Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[krazedkat]

"I'm trying to make it so none of the same colours are on the same side"

Lol.. There are 6 colours and nine stickers on a side ...

 

[PEZenfuego]

"Let me see that"

Proceeds to walk up to random person and brag about how he/she solved it.



"All you have to do is memorize a pattern."


"Don't watch me mix it up!"


I think it would be slightly more impressive to remember 80 moves that were executed and successfully reverse them in my mind to solve it. lol.



Dude, if you let me see that I can solve it in like 10 minutes.

 

[Rudinie]

The one that anoyes me the most is this one:
"I used to know how to do this in like one minute, but i haven't done it in a long time" so i give them the cube and they are not even able to make a cross or anything.

or
"oh, so it's just a question of memorizing a couple of tricks, pff, anyone can do that"

 

[TEGTaylor]

"Hey can you solve one of those"
"ya"
"Let me scramble it!,Wait NO LOOKING" ~7-12 minutes later~
"What took so long?"
"Well I tried to solve it and I solved a side!"
"........This is whats called a layer"

Another funny story-

On an LBL solve
"Wow dude you solved a side....ah c'mon you messed it up....O...M...G"

 

[ben1996123]

This is what people say to me during a fridrich solve:

(at this point, I am on the last layer, just finished F2L)

'Oh my god youre no where near done!!!'
'I am though, im on the 2nd to last step'
<does OLL>
'OMG!!! WTF MAN HOW DID YOU DO A SIDE SO FAST!!!'
'Its called OLL'
'Whats an OLL?'
'Orientation of the last layer'
'Dont get it'
'Making the last side the same colour'
'But you have got to do the other 5 first'
'Look'
<shows solved f2l>
'OMG WHEN DID YOU DO THAT!!!'
'It was the first bit'
'I didnt see you do that though, so if I didnt see it, it didnt happen'
'Yes it did, I just did it on the bottom'
'WOW YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH IT TO KNOW WHAT THE BOTTOM LOOKS LIKE!'
'No, I do this thing called 'looking at the bottom side''
'Die'
'No, I dont want to, but I think you would be really good at it'
<Shows solved cube>
'You peeled the stickers off'
'It has tiles'
'Ok, you painted the tiles'
'Do you see any paint?'
<Other person walks off>

 

[PEZenfuego]

One word gets me the most:


Uhrubix.

WTF is that?

 

[lilkdub503]

I went to summer camp and everyone was amazed-Sometimes there would be like 4 or 5 people staring at me, in complete awe. And then on the plane back to my hometown, I was doing H-perms and the guy next to me couldn't believe my fingers could do that. Although, slicing is sexy...

 

[endless_akatsuki]

I'm Asian, so I'm already...well, you know...

I now avoid cubing in public. People annoy me and then I feel bad.
That
"AZN BEAST!!!!"
and
"You are a Genius!!!"
and
"dang, no wonder you're in Algebra 2"

kind of stuff bothers me. Makes me feel like I'm deceiving them.

 

[Troy2421]

"HEY YOU'RE BREAKIN IT!!!" from my cousin when I took my 3x3 apart.
"What the ****!?" from the same cousin when I solved it infront of him
"Hey want some Tylenol?" from my mom when I was aching on the couch with a horrible headache from memorizing algorithims!
"HAHA THAT'S NOT SOLVED!!! Oh wait the sticker just came off..." from my other cousin because my white center piece had no sticker and looked black.

 

[GermanCube]

I got this from my Honors Chemistry teacher.
*free time*
*solving 4x4*
*Just begins centers* "You still haven't solved it?"
*finishes* "Wow, no wonder you're in honors" *mental facepalm*

*Bell rings*

Me: There are these things called algorithms that are just a set of moves that when repeated, performs a certain action" *Shows him the sexy move*

"Oh I see, are there others"? (Cubers)

"Yes, my friends who I taught and the guy who taught me"

"Wow they must all be in Honors, right?"

*Facepalm*

What is this "Honors" thing?

 

[tlm1992]

"Wow, you must get the best grades in school!" :fp

Them: Teach me!
Me: First, you make a cross on any side.
Them: What's a cross...?

those who are a bit smarter actually asks questions that aren't stupid, but the following question is stupid again...:
Them: How do you not mess it up whole solving?
Me: I use these things called algorithms.
Them: What's an algorithm?
Me: *turn around*...

 

[piemaster]

Them: Wow! How do you solve it!?!
Me: I use Saliva.
Them: *takes cube from my hands and puts saliva on it
Me: Dude you messed up my cube!
Them: I but I thought you said "messing it up" was mixing it.
Me: STFU!

 

[SaberSlash49]

What REALLY drives me insane, and once to the near point of pure madness is when one of my "friends" solves a cube in 3+ MINUTES, people are drooling at him. Then when I DO IT IN A SUB 50 they slap me, bully me, and a few blackmails for supposedly trying to harm other said person.

 

[Sa967St]

*puts $20 infront of me* ok... now do it blindfolded

 

[StachuK1992]

*puts $20 infront of me* ok... now do it blindfolded

No fair!
You should post the entire story, though. Not everyone's on facebook.

 

[zip_dog12]

This one has happened several times:

Non-cuber: *scrambles the cube*

Me: *solves the cube*

Non-cuber: "OMFG, he solved it! But I scrambled it really good!"

Then they'll either tell me to do it again or get a life. :fp

 

[ProfilesRubiks]

i've been getting this lately.
me : *pulls out megaminx*
them : WTF ? THATS FAKE !
me: ? how is it fake,it's right here in my hand.

 

[shelley]

i've been getting this lately.
me : *pulls out megaminx*
them : WTF ? THATS FAKE !
me: ? how is it fake,it's right here in my hand.

http://xkcd.com/331/

 

[shelley]

Alternate title for this thread: Cubers act superior and condescending toward non-cubers just because they haven't spent hours playing with a plastic toy.

"Wow, you must get the best grades in school!" :fp

Them: Teach me!
Me: First, you make a cross on any side.
Them: What's a cross...?

those who are a bit smarter actually asks questions that aren't stupid, but the following question is stupid again...:
Them: How do you not mess it up whole solving?
Me: I use these things called algorithms.
Them: What's an algorithm?
Me: *turn around*...

Why are those stupid? You can't expect everyone to automatically know what these terms mean in the context of cubing. In fact, you deserve the :fp for not properly explaining things.

If someone asks me to teach them, I don't jump straight into cube terminology. First I warn them the lesson will take maybe an hour. I tell them they may have to memorize a few sequences of moves, aka algorithms. I remind them of a few basic things about the cube (two types of pieces - corners and edges, centers never move wrt each other, etc.). I tell them there are several methods to solve the cube, and the basic layer by layer approach I'm about to show is just one of them. The things we take for granted as cubers aren't necessarily intuitive for everyone else. If they are still interested, then I explain how my first step is the cross. I show them what the cross is on my cube and how to get to it. That is how you teach.

 

[Paul Wagner]

Alternate title for this thread: Cubers act superior and condescending toward non-cubers just because they haven't spent hours playing with a plastic toy.

"Wow, you must get the best grades in school!" :fp

Them: Teach me!
Me: First, you make a cross on any side.
Them: What's a cross...?

those who are a bit smarter actually asks questions that aren't stupid, but the following question is stupid again...:
Them: How do you not mess it up whole solving?
Me: I use these things called algorithms.
Them: What's an algorithm?
Me: *turn around*...

Why are those stupid? You can't expect everyone to automatically know what these terms mean in the context of cubing. In fact, you deserve the :fp for not properly explaining things.

If someone asks me to teach them, I don't jump straight into cube terminology. First I warn them the lesson will take maybe an hour. I tell them they may have to memorize a few sequences of moves, aka algorithms. I remind them of a few basic things about the cube (two types of pieces - corners and edges, centers never move wrt each other, etc.). I tell them there are several methods to solve the cube, and the basic layer by layer approach I'm about to show is just one of them. The things we take for granted as cubers aren't necessarily intuitive for everyone else. If they are still interested, then I explain how my first step is the cross. I show them what the cross is on my cube and how to get to it. That is how you teach.

Uhm, to the first sentence of your statement. No? That isn't the idea at all just sharing experiences we've shared with people asking silly questions. In fact, people on this forum belittle other people on this forum because they ask silly questions.