I Hope You Step on a LEGO
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About
“I hope you step on a LEGO” is a phrase often used as a retort in rage comics and reaction images to express one’s resentment towards someone who has done something unpleasant as to deserve punishment or ill-fortune, such as accidentally stepping on a LEGO brick.
Origin
The humorous association of stepping on a small lego brick in barefoot with severe pain began as early as in 2007 with various parenting blog posts and discussions, as mentioned in I am Mama[4], Frugal Village[17], Huffington Post[1] and Yahoo Voice articles.[18] It has been also reported as a commonly shared experience among parents with children or in childhood memories, according to various Yahoo Answer threads.[6] The earliest known iteration of the phrase in rage comics can be found in a FFFFFUUUUUUUU rage comic posted via 4chan sometime in late 2009.
Spread
Its colloquial usage in the comments section of blog articles, videos and image posts became noticeable in 2011, after a screenshot of the phrase was posted by Tumblr blogger suriikufu[2] on February 6th, 2011, receiving more than 60,000 notes. That same day, a Facebook[3] fan page titled “I Hope You Step on a LEGO Brick, Barefoot” was launched, which has accumulated over 44,000 likes as of July 2012.
Throughout the latter half of 2011, a colorful variety of image macros, reaction images and tribute artworks featuring the phrase surfaced on Tumblr[5] under the tag “I hope you step on a lego.”
In Rage Comics
The phrase also became closely associated with various rage comics as a reaction image conveying bitter resentment towards another character(s) portrayed in the same comic, examples of which can be found on a wide range of websites and image-sharing communities, from rage comic specialty blogs like Best Rage Comics[13], RageGenerator[14] and RageStache[15] to general internet humor sites Memebase[10], FunnyJunk[11] and 9gag.[12]
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External References
[1]Huffington Post – LEGO Mania: 5 Ways to Prevent the Pain of Stepping on a LEGO Brick
[3]Facebook – I hope you step on a lego brick, barefoot.
[4]I am Mama – Mystery Attacker and Stuff
[5]Tumblr – Tagged Results for I Hope You Step on a LEGO
[6]Yahoo Answers – Search Results for Step on a Lego
[7]Urban Dictionary – Step on a LEGO
[8]RageComics – Step on a LEGO
[9]Reddit – What’s the worst insult you can think of that is perfectly appropriate for a Kindergartner?
[10]Memebase – And I Hope It Gets Stuck on Your Foot
[11]FunnyJunk – Search Results for I Hope You Step on a LEGO
[12]9gag – Search Results for Step on a LEGO
[13]Best Rage Comics – Never Step on a Lego
[14]Rage Generator – Step on a LEGO
[15]RageStache – Step on a LEGO
[16]TreeHugger – Plastic Heal Thyself: Materials Mimic Vascular Networks
[17]Yahoo Voices – The Stay at Home Mom’s Survival Guide for Cranky Days
[18]Frugal Village – Real moms step on Legos
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@rebelgamer:
Having stepped on my fair share of Legos in my time, in addition to thumbtacks, rusty nails, broken glass, burning embers, etc., I would say that I think the effect is less about how much Legos actually hurt (which is quite a lot) than how shocking it is to find that a small, non-sharp piece of plastic should be in the same league as the things I just listed. On the other hand, knives and needles can often go right through a person without even being felt. Case in point:
I don’t know how evident the photo of that scar is, but when I was 12, I cut my hand deep enough to see bones, but didn’t feel a thing. Even getting the 40-odd stitches removed hurt considerably less than stepping on a Lego.
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