People on social media have been wondering what is going on with Florida’s weird criminals for years. Recently someone who goes by “gandolfsoda” capitalized on the trend by launching a simple game on tumblr: Do a Google search for “Florida man” followed by your birthday and report back what you find. That got picked up on Twitter by “swervin merv” and the idea went viral.
this idea came from @ gandalfsoda on tumblr!!! pic.twitter.com/wCouGZuYjA
— swervin merv (@g_pratimaaa) March 20, 2019
At this point, there are multiple news stories about the trend but it’s not hard to see why it caught on when you look at some of the hilarious and disturbing responses:
Where do I collect my prize? #floridaman pic.twitter.com/kkxyQeTPns
— Patrick Joy (@JetSet024) March 21, 2019
This next one could happen to anyone.
— Daddy (@BloodyfasterTV) March 21, 2019
Drugs are a recurring theme in a lot of these stories.
June 27th pic.twitter.com/TzffxiIhJp
— Noah (@GetToNoahGuy_) March 21, 2019
And of course alcohol:
My Florida Man is a God. #floridamanchallenge pic.twitter.com/LHnTgn8Jlk
— Steven Duke (@stevenWduke) March 21, 2019
Being a weird pervert is the other recurring theme:
So I did the thing where I googled “Florida man” and my bday and I got this bs….this happened IN MY COUNTY send help to fl pic.twitter.com/MS0Myr6sxc
— Taylor Panzer (@taylor_panzer) March 21, 2019
My Florida Man is a classic case of he said she e-e-e-ee-e-eh’d. pic.twitter.com/b4xkWHlosP
— LittleKuriboh (@yugiohtas) March 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/LebottJames/status/1108768924760444929
Just got on this #FloridaMan train and I might win this one guys pic.twitter.com/OI7w5rav0k
— Chloe “No Middle Sliders” Dykstra (@skydart) March 21, 2019
Some stories manage to merge the two themes:
I got the most light-hearted Florida Man, I win. pic.twitter.com/DJTkA3l4pa
— Tuesday (@TuesdayGrey) March 21, 2019
I hope this one isn’t real:
Whats your florida man? pic.twitter.com/DcUmHgaKQt
— Alex (@Hawk_Mother) March 21, 2019
wow florida man snapped on my birthday pic.twitter.com/0r7LbOObEY
— bryce (@heavenly_nugget) March 21, 2019
That was a fun weekend. #FloridaMan pic.twitter.com/YijLGu02ox
— Browns Rally Possum (@Browns_Possum) March 21, 2019
Behold the power of Florida Man!!! pic.twitter.com/BwRdomE0t7
— Jackson (@BluFlame296JTJ) March 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/cait__k/status/1108808970398035968
Did the “Florida man plus your birthday” thing, and got this. Actually laughed pic.twitter.com/TII3drvggQ
— Speirs (@Speirs_Official) March 21, 2019
There really doesn’t seem to be an end to these and depending on your birthday you may have several “Florida man” stories to choose from.
There’s a trend going around where you type “Florida man” and then your birthdate… mine did not disappoint pic.twitter.com/NTNo0FLVWu
— Nicks (@Nicks) March 21, 2019
Florida man – June 30th pic.twitter.com/i5hli9XgJt
— BK (@beekazy) March 21, 2019
Florida man -August 15th pic.twitter.com/wbwf7snlaF
— Clayton Greiner (@clayton_greiner) March 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/ParallelGorb/status/1108758263498080259
Of course, I had to look up my own Florida man story but several of the ones from my birthdate are really dark, like this one:
But I did find one that better suits the mood of the challenge, from 2017: