The cultural phenomenon known as “Florida Man” evolved from decades of Florida crime news stories that were bizarre enough to make national headlines. In response to Florida Man’s growing popularity, a new online trend called “The Florida Man Challenge” is taking social media by storm.
According to various sources including the Tampa Bay Times, the challenge originated on Tumblr, where a user who goes by the name @gandlfsoda challenged other users to Google “Florida man” plus their birthday. Below are some of the most popular responses:
this idea came from @ gandalfsoda on tumblr!!! pic.twitter.com/wCouGZuYjA
— swervin merv (@g_pratimaaa) March 20, 2019
#floridamanchallenge (September 14th) pic.twitter.com/p5ESrrbk4M
— Pan_Cakey (@Pan_Cakey) March 21, 2019
Here’s my #FloridaMan . Reply with yours 😭 pic.twitter.com/0GA3xcSR0q
— sean (@seanykilleen) March 21, 2019
#floridamanchallenge 😂😂 I love this challenge so much pic.twitter.com/oLywb1ykym
— Sarah702 (@VegasMaypops) March 21, 2019
It was a good birthday. #floridamanchallenge pic.twitter.com/x74PvKWJXD
— Curtis LeBlanc (@curtiswleblanc) March 21, 2019
I got this #FloridaManChallenge pic.twitter.com/7cUQ7QKb9A
— RandomThings (@RandomThongsOF1) March 22, 2019
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