Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

A few experiences I've had:

So I was playing football and this guy came up to me and asked, "Hey, is your name Ethan?" I said err yeah and then they replied "OH SO YOUR THE KID WHO'S F***** AMAZING AT THE RUBIES CUBE"

A lot of people come up to me and ask me if they can try and solve it. I say yeah sure, scramble it up for them and cringe as they try get a side for 5 minutes. Eventually, they give up and tell me to solve it. When I have, they snatch it back, do a move and say "hey, I bet I can solve this" then do the reverse.

When I'm spamming algs, people just watch me and when I stop they say WOW YOU SOLVE THAT IN LIKE ONE SECOND. Once someone said, naah their probably faking, their not Asian after all.


I can't really complain as they just don;t know but it all kinda gets on my nerves.
 
DiamondGolem12 said:
A few experiences I've had:

So I was playing football and this guy came up to me and asked, "Hey, is your name Ethan?" I said err yeah and then they replied "OH SO YOUR THE KID WHO'S F***** AMAZING AT THE RUBIES CUBE"

A lot of people come up to me and ask me if they can try and solve it. I say yeah sure, scramble it up for them and cringe as they try get a side for 5 minutes. Eventually, they give up and tell me to solve it. When I have, they snatch it back, do a move and say "hey, I bet I can solve this" then do the reverse.

When I'm spamming algs, people just watch me and when I stop they say WOW YOU SOLVE THAT IN LIKE ONE SECOND. Once someone said, naah their probably faking, their not Asian after all.


I can't really complain as they just don;t know but it all kinda gets on my nerves.
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Comebacks:
I would be worried if you couldn’t.
If they say they did it faster, do the same thing as them but even faster.

‘Mum they’re being racist’
 
Before I learnt how to do 3BLD in 2014.
I used to trick people in solving cubes without looking by looking into a nearby glass and seeing the mirrored reflection of the cube image and doing a solve.

I have been able to fool a few non-cubers in this fashion, haha.
 
Somebody asked me if I had a "Four-cube" yesterday, I didn't think non-cubers actually said that I assumed even an incompetent mind of a mere mortal could see it's a 2x2. The child also asked if he could solve mine, he then said he couldn't figure it out because there was no black on it, A.K.A stickerless. While scrambling it he asked me how many steps(???) I was doing. He then told his brother, "You just need to do Left, Right, Up, Down. He also questioned what the Fluffy Alligator method was! He even offered to trade his Rubik's brand 3x3 (which was the worst Rubik's brand cube I've ever turned) for my Valk Elite M. This was by far my cringiest encounter with a mor- non-cuber.
 
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Thecubingcuber347 said:
Somebody asked me if I had a "Four-cube" yesterday, I didn't think non-cubers actually said that I assumed even an incompetent mind of a mere mortal could see it's a 2x2. The child also asked if he could solve mine, he then said he couldn't figure it out because there was no black on it, A.K.A stickerless. While scrambling it he asked me how many steps(???) I was doing. He then told his brother, "You just need to do Left, Right, Up, Down. He also questioned what the Fluffy Alligator method was! He even offered to trade his Rubik's brand 3x3 (which was the worst Rubik's brand cube I've ever turned) for my Valk Elite M. This was by far my cringiest encounter with a mor- non-cuber.
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the dnf master said:
"How fast can you solve that cube?"
"10 seconds"
"Show me"
*Solves cube in ten seconds*
"Ha, what a nerd"

Happened to me quite a few times before
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that gets in my nerves.
but even worst is

- "how fast can you solve?"
- "16ish seconds"
- "wow! what's the world record?"
- "3seconds"
- "wow you're so slooow"

that's why I avoid solving the cube in front of people I don't know
 
I am the fastest cuber in class so people ask a bunch of questions to me now and then.
One time I was just casually solving my friends cube. A girl tells me she can do it in about 3 minutes. So I tell her my average and she is amazed (Common experience)
She wonders how hard it is (Combination-wise) and like any other cuber would do, I say 43 quintillion.
The next triggering thing she said was, "OH mY gOsh DO yOU meMorIzE eVerY sINglE cOmbiNations??" o.o
So I laugh at her face and explain the logics of us speedcubers.
 
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oh yeah, ive had some encounters at school.

on like the 5th day of school i brought my megaminx to PE as we were just setting up lockers and stuff, and my gym teacher is literally dumbfounded by my cube (if anyone says "wElL AcTuAlLy ItS a DoDecaHedroN" i will start to cry) and then he tries to turn it. he gets interested and i show him the magnets in the yuhu v2 (phenomenal dodecahedron :p ) and he thinks its cheating. wat??

another time i let someone use my 4x4, and 2 pieces popped (it has terrible turning), the center and one of the smaller inner mechanism. not even joking this dude goes full panic like hes having an asthma attack and a stroke at the same time. he was profusely apologizing a lot until i put it together. if i was a non cuber i would be pretty surprised too, but not like hyperventilating
 
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