[Pulcinella]

I can confirm that even a 1-by-1 Lego brick can withstand the full weight of an adult human male at 2 in the morning.

...my foot on the other-hand...

[MitPitt]

Your logic is off, smaller pieces are generally harder to break than larger ones

[esprehn]

Yup, the 2x2 can hold 950lbs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4870283

We can also observe this (to a lesser degree) when they build two story Lego statues like at the Mall of America.

I'll admit I've never seen a huge Duplo statue, but I assume the load limits are similar.

[ivanjermakov]

Does lego piece strength vary throughout the day?

[adrianmonk]

If we're getting technical, the weight of a human does vary throughout the day. Generally, while asleep, your mass decreases. You're always gradually losing mass as you inhale O2 and exhale CO2. You're also losing mass as you exhale moisture, and you may also sweat.

Thus an adult human male (who sleeps, say, 10pm to 6am) is less likely to break a lego brick at 2am than at midnight and more likely than at 4am.

[macintux]

When I weigh myself, I make sure to do it in the morning. Too depressing otherwise.

[jodrellblank]

"We can say there is at least one cow in Scotland, of which at least one side appears to be brown."

https://stepinmath.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/logic-with-the-c...

[hef19898]

Strength I don't know. Pointiness does for sure.

[giantg2]

Perhaps. Plastic structural rigidity varies with twmperature. Temperatures fluctuate throughout the day. This natural variation is probably insignificant in most cases though.

[Pulcinella]

It was a joke about stepping on one of my kids' legos in the middle of the night while half asleep.