I'm from Florida, but have lived in NC for most my life. The last time I went to Florida I saw a rather muscular man aggressively pumping weights by himself in a home depot parking lot listening to horrible techno music on blast AND NO ONE BATTED A SINGLE EYE. That's what I love about Florida, you can be as weird as you want and people just accept it as facts of life.
The last time I was there visiting family I watched my cousin's drunk neighbor ride a sea turtle that always swam up the canal out front of their house.. and also there was a local news story about a serial butt grabber on the loose.
When I lived in FL there was a well known homeless guy everyone called the dancing bum. He was this hippy looking old guy with long white hair and a cane who would hang out in Tampa at a specific stoplight. When the cars stopped he would dance his heart out with the cane back and forth in front of the cars. All the locals knew him. I don’t remember him asking for money or holding signs, he would just dance his heart out with no music. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
I'm a FL native, St.Petersburg specifically, went to Dallas this past weekend. This one uber driver said "people here talk about FL like it's paradise, it sounds like heaven." I started laughing hysterically. Good luck finding a job that pays just enough to cover your astronomical rent that is astronomically getting worse because people keep moving here because they hear its paradise.
The rent has nothing to do with Florida it's literally the entire housing market whether you're looking for a house or an apartment or whatever tf it's all gone up drastically nationwide But Florida is legitimately a beautiful state if you ignore all the people and just look at the state itself it's incredibly beautiful there's a lot of nature here and we got a bunch of rivers and beaches and even swamps like the everglades (which is one of very few in the world) the state is full of life and adventure and you also have city life mixed in as well that's why Florida is such an attractive place for people to want to move then we have theme parks like yo Florida has a lot there's something here for everyone we even have legal DMT churches in Florida yes you can go a business that is legally allowed to sell you DMT while you stay there lol (fun fact: surprise surprise 3-4 people have overdoesed and died but that's cause they lied about having medical conditions or taking other medications etc.)
i'm so used to watching charlie on 2x speed that when i clicked on this video and it played at normal speed, it felt like he was on the most experimental sedatives the Russian Federation had to offer
It's worth noting that Florida's Sunshine Laws are what make this possible. All government records are available to the public and media immediately after they are recorded. This includes all local, county, and state hearings and arrest reports. This is unique to Florida and provides all these stories. There is a story of a reporter from Ohio who moved to Florida for a new job. During his first week, he made a records request regarding an arrest that had recently happened. After that first single request, he would receive a daily email from the local police with every arrest report from the previous day...this went on for the remainder of his career in Florida.
"Florida man charged with assault with a deadly weapon after throwing an alligator through a Wendy's Drive-Thru window" Still my favourite on so far. Also "Florida man bursts into Ex's delivery room, fights new boyfriend as she's giving birth" is a close second
As a MilkMan, that one hits close. We should really start putting locks on our back doors at my company. I’ll mention that to my boss. Edit: $10 per Carton must be a mistake unless it was Heavy Cream, Egg Nog or something expensive. Perhaps it was $10 per Crate, which holds four gallons or usually nine half gallons each.
Used to be a milk man at stop and shop (dairy)🤣🤣🤣. The milk was always the one thing that wouldn’t have any expired product when restocking. I feel like those guys were smart but at the same time how do u sell it quick like the supermarkets🤣🤣 reminds me of what the teamster unions were doing in the 70s
@@Lkdhhabv i feel like they just store it in a large walk in fridge/warehouse and then just hand it out to ppl they "know" like instead of everyone in the "family" buying milk they just hook them all up and in the end it saves ppl money idk...
I really like to imagine that the guy that stole the electric scooter started putting it together in order to use it as a get away vehicle, but he grossly underestimated just how long it would take to construct it and decided to just stick it out.
NO. Dude just wanna assemble it asap, he's pumped to use his acquaired scooter like a kid getting a gift in Christmas Eve. He was so pumped he's assembling it naked outside the mall so he's nice and cool and the cops didnt caught it on camera that he was actually wearing his BobTheBuilder glasses. Cops always have to ruin christmas for him, its quite sad really.
I mean maybe he had a long walk and was like shit lemme take a piss in Walmart, walked passed the scooter on the way and thought, shit no more walking for me
Was not born but raised and I have to say, living smack dab in the middle for more than half my life really makes me consider what opportunities the afterlife can bring
The most hilarious part of the first one, is that after he completed the build process, he would need to charge the damn thing before he could ride it anywhere.
He probably didn't read that far ahead of me instructions unless he was going to use their Outlet too. Don't department stores charge a fee and they put things together for you? Surprised he didn't take advantage of that. It is Florida.
I currently live in Maine, and I’ve lived a whole lot of places. I do seasonal work in Florida and I have never witnessed such insanity as I have driving on 200, working in peoples homes in the highlands, and walking through downtown Sarasota. God bless Florida, and I mean that because they need the blessing down there. Be safe y’all and remember to drink water.
I used to feel that way about my block in Indiana. The day I unlocked "bicycle" and rode around the Kimball International parking lots was like a Jimmy Neutron style BRAIN BLAST
It always felt so distant, like background objects. It felt like a real life episode of Boundary Break, and I'm not exaggerating how crazy it was to be actually in this place I'd only ever seen over my fence for fifteen years.
@@notoriousectotherm yeah it took me a while to unlock bycicle too but doing all those side quests like mowing lawns and watching peoples pets was worth it, really though its a great fast-travel option
I remember an internship I did where I stayed for some time with a host. Ine day the host had over a friend in their 60s and it was the friend’s bday. When asked how they celebrate, they said they’d dpend the morning meditating on the Akashic Diaries and then in the evening chill on their boat partying with a bunch of younger women. Then they left in a sportcar with a giant teddy bear buckled into the passenger seat. Place is wild.
Fun fact: According to Legal Eagle, Florida doesn't necessarily have more crazy stories than other states, it's just that the information is more readily available due to differences in laws around handling of criminal activity.
It has more to do with transparency of government records, including criminal proceedings. It's honestly a pretty good thing, and Florida Man is just a goofy product of it. DeSantis wants to do away with the Sunshine Laws, though. So maybe the sunset is on the horizon for florida man.
I think if he actually kept his mouth closed for the entire police booking process, he could dodge this charge with maybe just a bit of substance abuse classes (I mean, assuming he was high at the time) like, nobody in the store tried to stop him, he didn't leave the premises technically
@Arthur Morgan nah dawg, Florida is so stupid that they are screening every individual book that wants to be added to a library. They're wild enough for this to be a reality
stealing a scooter from target and assembling it outside target is like robbing a bank then going into that same bank the next day and try to deposit the money you stole
I was born and raised in FL and just moved to Georgia. I miss fl so much it's wild bro!! I miss the beach, the random mentally ill homeless people yelling at me I MISS IT ALL😭
When I was a kid living in Florida, I watched a man throw a 4 prong pitchfork and hit a water moccasin that was chasing his wife from about 10 feet away. I think about it all the time because of how mind blown I was 😂
I'm a FL native and nothing surprises me. FL is so packed with diverse communities you literally have every walk of nature here. I saw a guy other day while I was in my car driving he was coming towards me on a bicycle towing a male torso of a mannequin behind him. Only in Florida.
I moved to West Palm Beach from Kentucky in 2012 and moved back in 2019 and there’s no place I would rather be on this earth than in Florida, as crazy as it may be
Ive lived in Florida for about 5 years, it is an amazing state not because of its education, safety, or whatever. it is incredible for it's wackyness and honestly it feels like a Yakuza game, everywhere you turn you'll get a side quest from a meth addict inside of a dumpster. truly one of the states of all time.
During my time living in Florida I’ve learned every day can turn into a side quest and the main quest is staying alive. The people on their own aren’t especially dangerous but driving on 95, nature, the sun, plants, and water are testing your durability at all times.
I have to visit Florida annually due to my family living there. What surprises me still to this day is how I always witness about 3 people a day blatantly running red lights during the worst traffic on earth. Place is nuts
Most of those people are not from florida I can promise you that. Any time i see a license plate form the northeast it is frightening. They drive like they are the only ones on the road or that they are entitled to own the road. Or they are Haitians. There is a saying here. DWH driving while Haitian.
Lol sounds like Maryland. Driving around here after the sun goes down is a death sentence. People don’t even bother stopping at red lights in the city, they treat them like stop signs. One time I saw a guy driving a SUV crash into a bus stop (nobody was on it it was like midnight lol) he proceeded to get out and push the metal carcass of the bus stop off his truck and then backed up and drove off like nothing happened
@@mikepalmer2219 as a Pennsylvania driver i regret to inform you that i am mandated to drive at least 20 mp/h over the speed limit on highways and 15 over on residential or back roads. I am also mandated to tailgate you until you move instead of just passing. My condolences for your unawareness.
I think the best thing showing how insane Florida is is driving into Florida. There's an immediate shift as soon as you pass the sign saying you've entered the state of Florida, suddenly everyone accelerates by 40 mph and starts cutting each other off. It's insane.
Not really seemed pretty tame when i pass through there. Although i only made to ocala. So not deep florida seemed pretty chill. Was told that there was a bunch of fuck shit happen all the time.
If you’re coming through Georgia to get to Florida, it’s in your best interest to wait to speed. Georgia has insane speeding laws that will fuck your driving record up.
@@fernandomorales4691 north florida is mostly chill, deeper u get, the weirder. I personally think it’s the heat 🤣 I definitely feel a little weirder after being in 90 degree weather 24/7
There was a story in Sweden, like ten years ago, where some guys imported tons of garlic from China to Norway. They then drove over the border to Sweden to sell it off on the cheap. This was to circumvent some EU import tax. They eventually got caught by the border control because one of the officers thought that the truck "had a slightly garlicky smell"
@probrickgamer It was a long time ago so it was probably some other contributing reason for the search, maybe one of the dogs matked the truck as suspicious? The part I remember the most is the guy on border patrol being interviewed mentioned that the truck smelled like garlic, and he thought it was weird
As an escaped Floridian, I enjoyed all of these stories as it keeps making me smile. Good to see a Florida man updating me on how the craziness are doing in my home state
For the milk when they said carton im sure they were probably actually referring to a case/crate and with the high price of milk right now they could easily move it through bodegas and such and make a pretty penny. Which is most likely what they were doing.
I am from Jacksonville, FL and currently live there. Recently I was stuck behind some idiot at a traffic stop, who had 10 chances to go and wouldn't. I got annoyed and honked my horn. He turned around and he had a key board duster can in his hand and was huffing it. I politely backed up and went down another road.
Floridians seem to be able to get everything right like normal people. Mechanics, driving cars, work whatever job, but they all have these weird perceptions about reality at the same time.
I swear being a Florida man is both a blessing and a curse. South Florida is hot as hell but at the same time you see a lot of crazy shit and get a lot of good stories, and this is coming from a guy like me who lived in south Florida for over 15 years. 😂
First story reminded me of when I was in middle school and two guys stole two bikes from our schools bike rack in the middle of the day, and even better, in the middle of recess when there were students outside. One of my classmates got them on video and a teacher called the police. The police found them behind an abandoned store literally across the road doing bike tricks. Still think about them once in a blue moon.
Ex-dairy grocery store worker here. There are four gallons of milk per ‘carton’ or the square plastic things that say do not steal on them. Still, $2.50 for a gallon of milk from a strange sounds like a long strange trip
They’d probably be selling it to businesses eg: small stores or restaurants, not consumers. The guys selling it likely already do food deliveries and mix the stolen milk in with the rest of the goods being delivered. Also, this was happening since 2021, it wasn’t $1m worth of milk in one hit 😂
I like to imagine Florida Man being our real world equivalent to the Avatar. Every time a Florida Man does something weird and gets arrested, the Florida Spirit immediately finds its way into the body of the next Florida Man
@@MultiChrisjb just need a Tinkerbell ringing as the spirit leaves.. and the cops saying dangit as they realise Florida man just evacuated said vessel.
i’m from maine and i’d love to go to florida just to people-watch. no disney world, no orlando studios, none of that tourist shit - i’d just find a bench in a public area and sit for a while
Can any Floridians agree that Charlie just has the type of comedy that we all are used to in our own homes because he’s a Floridian? Like the way he talks about topics is so relatable to growing up in Florida, the jokes, the similes, the stories, the fast food he orders. I was born and raised here and still living here as well, same age and it’s like he’s one of Florida kids we all grew up with!! Legend!
Probably the main reason why the Florida man was assembling the razor electric scooter instead of getting away with it is because his get away driver left off during the Florida man’s 5-star cinematic movie robbery.
That opening Monologue about Florida and how much Charlie loves living here deserves the same panning shot as Hiccup's "This is Berk' line in How to train your Dragon
What Charlie and the rest of America may not understand about Florida is that the only reason you hear so many stories about Florida is simply because of the extreme transparency of Florida’s public records laws. Therefore, anything bad that happens in Florida, you can find right away and even sign up for updates for. With all the extreme details included in perfect clarity, all for the benefit of every Floridian’s right to know what’s going on in their community. Something the rest of America should look at as something to aspire to honestly.
Exactly. California is almost certainly worse. What people only notice abt Florida men is that they're wacky. They don't realize that in reality... The crimes they commit are incredibly minor. You would never hear about those things in Cali.
As a Florida Man, I can confirm, most womb-to-tomb Floridians are aware of these laws. We just get surprised from time to time by the sheer absurdity of what our people do. Never go to Walmart at 3 a.m in Florida. Its an experience
I'm so used to Charlie's presence in my life I always have to be remembered he is one of those dangerous and unpredictable species called Florida Man, that's where his power is from
As a former denizen of Florida myself, I saw quite a lot of interesting things during my short tenure in the state. I fondly remember going to Kmart off of the 441 in Hollywood and seeing a man arguing with someone because they didn't have a tee shirt he wanted in his size. I remember him flipping over an entire clothing rack in sheer anger, to my sheer amazement. I remember some lady at the nearby Burger King threatening to stab a cashier because her coupons were expired. There was also the story of the Shenandoah Rapist being persecuted and I think they were looking for him for weeks, I don't remember. This was back in 2006, all I remember was one of my teachers telling me to make sure my doors were locked at night. Oh and there was this one time where this guy was running away from the cops and he ran right past my house. He was arrested four blocks from where I used to live. The guys next door to use tried stealing our Cockatiels and stole the whole neighborhood's Trash cans after Hurricane Wilma, I got into a fist fight with this one kid in middle school because he said he hated my spongebob shirt so he attacked me for no reason and some girls were arrested for indecent exposure down in Miami Beach because they thought playing volleyball with their titties out in the open was a good idea. That was the first time I saw a titty, the best memory of Florida I could have left with. Thaknfully I escaped that post apocalyptic wasteland but my aunts and uncles and cousins live there. One in Tampa, the other in Orlando and the third in Tallahassee, so I'm sure they have more stories than I do. Oh speaking of Orlando, when I was leaving the state I stopped at the Orlando Airport and they have this shuttle service straight to Disney that comes every like two hours or so... and I remember this family of five waiting around and the father was verbally abusing several staff members because their shuttle hadn't arrived yet and he wanted like a refund or something? As if the airport handles that. If it's a Disney shuttle they needed to take that up with the park, but it made my layover that much more interesting. Some kid tried stealing my GBA SP but I had the wrist strap on so he fucked off to the bathroom. Oh and there was a man shitting his brains out in the airport bathroom and screaming bloody murder in there, it was so bad that everyone else left, but I had to stay because my uncle is handicapped and needed help. I tried not dying of laughter with every fart. I feel bad for that man and still feel for him to this day. Those are but a handful of my experiences in Florida. I won't even get into the story of the one guy who tried robbing one of those blood bank donation busses for some reason. Though that was hearsay, it did happen in that local kmart so it might've been true lol.
just for clarification, the milk was not $10 for a normal "carton" you buy in the store, they were selling the big stacking cartons for $10. Those hold 4 gallons each.
@trollolol This is kinda my guess, as even in a show like shameless, a show that at times can depict living poor, it showcases a truck of meat being stolen and sold off to the poorer city neighborhood for dirt cheap as they would buy without questing it.
yes they do hold four gallon jugs, but they also hold nine half gallon jugs. considering these products were most likely being sold to small convenience/corner stores, a half gallon makes more sense to steal and sell to them. honestly unless you have a family of four people are not gonna be buying a whole gallon of milk. if you buy nine half gallons for ten bucks and sell them for three or four dollars a piece at your corner store, you can easily make your money back and take some home for yourself.
@trollolol Watch it turn out they stole about 250K worth of milk and the CEO had the investigators bump up the numbers to cover his skimming the remainder off the books. Yet another Florida Man moment.
Florida is like a mythical world from a fantasy novel. We have the beaches with rich condos, rednecks in the northern lands and panhandle, a magical castle and fantasy land in Orlando, swamp lands in the Everglades, and retirement villages. Oh yeah, and a sex community in “The Villages”. On top of all of this, we have an ex-president who is indicted for multiple crimes living in a golf resort.
Can any Floridians agree that Charlie just has the type of comedy that we all are used because he's a Floridian? Like the way he talks about topics is so relatable to growing up in Florida, the jokes, the similes, the stories, the fast food he orders. Legend!
Exactly. If you deliver such comedy so dryly in this area you get all the bitches. Of course charlie gets to do some editing to smooth it all out but right you are
@@maveryriley I shouldn't leave? Or shouldn't stay? My whole family is here and the environment is perfect for the car I want (1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1)
Makes sense tho, absolute nonsensical absurd chaos, and yet so many people not only survive, but thrive there. It goes against all logic, science and God, yet its right there, just keepin on
@@slook7094 Why would anyone not be proud of Florida? Its such an amazing state even Democrat politicians and talking heads vacation there over their own states.
I was born and raised in Florida as well. I lived across Tampa Bay in St.Pete. We always had a bit of the crazy, long before Florida Man was a thing. We usually blamed it on the humidity.
I think the article meant to say they would sell a crate of milk for $10. I bet there are a lot of small time convince stores that would be up for that deal so they could resell it.
Facts. I want to be a cop when I’m older and help the community when I’m a bit older. It’s a hard job. And I gotta deal with crazy people as well…. Oh well.
Cops in Daytona Beach are absolutely no bullshit. Daytona Beach is a total disgusting shit show and cops have the worst attitudes sometimes with how much bs they have to deal with. Don't even THINK about being cute or talking back during an event especially ones that require redirecting traffic. I have my own opinions on the police and even I feel bad sometimes.
A lot of Charlie’s exaggerated expressions are starting to make sense now that I know he’s a Florida man Edit - OMGG I literally just went to sleep and woke up to 175 likes… I’ve never had this many likes before. Thanks so much guys this is a dream come true!
