peterbat
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He probably was only talking about the stupid and dishonest jocks at his school. I'm sure he doesn't have any beef with any of the smart, morally fibrous jocks.
But I could be wrong.
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He probably was only talking about the stupid and dishonest jocks at his school. I'm sure he doesn't have any beef with any of the smart, morally fibrous jocks.
But I could be wrong.
AREScuber
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everybody laughs at me except for the one kid who was there when i started to speedcube and he started after. Ethan Rosen goes to my school and when we had activity fair (shows off the clubs) people were talking about the cubing club in a negative way and making fun of Ethan and i thats why i don't bring cubes to school
michaellahti
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I really get a variety of reactions from people. Some people say 'Wow! Man, you're a f-ing genius!' Other times people just stare at the cubes with their mouths wide open. But I've only had a couple of people say that my cubes were lame, and ironicly (and hypocritically) one of them asked me to teach them a few days later. My favorite though is when some guy saw me and offered to pay my way through college... lol
Hakan
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That reminds me of a funny story.
I was sitting with my friends at a table, eating, talking etc. Another guy who was apparently a friend of one of the guys sitting at the table, also joined us. When I finished my lunch, I took out my cube. I started cubing. Did some solves, etc. The guy started laughing and insulting me, like most idiots do, claiming that I have no life. I remained calm and answered all of his stupid questions.
"Don't you have any hobbies?" he asked. I firmly replied "This is my hobby."
All of my friends listened to our discussion, and when the guy finally said "Oh well, I have people as friends", they all took out their cubes and started cubing.
The guy was flabbergasted, stood up and walked away.
He never made eye contact with me again.
Summary; If you cube, make sure you have cool friends who cube.
I was sitting with my friends at a table, eating, talking etc. Another guy who was apparently a friend of one of the guys sitting at the table, also joined us. When I finished my lunch, I took out my cube. I started cubing. Did some solves, etc. The guy started laughing and insulting me, like most idiots do, claiming that I have no life. I remained calm and answered all of his stupid questions.
"Don't you have any hobbies?" he asked. I firmly replied "This is my hobby."
All of my friends listened to our discussion, and when the guy finally said "Oh well, I have people as friends", they all took out their cubes and started cubing.
The guy was flabbergasted, stood up and walked away.
He never made eye contact with me again.
Summary; If you cube, make sure you have cool friends who cube.
MichaelP.
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I'm only talking about the jocks at my school.
cubeninjaIV
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A few fags I know who pick on me, but they hated me before i cubed anyway.
Other than that most people are just like "cool".
However im not about to try it at high school because i dont want to be labeled the nerd in the first month of school.
Other than that most people are just like "cool".
However im not about to try it at high school because i dont want to be labeled the nerd in the first month of school.
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I'm with you.
I'll how things go, and then I'll decide.
Deciding immediately is stoopid, liek gravity.
Most people at my school say I'm either a genius or even more of a nerd than i already am.
I've been telling some people the "gameplan" to the Beginner's Method in that I tell them what I'm doing, not getting into any detail and without saying algorithms.
People are amazed even at that point, so I stop.
I gives me self-esteem knowing that even the most basic things (like the cross, as one person asked me what it was for, which not many people actually GO OVER) can be the most influential thing of a person's day.
Tim Major
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"Dumb" and gay. I get gay alot, but rarely dumb. I get alot of nerd, but then I remind them I've represented my state in 3 different sports. (Only half the truth though.)I've represented Victoria in soccer and cricket, but showed AFL to some NSW people, so I represented my state for that, as AFL should be called VFL
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JTW2007
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Yeah, I get laughed at all the time. So what?
What's the fun of going to an all boys school? hmm?
Lol i see this thread the day some guy brings a keychain cube and I solve it. I was all like Asian Skillz so nobody laughed at me. Also if people see you bring your cube then they'll laugh it you, but if you solve one else's cube for fun they won't laugh just don't bring your cube. But I'm bringing mine on nerd day which is next week.
MichaelP.
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It's a really good private school, and we have a sister school and parties and their are football/ lacrosse cheerleaders.
anythingtwisty
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No fair.
I find the way you present the cube really affects one's perception of it. If you go into detail, explaining that there are these "algorithms" and use jargon, people will be turned off quickly. If you remain vague until specifically asked to go into further detail, people will like it a lot more. I also don't recommend doing it in class(during lectures), as learning is more important and people will think "haha, what a nerd, he's solving a Rubik's cube and he got it taken away. HA HA". If you really want to solve during school/class, do it during your free time, or after you have completed the work for the class.
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Wimp. Ethan's a hero. By not bringing your cubes to school, you're leaving him alone to suffer from the idiots who have the nerve to make fun of another's hobbies. Nice job, I bet Ethan really appreciates it. [/harshrant]
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People don't laugh at me. They're usually impressed by my solving. I'll have to wait until high school to see if it's always like that though.
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endless_akatsuki
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People don't laugh at me for cubing, because I don't really cube so much. anyway, I'm not the sort of guy that gets laughed at. There's just nothing to laugh at about me, unless I'm trying to be funny. (Unless they're teasing me about...something else)
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Ethan Rosen
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I don't remember this at all but Ok...
JTW2007
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Hey, maybe that's why I get laughed at. I'm naturally the kind of guy who would get laughed at a lot.
HowSuneIsNow
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I had a crazy old lady yell at me for being stupid and selfish and that my life was going nowhere. She's kind fo infamous for this sort of stuff.
Weston
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I got like 15-20 people in my school into cubing because I always cube during my breaks. The is even another person there that's sub 20 now!
So since there are so many cubers at my school, i started a club and now there are even more.
So since there are so many cubers at my school, i started a club and now there are even more.
Thomas09
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The same thing happened to me except it was more like the entire Year 8 and half of Year 7. I've even got dumbass "Lads" doing it (some of which can). This can be a burden because they're like "gimme your cube", and I'm like "errr, didn't bring it today". And I've said it before; I REIGN THE CUBE AT SCHOOLI got like 15-20 people in my school into cubing because I always cube during my breaks. The is even another person there that's sub 20 now!
So since there are so many cubers at my school, i started a club and now there are even more.
As for people laughing at me, they don't. Its much more they admire me for being so fast (26 seconds isn't all that fast, is it?).
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