“Florida man” is a new Twitter meme, and an account devoted to the phenomenon has already garnered a staggering 54,000 followers on the site.
The “Florida man” meme is kind of part of long-running internet joke about Florida and its many colorful characters — the social aggregation site Fark even has had a Florida tag for years, due to the prevalence of sordid tales from the state in the news. (Along with tags like “weird,” “strange,” “funny,” “hero,” and “silly.”)
But Florida man became a bigger thing this week, when someone got the idea of culling all the tweets mentioning any “Florida man” together under a single Twitter banner — to illustrate “real-life headlines about the world’s worst superhero.”
The results, explained via many Florida man tweets:
Florida Man Accused Of Firing Gun While Driving On I-95, Told Deputies He Thought He Was Fishing |
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 21, 2013
Florida Man Kills Roommate Over Missing Corn Dog | miamiherald.com/2012/11/28/311…
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 21, 2013
Florida Man Charged With Neglect After Trying To Transport Infant And 4-Foot-Tall Marijuana Plant In The Same Car |
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 20, 2013
High On Synthetic Weed, Florida Man Calls 911 Twice To Report That His Dreams Are Real | articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-04/new…
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 20, 2013
Barefoot Florida Man Steals Two Cases Of Mozzarella From Pizza Hut | complex.com/city-guide/201…
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 19, 2013
Florida Man Throws Jacket On Top Of Gun In Super 8 Motel Room, Accidentally Shoots Himself |
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 19, 2013
And this sounds just like we imagine Florida man to be:
Florida Man Knocks On Woman’s Door At 3am, Punches Her In The Face And Runs Away |
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) February 18, 2013
What’s your favorite Florida man story on Twitter?
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