“What do web developers’ children play?”/“The floor is Java!”
“The floor is lava” is a game. “The floor is java” is a coffee pun. “The floor is java” is also a Java programming language joke.
“I want to play the floor is java. How amazing that would be! I would drink the entire floor” was posted on X/Twitter by “assault forgiven” on December 27, 2009. “A coffee shop called The Floor is Java” was posted on X/Twitter by Dane Cronbaugh on November 14, 2012. “#webdev joke of the day: What do web developers’ children play? The floor is Java!” was posted on X/Twitter by Michael Aoun on August 19, 2015. “This Friday at the taproom we are releasing ‘The floor is Java’, a dry hop only lactose & coffee IPA” was posted on X/Twitter by Claim 52 Brewing on July 3, 2017.
“I said ‘THE FLOOR IS JAVA’ when I dropped my coffee and I got a high five from 5 other Dads” was posted on X/Twitter by PieGuy on December 20, 2024. “Yelling the floor is java in a Starbucks does not get you served any quicker” was posted on Bluesky by inkedupandsonic on January 9, 2025.
The floor is lava
The floor is lava is a game in which players pretend that the floor or ground is made of lava (or any other lethal substance, such as acid or quicksand), and thus must avoid touching the ground, as touching the ground would “kill” the player who did so. The players stay off the floor by standing on furniture or the room’s architecture. The players generally may not remain still, and are required to move from one piece of furniture to the next.
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assault forgiven
@4GlVEN
I want to play the floor is java. How amazing that would be! I would drink the entire floor.
7:04 PM · Dec 27, 2009
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Dane Cronbaugh
@DaneTweetbaugh
A coffee shop called The Floor is Java.
6:22 PM · Nov 14, 2012
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Lol, timo
@loltimo
The floor is Java! Don’t step on it!!
5:01 PM · Jan 31, 2014
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Andrew
@mrandrewm
Growing up, my siblings and I loved playing the classic game “the floor is java,” it taught us so much about coffee brewing techniques.
10:24 AM · Feb 3, 2014
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Jon Wheeler
@JWheel101
Living above Starbucks impresses girls in Miatas but keeps me bouncing off the walls because the floor is java
5:54 PM · Nov 19, 2014
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Michael Aoun
@WebDevMic
#webdev joke of the day:
What do web developers’ children play?
The floor is Java!
1:12 PM · Aug 19, 2015
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hugo
@hugojmd
Sometimes, when I’m programming, I like to play The Floor is Java
10:05 PM · Oct 4, 2015
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jonathan
@TheRealJmar
The Floor Is Java #ChildhoodGameFails
8:04 PM · Nov 29, 2015
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Aaron
@aaroncawte
Software development coursework break idea: The floor is Java
5:07 PM · Nov 8, 2016
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Straw Hat Lanky
@FigaroUlysses
A coffee shop where everyone and everything is suspended from the ceiling called “look out the floor is java”
10:38 PM · Mar 4, 2017
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Helder Ibanez
@helder_ibanez
The floor is Java
(Java code is shown on the floor.—ed.)
5:18 PM · Jun 17, 2017
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Claim 52 Brewing
@Claim52Brewing
This Friday at the taproom we are releasing “The floor is Java”, a dry hop only lactose & coffee IPA
2:39 PM · Jul 3, 2017
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Marshall Bock
@marshallbock
As kids, did engineers play The Floor Is Java?
6:58 PM · Apr 17, 2018
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metaphor man
@shitbiscuit
when MySQL coders get bored they play ‘the floor is Java’
9:21 AM · Feb 11, 2019
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Anmol Rana
@ref_sys
Coding phrases that don’t exist but should:
perl-clutching: being controlling about how others code
the floor is java: religiously avoiding certain languages or frameworks for no real reason
seeing i to i: when developers actually agree on something
12:00 PM · May 19, 2020
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Tundra British Columbia Headhunters Circus
@BeeeejEsq
United States: The floor is lava!
Mexico: The floor is guava!
Indonesia: The floor is java!
Spain: The floor is cava!
Italy: The floor is fava!
Greece: The floor is baklava!
Crimea: The floor is balaclava!
Scandinavia: The floor is gravlax!
8:33 AM · Jul 8, 2020
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Brian Nevison
@gametimebrian
Spilled coffee beans all over the floor while trying to make my morning coffee
“Could it be? I guess we’re playing The Floor is Java!”
“If I was gonna spill at any stage of the process, this was the best one for it.”
#positivespintweets #spinteam
8:11 AM · Jan 7, 2021
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Bob
@spock3383
My new favorite coffee stout. Coffee is prevalent at the beginning, but the more I drink the more I taste the vanilla. - Drinking The Floor Is Java by
@AnderbyBrewing at @AnderbyBrewing — https://untp.beer/s/c994246744
1:14 PM · Feb 7, 2021
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Baffled Onlooker
@baffledonlooker
Coffee all over the carpet, the floor is Java.
3:33 PM · Sep 22, 2022
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Dr Daniel Johnson
@danjohnsonhymns
8 year old making me a coffee, and I spilled some granules on the floor.
Me: look out - the floor is Java!
Him: 😐
Me:
2:53 PM · Mar 6, 2023
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PieGuy
@ilovepie84
I said “THE FLOOR IS JAVA” when I dropped my coffee and I got a high five from 5 other Dads
7:42 AM · Dec 20, 2024
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Data Cyborg
@data_cyborg
The floor is java
#ProgrammerHumor
#meme
1:00 PM · Jan 7, 2025
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Bluesky
inkedupandsonic
@sonictyrant.bsky.social
Yelling the floor is java in a Starbucks does not get you served any quicker
January 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM