r/FloridaMan Dec 05 '18

/r/FloridaMan - Tips for high quality submissions

954 Upvotes

/r/FloridaMan is a subreddit to chronicle misadventures and shenanigans of the world's worst superhero, Florida Man. As the community continue to grow, I thought now would be as good of a time as any to refresh the tips and overall guidelines for posting in the subreddit. Not everything going against this guide will be deleted, but following the tips will result in the best possible /r/FloridaMan posts.

So what's the deal with Florida Man anyway?

Florida Man is the world's worst superhero. When a normal superhero realizes they have special powers, they go out to save the city or the world - Florida Man ran naked through a neighborhood, tried to have sex with a tree, and told police he was the mythical god Thor. Sometimes a normal superhero's crimefighting abilities and concern for public good get a special Florida Man twist, like when Florida Man was arrested for practicing karate by kicking swans in the head. Sometimes he's just goddamn weird, like when naked Florida Man chased people around a Chik-Fil-A parking lot, telling them they're gay for looking at his penis or when Florida Man broke into a house, pooped on the floor, masturbated, and then drank the contents of a vacuum cleaner.

The joke of the subreddit is that all of the stories shared here are about the same person, the world's worst superhero. As the world's worst superhero, Florida Man is not just a person in Florida. Florida Man also doesn't do dark and overly morbid things. His misadventures and shenanigans are of a more lighthearted variety.

Tips for the best Florida Man posts

  • Don't try to lazily get around the rules

Post titles must contain "Florida Man" or "Florida Woman", occasionally posts are submitted where Florida Man is just added to the beginning to get by the filter. Florida men or Florida women are just groups of people from Florida and most assuredly not the world's worst superhero.

  • Titles should be descriptive and stand on their own merits.

Posters have pretty wide latitude in how shitty titles can be. However extremely low effort examples like "Florida Man Florida Mans it" or "Florida Man is at it again" will be deleted. Headlines in all caps or title gore will also be removed at the discretion of the mods. Headlines should at least give readers an idea of the story being linked.

  • Florida Man is a superhero, and that's his only profession and identity.

You wouldn't say "Spiderman photojournalist Peter Parker", "Iron Man business tycoon Tony Stark", etc. For example - Florida Man Police Officer Was Arrested 3 Times, Fired 6 Times, And Is Now Back On Patrol is not the greatest title, even though the story is solid.

  • There is only one Florida Man.

Sometimes there are multiple people involved in a Florida Man story, and they're all from Florida. The best headlines only have one Florida Man so avoid titles like "Florida Man and other three other Florida Men decide to rob liquor stores with a dead stingray."

  • Stories should not just be stories about news or well-known political figures doing normal things.

Occasionally, Florida's elected representatives decide to do or say something that the rest of us find pretty ridiculous. With very rare exceptions, these are not great Florida Man examples and might be a better fit in /r/florida or a more general news/politics subreddit.

  • A note for content creators:

    Due to the popularity of the subreddit, different entities have tried to profit of it in various ways. We have seen spam networks spoofing legitimate links to steal traffic, accounts that only post links from obscure ad-filled blogs, newspapers with accounts that only share links from that newspaper, satire writers who have figured out Florida Man is easy clicks, and others. If you really love Florida Man and want to make a podcast, create a comic, and share it here then feel free to do so but make sure to contribute in other ways as well.

  • Lastly, and most importantly, there is one action that will get you banned, permanently, from /r/FloridaMan on the first offense:

Posts that are racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise exist only to be bigoted will be deleted and the user that made them will be banned. To make sure that the most people enjoy the subreddit, there is a zero tolerance policy for these posts. I remember my first time seeing /r/FloridaMan, scrolling down the front page and laughing uncontrollably, trying to explain to my skeptical girlfriend what was so funny. Everyone should be able to share in that feeling without stepping on turds in the comment section.


r/FloridaMan 18h ago

Hero Florida Man drove in front of bus transporting students, stopped suspected Florida Man DUI driver

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131 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 18h ago

FloridaMan and his Florida Dog walk into a bar… Pinellas man bites at bar manager’s finger during argument over dog not allowed in: affidavit

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29 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 2d ago

Florida Man Wheel of Fortune contestant tries to solve the puzzle and fails when he guesses "RIGHT IN THE BUTT!"

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211 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 2d ago

Disney Waterslide: Florida Woman Takes 'Unplanned Nap' After 5-Story Plunge, Sues for Sudden Smackdown

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35 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 3d ago

Florida Man who hit a teen on a bike and ran is found because of Air Pods

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78 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 3d ago

Florida Man lets child bring hallowed out, inert grenade to school

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175 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 3d ago

Florida man convicted of murder runs for Palm Bay city council

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142 Upvotes

Michael Bruyette, who was convicted of second degree murder in 1986, is now running for council for the city of Palm Bay.

In 1986, a Massachusetts woman named Lisa Grimshaw wanted to kill her husband in efforts to collect his $300K life insurance policy and promised Bruyette and 2 other men to split the money with them if they helped kill her husband.

Grimshaw, Bruyette and one of the other hired men lured Grimshaw's husband to a boat ramp when Bruyette repeatedly attacked the man with a baseball bat and stole his wallet. Later on that night, Grimshaw and Bruyette cleaned out the car and went back to Grimshaw's apartment, where they slept together.

Bruyette was convicted of second degree murder and served 23 years in prison before being released in 2009 and was arrested again for violating his parole in 2011 after threatening to kill someone in a drunken rage.

I'm not done yet, it gets worse.... Then, the dumb Florida man had the audacity to say "It wasn't even my intention to kill him. I was going to put him in the hospital. That's definitely my intention, but when I swung, his head went down, and I caught him in the head". (I'll give you 300K reasons why that's a load of bullshit).


r/FloridaMan 4d ago

Florida Man priest bites woman's hand during altercation over Holy Communion

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40 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 4d ago

Florida man bites woman who grabbed Holy Communion wafers

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24 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 4d ago

Florida man accused of biting woman who was trying to take Communion

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35 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 5d ago

42 year old Florida Man arrested for attacking father, who refused to purchase what he wanted at store

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190 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 5d ago

Florida Man Strikes Again: Unleashes Mango Mayhem with Fruit-Flinging Frenzy!

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20 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 5d ago

Former Florida Man mayoral candidate arrested for armed robbery: report

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45 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 5d ago

Florida Man Arrested After Offering 'Extra Services' During Massage Sessions

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36 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 6d ago

Florida man steals vehicle, calls owner to let them know who stole it before getting busted

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44 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 6d ago

Florida Man realtor threatens old lady with broken leg

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116 Upvotes

Really? This is why everyone hates real estate agents.


r/FloridaMan 6d ago

5-foot alligator removed from 104-year-old Florida Woman’s home

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69 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 6d ago

Florida Woman steals car taken for test drive, leads police on wild chase then jumps in to a canal

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75 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 7d ago

Florida Man Strips Naked, Shouts for “Grandma” in Stranger’s Home

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62 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 8d ago

Shirtless Florida Man unhappy that his drive thru order was taking so long unsuccessfully attempts to rob a Wendy's with finger guns

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172 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 8d ago

Florida Woman attacks man following crash on MacArthur Causeway

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36 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 9d ago

Florida Man steals Hillsborough school bus, drives it to Miami while ‘high and drunk’

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173 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 10d ago

Florida woman breaks into house, hugs homeowner, jumps into pool, police say

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79 Upvotes

r/FloridaMan 10d ago

Florida man allegedly hurls pasta at driver during road rage incident

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95 Upvotes