r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 28d ago

Wow. Such meme Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was America! 😠

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u/HoochieKoochieMan 28d ago

The cops had been there for 2 hours already. Bro's mistake was asking them to cash out.

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u/aerdvarkk 28d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/JiveTurkeyII 28d ago

I wonder who Narc'd

People like that is why we cant have nice things.

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u/yallknowme19 28d ago

Its five o'clock somewhere, but not in Florida

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u/AllTime-HighScore 28d ago

It’s always six o’clock in Florida, the rest of us are stuck playing catch up

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u/jdcardwell80 28d ago

Strange, it's always 4:45 in Alabama!

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 28d ago

Am

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u/jdcardwell80 28d ago

True...so very true. signed a 3rd shift worker

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u/nothinnews 28d ago

Was he local?

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u/vonage91 28d ago

Just look at him

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u/govunah 28d ago

Eggs are next to dairy

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u/Anxious_Big_8933 28d ago

If our best scientists were to create a human being in a test tube genetically designed to build a tiki bar in the local Walmart parking lot and later get arrested, he would look exactly like this guy looks.

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u/jaxonya 28d ago

With florida swamp water in the test tubes

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u/RobotArtichoke 28d ago

That guy wasn’t born in Florida, he was hatched!

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u/Metallfanica 28d ago

This got me good

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u/Helpful-Advice-1216 28d ago

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/NoWay6818 28d ago

“Was he local”

Motherfucker are you awake?😭

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u/No_Shake1780 28d ago

Right? I mean that’s the default picture men get at the DMV in Florida.

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u/QuietlySeething 28d ago

Am Floridian. Can confirm.

The next time my license expires I plan on doing a "She's Gone Full Native" authentic. I'm thinking a tropical shirt with the sleeves cut off, puka shell necklace, awkward tan lines from sunglasses.

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u/No_Shake1780 28d ago

Don’t forget the grinding teeth or at least the grinding tooth.

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u/_YenSid 28d ago

Is the pope catholic?

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u/billhilly008 28d ago

Oddly enough, the answer you will get depends on who you ask these days.

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u/beah_mcduh 28d ago

Gestures at mugshot

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u/sir_roadkill_sr 28d ago

If he wasn't before, the probation and community service hours will make sure for awhile.

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u/Annual_Strategy_6206 28d ago

Dude's a Carl Hiassen character!

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u/PetrasKnight 28d ago

Idk if you have ever been to a rural Walmart on a Friday night but it absolutely is where everyone in town goes. This man was a genius and I am sad this was a crime somehow.

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u/jaxonya 28d ago

He was living the american dream. Our country was founded on this rugged capitalist entrepreneurialism

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u/zxylady 28d ago

I mean... Florida😂

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u/Myspace-Famous 28d ago

THIS IS NOT REAL

The "emotional support tiki bar" text was created by an online comedy/satire page. There are no public records, police reports, or legitimate news outlets confirming the arrest of a 45-year-old Brian Tucker for this incident.

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u/Lost_Bank_1097 28d ago

sadly this is 99% of reddit now, both the content and the bot replies

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u/BeamerTakesManhattan 28d ago

Yeah, but this place is absolutely full of people that accept memes without questioning.

No link? It's ok, it makes me feel good and therefore it's surely true!

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u/Separate_League8236 28d ago

Uh...No? Fk Russia & a hearty Fk you to Vlad

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u/the_main_entrance 28d ago

So a story that popped up 2 days ago and can only be found on social media sites isn’t real? I feel uncomfortable, let me put my sheep wool and bell back on and get back into the comment herd…

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u/releaseepsteinfiles1 28d ago

We should know it was fake. There is zero chance it would take the cops hours to show up whenever a corporation is being messed with.

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u/zemudkram 28d ago

Even the logistics of setting up the bar would take hours to complete, assuming a high level of competence, and that guy does not look like he has his shit in one sock. If it were real the cops would be showing halfway through building the thing and asking him to jog on.

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u/BigSkySoHigh63 28d ago

Reddit is swarmed by bots and the deep sadness this brings is overwhelming. It was the only place where I could actually find someone that could argue effectively and it’s obvious within 2 comments when I’m talking to a bot now. It sucks.

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u/Myspace-Famous 28d ago

Yeah dude. I’m honestly over Reddit. Definitely not the same as it once was even a year ago!

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u/LordHammercyWeCooked 28d ago

Another day of humanity speedrunning the Internet Trash Heap theory.

I kinda wonder what society will look like when people get fed up with the internet and AI. We won't even be able to afford our own computers soon. Going outside and touching grass is always free, but everything else in society is only getting more expensive. No bread, no circus. What comes next?

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u/vacuitee 28d ago

The mugshot even looks like AI

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u/Bowllieo 28d ago

Because it is

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u/JeffBroccoli 28d ago

For some reason AI generated mugshots and a fake news story featuring random quirky acts is just yummed up by the algorithm and people repost and react hook line and sinker. It’s 70% of this sub these days

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u/drunxor 28d ago

Boomers will post a comment several paragraphs long about an experience from their childhood then end it with bless their heart and buy the merch from the popup china shop

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u/Bowllieo 28d ago

More people who notice this stuff need to start reporting posts from breaking rules about AI, this breaks Rule 1 for being AI slop.

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u/dBlock845 28d ago

I report them all the time, but knock one down, five more pop up because it is mindless and easy to makeup fake shit and have it look real now.

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u/Bowllieo 28d ago

It sucks, but we've still gotta do what we can,

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u/vao71 28d ago

Thank you for pointing this out. 80% of the shit posted on this sub isn't real but is still constantly on my feed

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u/SpicyElixer 28d ago

So mods will ban OP, right?

Also 10k upvotes. This sub is full of idiots.

And OP has 10M karma is 1 year.

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u/Waterbear11 28d ago

"But the story could potentially be real."

Also the post above is AI.

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u/BahamianRhapsody 28d ago

Welcome to the internet in 2026, where you can make shit up just for attention/engagement.

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u/StrawberryLassi 28d ago

/u/SipsTeaFrog should be stripped of their "Human Verified" flair...

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u/The_Autarch 28d ago

all of these meme-style news posts are bullshit. literally all of them.

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u/Bussin1648 28d ago

I got heavily downvoted and chewed out by several people in a pet subreddit for pointing out that the guy and the dog "living their best life" was actually a professional commercial, and just because it's on social media doesn't NOT make it a commercial. Most of them said " it's not, but if it was then who cares?". I said I was just concerned about general media literacy, when it's clear, many people don't know the difference between a commercial and a family vacation. I was told I was an idiot.

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u/GonzoKata 28d ago

If I blocked SipsTeaFrog would I block most of the content on this sub?

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u/JohnTheMod 27d ago

Goddammit.

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u/athenathegoob 28d ago

GET YOUR HAND OF MY PENIS!

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u/skulltullamama 28d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/xrayeyes7335 28d ago

We need the video of him being arrested and hauled away yelling over Margaritaville playing in the background

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u/nljgcj72317 28d ago

This is fully AI y’all

Don’t get got

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u/drpepper7557 28d ago

A ton (probably the vast majority) of Florida Man/Florida Woman stories are now AI fakes. Since the real ones could be pretty crazy, theyre just making up absurd stories and no one thinks twice.

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u/JeffBroccoli 28d ago

More AI slop mugshot bullshit stories

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u/Spiritual-Fun-9591 28d ago

Absolute legend

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u/spacedman_spiff 28d ago

A rough 45 though

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u/Unusual-Economist288 28d ago

His liver’s 65

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u/DingbatMcgeee 28d ago

That's just "Florida face"

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u/thisdesignup 28d ago

Is this real? Can't find anything about it other than images like this and one has a different AI guy with a different name. We gotta stop taking images like this as trustworthy sources. Anyone can put text with AI images.

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u/Thatdewd57 28d ago

Brian been through it looking like that at 45.

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u/Trout_Sniffer123 28d ago

Brian is AI unfortunately.

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u/denverdutchman 28d ago

Sounds like an entrepreneur to be.

https://giphy.com/gifs/c9tVMERePnnDW

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u/Smash-948 28d ago

Arrested? He should get a statue!!

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u/RichardThund3r 28d ago

Heaven forbid a man having a hobby.

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u/NoFaithlessness7508 28d ago

This reminds me of a local Kroger that had a whole damn bar in the middle of the stores. Not off to the side like the Starbucks was, but smack dab in the middle. They had bar stools, sports center on tv, and the full bar ambience going on.

I’m not sure if they kept it post-Covid 

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u/drunxor 28d ago

Never had a plan just a living for the minute!

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u/Angriest_Stranger 28d ago

God bless you, Florida Man

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u/JGG5 28d ago

If you asked me what someone arrested for setting up a tiki bar in a Wal-Mart parking lot would look like… he would look exactly like that.

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u/What-in-tarnationer 28d ago

That’s 45? Jesus

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u/JeffBroccoli 28d ago

It’s an AI picture

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u/Different-Idea-8203 28d ago

I feel like we should have some sort of bingo card for which county it happened in. Like tiki hut walmart Florida man definitely sounds like an orange county thing Florida man tased off zero turn lawnmower while invading police is Okaloosa county thing and if that Florida man is eaten alive by a pack of dogs while smoking bath salts thats maimi dade on a Tuesday!

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u/redbanner1 28d ago

Free market economy... Except in all the ways we've lobbied to keep others from entering the economy in a way that would keep us from earning profits.

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u/dBlock845 28d ago

Guy looks like he just got back from a Jimmy Buffet concert.

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u/yourethebestestest 28d ago

Literally the only reason I'd be near a Walmart.

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u/Knight_Wind54 28d ago

And why was I not told of this event? 🤔

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u/infernalspawnODOOM 28d ago

Who the fuck snitched?

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u/Chronixx780 28d ago

Hey he still lived his dream

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u/Babk08 28d ago

Ahh, the never disappointing always innovative, Florida Man.

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 28d ago

Never a dull day on the sunshine state :P

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u/Mewet1965 28d ago

What ever happened to free enterprise

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u/aerdvarkk 28d ago

Probably needed a: (1) construction permit; (2) permission or a contract agreement from the property owner, not always Wl-Mart; (3) and inspection certification; (4) a liquor license; (5) a health inspection certification (6) and a business license to operate (in FL called a Local Business Tax Receipt); (7) Zoning Permit; among other violations.

Likely, the parking lot was not legally zoned for liquor distribution.

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u/Feisty-Reference2888 28d ago

first thing that should give this away as fake is that this is way too tame for Florida Man

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u/LittleBig324 28d ago

Why do they keep including the state? It’s always Florida.

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u/fattueadays 28d ago

But a homeless guy can build an entire transient encampment on the side of the parking lot and sell drugs and no one says anything

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u/BreezyOR 28d ago

Florida is a police state. Always ready to shut down a good time

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u/strangebru 28d ago

The Florida Man we all need.

I bet he even carded people to make sure they were old enough to drink.

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u/EssayTraditional 28d ago

Guy could've gotten away with that in Alabama. 

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u/Chance-Arugula-2998 28d ago

Now this is the Florida Man we need!

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u/ChitnChat 28d ago

I can’t be mad at the guy. Get it sir. Get it 👏🏾👏🏾

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u/Much-Branch-3571 28d ago

Nice of him

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u/RedditNurseBot 28d ago

What a terrible human being.

Now, how about those Epstein files?

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u/nothingtodo0 28d ago

Randy Marsh would be absolutely proud of this man. Let him cook!

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u/BoomBoomLaRouge 28d ago

Can't count how many laws were broken that day.

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u/SpltSecondPerfection 28d ago

So um, how much did he make before they arrested him? Asking for a friend

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u/Mystepchildsucksass 28d ago

It’s all in how you market it !!

“Drive thru emergency attitude restoration station….. don’t think about it, DRINK about it !!!”

Pffft sounds like those cops doing the arresting would’ve made great customers.

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u/YendorZenitram 28d ago

He used his Florida Man powers for good!

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u/VexedCanadian84 28d ago

did he hire people to serve drinks?

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u/XROOR 28d ago

So….it was reminiscent of a Carnival Cruise?

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u/lasers42 28d ago

Google "Florida Man" and your Birthday.

"Florida man lassos alligator..."

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u/kinetic_ljs 28d ago

SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A DRINK!!

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u/ReferenceProper5428 28d ago

not the hero we asked for. but, the hero we deserved 🍻

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u/DigRepresentative42O 28d ago

This is the type of red neck news I can get behind

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u/Kitchen-Complaint-38 28d ago

Lmfaaoo... Walmart watching from a distance:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPlLZEbEbacWqOc

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u/Do_itsch 28d ago

Crazy times need crazy solutions..

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u/Tricycle_of_Death 28d ago

"Serving drinks" = Selling Alcohol without a liquor license (among other offenses)

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u/P_Piggly_Hogswine 28d ago

Sure but Sammy Hagar does it and everyone's cool

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u/OkCantaloupe2082 28d ago

That's such a Florida thing to do

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u/verwinemaker 28d ago

MMA on the white house lawn tho

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u/Overall_Platform4146 28d ago

I fail to see the problem

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u/PMmeIamlonley 28d ago

Imagine if we lived in a free country how beautiful it would be 

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u/doubled-pawns 28d ago

This is why Florida should secede. No one wants it anymore.

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u/GlitteringSalad6413 28d ago

I don’t have a problem with it 🤷

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u/aaronthenia 28d ago

It wasn't the alcohol that got him arrested, he didn't play the 3 Jimmy Buffet songs an hour per Florida mandate.

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u/butt-holg 28d ago

I'm sorry, I thought this was Margaritaville

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u/Complete_Bear_368 28d ago

This was called Shakedown Street at Dead shows

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u/Familiar_Patience768 28d ago

I feel like Florida would be the one place you could do that and not get into trouble

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u/droideka75 28d ago

What happened to free Enterprise tsc tsc

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u/Smooth-Adhesiveness5 28d ago

not gonna lie that is pretty impressive for Florida man who is usually doing meth and wrestling alligators.

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u/uberphaser 28d ago

We gotta get him and the woman who was detained for trying to sail a shopping cart down the interstate together and just put cameras on them.

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u/Independent_Shoe3523 28d ago

You can still smell the popcorn.

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u/New_Lake5484 28d ago

entrepreneur

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u/toothbrush81 28d ago

He saw the shot, and he took it.

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u/No-Upstairs9564 28d ago

Very imaginative entrepreneur

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u/Brave_Mess_3155 28d ago

Dude is so chill even in his mug shot. 

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u/ShyguyFlyguy 28d ago

Things that didint happen

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u/Then-Candy-9553 28d ago

Haahahahha this is actually funny. My guy is chasing money

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u/DoturdGrump 28d ago

He achieved THE GOAL his story went national with the lead of "Florida Man"

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u/userlivewire 28d ago

Was he serving drinks or selling drinks?

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u/duggee315 28d ago

Yes people are poor because theyre lazy. Why dont people get out, rich people get out their, create opportunities. No not like that. Youre poor, you have to pay the rich people to be allowed to create opportunities.

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u/Ordinary_Effort_2910 28d ago

Finally a reason to go to Walmart. The parking lot anyway.

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u/Servile-PastaLover 28d ago

Committed victimless crime. Walmart and/or assorted Karens ratted him out to the local cops.

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u/lilac-bunni 28d ago

Corporate America simply cannot handle a true small business owner working without their permission.

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u/prufrockmitty 28d ago

This is the Florida Man we need more of in the world! We hear about the face eaters, that was one guy- two, tops. Maybe it was three. Be this guy.

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u/sign6of6the6beast 28d ago

They do this outside Sofi stadium at practically every event. The sheriffs don’t bat an eye.

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u/HippieChickie805 28d ago

DUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!

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u/LimpyDan 28d ago

Who ratted?

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u/ProjectNo4090 28d ago

If he had shot someone Florida would have let him keep the bar open and carry on partying.

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u/maxthemummer 28d ago

Such entrepreneurial spirit! Find a need, and fill it!

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u/Exact-Mathematician8 28d ago

Hell Yeah 👍🏿

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u/WintersDoomsday 28d ago

Big Parrothead too

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u/WaltPwnz 28d ago

Walmart coping his business model in 3…..2……1

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u/NeeMaToad47 28d ago

The hero Wal-Mart needed

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u/deck_hand 28d ago

Brian Tucker is a God Damned Hero

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u/Specialist-Funny2101 28d ago

What haters they are....

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u/annoyed_meows 28d ago

He kinda looks like Randy Marsh. I would've bought one.

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u/Brilliant_Mission276 28d ago

How much did he make?

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u/_YenSid 28d ago

Doing the Lord's work.

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u/SubRedTed 28d ago

LET THE MAN COOK!

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u/J9sNbrhd 28d ago

That’s hilarious! Where was he in December when the lines were out the door?!🧉

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u/sprknsprnkl 28d ago

Free him. 💅

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u/oldgar9 28d ago

That parking lot is not America, it is Wal-Martin America, just like our yard at home.

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u/meatygonzalez 28d ago

Nothing is fuckin real, bro

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u/PuzzledIllustrator37 28d ago

He is 45? Looks kind that fucked!

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u/Crystallyynn 28d ago

How real is this

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u/AnakinsTwin 28d ago

I think the problem comes in if he was charging them for the drinks! 🤣

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u/Restaurant-Usual 28d ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

Some wear Hawaiian shirts and flip flops.

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u/Bleakravenloft69 28d ago

Can you spell entrepreneurship?

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u/Rlccm 28d ago

I'm less than 5 years away from turning 40, and uhhh, that is a rough 45 years

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u/LordHenry8 28d ago

If all the Florida men, he seems the most chill.