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The Cube

New Naliitr
05-11-2006, 19:58
How many of you know about THE CUBE? No, I’m not talking about the movie. I mean the psychological game.

THE CUBE is a game that you use to find out personal stuff about women (it can be done on men, but there’s one thing that has more meaning with women). It’s not “evil” or manipulation, it’s simply a game where the answers give you interesting insight to someone’s personality. The other person joins VOLUNTARILY. It’s incredibly, incredibly powerful. If they’re the kind that enjoys mumbo-jumbo, they will be dripping wet by the time you’re through. Obviously, you can’t just go to a stranger and start THE CUBE randomly. You have to do THE CUBE after they are at least a little comfortable with you.

Basically, you start asking if she wants to join a game and if she’s ok with finding stuff about herself. Warn her that she may learn “secret” stuff about herself that she doesn’t even know herself. Ask if she’s ok with that. Ask if she’s sure. Tell the girl you’ll ask vague questions, and she’ll answer as she wants and explain to you as she wants. You won’t give pointers, you won’t answer any questions.

Tell them to imagine a desert, with a sky and the horizon line. Tell them to put anything they want in the desert and imagine it then tell you. THIS IS AN IMAGE, like a photograph. When they’re done, ask them to imagine a CUBE in the image. Ask about THE CUBE (be vague, never specific). Ask the size, where it is, what’s made of, how’s the position, etc. Ask her to describe it as she pleases. Then ask them to place a LADDER in the image. Same questions. Then FLOWERS. Then a HORSE. Then a STORM.

That’s it. It has to be IN THAT ORDER, and you can take notes from her answers if you want. Now it’s time to tell her things about herself. Give her the info (you can explain to her if you want, but she will be way more impressed if you just give her the info without explaining how you found stuff out), based on this:

SHE IS THE CUBE. If the CUBE is big, she has a big ego or dreams about being someone important. Too small she feels she’s just someone else in the world. If the cube is on the ground, she’s smart and self-centered. If it’s floating, she’s a dreamer or “a little crazy”. If it’s above or touching the horizon she has hopes. Below, she is too laid back. If the cube is on an edge, she’s insecure or does too many troublesome things. Buried in the sand, she’s overwhelmed. If it’s strong, she has self-worth. Weak, she feels impotent. Empty, she needs something in her life. Transparent, she thinks she’s pure.

THE LADDER IS HER SOCIAL GROUP (FRIENDS and some of her family). Many levels, many friends. Big one, bigger than CUBE, her friends are overwhelming her. Ladder by the CUBE, close friends. Ladder over the CUBE, they’re pushing her down. From the Ladder on, you need to ask the position relative to the previous objects. Don’t forget that!

You see where this is going? You don’t have to be perfect in your analysis, as long as you have thought about each item before-hand, you will ALWAYS tell the girls a few things that are 100% true and some that she didn’t know but will ring true to her. The best part is that this is actually helpful stuff, not complete BS.

THE FLOWERS ARE HER KIDS AND/OR CHILDREN IN GENERAL. Her future children, how many she wants, if they’ll get in the way of friends, herself, etc.

THE HORSE IS HER LOVER. The one she has or the one that she wants. This is the trickier one, and you can tell her that. Better not to tell her what the horse is, but you can say “I’ll have to think hard about this one”.

THE STORM ARE TROUBLES IN HER LIFE.

Sounds like a lot of crazy stuff, but if you want, try it with someone you know well. You’ll see it’s all true.

Quite interesting. I tried it on someone, and got suprisingly true results.
Desperate Measures
05-11-2006, 20:00
All I know is that you have to gleam it.
Sel Appa
05-11-2006, 21:20
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cube_%28game%29)
A book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786882573/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/102-9728994-3018534)
another book (http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0062512668/ref=s9_asin_title_1/102-9728994-3018534)

Meh...maybe it works...
Outcast Jesuits
05-11-2006, 22:05
If some guy asked me to imagine a cube I'd think of the Borg.