# Florida Man, the worst superhero ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437 "2018-12-20T18:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/21 "2019-07-08T18:16:04Z")
> [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](#): > > Am I the only one who read this thread and thought of They Might Be Giants’ song “Particle Man?” Nope: > [@Ludovic](#): > > They have a fight, Area wins. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/22 "2019-11-23T04:38:34Z")
Now he has a canine sidekick - Florida Dog!: [A Florida dog put a car into reverse and drove it in circles for nearly an hour | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/us/florida-dog-drives-circles-trnd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/23 "2019-11-23T13:09:01Z")
Oh no, you leave me outta this! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/24 "2019-11-23T15:12:04Z")
[!! **Florida Man game show**!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFq8A7dk8fY): ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/25 "2019-11-23T19:18:14Z")
I started to go to Florida once but was beaten up and robbed along the way so I returned to New Jersey. Did I miss anything good? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/26 "2019-11-23T20:13:24Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > I started to go to Florida once but was beaten up and robbed along the way so I returned to New Jersey. Did I miss anything good? The answer is always “no.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/27 "2020-12-10T22:26:44Z")
Florida Man coughs, spits and sneezes all over a Vero Beach Best Buy after refusing to wear a mask: > **[A Florida man refused to mask up in Best Buy. Then he coughed, spit and...](https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/12/10/a-florida-man-refused-to-mask-up-in-best-buy-then-he-coughed-spit-and-sneezed-all-over-the-store-police-said/)** > > An employee at a Geek Squad counter in Vero Beach approached and asked Alton Ashby to put on a mask. Ashby refused, police say. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/28 "2021-04-17T15:26:33Z")
Florida Woman in the news, too. > **[Florida woman charged for allegedly threatening to kill Kamala Harris | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/niviane-petit-phelps-charged-threatening-kamala-harris/index.html)** > > A Miami woman has been charged for allegedly threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/29 "2021-10-18T17:24:34Z")
More than a year old, but I just saw it: > **[Man Abducts Scientist To Make His Dog Immortal](https://themotherofallnerds.com/man-abducts-scientist-to-make-his-dog-immortal/)** > > Florida man Philip Josef has decided that his dog should have eternal life ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/30 "2021-10-18T18:40:47Z")
Much as I’d love this story to be true, I can’t find any mention of it except on a couple of humor web sites. I don’t see it on any legitimate news site. And there are some parts of the story that ping my bullshit meter, like the statement “However, Joseph didn’t face any charges because apparently, this is a mistake anyone who loves their dog, as much as Joseph does, will make when pressed against a life pondering question.” Even accepting that the last part of this sentence is deliberate humor, if he really abducted someone, he would certainly face charges. I also can’t find any evidence that there’s a faculty member named Ryan Lockhart at the University of South Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/31 "2021-11-23T14:43:58Z")
Back in the news: [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/florida-man-spotted-pelosi-lectern-pleads-guilty-81334247](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/florida-man-spotted-pelosi-lectern-pleads-guilty-81334247) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/32 "2021-11-23T16:23:54Z")
The show _Atlanta_ (which I love) covered Florida Man in the first episode of Season 2. Pretty funny. Here’s a scene: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3vGgUoIexVE/maxresdefault.jpg "Atlanta | Season 2 Ep. 1: Florida Man Scene | FX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGgUoIexVE) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/33 "2022-12-12T19:47:20Z")
A friend just told me that you can put “Florida Man” and your birthdate (written as “01/01” or whatever your month and date of birth are) into Google, and you can see what at least _one_ Florida Man was up to that day. I got “Florida Man Says the Three Syringes Found in His Rectum Weren’t His.” Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/34 "2022-12-12T19:52:24Z")
“Meth smoking Florida man attacks mattress in jealous rage” ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/35 "2022-12-12T20:13:54Z")
Florida Man Makes Himself A Snack While Robbing Taco Bell ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/36 "2022-12-12T22:02:33Z")
Google is pulling up articles using both the European and American date conventions. Here’s two. 1. A Florida man was arrested on drug charges, wearing a shirt that reads, “Who Needs Drugs?” then in smaller print below it says, “No, seriously, I have drugs.” 2. The Florida man climbed into the cage where the leopards lived and put on a pair of boxing gloves before attempting to box the leopard. The Florida man threw 7 punches at the leopard, and on the 7th punch was mauled and killed . . . ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/37 "2022-12-12T22:03:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I got “Florida Man Says the Three Syringes Found in His Rectum Weren’t His.” Yikes. That… kind of makes it even worse? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/38 "2022-12-12T22:15:16Z")
That’s really funny! My line: “Florida man accused of murdering wife after telling police she is ‘swimming with the fishes’” ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/39 "2022-12-12T22:21:01Z")
The NY Post (a right-wing rag, but apparently now an anti-Trump one) headlined the kickoff of his latest campaign with “Florida Man Makes Announcement”. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/40 "2022-12-12T22:25:06Z")
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