# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/61 "2025-05-28T13:17:10Z")
A genuinely tragic story when you read the details, but OMG! > **[Meth-crazed Florida man is bitten by alligator, charges at cops with garden...](https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/us-news/meth-crazed-florida-man-is-bitten-by-alligator-charges-at-cops-with-garden-shears-before-hes-shot-dead-in-wild-series-of-events/)** > > A drug-crazed Florida man ended up being fatally shot after he survived an alligator bite but then charged at cops with garden shears as they tried to help him. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/62 "2025-05-28T15:24:48Z")
A Facebook meme awhile back had everyone look up Florida Man and their birthdate and post the headline. I still remember mine, “Florida Man Drunk on a Alligator tells cops he’s not going to get arrested, get’s arrested.” That isn’t even a title, it’s a 3 act play. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/63 "2025-05-28T15:28:25Z")
A YT video about “swampfest” showed up as a suggested. It’s a long video and I skipped around but it is 100% filled with Florida Men. The comments are great. The video is horrifying. If you search, you should find it and it has over a million views in the short time it’s been out. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/64 "2025-05-28T17:25:16Z")
Some people come to Florida because they are already Florida Man and are responding to the call of their natural habitat. Some folks become Florida Man after living here a while. When you are surrounded by crazies, it affects your view of normality. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/65 "2025-05-28T17:57:00Z")
I have been living under the impression all this time Florida’s reporting laws make Florida Man a reality, but [THIS REVIEW](https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/2117/) says otherwise. * * * Even coupled with the characteristics of Florida and its residents that many people claim are unique, the open records law-based theory for Florida Man’s existence falls short of explaining the phenomenon. This Article posits that the primary reasons for Florida Man’s popularity are pre-existing popular culture trends and the venue in which Florida Man rose to fame: the internet. Internet platforms allow a wide audience-which may already have been receptive to jokes about Florida due to its reputation for being a newsworthy state to easily consume, share, and reshare Florida Man content, inspiring journalists to continue to write Florida Man stories. This cycle of generation and consumption of Florida Man stories has allowed Florida Man to become one of the longest-living memes in internet history. While the Florida Public Records Law and characteristics of Florida and its people work together to provide raw material for Florida Man articles, the heretofore unmentioned popular culture and internet trend factors of the phenomenon complete the story behind Florida Man’s existence. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/66 "2025-05-29T01:13:07Z")
I got “Naked Florida Man with Crossbow who claimed aliens were after him shot by deputy”. It’s like Pokémon; “Florida Man has evolved into Naked Florida Man!” ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/67 "2025-05-29T02:29:13Z")
I got “Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel.” Because _of course_ he would. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/68 "2025-05-29T03:24:38Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > A Facebook meme awhile back had everyone look up Florida Man and their birthdate and post the headline. Birth **day** or birth **date**? I can’t find anything for my birthdate, sadly. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/69 "2025-05-29T03:33:39Z")
I think I found something. There is what appears to be a human being holding a crude mug being carried off by a crocodilian-like creature. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/70 "2025-05-29T16:18:51Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > A Facebook meme awhile back had everyone look up Florida Man and their birthdate and post the headline. You had to make me check (day, not date). **Florida man denies syringes found inside rectum are his** ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/71 "2025-05-29T17:04:03Z")
A couple from my birthday (not birth date): **Florida Man arrested for pulling off $100000 frozen bacon heist** **Central Florida Man arrested after pouring bleach in co-worker’s soda** ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/72 "2025-05-29T17:19:39Z")
My birthday twofer. South Florida man accused of biting off head of pet python during domestic dispute. And because I’m a girl so equal opportunity Floridianing Florida woman drops pants, licks man, dances naked in Waffle House parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/73 "2025-05-29T17:23:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Sitnam](#): > > > > A Facebook meme awhile back had everyone look up Florida Man and their birthdate and post the headline. > > Birth **day** or birth **date**? > > I can’t find anything for my birthdate, sadly. _sigh_ Birth DAY, I am sure. But both are fun, we can then see Florida Man’s evolution over generations. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/74 "2025-05-29T19:45:52Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Birth DAY, I am sure. Oh, then I’m sure I can find that, I’ll check what drunken mishaps occurred on that day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/75 "2025-05-29T19:54:34Z")
Drunk Florida man drops his pants, yells ‘where’s my weapon’ while exposing self to deputies, officials say Because, why not? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/76 "2025-05-29T21:52:14Z")
Damn, mine is dark. **June execution is scheduled for a Florida man convicted of raping and killing a woman** That execution is scheduled for my birthday. Of course I don’t get the fun stuff everyone else does. Story of my life. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/77 "2025-05-29T22:56:23Z")
Had a few good choices; picked this one: > **[Florida Man arrested for punching his girlfriend for changing channel during...](https://www.wcjb.com/2021/02/09/florida-man-arrested-for-punching-his-girlfriend-for-changing-channel-during-super-bowl/)** > > Thomas White was charged with felony battery for intentionally striking the woman against her will and causing “great bodily harm.” ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/78 "2025-05-29T23:08:07Z")
Note in the headline above that “Man” is capitalized, but no other words are. It’s like it really is his superhero name! Also, what a fuckin’ choad. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/79 "2025-05-29T23:12:22Z")
Oh. So this is _not_ about a MAGA attempt to promote redneck values through an addition to their already dreck literature in the form of a lame superhero character? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437/80 "2025-05-29T23:35:13Z")
**Drunken Florida man arrested after shoveling spaghetti into his mouth, yelling outside Olive Garden** Kind of boring day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437.md?page=5)