What do you think of the 60 tweets below? Are they just funny and stupid headlines we can laugh at or are these headlines troubling? What do you think and why?
Question Description
The Twitter account “Florida Man” was set up as a humorous account that told the unique real life news headlines about arrests made in Florida, and told them as if one person committed all the crimes – the world’s worst superhero. The 60 headlines below are all real crimes and were featured on the “Florida Man” twitter account, the account had over 1/2 million follows, and Florida Man is now a well recognized meme. However, the founder of the Twitter account retired the account as he questioned if laughing at Florida Man was an okay thing to do.
Prompt
What do you think of the 60 tweets below? Are they just funny and stupid headlines we can laugh at or are these headlines troubling? What do you think and why?
Headlines #3 and #42 made me laugh. However headlines #17, #46 & #57 seem worrying.
(These 60 tweets don’t cover all the Florida Man stories or feature some of the more troubling stories, domestic abuse, sexual violence, murder…)
Answers in 200 to 500 words only. No need to comment on your classmates posts.
Taken from Bored Panda
60 Times Florida Man Did Something So Crazy We Had To Read The Headings Twice
Florida is undoubtedly the most curious, wackiest and unusual state in the US, inhabited by the weirdest people ever. And no wonder, as the local Floridians have to deal with alligators, venomous snakes, seasonless climate, mosquitos and such high humidity that leaves you all wet in a second on a hot one, every day. Also, bona fide Florida state inhabitants have an old tradition of living for today, no matter the dire consequences. We are not only talking about those people who chose to live in the Everglades, as Miami Floridians are also quite kooky. And if the dire consequences do happen, it is a law to make every arrest public information, thus putting every deed of these crazy people on the spotlight.
There are tons of unbelievable headlines out there about situations that have bewildered everyone, and while there are many different individuals involved in these stories, Florida Man always takes the cake with some of the most mind-boggling examples. Thanks to a Twitter account named Florida Man that gathers “Real-life stories of the world’s worst superheroes” we can share these stories of funny people with you and it’s truly amazing.
Take a look at some of the best headlines about the shenanigans of Florida Man.
https://twitter.com/_floridaman?lang=en (Links to an external site.)
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