What's the meaning of the 'the floor is lava' meme?

On February 4th, 2008, MetaFilter user 23skidoo submitted a post titled “When did boys start pretending the floor is made of lava?”, to which several commenters cited the Dahl story as the origin of the meme. read more

Many memes can be near meaningless, but the floor is lava meme seems to represent a sort of challenge and, well, the ‘The Floor is Lava’ game. It’s meant for mindless entertainment for the most part, though it can be used to say something. read more

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