cubing: not a game... a way of life?
Dang.. I haven't posted in a while.. I guess it's time for an entry.
As some of you may know, I went to a Rubik's cube competition this last weekend. While there, an interesting point was brought up by someone at lunch. He asked if I had friends who didn't cube, and what I did with them. I said like normal stuff... hanging out, playing games, longboarding, and it seemed obvious to me that you can do other things. But then he pointed out that a lot of the people there didn't seem to do much else than cube... And then I noticed it. Those people were cubing all the time. They cubed during the competitions when they weren't competing.. they cubed at night in the hotel lobby.. they cubed at the restaurants when they went out to eat... they cubed after the whole competition was over! There was never a time that weekend when there wasn't someone cubing! It made me kinda sad... but it also made me realize that a lot of the cubers that I know of I don't really know that well.. I don't know what else they do. I don't even know if they do much else... And then all the cool cubers that I hang out with do other things and are pretty much sick of cubing anyway... so yeah... cubing is getting less and less cool. Not that it was ever "cool" to begin with... just I don't remember people cubing all the time before. Maybe that's because I haven't really been to a long competition other than this one and last year... and last year there were the people who didn't cube all the time there. So... next time I see cubers.. I want to make sure I talk to them about something other than cubing.
As some of you may know, I went to a Rubik's cube competition this last weekend. While there, an interesting point was brought up by someone at lunch. He asked if I had friends who didn't cube, and what I did with them. I said like normal stuff... hanging out, playing games, longboarding, and it seemed obvious to me that you can do other things. But then he pointed out that a lot of the people there didn't seem to do much else than cube... And then I noticed it. Those people were cubing all the time. They cubed during the competitions when they weren't competing.. they cubed at night in the hotel lobby.. they cubed at the restaurants when they went out to eat... they cubed after the whole competition was over! There was never a time that weekend when there wasn't someone cubing! It made me kinda sad... but it also made me realize that a lot of the cubers that I know of I don't really know that well.. I don't know what else they do. I don't even know if they do much else... And then all the cool cubers that I hang out with do other things and are pretty much sick of cubing anyway... so yeah... cubing is getting less and less cool. Not that it was ever "cool" to begin with... just I don't remember people cubing all the time before. Maybe that's because I haven't really been to a long competition other than this one and last year... and last year there were the people who didn't cube all the time there. So... next time I see cubers.. I want to make sure I talk to them about something other than cubing.