How solving a Rubik's Cube helped my confidence with women

[feren6]

What's up fellow cubers!

I learned how to cube in 2009 and went to a couple competitions at the time, but I wanted to share with you a very unexpected benefit that came from learning how to solve a cube: increased confidence with women. I definitely struggled with ladies (and don't get me wrong I'm no casanova), but to this day I still talk about my Rubik's Cubing and it actually gets women intrigued. Pretty funny.

anyway, here's the article for those who are interested..it's a funny story

How Solving a Rubik's Cube Helped My Confidence With Women

Rock on!

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Great article. Somehow, my cubing attracts a lot of guys.

 

[feren6]

Great article. Somehow, my cubing attracts a lot of guys.

There's gotta be a shirt somewhere that says "Cubing is sexy."

 

[Hermanio]

The key thing is to use "the sexy move"!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Great article. Somehow, my cubing attracts a lot of guys.

Somehow, I think that the cubing itself attracts guys but the girl doing the cubing would seem intimidating if she can solve a cube and he can't. Of course, it depends what kind of guy...

 

[feren6]

Somehow, I think that the cubing itself attracts guys but the girl doing the cubing would seem intimidating if she can solve a cube and he can't. Of course, it depends what kind of guy...

Haha -- 'must reassert masculinity by solving this rubik's cube!'

 

[RaresB]

That was a surprisingly interesting read. Checked out the rest of your site and it's pretty interesting, I hope to be reading your new posts periodically. One thing in the article really stood out though "EVERY single method started with this[cross]. It’s the basis for solving the cube, and without it, you won’t get very far." I know you were trying to get your Point across but roux, zz, petrus need some love as well. Anyway, nice read.

 

[Dene]

Nothing personal, but after the first paragraph that bar on the left which is encouraging me to like, tweet, +1 or whatever else on a million different social networking sites started to annoy me, and because I couldn't remove it I just closed the website altogether. >.<

EDIT: I just noticed you were at UPenn 2009, and so was I !!! I don't remember you though...

 

[omer]

That was a surprisingly interesting read. Checked out the rest of your site and it's pretty interesting, I hope to be reading your new posts periodically. One thing in the article really stood out though "EVERY single method started with this[cross]. It’s the basis for solving the cube, and without it, you won’t get very far." I know you were trying to get your Point across but roux, zz, petrus need some love as well. Anyway, nice read.

Me too, many interesting stuff in his website.

And about the cross, I think he was referring to the beginner methods he was looking for, not advanced methods like roux, zz or petrus (IMO petrus is advanced, block-building isn't easy for beginners).

 

[feren6]

That was a surprisingly interesting read. Checked out the rest of your site and it's pretty interesting, I hope to be reading your new posts periodically. One thing in the article really stood out though "EVERY single method started with this[cross]. It’s the basis for solving the cube, and without it, you won’t get very far." I know you were trying to get your Point across but roux, zz, petrus need some love as well. Anyway, nice read.

True, true. I'm not familiar with those methods but I see what you're saying. But thanks.

Nothing personal, but after the first paragraph that bar on the left which is encouraging me to like, tweet, +1 or whatever else on a million different social networking sites started to annoy me, and because I couldn't remove it I just closed the website altogether. >.<

EDIT: I just noticed you were at UPenn 2009, and so was I !!! I don't remember you though...

Can't please em all

And yeah, I was 25 lbs less, wore glasses, and was socially awkward at the time..you wouldn't remember me

 

[TheNextFeliks]

I never thought about this. I have gotten so many more female friends this school year. I started in the summer so yeah. But I don't think it is correlated. For me anyway.

 

[Dene]

And yeah, I was 25 lbs less, wore glasses, and was socially awkward at the time..you wouldn't remember me

Well probably not because I was preoccupied with meeting people that I already knew through these forums, but I might have you in some pictures I have.