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title: Zola's Florida Trip: Why Twitter Is Freaking Out About This
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# Twitter Is Freaking Out Over This Woman's Story About Her Insane Trip to Florida
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## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video
[Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)
_Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_
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## Nolan Feeney
Oct 28, 2015 5:10 PM UTC
by
[Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)
## Nolan Feeney
Oct 28, 2015 5:10 PM UTC
If you were checking Twitter on Wednesday morning, you probably saw a lot of people freaking about a woman who identifies herself as Zola and described—in an insane 148-part tweet storm—a weekend trip to Florida that went terribly, terribly wrong. (It has [since been Storified](https://storify.com/yomike/a-wild-weekend-in-florida) for your reading convenience.)
As it turns out, their enthusiasm is absolutely justified. Zola’s adventure, which begins with her a befriending a stripper and sugar daddy in Hooters and only gets more bizarre and twisted from there, is such an engrossing read that plenty of people on Twitter are calling for a screen adaptation. Half-jokingly, probably, but only half.
Read for yourself and see. At the risk of spoiling the many twists and turns of this future classic work of American storytelling, it’s worth noting that it has all the makings of a hit screenplay: friendship, love, betrayal, revenge, suspenseful action sequences, a hilarious protagonist, etc. There aren’t any NSFW pictures, but if frank discussion of strippers and prostitutes is the sort of thing your employer wouldn’t want you reading about during the work day, it’s probably best to save this for later.
> [](https://twitter.com/alexmalloyy/status/659405582965874688)
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> [](https://twitter.com/jennydeluxe/status/659398579472068608)
> [](https://twitter.com/THEKIDMERO/status/659367330212876288)
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> [](https://twitter.com/yoyotrav/status/659344525962420225)
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> [](https://twitter.com/DaRealKhefner/status/659268772092583936)
### Nostalgic Photographs of Vacations Past
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
The following quotes are the original handwritten messages on post cards sent from Lake Balaton, as found by Michal Solarski:"I think of you a lot when I get back at night all red, only my eyes (you said so) light up. I managed to use ‘monokini’ and I enjoyed incredibly bathing in panties only." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"There are merely 40 of us here. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many men here." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"I am writing to you all this card with the assistance of my friend from Pusztaszer accompanied by a wine spritzer in an emotionally tired mood. Sanyi is unfortunately so drunk he’s unable to sign the card. Though he swore he would never ever drink alcohol again once back at work. Only milk." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"I am not sure if you’re celebrating your birthday at home but that’s where I am sending this card. You are ten and we are so happy. You know, we reminisce at these occasions and let me say my dearest Gábor you have brought us a lot of happiness. We love you so much. You are now a big boy, once you were our little boy. We will celebrate next week." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"I am thinking of you here in Siófok. My wife was very pleased with my purchases for her. The slippers and the four negligées fit well. I have got also two camisoles for my daughter." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"My lips are swollen again but the doctor said that others have the same." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
"It’s kind of given but I need to make peace with the ‘beauties’ of aging as passion and love only won’t last, knowledge is essential. I am paying at the moment the price for my ‘passions’ of the past." Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
Image from The Hungarian Sea Michal Solarski
## Transcript
[00:00] [ NOISE ]
[00:02] What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess.
[00:07] Mishka, I love you. [ NOISE ]
[00:12] Number one, cute animals. [ LAUGH ] Charlie, Charlie
[00:13] bit me. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ],
[00:13] we're going to Disneyland. Oh,
[00:29] my god. Number two, cute kids.
[00:44] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]
[00:48] Number 3, remixes. [ MUSIC ] Whoa, oh my God, oh
[00:52] my God.
[00:59] [ LAUGH ] Oh my God. Whoo. Number
[01:07] four, spontaneity. Look at all those Number
[01:18] five. Cute kids and cute animals. Put
[01:22] this all together and it will certainly end up on your
[01:24] Facebook feed. [ MUSIC ]
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