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GeneChing
10-02-2012, 04:02 PM
There's a photo gallery if your follow the link.

'Perfect Split' Meme: Chinese College Student Becomes Internet Sensation Thanks To Spotless Split (PHOTOS) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/perfect-split-meme-internet-sensation-china_n_1932411.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&ir=World&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=3955102,b=facebook)
The Huffington Post | By Dominique Mosbergen Posted: 10/02/2012 12:17 pm EDT Updated: 10/02/2012 1:32 pm EDT

Move over, planking; here comes the super split.

A rather stretch-tastic trend is sweeping through the Interwebs in China, as flocks of limber ladies have taken to a popular social networking site to show off their version of a "perfect split."

According to Chinese news website Sina, a college student sparked the malleable meme when she posted this photo of her doing the splits in a dorm room on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/797481/original.jpg
Credit: Weibo

Since then, many girls across the country have followed in her flexible footsteps, posting their own versions of a spotless split.

And to prove just how casual this whole exercise is, some lithe ladies have even taken the meme one step further by carrying out daily activities like eating, chatting on the phone and hanging out at the office as they attempt the super stretch.

Impressive, erotic or thoroughly weird -- what do you think of this stretchy meme?

Click through this slideshow of photographs and tell us what you think in the comments below: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/254073/slide_254073_1588423_free.jpg?1349130807999 I only cut & pasted that last photo because that's how you should all be when surfing this forum. ;)

Bacon
10-02-2012, 07:22 PM
Nah I think most people here use this position...

http://wemeantwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/head_up_ass.jpg

sanjuro_ronin
10-03-2012, 05:36 AM
Yeah...the popularity of that has nothing to do with the ability to do the splits, especially that "computer pic', LOL !

Love the pic of the dog doing the splits though, that was cool !

Sima Rong
10-04-2012, 03:03 PM
I saw this on Weibo yesterday actually (the original post). One of my female friends shared a group of photos.

Women like looking at pictures of sexy women too. :D

GeneChing
10-09-2012, 03:23 PM
...why is it that all the articles so far have exactly the same pix? Are there more somewhere?*

Sima Rong, can you link us up to the original Weibo post?


*um, not that I was looking for more in my spare time or anything...

Sima Rong
10-09-2012, 03:44 PM
Hi Gene! It isn't really a decent trend, but something fun that passes very very quickly and is forgotten I think. I've only really encountered one person sharing this (a young woman), but it might be my friends group. Here's the link I found though and the Chinese news story underneath (with Maroon 5 backing):
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2012-09-27/02213753676.shtml

It had 13,360 plus people commenting on the article, but I'm not sure if that number makes it a big deal in China.

GeneChing
10-12-2012, 10:32 AM
It isn't really a decent trend, but something fun that passes very very quickly and is forgotten I think.
I was hoping to sell some Pro-Leg stretchers (http://www.martialartsmart.com/20-60.html)....:(


;)
Funny how viral media goes nowadays, especially English reports of Asian viral trends.