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Why people are Googling Florida Man and their birthdays


Looking for a social media trend that doesn’t involve taking risky selfies or dancing in the road beside a moving car? Look no further.

The ‘Florida Man’ trend has been doing the rounds for a little while now, and is taking Twitter by storm once again.

It all comes from a longstanding meme about news articles that started with the words Florida man.

A Reddit user, back in 2013, screenshotted a picture of their Google search results when they typed in the keywords.

Some of the choice headlines included ‘Florida Man Scared Silly Over Baby Alligator On Doorstep’ and ‘Florida Man Arrested for Giving People Wedgies’.

As it turned out, many of the headlines before and since have been for absolutely crazy stories, and often have pretty hilarious mugshots as their main image.

From then, it’s become a major trend, with a subreddit and Twitter account starting in honour of the madness.

This month, the Florida Man Challenge was born, where tweeters were urged to to Google ‘Florida Man’ and their birthday, to find out what their story would be.

Some of the silly ones that have come up include ‘Florida Man Who Threw Toilet Through Window in East St. Louis Found With Second Crapper’, ‘Florida man put semen in coworker’s water’, and ‘Neighbors complain about Florida man doing yard work naked’.

It got Florida Man Challenge trending worldwide, with people across the glove marvelling at the ridiculous antics going on in the US state.

Some of the results are less funny, with actual horrific crimes being reported on. However, that’s not in the spirit of the challenge, so let’s gloss over these atrocities until we get to the funny headlines, agreed?

Post your result in the comments.

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