[packagingguy]

Try living near suitcase city in Tampa.

That place is crazy!

[DFG]

Suspected mobile meth lab forces Florida Welcome Center on I-95 to shut down, evacuate

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/07/06/suspected-mobile-meth-lab-forces-florida-welcome-center-to-shut-down-evacuate/

[mjp]

the meme itself is believed to have originated in February 2013 with the Twitter account @_FloridaMan. This account would tweet out links to news stories with headlines that began with "Florida man...", such as "Florida man run over by van after dog pushes accelerator" or "Police arrest Florida man for drunken joy ride on motorized scooter at Walmart."

The account quickly gained popularity, and soon other people began creating their own "Florida Man" Twitter accounts. The meme also spread to other social media platforms, and soon people were sharing "Florida Man" stories all over the internet.

[ansel12]

I’ve had a feeling that California lost the media title for crazy when it became more identified with the Democrat party while the media transferred it to Florida as it became more identified as Republican.

[nicollo]

What a dumb article. (And of course some dumb-ass professor has nothing of interest to say, and the rest of it is about rednecks.)

“FL Man” is because of the law in FL which provides for quick release of police records but without names of suspects. The internet pickup up on it and turned it into a “meme.”

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Serge Storms is the ultimate Florida Man.