To occupy my nephew for a few hours I asked him to solve a Rubik's cube that had been on the mantelpiece unsolved since 1992, my own childhood.

[fesshole@mastodon.social]

To occupy my nephew for a few hours I asked him to solve a Rubik's cube that had been on the mantelpiece unsolved since 1992, my own childhood. He solved it in a minute, he's still bored, and I am now also resentful.

[mabande@mastodon.social]

@fesshole So he's watched lot of youtube tutorials. Nothing to be resentful about.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@Mabande @fesshole -

[inchulk@mastodon.green]

@fesshole Depending on age/interest, ask him/her about dinosaurs, planets or quantum theory.

[bolomkxxviii@mastodon.social]

@fesshole
You just didn't consider all the possible ways to "solve" a Rubik's cube. I took mine apart and put it back together "solved."

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole Nah. Just peel the stickers off. Then it's permanently solved.

[bolomkxxviii@mastodon.social]

@jmax @fesshole
I knew several people who did just that. If you don't put the stickers back on you just have a boring black box. If you do put the stickers back on, they are never quite right. My way doesn't leave any evidence.

[distrowatch@mastodon.social]

@IncHulk @fesshole Or ask for tips on how to solve the cube.

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole I had (I strongly suspect but cannot prove) a co-worker's child do that to one of my cubes.

I started to get annoyed, but then realized that I owned two more cubes, and having a permanently solved one was a comfort some days.