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"There would usually be routes" ah; I believe you are mentally imagining a kids' room floor full of Lego, and adult inexplicable inability to avoid them :) Fo

"There would usually be routes" ah; I believe you are mentally imagining a kids' room floor full of Lego, and adult inexplicable inability to avoid them :) For me at least, that's not the threat vector. It's when you go to your office or living room, a seemingly safe place at a safe time and your mind is not running "Obstacle avoidance program", and unexpectedly there's a single sharp piece of lego hidden in the patterns of the carpet or underneath your office work chair, or even when it's in the middle of the bathroom floor in the pitch dark at 3am when you're running to the toilet --> let me tell you, THAT one REALLY hurts, and usually results in secondary or even tertiary damage :P

PebblesRox 4y ago
The other one is when there's some urgent problem in the lego-strewn area - when you need to remove the block from the hand of the kid who's whacking the window or the toddler, there's no time or attention to spare for walking carefully.
mc32 4y ago
The only thing worse than stepping on legos are protruding rusty nails --just thinking about it makes me recoil.
- doubled112 4y ago
  Hah, core memory triggered. As a kid I jumped off of a swing onto a rusty nail. Yes, I was barefoot. I seem to remember it went in pretty smooth, and barely felt it, but then I had to pull it out. I actually think Lego has been more uncomfortable.
  - taneq 4y ago
    Ugh, why did I have to read that? >.< I had a similar experience walking through mud and finding an old rustic tin can with its lid sticking out. Sliced up a wide shallow flap of skin, I think I still have the scar…
  - dustymcp 4y ago
    Haha i remember doing halloween and we had to hit a pinata thing which was essentially a barrel with candy in it, when it was down i walked over it just to get a rusty nail in my foot, i swear the lego still hurts more than that.
- stordoff 4y ago
  I'd add UK mains plugs[1] to that category. I've seen multiple people compare them to caltrops, and for good reason. [1] Photo for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moulded_and_rewireable_BS_1363_plugs_(horizontal).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moulded_and_rewireable_BS...
- MerelyMortal 4y ago
  I've stepped on rusty nails twice in my life. The nails maybe went into my foot each time by about half a centimeter. They didn't really hurt. The very small area felt mildly sore. I've heard that getting stabbed feels like being punched. I imagine it's similar mechanism, just on a smaller scale.
wincy 4y ago
I stepped on Bluey's friend Indy [0] yesterday. She was laying on the floor under a blanket with holes in it. I stepped directly on that stupid cartoon character's sharp long nose and thought I was going to die. [0] https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Indy https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Indy
- taneq 4y ago
  Yowch! I stepped on a fox minifig (not sure it’s technically Lego) with pointy ears and it drew quite a lot of blood. The thing was basically a caltrop. >.<

PebblesRox 4y ago

The other one is when there's some urgent problem in the lego-strewn area - when you need to remove the block from the hand of the kid who's whacking the window or the toddler, there's no time or attention to spare for walking carefully.

mc32 4y ago

The only thing worse than stepping on legos are protruding rusty nails --just thinking about it makes me recoil.

doubled112 4y ago
Hah, core memory triggered. As a kid I jumped off of a swing onto a rusty nail. Yes, I was barefoot. I seem to remember it went in pretty smooth, and barely felt it, but then I had to pull it out. I actually think Lego has been more uncomfortable.
- taneq 4y ago
  Ugh, why did I have to read that? >.< I had a similar experience walking through mud and finding an old rustic tin can with its lid sticking out. Sliced up a wide shallow flap of skin, I think I still have the scar…
- dustymcp 4y ago
  Haha i remember doing halloween and we had to hit a pinata thing which was essentially a barrel with candy in it, when it was down i walked over it just to get a rusty nail in my foot, i swear the lego still hurts more than that.
stordoff 4y ago
I'd add UK mains plugs[1] to that category. I've seen multiple people compare them to caltrops, and for good reason. [1] Photo for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moulded_and_rewireable_BS_1363_plugs_(horizontal).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moulded_and_rewireable_BS...
MerelyMortal 4y ago
I've stepped on rusty nails twice in my life. The nails maybe went into my foot each time by about half a centimeter. They didn't really hurt. The very small area felt mildly sore. I've heard that getting stabbed feels like being punched. I imagine it's similar mechanism, just on a smaller scale.

wincy 4y ago

I stepped on Bluey's friend Indy [0] yesterday. She was laying on the floor under a blanket with holes in it. I stepped directly on that stupid cartoon character's sharp long nose and thought I was going to die. [0] https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Indy https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Indy

taneq 4y ago
Yowch! I stepped on a fox minifig (not sure it’s technically Lego) with pointy ears and it drew quite a lot of blood. The thing was basically a caltrop. >.<