Talk:Florida Man

Origin
Florida Man has been around much longer than 2013. Fark.com had to add a Florida tag as far back as 2007 after users noticed how much crazy news was coming out of the state. Ihatevidyagames (talk) 18:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the article has a fairly clear explanation of the longstanding interest in Floridian crime reports and the aggregation under the name "Florida Man." If you have sources indicating the term was used earlier, by all means add them!--~TPW 04:41, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110601000000*/https://www.fark.com/topic/florida/ 2601:2C1:8800:B600:8D92:4036:39FF:4A62 (talk) 22:48, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * this article has everything i needed for my lesson about florida men Themessynoob (talk) 14:42, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

I don't have any references but I'd like to weigh in that I also think this is older than 2013. The twitter handle was made in 2013 because it was already a meme, it didn't become a meme because of a twitter handle. Contributer232312 (talk) 02:12, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Florida law on ongoing investigations?
I have heard the claim that one of the reasons so many odd crime stories come from Florida is that under Florida law, the press is permitted to publish all available information in criminal investigations, even when the investigation is still in progress. This is not true in other states, resulting in somewhat fewer (per capita, anyway) published stories of attempted robberies in which the perpetrator clobbers the attendant with a frozen chicken, or threatens him with a live alligator, etc.

I have no idea what legal statutes these would be, however. Can anyone confirm or deny this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:400:8001:BA60:B55C:F4E4:6A17:63CA (talk) 03:42, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

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Maryland Driver
Does it make sense to reference Maryland Driver, A DC Local meme about traffic accidents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.15.241.113 (talk) 03:44, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * With an appropriate source you may do so. SenatorLEVI (talk) 15:12, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

QG
A whole series of articles for GQ (or at least its website) have been published under the pseudonym "Florida Man". I don't know who the actual author is/authors are; GQ apparently has not revealed this. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Should the mangled "Atlanta" sidebar really be here?
It looks like someone tried to make a connection to an episode of Atlanta where Florida Man is mentioned. While funny, it's actually only mentioned briefly; leaving the sidebar and the category links at the bottom are just confusing. Thunderbunny (talk) 03:52, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Example story unconvincing
I find the example story unconvincing, because it involves neither inebriation, nor traveling on the highway in a vehicle unsuited for highway use, such as a tractor, golf cart, or lawnmower. BD2412 T 17:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Tim Dorsey
I am surprised that the article never mentions Tim Dorsey. He may have been the original creator of the concept, or at least he did a lot to popularize it with his novels (the oldest of which dates back to 1999.) 2600:8801:D500:FB4:EDDF:40B7:6652:40DC (talk) 23:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

"Hyperweird" vs "mentally ill"
As far as I can tell, the following two statements say exactly the same thing. There is no reason to include such a confused tautology:

"stories tend to stand as exemplars of the mythical hyper-weirdness of the Sunshine State"

...

"more often simply document the travails of the drug-addicted, mentally ill, and homeless." 142.113.187.120 (talk) 20:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Miami New Times
The Miami New Times claimed that freedom of information laws in Florida make it easier for journalists to acquire information about arrests from the police than in other states and that this is responsible for a large number of news articles.[3]

I understand this whole thing is kind of tongue-in-cheek, but the Miami New Times (not to be confused with the Miami Herald) is something like the National Enquirer. It would not be an acceptable source for other articles. 57.135.233.22 (talk) 20:34, 17 February 2024 (UTC)