--- ---  # People Are Really Flipping for the Playground Girl Flipping Meme Routine by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 29, 2019 6:14 PM UTC  child throwing stone on hopscotch child throwing stone on hopscotchassalve—Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 29, 2019 6:14 PM UTC A new [meme](https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/) is sweeping the internet and it all started on a playground. Twitter user @badassvaeh posted a video showing a girl showing off her athletic ability by straddling a high bar and spinning ridiculously quickly on the playground. She captioned the video, “Everybody thinks I’m crazy when I do this” and it’s a good call, because the video is bananas. The woman casually flips around and around on the bar on a slightly queasy-making loop. > [](https://twitter.com/badassvaeh/status/1152980802113822720) After gawking at the video a few times, the internet quickly jumped into action, making the most of the new meme it had hand-delivered to it. The responses ranged from suggesting that the spinning girl was a new renewable energy source to save the planet or a rotisserie chicken in training or the physical embodiment of an emotional state to a would-be distraction from the [Area 51 raid](https://time.com/5629630/visit-area-51/). Here are some of the best uses of the new response. > [](https://twitter.com/jaylinmadison13/status/1155128728734842880) > [](https://twitter.com/sardymardy/status/1155111110313414656) > [](https://twitter.com/milanhartney/status/1154492439077543941) > [](https://twitter.com/amari%5F%5F08/status/1153865201302876161) > [](https://twitter.com/MamoudouNDiaye/status/1154901679885770753) > [](https://twitter.com/ginandtectonica/status/1154603208314097664) > [](https://twitter.com/kvnggnazz/status/1153376186338332672) > [](https://twitter.com/Shawnlmlll/status/1154789988795633666) > [](https://twitter.com/JBeezy66/status/1154398382523396096) > [](https://twitter.com/SuzakuPanda/status/1154872866732761088) > [](https://twitter.com/fvmero/status/1155274682469367810) > [](https://twitter.com/srixracha/status/1153315385531351040) > [](https://twitter.com/swftnsane/status/1155037195784187904) Everyone Is Flipping for This Flipping Playground Girl Meme ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5637759/playground-girl-meme-explained/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5637759/playground-girl-meme-explained/"},"headline":"People Are Really Flipping for the Playground Girl Flipping Meme Routine","datePublished":"2019-07-29T18:14:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:43.347Z","description":"A new meme has arrived.","url":"https://time.com/5637759/playground-girl-meme-explained/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099be574582d2213/698a0083096a9440ab6a6b50/playgroundgirlmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099be574582d2213/698a0083096a9440ab6a6b50/playgroundgirlmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"child throwing stone on hopscotch","caption":"Playground flipping girl meme","creditText":"assalve—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5637759/playground-girl-meme-explained/","name":"People Are Really Flipping for the Playground Girl Flipping Meme Routine"}}]}] ```