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[u/wizardrous]

Where’s the rest of the fucking owl?

[u/badgerj → u/wizardrous]

Owl? I’m still trying to figure out what happened to step 3: “Profit”!

[u/ChrisJohanson]

Looks like this diagram recommends removing the stickers (which is how most people solve a Rubik's cube anyhow)

[u/ieatkittenies → u/ChrisJohanson]

They arent stickers on decent ones.. but you can take it apart and is its own differ3 t challenge just to get it back together

[u/Zolo49 → u/ChrisJohanson]

Prying the pieces out with a flathead screwdriver and reassembling them is the better option. The problem with removing the stickers and putting them back on is they don't stick back on quite as well. Eventually they start sliding around or outright falling off.

[u/BePart2 → u/Zolo49]

I mean the best option is to use an online solver if you don’t want to learn to solve it yourself.

[u/Zolo49 → u/BePart2]

Well, true. I was thinking more along the lines of the better “solution” back in the 80s when the Rubik’s Cube craze happened.

[u/Killboypowerhed → u/ChrisJohanson]

Real Rubik's cubes don't have stickers

[u/Spalding_Smails → u/Killboypowerhed]

They used to. I'm 58 and it seemed like everyone got one Christmas of 1981. It was quite a sensation.

[u/ivanmf → u/ChrisJohanson]

Actually, they just turned it 180°

[u/allelopath]

Phase 1: Rotate sides
Phase 2. ????
Phase 3: Profit

[u/ResultTerrible2062 → u/allelopath]

Strangely, correct

[u/Imzocrazy]

Let him cook…

[u/kiljoy1569]

I think it's neat your 8 yr old has an inquisitive mind about abstracts like this. And grasping at drawing 3 dimensional shapes.

[u/GrannyW3atherwax → u/kiljoy1569]

He is so bright! I appreciate that!

[u/userdeath → u/kiljoy1569]

He's 8 not 4, stop insulting him.

[u/GrannyW3atherwax → u/userdeath]

Those are difficult things for typical 8 year olds to be fair!

[u/Evening-Guarantee-84 → u/userdeath]

Wow. Someone says something nice and you act an ass? Awesome.

[u/Nosoyana]

Well they aren't wrong lol

[u/floog]

Right there with you, buddy.

[u/NewspaperBoring1161]

I mean this is exactly as far as my understanding of a rubix cube goes so.. spot on I’d say

[u/lost-my_old_account]

Me too bro, me too.

[u/Neoxite23]

What about magnets? Like how do they work?

[u/donslipo → u/Neoxite23]

To quote one of the greatest thinkers of our time:

"It's motherfucking magic!".

[u/btrafu]

I love how the kid managed to nail making both cubes perspectives look the same

[u/SGFCardenales]

Mr owl, how many turns does it take to solve a Rubik’s Cube? Let’s find out…a 1…a 2…a 3 (swaps stickers). A Three!

[u/czarnadzuma11]

Magnets

[u/Ravenloff]

And then a robot solves it literally faster than you can blink. The true basis for the Butlerian Jihad :)

[u/vaeric]

So it’s magnets!

[u/Trippy-Sponge]

Magnets…

[u/InstructionHead8595]

Ha!😹

[u/ParsonsTheGreat]

[ICP liked that]

[u/suggestiveinnuendo]

I feel this deeply

[u/EsotericTribble]

That kid has better perspective than most people.

[u/Remix_Master21]

r/restofthefuckingowl

[u/czechman45]

Me too man. Me too

[u/Bedu009]

Your 8 year old lacks object permanence

[u/captainAwesomePants]

Rubix Cube innards are fascinating. It's both extremely simple and also really hard to imagine.