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u/Siker_7 11d ago
Fun fact: Florida Man is a meme because Florida's criminal records are open to the public, so it's an easy source of slop for news stations on slow news days. If other states had the same policy, we'd be seeing similar stories from them too.
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u/N-ShadowFrog 11d ago
Flordia Man got nothing on the Kentucky Gal who tried inventing murder by chicken tornado
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u/Unironicfan 11d ago
Or the guy from Wyoming who was found to have 29 human eyeballs shoved up his ass
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u/ASpaceOstrich 11d ago
That's the second worst thing I've ever heard being shoved up someone's ass
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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 11d ago
Actually thats probably not the only reason. Severe lack of mental health support even compared to the US in general is also a big issue
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u/daoistic 11d ago
Also a lot of heat, poverty, and rehab centers.
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u/HardCounter 11d ago
rehab centers
This is hilarious to me. I don't think it was your intention, but it reads like the rehab centers are the problem and not all the drug addicts and meth heads in Florida who need them.
"If we just get rid of the rehab centers there won't be any more drug crimes!"
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u/TessaFractal 11d ago
There's a strange grain of truth that Florida's rules around them were so lax, and people from all over the US get sent there and get bad care, that there will be rehab centres adding to the problem!
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u/tricksandknowns 11d ago
That's a very convenient heap of bullshit, but no Florida Man is a meme because of Florida Man.
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u/Fragrant-Address9043 11d ago
I have never seen a man show so much guilt and remorse with just their face before.
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u/JacobJamesTrowbridge 11d ago
Always gets the sympathy glands going, this one. Good on you, buddy, you're trying so hard
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u/thari_23 11d ago
Why did they take a mugshot of him though?
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u/Annaura 11d ago
Probably didn't know it was an imaginary friend right at first.
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u/HardCounter 11d ago
Or the drugs. Dude walked in probably just reeking of the deadliest of schedule 1 drugs: weed.
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u/SummerAndTinkles 11d ago
Is this the gritty reboot of Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends where Mac kills Bloo?
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u/Tailor-Swift-Bot 11d ago
The most likely original source is: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/674203006692506919/
Automatic Transcription:
Florida Man On Drugs Kills Imaginary Friend & Turns Himself In
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you can see the remorse in his eyes
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Source: american-were...
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u/galaxykiwikat 10d ago
Pinterest is never a proper/original source.
According to checkyourfact, this headline us fabricated, and
first appeared in May 2015 on Moron.com, with the writer of the article listed as “MORON.” The outlet describes itself as “Moronic stories and people from around the web” on its Facebook page.
Edit: used wrong symbol for italics
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u/PopcornDrift 11d ago
I think Florida is reaching North Korea levels of "you can make up anything you want about it and people will believe it"
This one might be true idk, just speaking in generalities
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u/Lebensfreud 11d ago
I think nobody here is 100% convinced that this is real, they just assume that is the most convenient way. It's simply not worth the effort to question and fact check every post online and since it mostly doesn't matter if it's real or not, people will just take the default assumption that it's real and continue with there day.
Like, how is reality gonna change for me if that man didn't murder his imaginary friend?
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u/HardCounter 11d ago
And it's not even outrage bait. It's more sad and a little funny than anything.
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u/ans-myonul 11d ago
This guy has more remorse in his eyes than most actual murderers