Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[einstein00]

guy: (referring to how I learned to solve) Did you look it up on the internet?
me: yeah.
guy: so how exactly did you do it?
me: well, you look for certain patterns and then do a set of moves depending on which pattern you see
guy: damn. someone needs to get a life. and a job. i mean, who would sit down and find out every single pattern there is on a rubik's cube...

 

[Nestor]

"Woah man howd you make your cube turn so fast? Did you put WD40 in it?"

I actually did this to my first ($1 one) cube :fp

 

[ariasamie]

I actually did this to my first ($1 one) cube :fp

we all have done this!

 

[Cool Frog]

we all have done this!

Nope.
But, I did spray WD-40 in my eye once.

 

[ElectricDoodie]

we all have done this!

I haven't. I looked online before putting anything in my cube, to know what to do and what not to do.

 

[Vinny]

we all have done this!

Actually I never did... I used to use this speed bearing lube called BSB Quiklube. It even worked better than Maru Lube. But Lubix is still superior.

 

[ianography]

Ok.
Now I'll wait to see if he answers my question.

can we please just say im a moron and move on?

 

[ElectricDoodie]

can we please just say im a moron and move on?

Lol, deal.

 

[ianography]

Lol, deal.

thank you.

 

[Ordos_Koala]

My teacher finds me solving the cube during class. She tells me to put it away, but I can't stand an unsolved cube, so I solve it OH, while taking notes. (kinda off-topic)

happened to me too and once when i just scrambled it when techer noticed, i put it away, when she looked away, i solved it and put it on that place again

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

On My Megaminx in college, almost at last layer...

Friend: Thats a very confused look you've got, are you stuck??
(25 seconds later [All corners already O/P'd])
Friend: Oh OK, maybe not a confused look then...

 

[TheJCube]

Dad: Is that your new megachinkclinks?
Me: My megaminx?

 

[ianography]

Dad: Is that your new megachinkclinks?
Me: My megaminx?

parents, in my opinion, are the funniest.

 

[kpcube]

grandma: why do you solve that all the time?
me: To get faster
grandma: Oh... then why are you turning so slow?
me: practice
grandma: why would you practice turning slow if you wanted to get faster?... And anyway you'll never get faster turning that slow
me:.... :fp

 

[irontwig]

What, that's a really valid question.

 

[kpcube]

Its more in the way she asked that was funny...... oh... haha forgot to type the last part. Fixed

 

[theace]

Dad: Is that your new megachinkclinks?
Me: My megaminx?

Lol'd so hard...

Today on the train, after a sub 25 average: How do you do it? It's supposed to be impossible right?

:fp:

 

[Edward]

grandma: why do you solve that all the time?
me: To get faster
grandma: Oh... then why are you turning so slow?
me: practice
grandma: why would you practice turning slow if you wanted to get faster?... And anyway you'll never get faster turning that slow
me:.... :fp

>cubers looking down on non-cubers because non-cubers don't understand certain concepts
>these are concepts which have to be learned, not always common sense

Seriously, some of these posts are ridiculous. And to the post I quoted: How is she supposed to know going slow can help you go faster?(those words go against what most people know logically. Go slow to go fast? That's like falling down to jump up) And you're face-palm makes it look like you were annoyed with her, not that it was funny.

 

[theace]

>cubers looking down on non-cubers because non-cubers don't understand certain concepts
>these are concepts which have to be learned, not always common sense

Seriously, some of these posts are ridiculous. And to the post I quoted: How is she supposed to know going slow can help you go faster?(those words go against what most people know logically. Go slow to go fast? That's like falling down to jump up) And you're face-palm makes it look like you were annoyed with her, not that it was funny.

Go slow to go fast is a concept that is applicable pretty much everywhere in life, not just cubing. It applies to playing musical instruments, writing neatly, basketball, and pretty much anything that requires speed to be coupled with dexterity and look ahead.

 

[Rinfiyks]

Go slow to go fast? That's like falling down to jump up

I'd say it's jumping up not very high to jump up high.