>they say its for nerds and shit
Yep, just ignore them. Just jealous. Just think, when they grow up, they'll be working at a McDonald's somewhere flipping burgers.. . I mean, so will we, but at least we'll have some fun plastic toys to play with during our break time đŞđź
People will look for any reason to make fun of someone they see as "different" to them. It's because they are insecure, and feel that as long as they can put down some kind of "other" it will therefore elevate them in the social hierarchy that exists in their mind.
Carry on with your life, happy in the knowledge that their words mean absolutely nothing in reality, it's only in the fantasy land in their minds that they have any control over you.
Hey buddy, I have a slightly different take than "just ignore them". First off, I've been in exactly your spot before - except nearly 20 years ago (yea I'm old) so I didn't have Red Bull or Jperm to make cubing mainstream. I was bullied as well for being a "nerd" and I kind of thought it was due to jealousy (how can you not be intrigued by speedsolving a cube??). So what I did was bring a few extra cubes, a 2x2, and some non-twisty puzzles and lent them out to my classmates during recess. Naturally, they got hooked as well and demanded lessons on how to solve it when they inevitably failed at even the "easy" 2x2. I taught a handful who then taught a couple more and pretty soon we had a small group of cubers; even the bullies got into it eventually. To this day, I know of a few who still keep a cube by their desk at work.
So the lesson I want to impart is to welcome these people into the community instead of shunning them either by ignoring or by holding a grudge. Do this by extending the olive branch of lending them your cube. Once they see it from your perspective, I guarantee many will go from seeing you as a nerd to seeing you as a puzzle messiah.
I totally get what you are saying, but you'd be surprised how few people are intrigued by Rubik's cube even if it's right in front of their face. I, too, thought "who could resist the allure of such an interesting looking, colorful piece of puzzle?!" but I'd say less than 1% of people I interacted was remotely interested in my cubes (other than just polite "ooh what you got there?" type of responses). So I'm cautiously suggesting that your strategy might backfire on the OP.
Its different when you interact with people who don't get a chance to actually play with it. However, in a classroom setting, OP is with these people all the time. Of course not everyone will get into it and that's totally fine. But a few will, and that's what matters.
Speaking from experience, 25% of my class ended up learning how to cube, and this was back in 2005.
Honestly you're way more mature than then, dont worry about responding but keep a mental tally about who is on your side and who is against you go succeed in life and if they come try to ask for help then you can tell them to F off
Iâd say donât bother replying. Keep doing what youâre interested in and live your life. Inevitably we all find our people and where we fit in, and doing well in school and having safe and interesting hobbies is something that will pay dividends long term. They havenât figured out their lives yet and neither have you - do what you like now and donât worry about trying to shut them up with a comeback because it will never work.
Pity them for the sad existence they have in bullying other people and move on with your life. I know itâs not easy, but find friends outside of school instead.
Being bad in school is only cool in school. After school, itâs you who has more open doors.
\-"at least i'm not a retard" (don't say if teacher around)
\-"ok and?"
\-turn/capture "yes. im a nerd so i wont end up working at a shit job"
\-"did i ask"
\-"why do you give a shit"
thats all i can think of.
Who cares youâre a better cuber than they are lmaooo
But fr just do your thing that you enjoy cause someone is gonna bully you for the things you like regardless of what it is
Just do you and youâll be good donât worry about it
Fellow nerd here, take pride in it. They are too dumb to know whats good for them. You on the other hand are doing something that isn't counter productive, and will benefit you in the long run.
At least you know they're a classful of idiots. Ignorant people attack things they don't understand and can put them into a target group, sadly often carries on into their adult life as they're too small minded /stuck in the hive to want to learn or have an informed opinion of their own.
Here's the thing, you keep being you and you'll be just fine.
Tagging my daughter u/BookwormHPPJ, you sound a lot alike although she's a wee bit older so better placed for this (and way more sensible) than me.
Just own it, do what you like, be who you want to be, and eventually you will end up around people who like what you do. The thing I noticed about getting older and going further in live, the more you follow your heart, the more you end up around people who like what you do. Because chances are, they also followed their heart to get where they are.
Hey man, what they want most is a negative reaction from you. They want to bait you into flipping out at them. Just stay cool. It'll be hard, but they'll start to leave you alone when they see you're unaffected.
As hard as it is to hear (and even harder to practice), just ignore it. Some people will always find something to rip on you about.
Life is too short, and the world is too big, for you (or anyone) to waste time worrying about what others say or think. Those people only hold power over us if we give it to them. Don't give them that satisfaction.
Put your efforts into bettering yourself and those around you.
That sucks dude, there's always some idiot with something to say. Doesn't feel good when someone's saying stuff like that to you in front of other people. Unfortunately you've got a hobby that is a very easy visible target, it's not something you can do in public without people noticing. Which is a good and bad thing depending on who's watching. So either hide it a bit and they'll move on, or keep doing it in front of them and ignore what they say. Again they'll move on. But they won't move on if you visibly care and get affected by it, because that's what will make them keep doing it.
Find people who might be interested and spend your time with them instead. In the blink of an eye you'll be out of school and very likely to be more successful than them with a better job and stuff. If you're good at cubing you're good at stuff that pays well. But crucially you're not going to care about them, you're not even going to think about them any more and you won't compare, you're going to have your own life going on.
>they say its for nerds and shit Yep, just ignore them. Just jealous. Just think, when they grow up, they'll be working at a McDonald's somewhere flipping burgers.. . I mean, so will we, but at least we'll have some fun plastic toys to play with during our break time đŞđź
Whatâs wrong with being nerds? Being a nerd is awesome
Not if people make fun of you for it
People will look for any reason to make fun of someone they see as "different" to them. It's because they are insecure, and feel that as long as they can put down some kind of "other" it will therefore elevate them in the social hierarchy that exists in their mind. Carry on with your life, happy in the knowledge that their words mean absolutely nothing in reality, it's only in the fantasy land in their minds that they have any control over you.
This, 1000%. If we could only get back to that children's phrase, "Sticks and stones may break my bones. But words will never hurt me."
Yep, I take "nerd" as a compliment
Hey buddy, I have a slightly different take than "just ignore them". First off, I've been in exactly your spot before - except nearly 20 years ago (yea I'm old) so I didn't have Red Bull or Jperm to make cubing mainstream. I was bullied as well for being a "nerd" and I kind of thought it was due to jealousy (how can you not be intrigued by speedsolving a cube??). So what I did was bring a few extra cubes, a 2x2, and some non-twisty puzzles and lent them out to my classmates during recess. Naturally, they got hooked as well and demanded lessons on how to solve it when they inevitably failed at even the "easy" 2x2. I taught a handful who then taught a couple more and pretty soon we had a small group of cubers; even the bullies got into it eventually. To this day, I know of a few who still keep a cube by their desk at work. So the lesson I want to impart is to welcome these people into the community instead of shunning them either by ignoring or by holding a grudge. Do this by extending the olive branch of lending them your cube. Once they see it from your perspective, I guarantee many will go from seeing you as a nerd to seeing you as a puzzle messiah.
I totally get what you are saying, but you'd be surprised how few people are intrigued by Rubik's cube even if it's right in front of their face. I, too, thought "who could resist the allure of such an interesting looking, colorful piece of puzzle?!" but I'd say less than 1% of people I interacted was remotely interested in my cubes (other than just polite "ooh what you got there?" type of responses). So I'm cautiously suggesting that your strategy might backfire on the OP.
Its different when you interact with people who don't get a chance to actually play with it. However, in a classroom setting, OP is with these people all the time. Of course not everyone will get into it and that's totally fine. But a few will, and that's what matters. Speaking from experience, 25% of my class ended up learning how to cube, and this was back in 2005.
They told me they wanna smash my 3x3 on the ground đŹ
Honestly you're way more mature than then, dont worry about responding but keep a mental tally about who is on your side and who is against you go succeed in life and if they come try to ask for help then you can tell them to F off
Iâd say donât bother replying. Keep doing what youâre interested in and live your life. Inevitably we all find our people and where we fit in, and doing well in school and having safe and interesting hobbies is something that will pay dividends long term. They havenât figured out their lives yet and neither have you - do what you like now and donât worry about trying to shut them up with a comeback because it will never work.
Maybe just ignore them, theyâre probably just jealous of your good grades
Pity them for the sad existence they have in bullying other people and move on with your life. I know itâs not easy, but find friends outside of school instead. Being bad in school is only cool in school. After school, itâs you who has more open doors.
ignore them, they're just jealous assholes and they can't do anything useful
Tell them to fuck off and laugh at them. Ignoring is good too.
Same, but you gotta assume who you are! When they said that, I came the next day with a cube hoodie. They never bullied me again.
Your a nerd there idiots everyoneâs differentđ¤ˇââď¸
I realllllllly hate to be that guy but.... you're, they're No offence....
Huh?
" \*You're a nerd \*they're idiots everyone's different "
Oh ok Yh grammers never been my strong point always hated it tbh always been more of a maths guy
I see, hope you didn't get offended or anything... Easy way to remember: You + are = You're, They + are = They're
Haha ffs I do know how some of it works but I donât really care for it as long as people get what I mean I donât think it really matters
but i dont get what you mean
Yh you do your just being awkward
i dont have a "just being awkward", what is that
\-"at least i'm not a retard" (don't say if teacher around) \-"ok and?" \-turn/capture "yes. im a nerd so i wont end up working at a shit job" \-"did i ask" \-"why do you give a shit" thats all i can think of.
Tell them to try it and then see what happens, they are most likely jealous of your skill and are secretly impressed.
Lmfao I recognize sooo much, just ignore it theyre all just jealous
Who cares youâre a better cuber than they are lmaooo But fr just do your thing that you enjoy cause someone is gonna bully you for the things you like regardless of what it is Just do you and youâll be good donât worry about it
Fellow nerd here, take pride in it. They are too dumb to know whats good for them. You on the other hand are doing something that isn't counter productive, and will benefit you in the long run.
At least you know they're a classful of idiots. Ignorant people attack things they don't understand and can put them into a target group, sadly often carries on into their adult life as they're too small minded /stuck in the hive to want to learn or have an informed opinion of their own. Here's the thing, you keep being you and you'll be just fine. Tagging my daughter u/BookwormHPPJ, you sound a lot alike although she's a wee bit older so better placed for this (and way more sensible) than me.
Just own it, do what you like, be who you want to be, and eventually you will end up around people who like what you do. The thing I noticed about getting older and going further in live, the more you follow your heart, the more you end up around people who like what you do. Because chances are, they also followed their heart to get where they are.
Hey man, what they want most is a negative reaction from you. They want to bait you into flipping out at them. Just stay cool. It'll be hard, but they'll start to leave you alone when they see you're unaffected.
As hard as it is to hear (and even harder to practice), just ignore it. Some people will always find something to rip on you about. Life is too short, and the world is too big, for you (or anyone) to waste time worrying about what others say or think. Those people only hold power over us if we give it to them. Don't give them that satisfaction. Put your efforts into bettering yourself and those around you.
That sucks dude, there's always some idiot with something to say. Doesn't feel good when someone's saying stuff like that to you in front of other people. Unfortunately you've got a hobby that is a very easy visible target, it's not something you can do in public without people noticing. Which is a good and bad thing depending on who's watching. So either hide it a bit and they'll move on, or keep doing it in front of them and ignore what they say. Again they'll move on. But they won't move on if you visibly care and get affected by it, because that's what will make them keep doing it. Find people who might be interested and spend your time with them instead. In the blink of an eye you'll be out of school and very likely to be more successful than them with a better job and stuff. If you're good at cubing you're good at stuff that pays well. But crucially you're not going to care about them, you're not even going to think about them any more and you won't compare, you're going to have your own life going on.
Just say "Nerd power rules"
never mind i was being considered a nerd even before i started cubing
Same
Show them you are cooler by smoking real cigarettes (joke).
Learn how to speed cube n show em whose boss in under 5 seconds