The account was retired in 2019. Shortly after retiring the account, creator Freddie Campion told the Washington Post he did so because the Florida Man meme had become a little too mean-spirited.

From this, the Florida Man meme rose to prominence on social media, sharing snippets of outrageous stories for easy laughs, carelessly turning perpetrators and victims alike into punchlines.

The hilarious, unbelievable new HBO series “It’s Florida, Man” dramatizes some of the wildest stories that inspired the ubiquitous “Florida Man” meme ... calls “a search for ...

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Eric says he is indeed the “Florida man” the memes suggest. “I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed,” he says in the second episode. “But I’ll stab you with the sharpest tool.” ...

The “Florida Man” meme is pretty well known by now; it’s about stories coming from the Sunshine State that are so strange that they can’t be believed, even though they’re all true.

Assuming that It’s Florida, Man is going to be successful — and the memes and stars come with their own built-in audiences — there should be opportunities to take more risks in a ...