[HN Gopher] Why walking on Legos hurts more than walking on fire... ___________________________________________________________________ Why walking on Legos hurts more than walking on fire or ice (2018) Author : pr0zac Score : 24 points Date : 2022-07-06 15:35 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.smithsonianmag.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com) | matja wrote: | Calling them Legos is torture enough | smegsicle wrote: | nice to see we're still calling them 'legos' not LEGO BRAND TOY | LEGO BLOCKS or whatever that meme was | ChrisRR wrote: | These people have never experienced the pain of stepping on a UK | 3 pin mains plug | hirundo wrote: | > walked an unbelievable 2,737 feet on a square circuit of red, | four-by-two Lego bricks at Philly Brickfest, in front of a | cheering crowd | | And the crowd well knows it's painful. So they are cheering self- | inflicted public torture. But it's all good because it's a common | experience with a children's toy? It's a bit gross. A small | reminder of our large capacity to be entertained by other | people's misery. | etataetaet wrote: | I think its all good because Cassevah is a willing percipient! | If we forced someone to do this against their will I don't | think there would be much excitement... He is going for the | world record so I don't think there is much misery involved. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-07-07 23:00 UTC)