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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Is it always the same "Florida Man" or do they take turns?

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's the joke, no? That they are obviously all different people, but we treat them as one person - with the superhero name Floridaman - who's responsible for all the weird shit.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Floridaman - who’s responsible for all the weird shit.

This is the worst movie in the Marvel universe...

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

can't be worse than The Marvels. I went legally blind on that one.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We only hear about the Florida shenaningans because of a criminal transparency law unique to Florida.

The entire country is a freak show.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That Sunshine law just states public meeting records must be publicly available not that every criminal case needs to be made public (as an example just look at any one of the thousands of cases involving police brutality where details aren't released). This is just a myth that got repeated over and over on reddit for years to the point that everyone believes it.

This type of shit is explicitly unique to Florida.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for clarifying. I was fairly confident that states were pretty uniform in criminal cases being public records with a few exceptions like underage perpetrators' cases being sealed. Maybe this is even a federal law?

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Have you seen Fallen with Denzel Washington? It’s kinda like that, but instead of Azazel it’s Beelzebubba.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There is only one Florida Man, though he exists in many places at once.