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# People Are Really Flipping for the Playground Girl Flipping Meme Routine

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by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jul 29, 2019 6:14 PM UTC

![Playground flipping girl meme](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099be574582d2213/698a0083096a9440ab6a6b50/playgroundgirlmeme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

child throwing stone on hopscotch

child throwing stone on hopscotch assalve—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)

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