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I’m a Florida Man.I don’t mean I’m one of those idiot caricature Floridians who are always making “Florida Man” headlines for bizarre behavior such as throwing a live alligator through a drive-thru window, or pooping on a dead possum during rush hour, or having sex with a tree and punching a police officer while claiming to be Thor, or totally wrecking the vibe of the World Cup by leaning on FIFA to change a penalty, or having sex with a stuffed Olaf doll in a Target store.All of these incidents actually happened. So, yes, some Floridians do ridiculous things. But that doesn’t mean the entire state population is crazy. As I often ask: It is really fair to judge all 23 million Floridians harshly, just because of the behavior of 21 million Floridians?That is of course a joke employing the humor technique of exaggeration. In point of statistical fact, only about 19 million Floridians are clinically insane. The rest of us are normal Americans who lead normal American lives just like…

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