Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[theace]

they don't let me scramble the cube. They think i'll just undo the scramble. So, they take the cube, take forever to scramble it and expect me to take longer.

 

[Owen]

"You'll never beat the Asian record!" (I just checked, and he "Asian record" is 7.88)

 

[Laurentius]

Every time we get visitors daddy runs up to my room and fetches the cube and gives it to me and tells our visitors "Look! Look!" and I'm like :fp and solve it and they're like OMG WTF DID YOU DO? CAN I SCRAMBLE IT? CAN I TRY?

And after 10 minutes of that they want to watch me solve it again and are either like "Jesus christ" or "Wow that was cool" and then my dad ALWAYS tells a story about how when he was young he was just doing random turns and looked at the cube and saw it was in a solved state. :fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp I just shoot myself in the balls every time this happens

 

[Asianlikekevin]

The stupidest thing I heard my friend say is: "I tried Kevin's rubik's cube thing, it's so hard!" And she's a girl... -_-

Also, when they're like "lube"? You gross.

 

[penfold1992]

or when they say "can i scramble it" then turn face by face instead of using one finger to turn the layers with ease. and when they finished "scrambling" you think i coulda done a better job in 3s.. lol

 

[Edward]

or when they say "can i scramble it" then turn face by face instead of using one finger to turn the layers with ease. and when they finished "scrambling" you think i coulda done a better job in 3s.. lol

You guys are all stupid. Do you think a non-cuber is going to magically learn fingertricks?

@AsianLikeKevin: Just wtf are you talking about? Was that like, sexual or something?

 

[RCTACameron]

they don't let me scramble the cube. They think i'll just undo the scramble. So, they take the cube, take forever to scramble it and expect me to take longer.

They say "I'll scramble it really well!", and then they hand it back to you, and they haven't done it well at all.

Also, this is something that always happens to me:

Non-cuber: Can I scramble your Rubik's Cube?
Me (reluctantly): Okay...
The non-cuber then turns their back to you, and checks that you can't see the cube. They do 40 degrees of a R', then turn it back. They then turn around, hold the cube up, and triumphantly say "Solved!". :fp

 

[Lorken]

I hate being called fast when I am not. Makes me feel like I'm taking credit for something I didn't do. I hate the "I just peel the stickers off" thing, I highly doubt most of those people have even held a cube. But I used to when I was like 8 on my dads old cube, he had it for so long and I ended up completely destroying it. I feel so bad now because I'd be so pissed off if someone did that to mine.

 

[QCcuber4]

I read about someone earlier in the convo stating he hates cubing in public cuz he doesnt like the attention.

I cube in public, and i think any cuber should. Surely most questions and comments are "annoying" but thats the whole point of cubing in public, Some people actually ask REAL questions, and want to learn. I've met plenty. I think we should always try cubing in public simply to make cubing more popular, inducing an increase in general cubing knowledge (makes no sense i know) so that perhaps in 20 years, 50% of the world population actually would know about the WCA. like, being at a competition, but anywhere you go, people walking casually as they OH, friends BLDing at mcdonalds and people not giving a **** about it. parents OHing on the freeway as they drive their children to school. Rubik's cube shops on every street corner.... wouldnt that be the awesomenessest thing in the world?

no really, cube in public, it gets you girls.

 

[penfold1992]

no really, cube in public, it gets you girls.

teach us oh mighty one!

no i have a girlfriend but i definatly didnt get her by cubing. or playing computer games.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Some kid broke my Meffert's megaminx. He said, "Oops. Well, it's only a dollar, it's not that big of a deal."

I show people my stackmat and they say, "Hey, solve it. I'll time you." Why can't I just time myself?

My doctor calls it something weird. Like, Crubix Trube, or something like that.

 

[Gollum999]

My doctor calls it something weird. Like, Crubix Trube, or something like that.

I think it's pretty funny when people get the name wrong. Well, I can understand getting "Rubik's" wrong, but how can you mess up "cube"?

 

[Ranzha]

Every time we get visitors daddy runs up to my room and fetches the cube and gives it to me and tells our visitors "Look! Look!" and I'm like :fp and solve it and they're like OMG WTF DID YOU DO? CAN I SCRAMBLE IT? CAN I TRY?

And after 10 minutes of that they want to watch me solve it again and are either like "Jesus christ" or "Wow that was cool" and then my dad ALWAYS tells a story about how when he was young he was just doing random turns and looked at the cube and saw it was in a solved state. :fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp I just shoot myself in the balls every time this happens

BE CAREFUL with the facepalms.

 

[TheMachanga]

Every time we get visitors daddy runs up to my room and fetches the cube and gives it to me and tells our visitors "Look! Look!" and I'm like :fp and solve it and they're like OMG WTF DID YOU DO? CAN I SCRAMBLE IT? CAN I TRY?

And after 10 minutes of that they want to watch me solve it again and are either like "Jesus christ" or "Wow that was cool" and then my dad ALWAYS tells a story about how when he was young he was just doing random turns and looked at the cube and saw it was in a solved state. :fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp I just shoot myself in the balls every time this happens

BE CAREFUL with the facepalms.

Careful I was banned once because of that.

 

[theace]

I know this chick who keeps calling it a cubic crube

 

[buelercuber]

I know this chick who keeps calling it a cubic crube

or when everyone merges the "an" in the whole name.

"oh can you solve the anarubik's cube?"
:fp:fp i die a bit when peolpe say that. or anything cube stupid for that fact.

 

[hawkmp4]

I know this chick who keeps calling it a cubic crube

or when everyone merges the "an" in the whole name.

"oh can you solve the anarubik's cube?"
:fp:fp i die a bit when peolpe say that. or anything cube stupid for that fact.

I hear that too, but it doesn't make any sense - calling it 'an Rubik's Cube' is just incorrect, and the people that say 'anarubik's' would recognise it as incorrect. I don't get it.

 

[aronpm]

:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp I just shoot myself in the balls every time this happens

Go ahead and keep doing that.

 

[buelercuber]

I know this chick who keeps calling it a cubic crube

or when everyone merges the "an" in the whole name.

"oh can you solve the anarubik's cube?"
:fp:fp i die a bit when peolpe say that. or anything cube stupid for that fact.

I hear that too, but it doesn't make any sense - calling it 'an Rubik's Cube' is just incorrect, and the people that say 'anarubik's' would recognise it as incorrect. I don't get it.

it's just.....what is this I don't even.

 

[Senkoy]

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Well, usually they're lying and just trying to make themselves look good

I doubt it. I figured out how to do one side as a child. It's pretty easy, I doubt they'd be lying about one side. Now if they say 2 or more i'm doubtful.

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Somewhat cubers are frowned upon on the speedsolving forum.

Great. That's a fantastic way to get more people in cubing, turning away anyone who's becoming interested.