Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[ZamHalen]

I have heard the "I can't do it because I'm Mexican" thing at least from 5 different people. The part I find funny is that they forget that Mexican too and that I can do it. Another one is "I went on youtube like you told me but the guy is white."

 

[ElectricDoodie]

At school, a friend (he can solve the cube but he's not color neutral and I am) is watching me how I solve it,
*Making a green cross on the bottom*
*solving F2L*
*About to start OLL*
friend: WTF? It took you about 20 sec to make the white cross???
me: *ignore him*
*do oll, do pll*
friend: WTF, you actually solve the three layers at the same time???
me::fp

You should solve the Yellow Cross first now, and watch him flip, as you solve the whole cube "at once."

 

[cubersunite]

My favorite is when the "oh that wasn't mixed up hard" line appears, same with the "if you do the same moves enough times it solves it"

 

[TheMachanga]

My favorite excuse is:
"I can't do it because I'm Mexican"
It's this comment that leaves me tempted to put Alejandro's BLD WR on my iPod just to shut them up.

I'm Mexican and I can solve it

 

[hic0057]

This isn't really a story, but what should I respond when people ask me "what's the secret?" I get asked that question by non-cubers so much and I'm not sure how to answer it.

My dad was going to get me a new V cube 6 when it exploded for the first time

Tell them the cheat is:
square, L1, Up, Circle, R2, Down, left etc

 

[swanny]

the other day i was solving the cube in the cafateria and these two girls walked past......

girl #1: "can you fix that?"

before I could answer....

girl #2: " nah, he's just messing it up really fast."

the funny thing was that i was about 5 moves from finishing, so when i solved it it looked as if i solved it in about 2 seconds.

girl #2: "you cheat..."

and they walked away....

 

[cubersunite]

Arggh

One girl in particular doesn't understand the fact that cubes only get scrambled so much, and it is very annoying

 

[Ranzha]

One girl in particular doesn't understand the fact that cubes only get scrambled so much, and it is very annoying

Do you explain why?

 

[ianography]

One girl in particular doesn't understand the fact that cubes only get scrambled so much, and it is very annoying

welcome to the club.

 

[Evan_Frame]

Showed a guy at work how to solve using Dan Brown's method. Two days later he can solve it without notes. Goes home, shows wife. Wife says "So you just memorized some algorithms and practiced?" Not the typical non-cuber comment. Asked if he built a house would she say "So you cut some wood and nailed it together?"

 

[Ranzha]

Showed a guy at work how to solve using Dan Brown's method. Two days later he can solve it without notes. Goes home, shows wife. Wife says "So you just memorized some algorithms and practiced?" Not the typical non-cuber comment. Asked if he built a house would she say "So you cut some wood and nailed it together?"

xD Goes to show that non-cubers aren't all stupid, but they still don't try it for themselves. xD

Edit: Inb4twothousand.

 

[Magix]

They think the more you scramble it the harder it is to solve because by their logic to solve it, you reverse the moves the scrambler did. Just tell them that you have to go through the same steps of solving the cube no matter how much it's scrambled, therefor it'll still take you approximately the same amount of time.

Of course if it's like 3 moves away from being solved most people can do it intuitively, but yeah.

 

[ianography]

I can imagine what it's like for faz:

NC: do you have the world record?
Faz: Actually, yes, I do.
NC: LOL liar! You don't have the world record!

 

[ianography]

2000th post

 

[cookieyo145]

2000th post

I hope you feel special.

 

[ianography]

I hope you feel special.

I do.

 

[Ranzha]

I do.

Damn, I got home too late.

 

[ianography]

Damn, I got home too late.

Oh good, I wasn't the only one that was unhealthily obsessed with getting the 2000th post

 

[Magix]

Oh good, I wasn't the only one that was unhealthily obsessed with getting the 2000th post

First post in the 200th page is more awesome, just sayin'

 

[Bapao]

If I get any cynical looks whilst cubing in public(which is every work day commuting), I just roll up my sleeves to the elbow which reveals half of my full sleeve tattoo. Most people then start acting as if they weren't even there and get all uncomfortable....The power of ink :tu

But yeah, I play bass guitar(or at least try). I'm not sure which I get the most out of; cubing or music. My preference still goes towards my guitar because I only have a few hours a day that I can practice.