Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

Once I was cubing in an auto parts store and the man at the counter was so amazed that he told me I should be an engineer for NASA and then he videotaped me doing a solve so he could show his kids.
 
My second set of visitors, who were slightly younger than the first, where quite amazed (well the one which I showed, anyway).

He said something like "that's fast", and then went on to add that he had seen a few youtube videos of people doing it "really fast", with some fingertrick-style animation as he said this.

But he didn't seem familliar with the term "speedcubing" when I mentioned it to him.
 
cubeone said:
Once I was cubing in an auto parts store and the man at the counter was so amazed that he told me I should be an engineer for NASA and then he videotaped me doing a solve so he could show his kids.
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And this is the part, where cubing finally turned into rocket science, literally :D

To be fair, I was captured on video several times when I was sub-40, but they always said: "His hands are shaking" or other stuff which irritates me or makes me nervous. I mean actually solving on video is not a big deal for me, but shut your mouth when I'm doing your favor...
 
Was on an airplane with a friend and a guy was sitting next to us while we were cubing. He video taped us and said he was going to post it up on Facebook. He didn't even mention peeling off stickers or taking it apart or the one sides thing or it taking him a few years and he still hadn't figured it out yet.

+respect for that guy
 
*solving 7x7*
Random kid: "Is that an 100 or an 1,000?"


*cousin sees "random state" thingy on qqtimer*
Cousin: "Why don't you change that to Ohio?"


Kid: "Do you have that one... it's like... a square... you have that?"
Me: "Huh? *shows 3x3* You mean this one?"
Kid: "No..."
[later]
Kid: *sees Pyraminx on my table* "Oh, you do have the square!"
Me: "Dude, that's a pyramid."
Kid: "Hey, I'm not good with symmetry!"
 
It's the first post, so considering that 1LastSolve was a new user, that was probably the first post they saw in this thread.
 
Spaxxy said:
No, most annoying thing: Everyone then treats that person like a god of cubing.
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ikr! Whenever I tell somebody I'm actually going to the World Championships, they think I'm gonna win and ask what the prize money is. When I tell them there is NO chance of me winning and I'm in the 100's for what place I'll likely be in, they are baffled. They also think prize money should be $100,000 and thee should be age groups. They don't understand that comps are to meet people, not just to compete.
 
5BLD said:
Ok so being of asian origin and short *and* a mathematician seems to make cubing nothing special at all but just 'expected' according to some ignorant onlookers I met today. My god, I'm sure even I've been out more than them.

On a happier note at least I had a good cubing session with a friend in the same place racing iphone sim one handed v two handed.
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U good at maths? Hav u taken any a levels? I assume u r doing gcse cos ur same age as me. U entered for the maths challenge, the ukmt one? I got into the summer school which is like last 40. 57/60 in the second round. I'm excited cos me mathematician too, me Chinese, me very good!
 
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