This game from our childhood is now a social media challenge

The floor is lava!

If like us, you’d strategically place cushions around the room before you challenged your siblings, then this latest trend will leave you much less time to prepare. Yes, people are being caught unaware with the news that the floor has suddenly turned to lava. The rules are simple - get yourself to safety. In a panicked bid to abide the game’s rules, people are using any means necessary to get themselves off the ground.

The Floor is lava pic.twitter.com/7c5jI0Mf25

— matt (@Mcastellanos47) June 2, 2017

From shelves to bins, members of the public are throwing themselves onto any objects they can find in an effort to save themselves. Thankfully for us, these efforts are being filmed and shared on social media for us all to enjoy.

the original 'hot lava floor game' (jenna, mark and josh edition) pic.twitter.com/TyB985RUWf

— Andalucía Clique (@andaluciaclique) June 1, 2017

if you tell me the floor is lava just know i'm ready for it

— sadie! (@sadie_sindone) June 1, 2017

ICYMI The floor is lava ? via @JahannahJames & @K_Freshwater89 pic.twitter.com/4UUIMRozc9

— David Schaub (@schaub_d) June 1, 2017

I swear my dog is always playing "the floor is lava".

— Tyler Kern (@tkhockey510) May 30, 2017

#FloorIsLava gone wrong pic.twitter.com/gAEaIUAHny

— Bazooka Joe (@joeyscarpato) June 2, 2017

the "floor is lava" game is fun and all unless you live in arizona where the ground outside during summer is actual frickin lava

— zobo (@zoeyelaine23) June 1, 2017

THE FLOOR IS LAVA !! He's honestly the best dog ever ?? #thefloorislava pic.twitter.com/G9pkWJIuf0

— kat ✨ (@omgkateryn) June 3, 2017

Now, while most people are up for the challenge, some are raising the proverbial middle finger to the rules and responding with one word - effort!

Them: "The floor is lava" Me, an intellectual: pic.twitter.com/nvwcXsSp9b

— Kaleb (@kalebthecook) June 3, 2017

  Feature image: Twitter