{"slug":"the-floor-is","name":"The Floor Is","url":"/templates/the-floor-is.jpg","w":628,"h":319,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Someone leaping off the ground like their life depends on it. Make a The Floor Is meme by labeling the floor as whatever you or anyone else is desperately avoiding.","keywords":"the floor is meme, floor is lava meme, avoiding meme, jumping meme, the floor is lava","year":2017,"origin":"Born from the childhood game \"the floor is lava,\" this format surged on Twitter and Reddit in mid-2017. Photos of people dramatically jumping, climbing furniture, or clinging to walls get captioned with \"The floor is [thing someone avoids at all costs].\" The comedy is in the physical desperation of the pose matched against something mundane. While Drake Hotline Bling shows a calm preference and Distracted Boyfriend shows wandering attention, The Floor Is captures full-body panic avoidance.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Person (left)","x":5,"y":2,"w":40,"h":25,"placeholder":"Who is avoiding","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":28,"opacity":1},{"label":"Person (right)","x":55,"y":2,"w":40,"h":25,"placeholder":"Who is avoiding","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":28,"opacity":1},{"label":"The Floor","x":10,"y":65,"w":80,"h":30,"placeholder":"What they're avoiding","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isItalic":false,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":36,"opacity":1}],"howToMake":["The Floor Is template is loaded. Top text reads \"THE FLOOR IS\" by default. Your job is to name what the floor represents","Keep the top line as the setup (\"THE FLOOR IS\") and use the bottom text to name whatever is being avoided. Or rewrite both lines for a custom spin","The funniest versions pair extreme physical avoidance with something that people dodge in ordinary life. Emotional vulnerability, basic responsibilities, reasonable advice. Anything people treat like hot lava","Classic Impact font in white with black stroke pops against most photo backgrounds. Adjust size if your avoidance target needs a longer description","Save your meme with the Download button, or Copy it straight to your clipboard for immediate sharing"],"exampleCaptions":["THE FLOOR IS","MAKING A PHONE CALL WHEN YOU COULD JUST TEXT"],"exampleAltText":"The Floor Is meme about avoiding making phone calls when texting is an option","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-06","seo":{"aliases":["Floor Is Lava Meme","The Floor Is Lava","Floor Meme","Avoiding The Floor Meme","Jump Meme"],"description":"A person launches themselves off the ground with the urgency of someone who just discovered the floor will end them. Legs tucked, arms flailing, body fully airborne. Below them: the thing they refuse to touch, interact with, or acknowledge. The pose suggests this is not a choice but a survival instinct.","definition":"A person jumping, climbing, or contorting to avoid the floor, which has been labeled as something they refuse to engage with. Derived from \"the floor is lava,\" the format turns any form of avoidance into a physical act of desperate self-preservation.","useCases":[{"category":"Emotional Avoidance","examples":["The floor is having an honest conversation about your feelings","The floor is admitting you were wrong in an argument","The floor is opening the email from your bank after a weekend of online shopping","The floor is checking your screen time report","The floor is listening to the voicemail instead of just calling back"]},{"category":"Work & Professional Dodging","examples":["The floor is volunteering to present first","The floor is updating your resume until you actually need it","The floor is answering \"Do you have any questions?\" at the end of a meeting","The floor is using the project management tool your company pays $10,000/month for","The floor is saying \"I don't know\" instead of bluffing through the answer"]},{"category":"Technology & Apps","examples":["The floor is reading the terms and conditions","The floor is unsubscribing from emails when you can just delete them forever","The floor is organizing your 14,000 unread emails","The floor is actually using the calendar app you spent an hour setting up","The floor is closing browser tabs you've had open for 3 weeks"]},{"category":"Adulting & Responsibilities","examples":["The floor is scheduling a dentist appointment","The floor is doing your taxes before April 14th","The floor is opening the mail that looks like it might be a bill","The floor is calling to dispute a charge instead of just absorbing the loss","The floor is actually reading the lease before signing it","The floor is making a budget and then following it"]},{"category":"Health & Self-Care Avoidance","examples":["The floor is drinking water instead of a fourth cup of coffee","The floor is stretching before exercising","The floor is going to bed at a reasonable hour on a weeknight","The floor is Googling your symptoms and accepting the first result","The floor is eating a vegetable that isn't buried in cheese"]},{"category":"Social Situations","examples":["The floor is making eye contact with someone you vaguely recognize at the grocery store","The floor is RSVPing \"no\" instead of just not showing up","The floor is telling the waiter your order is wrong instead of eating it anyway","The floor is saying goodbye at a party only once instead of doing three laps","The floor is initiating plans instead of waiting to be invited"]}]}}