The Hands Challenge

Wednesday afternoon, BuzzFeed editor Jessica Lima tweeted this curious, provocative photo:

This funky fingers challenge, which is currently blowing up in Japan, might be the perfect viral internet prompt. Here's why: it's a weird, fun thing that anyone with fingers can easily attempt (and upload a photo of said attempt) in, like, 30 seconds.

Finally, it's pretty dang hard. Here are some attempts we've seen on Twitter/among the Digg staff.

A reply to Lima's original tweet:

Here's an attempt by a Digg staffer who requested anonymity:

Another Lima reply: 

And this is Digg's Head of Editorial and resident finger challenge champion, Dan Fallon (pictured here with his cat, right):

As for this blogger, I'd like to go on the record saying that I don't like this hands business. 

But that's likely because I can't really do it.

Can you do this thing? Tweet a photo of your best attempt to @Digg.

[H/T BuzzFeed]