Lately, there’s been an internet challenge going around called the “Nicki Minaj.” This is where you try to recreate the pose from her 2013 track “High School,” which involves wearing the tallest heels you can, getting into a crouch and then standing on one foot.

Sound challenging? Well, it is — in fact, it’s so challenging that one influencer snapped her spine while trying to do it.

First-time mother and influencer Mariana reveals she broke her spine after attempting Nicki Minaj’s viral TikTok trend. pic.twitter.com/ZJjtKc8I98

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Russian influencer Mariana Barutkina attempted the challenge by balancing on a jar of baby food placed on top of a saucepan while wearing stilettos. This resulted in her suffering a compression flexion fracture to her spine.

As we keep having to learn over and over again, sometimes, the meme just isn’t worth it.