind me....kids can be such jerks. It might not be any consolation to you but one sleepless night that guy will be a mature individual and will look back on what he did with regret. I was lucky enough to be a rather large leather jacketed "rocker" boy in school with a totally mythical reputation of being a great fighter so I didn't get a lot of that directed at me but I regret that I stood by silently and witnessed lots of similar things happen to others. I was the strangest looking cuber ever back in 1980 but all the cubers (4 or us) hung out together so we were safe from insults.

I am sorry that this type of thing happened to you. Don't let it get you too down...in the big picture, people are more likely to remember the guys at senior prom barfing in their own laps.
 
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I don't think this is the way of life to live. There is more to life than talking about work. What do you plan to do about marriage? when you retire? if you quit cubing? It is important to have people around you. You have good times and bad times and that's the joy of life.

I feel like you are defending your lifestyle because you choose to be an introvert. Education is important, but it only carries you up to your school years. Having time alone is okay, being a complete introvert is not. This is completely my opinion from my experience with friends. I don't see how the benefits of going "solo" outweights the benefits of the friendships you can make.
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I have no intention of getting married. I don't intend to live until retirement but if I am unfortunate enough to do so I would be quite content with myself. There is a lot more to my life than cubing... in fact cubing is becoming a lesser part of my life daily (unfortunately). You need to provide an argument for it being "important to have people around you" or I can't argue back...

You're right I'm extremely introverted and I am extremely happy being so. I see no reason to go out and not be an introvert. As for the benefits of being "solo", I would never force anyone else into my lifestyle, it is for myself alone, and I am content.

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Dene said:
Thus far I have managed to avoid ALL social interaction ... I never talk to people about anything off-topic of university work
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Making over 8 posts a day here is not interaction or talking?
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Are you honestly going to compare an online forum to real social interaction? I mean, I don't really know anyone on here, and nobody on here really knows me. I hardly deem it worthy of comparison to real life socialising
 
Dene said:
I have no intention of getting married. I don't intend to live until retirement but if I am unfortunate enough to do so I would be quite content with myself. There is a lot more to my life than cubing... in fact cubing is becoming a lesser part of my life daily (unfortunately). You need to provide an argument for it being "important to have people around you" or I can't argue back...

You're right I'm extremely introverted and I am extremely happy being so. I see no reason to go out and not be an introvert. As for the benefits of being "solo", I would never force anyone else into my lifestyle, it is for myself alone, and I am content.
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I don't want to dig too deep into your personal life, so you don't have to answer these since this is quickly diverging from the topic of the thread.

How is your family life? Could this be a reason why being introverted is more comfortable?

Cubing? Does cubing in your own room seem more exciting than meeting other cubers at competitions?

Work? Do you keep yourself busy intentionally so you don't have as much free time? What do you do in your free time that makes you content.

I emphasize the importance of having people around you for several reasons. I find that people that hate their job, will survive with good co-workers. It also increases efficiency in a workplace with a healthy and friendly work environment. It's not good wasting time, but you want to break awkward tension between the people you work with.

I enjoy cubing to improve my times, but I have more fun racing other cubers at my club. I get interaction that I won't find sitting in my own room in front of my computer. If I had a choice, It would prefer not to isolate myself from others.
 
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