A new viral trend has emerged on social media this week, which sees people attempt to place their palm on their shoulders... and fail miserably.
The deceptively-simple stunt first emerged earlier this week, when a TikTok user named Lauren Murphy shared a video with her 23,800 followers showing her attempting to pull it off.
Take a look at this compilation video of people attempting the stunt here:In the original video, Lauren can be seen attempting to place the palm of her hand flat against her shoulder. Yet, despite her best efforts, the footage shows her unable to pull it off, struggling as though her hand were being deflected by an invisible force field.
Lauren captioned her post simply: "I just found out you can’t touch your palm to your shoulder."
Lauren's video quickly went viral and has accrued over 2.6 million views, 96,400 reactions, 12,000 shares, and a further 9,000 comments from other TikTok users as of the time of writing.
In the comments, a number of viewers agreed with Lauren, after attempting the feat themselves, that it was a lot harder than it looked.
For instance, one person wrote: "I thought I could do it but I realized it was my fingers not my palm touching and now I'm stuck. [sic]"
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO ALSO CAN'T DO IT? [sic]"
Another person chimed in: "okay i can't do it y'all making me upset."
However, other TikTok users didn't appear to see what all the fuss was about in the first place.
For instance, one person wrote: "I can do that [...] it's because im double jointed in the arms [sic]"
Another person stated: "Sounds like a y problem cus I can do it [sic]"
Finally, someone else wrote: "Maybe I'm broken because I can lol."
However, when these TikTok users claimed to be able to do the stunt, other commenters remained skeptical.
For example, one TikTok user stated: "There's no way every single one of y'all sating you can do it are actually doing it to the same shoulder, not the opposite."
Meanwhile, another person added: "[Why is] everyone saying they can do it, but I haven't seen a single person actually do it?"
A number of viewers of the video have since taken to Twitter to voice their frustration and amazement over the difficulty of the challenge.
For instance, one person wrote: "just saw on tik tok that you can’t touch your palm to your shoulder. i feel like i don’t even know myself anymore [sic]"
Another person wrote: "Did you know you can’t touch your palm to your shoulder?" in a caption for their own failed attempt.
Finally, another person added: "can yall touch ur palm to ur shoulder like this i need to know. [sic]"
So, are you up to the task? Or do you find it impossible? Give this challenge a try yourself and let us know your results in the comments below.
