Does anyone else find cubing to be depressing?

[kunparekh18]

Nope. They'll see you as a nerd, trust me on this one.

No, they really attract the girls, my experience

I also find it depressing when i dont want to cube

i feel the same, tis very depressing

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[cxinlee]

No, they really attract the girls, my experience



i feel the same, tis very depressing

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1. If you mean the 6-year-old girls, then yes.
2. I also feel depressed when I don't cube.

 

[kunparekh18]

1. If you mean the 6-year-old girls, then yes.
2. I also feel depressed when I don't cube.

No, 15 yr old girls

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[cxinlee]

No, 15 yr old girls

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I cube in public and no one notices at all. So for me, it's no.

 

[kunparekh18]

I cube in public and no one notices at all. So for me, it's no.

Yeah maybe. But at school, it does help, try it out!

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[cxinlee]

Yeah maybe. But at school, it does help, try it out!

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I'm home-schooled.

 

[KrisM]

Honestly, if you have a balanced lifestyle, and cubing is not ALL that you do, you shouldn't feel sad or like you are wasting your time.

That being said, sometimes I feel like I AM doing nothing with my spare time when I cube, and it IS a waste of time, but then I remember my pothead friends who spend thousands of dollars on the hemp lifestyle, and literally waste so much time on that, or anyone else that has an excessive hobby. So I just socialize, get outdoors to take the dog for a walk, or a hike/ski somewhere and it cheers me up, so I can come back, and really enjoy cubing even more.

And, after all, there could be worse hobbies. At least cubing challenges your intellect.

 

[Noahaha]

Use TTW and you won't be alone.

 

[kunparekh18]

Honestly, if you have a balanced lifestyle, and cubing is not ALL that you do, you shouldn't feel sad or like you are wasting your time.

That being said, sometimes I feel like I AM doing nothing with my spare time when I cube, and it IS a waste of time, but then I remember my pothead friends who spend thousands of dollars on the hemp lifestyle, and literally waste so much time on that, or anyone else that has an excessive hobby. So I just socialize, get outdoors to take the dog for a walk, or a hike/ski somewhere and it cheers me up, so I can come back, and really enjoy cubing even more.

And, after all, there could be worse hobbies. At least cubing challenges your intellect.

Exactly. +1

Use TTW and you won't be alone.

Yeah, TTW is somewhat old style but it still rocks

 

[The Doctor]

Cube with others and for others! Use it to show off, it's fun, just don't get arrogant with it.

 

[cxinlee]

Actually if you're feeling depressed because you haven't done something useful, then you should do something to make yourself do better. Donating to charity, helping someone, etc. There are many things you can do to contribute to the world. At the end of each day, think of something useful you have done. Then you won't be so depressed.

 

[ottozing]

I find it to be therapeutic most of the time. It can get boring though, but certainly not depressing

 

[emolover]

Donating to charity

Maybe it's because I am a class-A ***hole, but donating to charity is depressing in my opinion. The few times I am actually feeling generous, I would much rather build a house for the poor or do a service for the poor so I could see the end result and the joy on their faces. Donating to charity is the easy way out of generosity and it makes you feel like you are just giving money away.

I find it to be therapeutic most of the time. It can get boring though, but certainly not depressing

True dat.

Cubing serves four functions to me-
1: A way to interact with others
Whether it be through the forums to the competitions to the cubers I have created in school it makes me interact with other people so I don't become depressed.

2: It wastes time
Specifically it wastes time that needs to be wasted. A human who runs at full efficiency will not run for long. It wastes time to keep me from chronically doing drugs which keeps money in my wallet. It also makes it so that the ample amount of time I have does not turn to boredom which then turns into depression.

3: It's my hobby
This again plays on the wasting time thing but it makes it so I have something to do with time. I also don't have to worry about finding a hobby when I have this one.

4: It vents my anger
I am a very angry person due to hormon imbalances and can be angered from the smallest things even to the point where I start breaking things. Cubing is an outlet that makes me use my energy to get better. When I am angry I cube better as a result of this.

 

[uniacto]

I've taught a few of my friends to cube, and they're slowly getting better and teaching our mutual friends. It makes cubing much more fun when you cube with other and watch everyone gradually get better

 

[Smiles]

some people are happy with what theyre always doing, like most gamers, which is similar to cubing. compared to irl, u dont get much done. however, u accomplish things within its own activity and thats what really counts if u actually like cubing.

in a parallel universe, whats the point of being good looking and ripped and very popular when it doesnt help u cube faster? when u cant brag about it online?

 

[MostEd]

I cube when I get depressed, helps sometimes.

 

[elrog]

I can't ever say I was depressed while cubing. I have been very dissapointed, but got over in within hours. The most dissapointing thing for me was when I though I had a completely new idea for a method that reduced down to only 180 degree turns and found out about HTA the next day. Other than that, it is just sort of dissapointing that there are no other good cubers I personally know that I ever get a chance to converse with. I've tried teaching some people, but they just dont pick it up as quick as I first did. I don't really have anyone to share this hobby of mine with, so I just spend alot of time on the forums. The forums have really gotten me even more interested in cubing than when I first started because there are so many ideas to be tested and tried such as Kijarva's 1 look 2 algorithms LL system.

 

[Zamulacz]

I solve cube for 2-3 hours everyday. I'm not depressed while I'm cubing. Some time ago I was playing cs 1.6 definetly too much. I made 1200 hours of online game (mostly ESL) in year. Sometimes I was playing 10-12h nonstop on day. Now I realized if you something love, your spent time doesn't matter. I had a lot of fun while I was playing with other gamers, but I couldn't meet these people in real life easily. When speedcubing became my main passion I can cube everywhere with other speedcubers, not only my home. I have now much more fun with that

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

I find it depressing to cube alone now but thats about it
I also find it depressing when i dont want to cube

You better not quit :3

 

[MichaelErskine]

I do sometimes get rather low when doing lots of 3*3 (for me > 20 solves is lots!) Maybe due to the lack of progress that I seem to be cursed with. Surprisingly I found that the skewb and pyraminx cheered me up immensely! I dunno, I get a lot of internal voices whilst solving telling me how stupid I am when I make mistakes and how I'm wasting everybody's time with my pointless obsessions. Kinda negative I know!