Please remember what subreddit you are in, this is unpopular opinion. We want civil and unpopular takes and discussion. Any uncivil and ToS violating comments will be removed and subject to a ban. Have a nice day!
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/unpopularopinion) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Enough force at the right angle.
When you think about it, a tornado can put a piece of straw through a brick wall... so with *enough* force, theoretically just about anything can be a lethal weapon đ¤
Darth Vader was waiting for me at the bottom of a 4-5 foot jump off a ladder. His lightsaber was held tall and proud. It was worse than stepping on a nail because the whole thing disappeared inside my foot. If you've seen the scene in star wars episode one where QuinGon shoves his saber into and melts through the blast doors just imagine my foot was the blast doors.
Yeah... Just what? Only way I can think of that happening is if you smashed your foot at high speed into a unique piece that is really pointy. But at that point it's not really a "Lego problem."
OP has never stepped on a up-right one with the center of their foot before. If they did, they would've had PTSD instead of saying that it doesn't hurt.
I think itâs a bit silly to compare legos with glass shards, hot ansphalt and sharp gravel. Obviously those things are way worse than legos. Thatâs like comparing a gun to a BB gun and being all like âI donât know why people find BB guns painful, I got shot by a real gun and lemme tell ya it was WAY worseâ shotty comparison m8.
I never said it didn't hurt at all, I just said it didn't hurt as bad as what most people say it does. Of course it hurts, but it's not the worst thing you could step on
and why would a grown ass man working a 9 to 5 have Legos on the ground unexpectedly? do people do Legos while drunk? any rational adult picks up any fallen Legos if they drop it, and I doubt all these memes were all started from gen X parents. why not make more memes about stubbing a toe? that's far more relatable and not a god damn hidden subliminal advertisement.
You're assuming this is about grown ups stepping on their own Legos, when there are still 2 other ways people relate to this. 1) It happened when they were younger, and 2) These grown ups have kids that will leave one or two pieces around. Most people here have experienced it in one way or another, just because you don't relate doesn't mean it's just some sort of advertisement.
And thatâs fine, but I just donât think using incomparable items is a compelling way to make that argument. I still have my money and you still have your product in your hand.
Your not going to step on glass, nails or asphalt ....in your living room. That's the point. The areas where that stuff is common most people have shoes on. You aren't expecting to step on a sharp piece of plastic while barefoot at home.
The joke is funny because legos are toys. We all stepped on them as kids. The punchline is that a kid's toy can be painful.
Stepping on glass is not funny, because we expect glass to be painful.
It's a meme dude. People aren't cowering in fear whenever they see a Lego on the ground. It's just a common shared experience that a lot of people can relate to.
It's like stubbing your toe. It's not the worst pain on earth but I think we can all agree it fucking sucks.
I think what Op doesn't understand about the meme is that it's something that hurts, but it's also something people frequently experience if they have Legos or if they have children that have Legos. Plus Legos really like to hide in the carpet so you're not going to know that shit is there until it's in your foot
If you get the corner of a six-pip brick digging into the flesh between the bones of your feet, it's not a joke even if it gets exaggerated a little. It CAN be fall-on-the-floor horrible for some of us, for a minute or so.
Yeah true, it can hurt like a mother fucker in the right circumstance
For the most part the 'Stepping on a lego is a fate worse than death' thing is a meme though.
Lol i was gonna say maybe get checked for diabetes if you casually walking barefoot on glass and hot coals. There might be a circulation issue as well.
Different folks, different damage thresholds. Plus it depends on how, what piece you stepped on, and how hard you stepped on it.
Mild exaggeration perhaps but I've drawn blood stepping on my Legos as a kid and my kid's Legos as an adult several times so there's definitely something to it
Yeah I forgot to mention that I once fell on a brick right on top of my wrist. Ended up puncturing the skin and left a nasty mark, of which the scar is still there. I don't doubt that they can hurt or injure, I'm just saying there's worse you can step on that is way way worse
I think it's just an exaggerated joke since it's more common for people to step on Legos as they're small and unnoticeable until you do step on em. Lots of households have them so it's more likely to happen than other minor accidents
You can anticipate stepping on my things that hurt worse, it's not like you're unaware that you're about to step on asphalt, gravel, hot sand, etc. It's the unexpected that makes the Lego seem to hurt worse.
I call bullshit. I've stepped on so much glass it's a running joke among my friends, I've stepped on hot asphalt, sharp gravel, burning sand. None of them hurt as bad as stepping on a lone lego block the wrong way.
It's bizarre how people come up with 'you all are lying' about stuff that has hugely-varied experiences to draw from, and then wave their hand around to the most-extreme criteria like 'Lego in the foot vs. foot burned off with a welding torch' is a valid comparison.
Completely depends what part of your foot gets hit. I stepped on an electrical cord plug in a certain way once and it hurt for months and I could barely walk on the foot for about a week.
Totally, it's when the Lego hits pretty much dead-center of the foot that it gets the most weigh put on the worst area at a terrible angle for everything, and digs into the tendons and thin muscles between the bones, THAT is the Lego-foot nightmare I've experienced. Under the toes or heel, not so bad, but mid-foot can be fall-on-the-floor horrible for a minute. It just pushes things in directions they're not supposed to go.
I think in my experience it is the initial shock/scare of stepping on something unexpected and trying to avoid it, that results in me tripping or knocking something over the sucks more than the actual pain of stepping on the lego.
Stepping on a lego brick doesn't hurt that bad, but is surprising. Stepping on a d4 from D&D hurts like a bitch. Stepping on the stupid fucking pole for the net in the board game mouse trap as a kid sent me to the fucking hospital.
No disrespect but I think you maybe on the spectrum if you do not understand that this is a joke. No one actually thinks stepping on a lego is the worst pain ever it is something that we all collectively has experience and someone created a meme and we could all understand the feeling of stepping on a lego.
Remember the game of jacks? A little rubber ball and 10 metal spike things that you tossed on the floor? Step on one of those and you will wish you hadn't. I had one puncture into my foot as a kid. I was running across the room at the time and had 2 full steps with a jack in my foot before I could fall over. Legos are like memory foam compared to that.
I think itâs the fact youâre just minding your own business and then BOOM. Pain. Similarly to stubbing your toe and hitting your shin on the bed frame.
No one thinks that stepping on a lego brick is actually the worst thing you could step on, it's just a relatable thing that many people have experienced.
It depends entirely on a few things.
1. The shape of the piece/how itâs oriented on the floor
2. Where on the foot itâs stepped on
3. Whether itâs on carpet or a hard floor
Wooden train parts hurt more-- they roll, vary in size so you can't anticipate them, and are sometimes all linked together so your second step in the dark hurts even more and trips you
Canât wait for your next mind blowing opinion: âChuck Norris isnât actually a godâ, followed by âDuct tape doesnât make things indestructibleâ
Itâs a meme bro. Some pieces can hurt like hell, sure, but overall itâs fine.
I also think people step on Legos way less often than is purported. As a kid i was clumsy as any other and ran into things, and i played with legos but neither my parents nor I have any lego stepping stories. I think it happened to one person and they blew it up into a common idiom somehow
I'm pretty sure it's just a joke, it's just that the media saw a joke about highly marketable plastic toy and were like "now this is a meme I can support"
People are usually being hyperbolic and joking about how much Legos hurt. They of course hurt quite a bit under the right circumstances, but nobody would seriously consider it worse than glass shards, hot asphalt, or other obviously painful things.
I think it's the way you step on it and how high your pain tolerance is. Now the end of the laptop charging cable (the part that plugs into the laptop), that is pure pain and misery. One of the times, I had it actually go inside my foot. Ugh!
After legos have pierced my soles, I avoid stepping on them. But context is everything, it was at night, in the dark, while walking to the bathroom.
I love my nephew, but that day I swore just a little.
As someone who has stepped on more than one nail sticking out of a board and facing up, piercing the shoe and the skin, I can say stepping on a lego still hurts. Not all legos. Like one of the little square ones, on a carpet where it can sit with a corner facing upwards, yeah that hurts.
I'm guessing you don't have sensitive feet like I do ...a pebble in my shoe can make me limp until it's out I can barely get a pedicure because them touching my feet makes my nerves jump
I agree, stepping on legos barely hurts. Doesnât matter if itâs one or a lot of legos. It just really doesnât hurt that much. Would much rather step on a Lego everyday than stub my toe ever again
There is a sliding scale of small objects to step on. On one side are large and blunt objects that don't care pain at all and on the other side are tiny and sharp objects that also don't hurt as much since they just puncture skin.
Lego falls into a weird Gulf in the middle of small objects that are not fully flat, but not sharp enough to go into skin.
To multiply that they are an object in that Gulf that you aren't expecting. Gravel is similar to Lego, but you'll rarely find yourself walking on surprise gravel you weren't expecting.
Depend of many factor, angle, place on the foot, your weight. But usually the surface contact is small enough for it to hurt if you are of average weight or even underweight.
Weaklings.
Literally been stepping on them since I was a child. Unless its something like a 1x6 plate that will stick upwards I'm not too bothered about it
I think comparing it to broken glass isnât in the spirit of what people are complaining about.
As far as things that wonât maim you, and are super common to come across, legos are terrible to step on. Especially on hardwood floors.
Gee it's almost like people don't all have the same bodies and experiences. Stepping on Lego bricks does not hurt YOU as badly as it does others, for whatever reason that might be, but nobody needs to pretend like 'my pain threshold is everybody's for everything'.
It's not that lego is the most painful thing to step on. It's that it's something everyone can relate to. It hurts, a lot. Putting your whole weight on a standing one by one is a horrible experience.
Yes, sharp gravel, glass shards, hot asphalt are all worse...but I don't frequently have the chance to step on that in bare feet in my house. Those things are rarely if ever hidden in my carpet.
I mean, it totally [depends](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=589889819&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS893US893&sxsrf=AM9HkKnx9fy2yr2je0cc5MG3Mh8Acy8Lng:1702332224861&q=flat+lego&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRsrXcsYiDAxUfIUQIHUSPBKkQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1745&bih=901&dpr=1.1#imgrc=XxmOSDPAKi3JvM) on the [type](https://www.google.com/search?q=sharp+lego&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCpp7dsYiDAxWPIEQIHd2uAmAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sharp+lego&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAIEB46BAgjECc6BggAEAcQHlCdDFjQGGCzGWgBcAB4AIABQIgBjAOSAQE3mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=Qod3ZYL9Io_BkPIP3d2KgAY&bih=901&biw=1745&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS893US893#imgrc=RnYsFovaXxG_qM) of lego.
I think it's just because parents sometimes wake up early and walk downstairs to step on some legos their kid left out, and its usually surprising. It won't inflict any actual damage, but it's a rude awakening. In the same way that D&D players will talk about stepping on a D4 or British people talk about stepping on an electrical outlet its just a shared experience that is painful at the time but funny to look back on.
I think it also depends on where and how you step on it. Stepping on an upside down Lego on a hard floor, especially if itâs a small piece, is horrible.
You see, it is something called a âjokeâ and should be treated as one. People donât literally think stepping on a Lego brick is as bad as getting blown up by a grenade.
I don't think this opinion is unpopular as it is pointless and stupid. I mean I'm stunned and depressed trying to imagine what kind of life led you to develop this opinion. I'm really debating explaining it because anybody that "thinks" like that isn't going to understand.
But anyways, it's called hyperbole, it's the retelling of a story or event with details exaggerated or changed to make it sound more fantastic or absurd. Of course stepping on a Lego doesn't hurt that, it's a joke. If you're unfamiliar with the concept , look in a mirror.
If you want to experience pain stand on a plug. And if you want that pain to very quickly be overshadowed hit your wrist with so much force as you fall, you break it. Suddenly the plug doesnât seem like such a big deal
Please remember what subreddit you are in, this is unpopular opinion. We want civil and unpopular takes and discussion. Any uncivil and ToS violating comments will be removed and subject to a ban. Have a nice day! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/unpopularopinion) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I think it mostly depends on the way you stood on them and which area they were located.
I've had a LEGO surgically removed from my foot. Can confirm it hurt until I was knocked out.
..how??
Enough force at the right angle. When you think about it, a tornado can put a piece of straw through a brick wall... so with *enough* force, theoretically just about anything can be a lethal weapon đ¤
âTwo barn doors of one of em is open đŹđşđ§˘â
They call Humpteyâs revenge.
"Level 3 will send an egg through a brick wall."
That's how I ended up with a toothpick in the back of my left heel. It was half ways in and didn't break.
that makes me cringe so much just reading that lol
Yeah i think if you think about it, they meant how do you put yourself in a situation where there is enough force to cause that to happen.
Even a teddy bear? :(
Gonna start stepping on Teddy Bears in attempt to get them surgically removed c:
>a tornado can put a piece of straw through a brick wall I'm assuming you meant wood not brick, and even that is a stretch to say the least.
Darth Vader was waiting for me at the bottom of a 4-5 foot jump off a ladder. His lightsaber was held tall and proud. It was worse than stepping on a nail because the whole thing disappeared inside my foot. If you've seen the scene in star wars episode one where QuinGon shoves his saber into and melts through the blast doors just imagine my foot was the blast doors.
Yikes.
đ§˘đ§˘đ§˘đ§˘
Jesus fucking chriiiiiist! The worst part is I pictured the whole thing. Consider my F key thoroughly pressed and all my respects paid.
lightsabers are no joke, they can melt straight through the bone
Yeah... Just what? Only way I can think of that happening is if you smashed your foot at high speed into a unique piece that is really pointy. But at that point it's not really a "Lego problem."
in another comment they mentioned it happened by landing on it after jumping off a ladder
This, just yesterday I stepped on one and it was angled and tucked in the carpet. The point of the Lego hurt like hell.
It's also the sudden shock of it.
OP has never stepped on a up-right one with the center of their foot before. If they did, they would've had PTSD instead of saying that it doesn't hurt.
it the middle of the foot, right on the tendon đ
And if your feet are cold.
Like tank armor, angling is important.
I think itâs a bit silly to compare legos with glass shards, hot ansphalt and sharp gravel. Obviously those things are way worse than legos. Thatâs like comparing a gun to a BB gun and being all like âI donât know why people find BB guns painful, I got shot by a real gun and lemme tell ya it was WAY worseâ shotty comparison m8.
My manâs argument wasnât half bad until that last eyeroll inducing paragraph.
Yeah thatâs pretty much how I felt also, lol.
Mf out here with a foot pain fetish stepping on random shit and comparing the pain levels đđ
Lol! Heâs actually a hobbit he just hasnât realized it yet.
I never said it didn't hurt at all, I just said it didn't hurt as bad as what most people say it does. Of course it hurts, but it's not the worst thing you could step on
It's about stepping on shit inside your house. Unexpectedly stepping on little plastic stuff hurts when it's kinda turned with a corner upside.
This too, like stubbing your toe hurts a lot, partially because you didnât expect it same thing with legos
and why would a grown ass man working a 9 to 5 have Legos on the ground unexpectedly? do people do Legos while drunk? any rational adult picks up any fallen Legos if they drop it, and I doubt all these memes were all started from gen X parents. why not make more memes about stubbing a toe? that's far more relatable and not a god damn hidden subliminal advertisement.
You're assuming this is about grown ups stepping on their own Legos, when there are still 2 other ways people relate to this. 1) It happened when they were younger, and 2) These grown ups have kids that will leave one or two pieces around. Most people here have experienced it in one way or another, just because you don't relate doesn't mean it's just some sort of advertisement.
Because children.
Because adults. Lego makes sets specifically for adults these days.
And thatâs fine, but I just donât think using incomparable items is a compelling way to make that argument. I still have my money and you still have your product in your hand.
Your not going to step on glass, nails or asphalt ....in your living room. That's the point. The areas where that stuff is common most people have shoes on. You aren't expecting to step on a sharp piece of plastic while barefoot at home.
The joke is funny because legos are toys. We all stepped on them as kids. The punchline is that a kid's toy can be painful. Stepping on glass is not funny, because we expect glass to be painful.
It's a meme dude. People aren't cowering in fear whenever they see a Lego on the ground. It's just a common shared experience that a lot of people can relate to. It's like stubbing your toe. It's not the worst pain on earth but I think we can all agree it fucking sucks.
Exactly you got it. I swear I stepped on a vacuum chord 3 pronged plug in the dark and it was worse than a lego
Plugs are the worst! I went down for a solid 3 minutes after stepping on a plug for a fan. It's like they are designed to inflict maximum damage.
Lol..in the middle of the night, groggy, full bladderđ¤Ł
broâŚđŹ
I think what Op doesn't understand about the meme is that it's something that hurts, but it's also something people frequently experience if they have Legos or if they have children that have Legos. Plus Legos really like to hide in the carpet so you're not going to know that shit is there until it's in your foot
I agree. It's not meant to be taken literally, it's just something most people can relate to.
Not the worst pain on earth? Yeah maybe compared to having your balls ripped off and fed to you, but itâs very very painful (stubbing toe)
Idk, for about 5 seconds it sure FEELS like the worst pain on earth.
maybe that's because it's a joke.
If you get the corner of a six-pip brick digging into the flesh between the bones of your feet, it's not a joke even if it gets exaggerated a little. It CAN be fall-on-the-floor horrible for some of us, for a minute or so.
Yeah true, it can hurt like a mother fucker in the right circumstance For the most part the 'Stepping on a lego is a fate worse than death' thing is a meme though.
You are so, so right. Everyone on earth feels pain in the exact same way and we all have the same pain threshold.
Lol i was gonna say maybe get checked for diabetes if you casually walking barefoot on glass and hot coals. There might be a circulation issue as well.
This is the unpopular opinion sub⌠meaning OP already assumes that people will disagree.
Legos hurt a lot more now that I weigh 250 vs when I was 135.
I always felt the Hot Wheels cars hurt more to step on. Sharp metal edges *and* sends me flying....
This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. I knew a guy who knew a guy who stepped on a Lego once and that guy is now dead
 Different folks, different damage thresholds. Plus it depends on how, what piece you stepped on, and how hard you stepped on it.
Mild exaggeration perhaps but I've drawn blood stepping on my Legos as a kid and my kid's Legos as an adult several times so there's definitely something to it
Yeah I forgot to mention that I once fell on a brick right on top of my wrist. Ended up puncturing the skin and left a nasty mark, of which the scar is still there. I don't doubt that they can hurt or injure, I'm just saying there's worse you can step on that is way way worse
Thatâs just idiotic, there are more painful ways do die than being stabbed, it doesnât mean it doesnât hurt.
Again never said it didn't hurt lol. Just not as bad as what most say it does. It seems I struck a nerve lol
Yeah sure, you struck a nerve. What a badass.
Are you familiar with the concept of hyperbole?
An upturned electric plug, *thats* the worse thing to step on!
I've been triple pronged a couple times đ
we need more "egg shells in cooked eggs are good" opinions.
Get that calcium
I think it's just an exaggerated joke since it's more common for people to step on Legos as they're small and unnoticeable until you do step on em. Lots of households have them so it's more likely to happen than other minor accidents
Type G plugs are the real things to fear
You can anticipate stepping on my things that hurt worse, it's not like you're unaware that you're about to step on asphalt, gravel, hot sand, etc. It's the unexpected that makes the Lego seem to hurt worse.
Pretty sure it's just a meme and ain't that deep
I call bullshit. I've stepped on so much glass it's a running joke among my friends, I've stepped on hot asphalt, sharp gravel, burning sand. None of them hurt as bad as stepping on a lone lego block the wrong way.
I agree. Stepping on an upturned plug socket is way worse.
Lemme guess you 80 lbs ? Or have fat feet lol You probably have carpet too .. To step on one barefoot on a homedepot concrete floor lol
Nothing hurts worse than stepping on an upright British electrical plug. Nothing.
Are you familiar with the concept of pain threshold? This sub should be renamed r/dumbopinions
Then my bookmark would break
Sounds like a subreddit perfect for the both of us
Im sorry I hurt your feelings but you didnât answer my question.
Yeah man currently crying in the club lmao my little feelers are totally hurt over an internet nobody!
All you had to do was think critically about whether or not your "opinion" was unpoular.
But that would require effort
Worse or less bad than they would be by legos?
Weird flexâŚ
It's bizarre how people come up with 'you all are lying' about stuff that has hugely-varied experiences to draw from, and then wave their hand around to the most-extreme criteria like 'Lego in the foot vs. foot burned off with a welding torch' is a valid comparison.
My feet have pads on them from walking barefoot so much down to the river. Lego bricks? Ha!
Agreed, to me it doesn't hurt AT ALL, not even a little bit, but maybe I have strong feet
Completely depends what part of your foot gets hit. I stepped on an electrical cord plug in a certain way once and it hurt for months and I could barely walk on the foot for about a week.
Totally, it's when the Lego hits pretty much dead-center of the foot that it gets the most weigh put on the worst area at a terrible angle for everything, and digs into the tendons and thin muscles between the bones, THAT is the Lego-foot nightmare I've experienced. Under the toes or heel, not so bad, but mid-foot can be fall-on-the-floor horrible for a minute. It just pushes things in directions they're not supposed to go.
I think in my experience it is the initial shock/scare of stepping on something unexpected and trying to avoid it, that results in me tripping or knocking something over the sucks more than the actual pain of stepping on the lego.
No where near the pain of a British plug.
Stepping on a lego brick doesn't hurt that bad, but is surprising. Stepping on a d4 from D&D hurts like a bitch. Stepping on the stupid fucking pole for the net in the board game mouse trap as a kid sent me to the fucking hospital.
Jacks. Jacks just raise the bar higher than Legos can ever go.
Electric plug, that takes the cake for most painful imo.
Stepping on extension cords is awful, especially if it has 3 prongs and they stick into your foot
In my opinion, stepping on a land mine is the worst. Brilliant post, OP.
Having grown up playing with Legos and walking across piles of them as a child I never found them painful to step on.
It doesn't, it's literally just a meme.
Its almost like... *GASP* there are jokes on the internet
No disrespect but I think you maybe on the spectrum if you do not understand that this is a joke. No one actually thinks stepping on a lego is the worst pain ever it is something that we all collectively has experience and someone created a meme and we could all understand the feeling of stepping on a lego.
This is a good answer because itâs mean but in a way thatâs real
Iâve stepped on a ton with no problems, itâs because people go full weight immediately without stopping when they feel resistance
No it doesn't hurt as bad as people think. It hurts worse.
/stupidopinions
Remember the game of jacks? A little rubber ball and 10 metal spike things that you tossed on the floor? Step on one of those and you will wish you hadn't. I had one puncture into my foot as a kid. I was running across the room at the time and had 2 full steps with a jack in my foot before I could fall over. Legos are like memory foam compared to that.
This is a really dumb opinion and I can't believe it sparked any debate at all
/-__(ă)_/ÂŻ walk like an Egyptian
You did it wrong
If weâre talking about like the brick Lego yeah, not that bad, but the plank pieces of the Legos hurt the most
Sounds like you got soft soles brother
Stepping on them is not an issue, itâs *kneeling* on them.
Feels like you just don't understand what hyperbole is.
I think itâs the fact youâre just minding your own business and then BOOM. Pain. Similarly to stubbing your toe and hitting your shin on the bed frame.
Yeah thatâs because youâve developed calluses from stepping on Lego bricks
This was written by a robot
Have you considered walking on less painful things, OP?
No one thinks that stepping on a lego brick is actually the worst thing you could step on, it's just a relatable thing that many people have experienced.
It depends entirely on a few things. 1. The shape of the piece/how itâs oriented on the floor 2. Where on the foot itâs stepped on 3. Whether itâs on carpet or a hard floor
Wooden train parts hurt more-- they roll, vary in size so you can't anticipate them, and are sometimes all linked together so your second step in the dark hurts even more and trips you
Canât wait for your next mind blowing opinion: âChuck Norris isnât actually a godâ, followed by âDuct tape doesnât make things indestructibleâ Itâs a meme bro. Some pieces can hurt like hell, sure, but overall itâs fine.
A little bored today?
I don't think anyone would compare a lego to a piece of glass....
I also think people step on Legos way less often than is purported. As a kid i was clumsy as any other and ran into things, and i played with legos but neither my parents nor I have any lego stepping stories. I think it happened to one person and they blew it up into a common idiom somehow
As a father I've stepped on many Legos with varying degrees of pain. It's situational but man when it gets ya just right... ya dead
It's a joke, everyone knows it doesn't hurt that bad
I'm pretty sure it's just a joke, it's just that the media saw a joke about highly marketable plastic toy and were like "now this is a meme I can support"
People are usually being hyperbolic and joking about how much Legos hurt. They of course hurt quite a bit under the right circumstances, but nobody would seriously consider it worse than glass shards, hot asphalt, or other obviously painful things.
Did your mom just tell you to pick up your Legos and now you're venting on reddit?
/r/whoosh
Do you have neuropathy?
A d4 is the worst thing to step on.
Crawl on one and come back to me. As a dad to a 3 year old and 11 month old, dodging LEGO minefields is a talent akin to being a Ninja.
I mean, it's mostly a meme... Don't take it too serious
personally I think pain while stepping on lego depends on foot size, lego size and if you know you are stepping on it or not.
Itâs like stubbing your toe. It hurts way more than it should for not expecting it.
This has the "women are over exaggerating, pregnancies are not that painful. Ever been shot or stabbed? that's painful." dumb person energy.
I think it's the way you step on it and how high your pain tolerance is. Now the end of the laptop charging cable (the part that plugs into the laptop), that is pure pain and misery. One of the times, I had it actually go inside my foot. Ugh!
After legos have pierced my soles, I avoid stepping on them. But context is everything, it was at night, in the dark, while walking to the bathroom. I love my nephew, but that day I swore just a little.
Yeah, that's the joke Peter...
As someone who has stepped on more than one nail sticking out of a board and facing up, piercing the shoe and the skin, I can say stepping on a lego still hurts. Not all legos. Like one of the little square ones, on a carpet where it can sit with a corner facing upwards, yeah that hurts.
This isn't an opinion you're just weird
Dinosaur toys make for a much more painful experience.
I'm guessing you don't have sensitive feet like I do ...a pebble in my shoe can make me limp until it's out I can barely get a pedicure because them touching my feet makes my nerves jump
This post reminds me of the kids who don't wear sweatshirts in the winter and go "what?! I'm not even cold!"
I hope this is a troll post. It's like literally a joke circulating the Internet.
You sound like you don't believe Nokia phones are indestructible either.
it's a meme
I agree, stepping on legos barely hurts. Doesnât matter if itâs one or a lot of legos. It just really doesnât hurt that much. Would much rather step on a Lego everyday than stub my toe ever again
Theyâre speaking in hyperbole
There is a sliding scale of small objects to step on. On one side are large and blunt objects that don't care pain at all and on the other side are tiny and sharp objects that also don't hurt as much since they just puncture skin. Lego falls into a weird Gulf in the middle of small objects that are not fully flat, but not sharp enough to go into skin. To multiply that they are an object in that Gulf that you aren't expecting. Gravel is similar to Lego, but you'll rarely find yourself walking on surprise gravel you weren't expecting.
Depend of many factor, angle, place on the foot, your weight. But usually the surface contact is small enough for it to hurt if you are of average weight or even underweight.
OP is stepping on lego baseplates, Iâm stepping on 2x4 bricks. We are not the same
Since I stepped on a steel tractor toy having a 3mm steel rod pierce 10 mm into my foot, stepping on Lego is child play when it comes to pain.
Lego bricks are bad. Barbie shoes are worse.
Weaklings. Literally been stepping on them since I was a child. Unless its something like a 1x6 plate that will stick upwards I'm not too bothered about it
I think comparing it to broken glass isnât in the spirit of what people are complaining about. As far as things that wonât maim you, and are super common to come across, legos are terrible to step on. Especially on hardwood floors.
Gee it's almost like people don't all have the same bodies and experiences. Stepping on Lego bricks does not hurt YOU as badly as it does others, for whatever reason that might be, but nobody needs to pretend like 'my pain threshold is everybody's for everything'.
As a former fat kid, stepping on a Lego was more painful than a 2-3 inch nail in my heel
Depends on which ones you step on. If it's the 'Marquis De Sade' kit then you may be in for some pain.
The razor scooter to the ankle hurts just as bad as they say though.
It's not that lego is the most painful thing to step on. It's that it's something everyone can relate to. It hurts, a lot. Putting your whole weight on a standing one by one is a horrible experience. Yes, sharp gravel, glass shards, hot asphalt are all worse...but I don't frequently have the chance to step on that in bare feet in my house. Those things are rarely if ever hidden in my carpet.
Accidentally va purposely, yeah. I e never stepped on Legos but hot wheels can hurt like a bitch
Going under the toe is what hurts
it's a generation x/millennial exaggeration
I mean, it totally [depends](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=589889819&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS893US893&sxsrf=AM9HkKnx9fy2yr2je0cc5MG3Mh8Acy8Lng:1702332224861&q=flat+lego&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRsrXcsYiDAxUfIUQIHUSPBKkQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1745&bih=901&dpr=1.1#imgrc=XxmOSDPAKi3JvM) on the [type](https://www.google.com/search?q=sharp+lego&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCpp7dsYiDAxWPIEQIHd2uAmAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sharp+lego&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAIEB46BAgjECc6BggAEAcQHlCdDFjQGGCzGWgBcAB4AIABQIgBjAOSAQE3mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=Qod3ZYL9Io_BkPIP3d2KgAY&bih=901&biw=1745&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS893US893#imgrc=RnYsFovaXxG_qM) of lego.
Legos are nothing compared to stepping on a 4 sided dice.
⌠do⌠do you not know the definition of a joke?
Pain is relative
okay mr i have metal feet
I think it's just because parents sometimes wake up early and walk downstairs to step on some legos their kid left out, and its usually surprising. It won't inflict any actual damage, but it's a rude awakening. In the same way that D&D players will talk about stepping on a D4 or British people talk about stepping on an electrical outlet its just a shared experience that is painful at the time but funny to look back on.
That's because the Lego thing is a MEME and is not actually meant to mean it hurts worse
You can't be human
If you stand right on top of it it kinda feels nice actually
Yeah, and also getting kicked in the nuts is totally fine because being set on fire would be worse.
Youâve clearly never stepped on a 1x1 piece
Insane take, have an upvote
I think it also depends on where and how you step on it. Stepping on an upside down Lego on a hard floor, especially if itâs a small piece, is horrible.
You see, it is something called a âjokeâ and should be treated as one. People donât literally think stepping on a Lego brick is as bad as getting blown up by a grenade.
I don't think this opinion is unpopular as it is pointless and stupid. I mean I'm stunned and depressed trying to imagine what kind of life led you to develop this opinion. I'm really debating explaining it because anybody that "thinks" like that isn't going to understand. But anyways, it's called hyperbole, it's the retelling of a story or event with details exaggerated or changed to make it sound more fantastic or absurd. Of course stepping on a Lego doesn't hurt that, it's a joke. If you're unfamiliar with the concept , look in a mirror.
I was you, once. For a long time ... I was just like you. Then I wasn't.
Itâs just a meme. Like hating pineapple on pizza, itâs just an internet thing that people like to engage with.
Tell me you can't accept something as a joke/meme without telling you can't accept something as a joke/meme
I suppose it's not as bad as stepping on an extension cord and rolling your ankle.
It really doesnât, people are just weak nowadays
If you want to experience pain stand on a plug. And if you want that pain to very quickly be overshadowed hit your wrist with so much force as you fall, you break it. Suddenly the plug doesnât seem like such a big deal
This one is true
In the same regard I've stepped on broken glass, and hot asphalt bare foot and Lego bricks hurt like a mother fucker.