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Is it okay to laugh at Florida Man?

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The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The beginnings of the Florida Man meme, and what it’s like to go viral on the worst day of your life.

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Is It okay to laugh at Florida Man? Writer Logan Hill investigates what happens after someone goes viral as the “world’s worst superhero”— and the moral implications of laughing along.

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:04.7

Hello, Hayon.

0:06.7

Here's the Nuriza back from the Washington Post.

0:08.8

Hi, this is Bafferine, heart of the Washington Post.

0:10.8

Glory, Arightani, over at the post.

0:12.7

I'm...

0:13.2

This is Post Reports.

0:14.7

I'm Martine Powers.

0:16.4

It's Monday, September 7th.

0:20.9

Today, what it's like to go viral as one of the internet's biggest memes, and the

0:29.8

moral complications of laughing along.

0:36.2

New information about the man who drove a Ferrari off a dock into the Palm Beach inlet

0:41.4

the day after Christmas.

0:42.9

This one's hard to believe here.

0:43.9

A Florida man goes after his wife's lover armed with a pair of scissors, and this does

0:48.6

not in well.

0:50.4

Normally, deputies use clothing in a description of someone they are after.

0:54.5

In this case, it's what the man isn't wearing that really stands out.

0:58.0

A gator-wielding man chasing people around a Jacksonville convenience store.

1:03.4

What in the world?

1:04.4

It's video now that's been seen around the world.

1:06.6

And just a few hours ago, Wheeler, that this incident is tonight under criminal investigation.

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