You Know your cubing too long when....

You know your cubing too long when..
# ...you don't mind talking about your favourite lube.

# ...you memorize the problem numbers of your math homework to train for BLD.
# ...you have a cube right infront of you when you read this.
# ...you solve the cube in 9 seconds with a last-layer skip, but don't realize that it's solved until 4 seconds later, then you wake up.
# ...you have enough stickers to out last the cube it self.
# ...your stackmat has more craters than the moon.
# ...you watch "The Pursuit of Happiness" just for the scene with the cube in it
# ...you suddenly wake up when a teacher begins to talk about a cube of 3 by 3
# ...you try to hit the stackmat pads, without having a stackmat next to you!
# ...you post messages on this.
-Pembo (11/11/2007)
# ...you create a page for submission of 'You know you've been cubing too long when...' quotes. (Ha! Take that, Pembo!)
# ...you can't bear to see an unsolved cube.
# ...you take a Rubik's cube to summer camp and drive everyone crazy.
# ...you discuss the optimal temperature for cubing.
# ...you are learning new algorithms when you should be doing your homework.
# ...you sit at home and wonder why you don't have a girlfriend.
# ...you try to spell words with algorithm notation
# ...you trim your nails just because you don't want to peel the stickers
# ...you can solve a cube faster normally then un-doing the scramble
# ...the part under your nail starts to bleed when applying tiles
# ...you start a small cubing business at your school
# ...you have a group decidated to cubers
# ...you're spending time on a site thinking about cubing when you should be studying for a math test because your midterm is terrible
# ...you bring 5 cubes to school
# ...you're not ashamed to talk about rubik's cubes
# ...you enter the sunday contest with crossed fingers in hopes to win that lovely set of stickers
# ...you have names for your cubes
# ...you have more than one rubik's cube
# ...you cube while you're sick in bed
# ...there are old stickers on your monitor, speakers, desk, wall, car,
# ...anytime you are asked to write a memo, take notes, or do homework, it all comes out as a sketch of a cube.
# ...Whenver you hear the word "cube", you get excited.
# ...you start doing algorithms without the cube
# ...you have the temptation to take the cube away from someone who is struggling to get even one colour
# ...you zone out and people say the word "rubik's cube
# ...you submit a "You know you've been cubing too long when" quote so fast you forget to put your name on it ^^.
# ...you decide how good a song is by seeing how fast you can solve the cube while listening to the song.
# ...you're too busy to sit at home and wonder why you don't have a girlfriend.
# ...you are a bigger fan of the Petrus method than you are of the Macintosh.
# ...you talk about it everyday
# ...you spent money on cubes/cube related things when you have to pay bills
# ...All your 3x3x3s look alike to outsiders but you have 10 different ways to distinguish them from each other.
# ...you base your restaurant-choice on the quality of the lighting
# ...You cube in a public place and then get ready to solve the cube when you realize the solving is an amazing solve and you wait ALL the way to when you get home to time it.
# ...Cubing just becomes another bodily function and people say, "OH GOD he just cubed!"
# ...you ask the librarian to get a book on how to solve the cube
# ...you can instantly recognize a +2 penalty after a solve
# ...you have a box/shelf/bag dedicated to twisty puzzles.
# ...you suscribe to every cube related youtuber you can find.
# ...the only websites you can think of visiting are related to the cube.
# ...you hang out in cube chatrooms.
# ...you participate actively in cubing groups/forums.
# ...you actually HAVE a favorite lube.
# ...you have a box, shelf, and bag dedicated to twistypuzzles.
# ...you constantly check eBay for puzzle auction updates.
# ...you're reading this page.
# ...you read each one of these and smile while nodding your head.
# ...you casually talk about cubing celebrities and how they did in the most recent competition.
# ...you embroider your favorite blindfold with your initials.
# ...the teacher tells you to put your cube away every single class
# ...you're worried if other people on the school bus get annoyed because you solve your cube every bus ride home
# ...you time yourself to see how long it takes you to assemble a cube
# ...You take your cube in the bathroom with you...
# ...you can't keep track of how many times your cube has been solved
# ...you actually TAKE the cube from someone who is struggling and solve it
# ...your desktop background is the photo of a cube
# ...when you use Cube as a substantive, a verb, an adjective, an adverb and even as a preposition
# ...you relish the smell of freshly applied lubricant.
# ...you start creating your own cubing terms and acronyms.
# ...everything you own is bright yellow, white, red, blue, orange, and/or green.
# ...you confess to having been cubing too long
# ...your friends stop talking to you.
# ...you switch to OH when you transfer to a crowded train and have to hold onto a bar with one hand.
# ...you start to read pages on the internet about cubing.
# ...you have a special cube you only do in the shower.
# ...You have a playlist on your Ipod called "Fast cube music:
# ...Nothing makes you more mad than people who say "It's just random moves," or "I always peel the stickers off
# ...you spend more time on cubing forums than facebook and myspace combined.
# ...you realize that everything you asked for for your birthday was a twisty puzzles
# ...you try to make your statement on this page grammatically correct, changing nearly the whole sentence until it is completely different from the original, and still wrong
# ...you start to crave bigger magics.
# ...you realized that square-1 in front of you has been looking lonely.
# ...all your pants are loose enough so that you can hold at least one cube in each pocket.
# ...You couldn't care less about renaisance art, yet you consider an Eastsheen 5x5 mechanism a work of art
# ...the only thing you look forward to in a day is cubing.
# ...you have a cube keychain attached to your cell phone
-jt
# ...you blame your hand cramps on wanking because you're ashamed
# ...you can remember your 16 digit credit card number, expiry date, and 3 digit security code for purchasing cubes online.
# ...your vacations are planned around a competition
# ...you cancel important matches of your other sport to go to cube meetings
# ...you know what are they going to say when they ask "Have you already watched...?"
# ...speedcubing.com is your homepage
# ...the curious compound term "Master Magic" does not disturb you the least.
# ...you consider your algs to have personalities.
# ...you have a cube at your desk at work, in your car, in your room, a different cube in each location so you dont have to bring a cube everywhere
# ...You teach all your friends a LBL method
# ...You sleep with your cube beside you
# ...You solve the cube without your hands
# ...Your calander is a Rubik's Cube
# ...Before a fire drill at school, you take your cube from your bag into your pocket, rather than things like your cell phone or iPod. Just in case there's a real fire you have your priorities set
# ...you take at least five different cubes when you go on a two day trip
# ...you forget all your algorithms when you sign up for a competition
# ...you solve the cube while talking to someone (and without breaking eye contact)
# ...you do one-handed cubing while eating oatmeal.
# ...You have memorized all the colors on the Rubik's cube and know where the colors are relative to each other.
# ...you'd be willing to start a civil war over color scheme.
# ...Your teachers class lessons to you are now just heard as "Click CLICK CLICK, Click Click Click Exponents Click."
# ...your girlfriend breaks up with you and you wonder, " I wonder if she'll give me my cube i gave to her back..??"
# ...you suggest to your wife " You know,, We COULD use more cubes in the bedroom.."
# ...When you hear Beijjing 2008, you think of the competition, not the Olympics
# ...you don't have motivation to learn new stuff anymore
# ...you use the cube for every graphic design class assignment
# ...you write things like RUR'U' on the edge of your school books.
# ...you hope for a lucky case to get faster if you have overslept.
# ...You start to make jokes using the terms F2L, OLL, and PLL.
# ...you write a Constitution to Rubik Cubism Land.
# ...you joke in government class about how cubes have many colors and orientations when discussing civil rights.
# ...you cube one-hand on the bus.
# ...your teachers confiscated your cube like 100 times
# ...when you wonder whether to cube your square 1s or square your cubes.
# ...you've read this entire list...
# ...faster than harris chan
# ...you're asked to pick a number and you'd pick 42, 57, or 21.
# ...Each wall in your room is a different color.
# ...you use say "OLL" instead of "LOL".
# ...Your cube broke many times and you had to replace cubes and parts many times
# ...you invented a sign language based on cube turns and Algorithms
# ...people start to tell you that you need help for cube addiction
# ...you even have an alternate 'take-everywhere practice cube.'
# ...you do all your school projects about rubik's cubes
# ...R2D2 doesn't make you think of Star Wars anymore.
# ...you only see white, red, blue, orange, green and yellow.
# ...you think of the Rubik's Cube, when some one mentions the Nintendo GameCube.
# ...you have ranked yellow, white, red, blue, orange, and green from most favorite to least favorite.
# ...you instinctively try to stop the timer every time you see a solved cube.
# ...you'll only date a girl who wears 6 different colors of makeup.
# ...You consider everything to have layers, not sides
# ...You have nightmares of getting all DNFs for BLD in a competition
# ...you try to do everything fast, including tying your shoes, opening locks, and dialing numbers.
# ...your desktop picture on your computer is a big cube.
# ...you attempt to BLD during class by doing the cube in your pocket so that the teacher can't see it.
# ...you constantly complain about how stiff your cube is even though you've never seen a better cube except on youtube.
# ...you know most of the people on this list ( not personally, but know their cube records and youtube page, etc.
# ...you constantly cube, but stop getting PBs every week. (Hasn't happen to me yet!)
# ...your girlfriend asks you to go out with her without your cube.
# ...You can't wait for Mátyás Kuti's new records.
# ...you have a cube for ever occasion. ie: OH cube, tournament cube,
# ...you've added to this list.
# ...your entire Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar is comprised of cubing links.
# ...Your parents always know where you are from the "clicking"
# ...You type OLL instead of lol on a text message, instant message, etc.
# ...you think of Magic as the puzzle, not the card game.
# ...you sleep with your cubes
# ...you can't go a day without solving a cube
# ...you can't bear looking at an unsolved cube
# ...you start hugging/kissing/carressing your cubes
# ...all you think about is cubes
# ...you started a club at your school devoted to twisty puzzles.
# ...you can accomplish various household tasks with your mouth/head/elbows so you can cube.
# ...you read this list and realized you need to cube more.
# ...When a cube pops during a solve, instead of picking up the pieces, you simply get another cube from your desk.
# ...You have music exclusively for cubing
# ...Your teacher tells you can take the course for free if you leave your cube at home
# ...You've invented your own method for solving the cube...o.O
# ...You screw up an algorithm but you're going so fast you dont realise it until you think your done
-Isagani Esteron (21/1/2008)
# ...you try to relearn better algs ( thanks, Lucas, your PLLs are the best I've found)
# ...you memorized the top 10 times of each event
# ...you've read through the whole page more than once
# ...You understood ever acronym on this page
# ...You've named each cube you own based off their personality.
# ...when you try to solve cubes in your head but you realize its a wrong mix-up
# ...when you look for a reason why you bring your cube everywhere
# ...you only wear cargo pants so you can carry around cubes in your pockets.
# ...you put the cube down then pick it up again a second later
# ...your name is Lucas Garron
# ...A, U, J, H, T and G remind you of algorithms instead of letters
# ...Your father says it's an unhealthy obsession
# ...you get excited from hearing the word blindfold
# ...You go OH when Driving
# ...you come back to this page every few days to check what others say about cube addictions.
# ...you do ROF2L.
# ...you solve using different methods (K4, reduction, cage; Fridrich, Petrus, Roux; Guimond,) depending on your mood.
# ...you stay up at midnight memorizing algorithms and comparing which
# ...you subscribe to every cubist you can find on youtube.
# ...girls are more attracted to your cubes than to you.
# ...you think that Cuba is cube and Fidel Castro is the Commutator (communist dictator) and you plan to make a youtube video about it.
# ...you feel that you are really slow and people complain that you are going too fast when you are teaching them how to cube.
# ...you can nol onger do the beginner method, you always accidentally do F2L
# ...You know over 4 algorithms for the Z perm and none of them are the standard alg.
# ...your twisty puzzles stop being cubes and start being other shapes.
# ...you consider suicide when someone takes your favorite cube and drops it on the gound
# ...you bring your rubik's cube to bed
# ...you record any show that has, mentions, or shows someone solving a rubik's cube
# ...you understand cubing jokes and they make you laugh
# ...the word `solve` reminds you of a cube being solved
-Sarah Strong (9/8/2008)
# ...you want to severly injure people who say "how can you solve it with a blindfold on if you can't see it?"
# ...you understand phrases like "double superman front back front back"
# ...the spacebar on your computer keyboard gets jammed because you hit it too much when using Jnetcube
# ...you have a crush on another cuber

dami ba? http://cube.garron.us/misc/too_long.htm I'm tired..[i]

ang haba naman nito! mahirap!

waw!!!...ang taas tlga..hehe...medyo na hit ako dun aah..^^..

wow halos tama lahat ng prediction

tulad ng pagcucube habang nasa shower
binasa lahat ito
R2D2 is not about starwars

ang di lang totoo ay
teacher confiscated your cube like 100 times
OLL

Astig! parang cube adict na ang gumagawa nay ang haba...
Parehas tayo cube addict

may isa pa..

you know your cubing too long when
#- you can create that very very long topic!!!

nahahalata ang addict.. hehe

OLL

Hwoarang wrote:may isa pa..

you know your cubing too long when
#- you can create that very very long topic!!!

nahahalata ang addict.. hehe

OLL

onga eh.. hehe.. nag aapply kaya lahat yun sa kanya..? hehe

mas addict ang gumawa nito kung sauldao nya lahay yan
OLL

Haha OLL(LOL)!!

WTH! anhaba pero guilty ako sa lahat!!!!! wahahahah.

To DevilMayCry:

R2D2 is the little robot in the star wars that assists the jedi knights.

haha! ang haba nman!
pero astig! lhat n ata nkalagay d2 e..

Look at the link

Ang gumawa nito... dine describe lang nya sarili nya... hehhehe... joke! peace tol. tama halos lahat ah, the others are well.... creepy. hahahaha. ^^ pero nice compilation. ^^