You know you've been cubing for too long when... REBORN?

[Trzx299]

You know you've been cubing for too long when you want to grab a cube out of a non-cuber's hands and solve it.

 

[Seanliu]

at the 80 mark! Keep going!

 

[rjcaste]

You know you've been cubing for too long when you start spelling people's names instead of "Felix", "Feliks".
You know you've been cubing for too long when you start calling people named "Mat", "Mats"

 

[mark49152]

You know you've been cubing too long when you are asked.... cat is to dog as white is too... and you answer "yellow".

LOL, that's my favourite.

You know you've been cubing too long when someone tells you.

 

[dan41]

You know you've been cubing too long...:
* when you subscribe to speedsolving forum just to post a few more of these "You know you've been cubing too long..."
* when you want to lube your noob friend's crappy cube.
* when the traffic light's green and yellow should be replaced because they are not square.
* when the traffic light turns red and you can't wait to do that A perm as soon as you will have put them in the back.
* when you buy a 42mm because it is easier to carry in your jeans.
* when youtube ONLY suggests cubing videos.
* when you feel you cannot scramble randomly anymore, without going a minute at it
* when you unusually look at the cube while doing the PLL and are convinced you messed it up but it turns all right
* when you can undo a whole failed algo because you figured where you screwed up.

* when everything is wrong around you and you feel you could fix everything with an E perm.

 

[LarsN]

You know you've been cubing too long when you know why Frank Morris beats Chuck Norris every time.

 

[michaelcmelton]

^ over-kill much?

You know you've been cubing too long, when you know more about it than your degree..

True Story. Business Degree? What's that?

 

[Note]

You know you've been cubing for too long when you want to grab a cube out of a non-cuber's hands and solve it.

Yess.. all the time.. XD Especially when they run into an easy OLL or PLL for 3x3..

 

[Seanliu]

Yess.. all the time.. XD Especially when they run into an easy OLL or PLL for 3x3..

Exactly. Seriously, somebody got a easy T OLL (Sexy-Sledge) and he FRUR'U'F'd it.... ;(

 

[TDM]

Exactly. Seriously, somebody got a easy T OLL (Sexy-Sledge) and he FRUR'U'F'd it.... ;(

What's even worse is when they get the F sexy F' OLL but from a y2, and they start doing F sexy F'... I tell them not to and do a U2 before, and then after OLL they start using sune to permute edges... :fp

 

[guysensei1]

What's even worse is when they get the F sexy F' OLL but from a y2, and they start doing F sexy F'... I tell them not to and do a U2 before, and then after OLL they start using sune to permute edges... :fp

And also the pain when I see my friends get a ZBLL/OLS/random case I know. I sometimes pry the cube out of their hands and do the alg lol.
I try not to though.

 

[Seanliu]

And also the pain when I see my friends get a ZBLL/OLS/random case I know. I sometimes pry the cube out of their hands and do the alg lol.
I try not to though.

Thank god I don't know ZBLL. Also, the pain when my friend gets H-Perm (One of the only algs I can sub 1), and they do A-Perm twice.

Updated page. go to my website to see your suggestions!

 

[dan41]

To OLL-ostracizing subthread guys, it's getting old real fast. Remember you were beginners too; so you are basically laughing at yourselves as you were a while ago.

Perhaps instead of face-palming, you should offer help to beginners and let them be excited about discovering new easy ways to solve.

 

[guysensei1]

To OLL-ostracizing subthread guys, it's getting old real fast. Remember you were beginners too; so you are basically laughing at yourselves as you were a while ago.

Perhaps instead of face-palming, you should offer help to beginners and let them be excited about discovering new easy ways to solve.

'Here I'll teach you 2 look OLL!'
Aaaaand he's lost. And he doesn't want to Memorise 7 algorithms.

 

[maytagcuber34]

When people and friends start saying random chinese names for your cubes. My friend once called my Weilong V2 a Moyu Weilong Chingchong Tingtong

 

[dan41]

'Here I'll teach you 2 look OLL!'
Aaaaand he's lost. And he doesn't want to Memorise 7 algorithms.

LOL

The phrase you should use with a student: "it is feasible with effort & strategy".
Never say it easy nor hard, and ensure the strategy (among others) is suitable for the student (that's your role).

Here, I would not teach sequences of letters... I would switch strategy and show the moves: visual & execution learning. Especially for OLL's short sequences, it is much easier to remember. Have them do it 3 or 6 times in a row. One sequence at a time.

 

[guysensei1]

lol a* not and

edit your post please?

LOL

The phrase you should use with a student: "it is feasible with effort & strategy".
Never say it easy nor hard, and ensure the strategy (among others) is suitable for the student (that's your role).

Here, I would not teach sequences of letters... I would switch strategy and show the moves: visual & execution learning. Especially for OLL's short sequences, it is much easier to remember. Have them do it 3 or 6 times in a row. One sequence at a time.

It's very hard to teach someone who is (pretty much) mentally handicapped in spatial visualisation. I'm not even kidding. My friend has got some condition. But he'll get there someday I believe.

 

[Eduard Khil]

When you can't stand seeing an unsolved cube

 

[minstorm340]

When you take a break from cubing, but accidently pick up a 5x5 and don't realize until the 3rd solve

 

[Seanliu]

Alright. Updated.