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2018-10-03 |
[Hot Air] Study: Hundreds Of People Have Died Taking Selfies Some of these deaths have been relatively high profile. In Canada—while we don’t know if it was for a selfie—three social media influencers were killed this year after falling into a river and being swept over a waterfall. In May of this year, a man in India was mauled to death by a bear while trying to get a selfie. There have been several stories of people falling just after they’ve taken the selfie leaving only the ghostly photo of them seconds before their demise. The study makes it clear that this isn’t a small problem and there are almost certainly more people out there who died taking selfies than the 259 they reported. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” reads part of the study. “Many cases are not reported.” In regards to those 259, the researchers broke down the geography of the deaths and found that the “highest number of incidents and selfie-deaths” were in “India followed by Russia, the United States, and Pakistan.” The average age of those getting killed was unsurprisingly pretty young at 22.94 years. According to the data, the chance of you reaching death by selfie drops off significantly (again, unsurprisingly) by the time someone hits 30. Just over three-quarters of those killed taking selfies were men (also, unsurprisingly). |
Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
#9 Nekkidest arm ever, maybe. I can't do the Mexican deadpan thing. Too babbly. But once, waiting for the train... trash bag across the way suddenly twitches and tumbles off the pile. Couple more twitches, half roll. Me and Tio Juan at the other end of the bench exchange glances and await further developments. More twitching... and all becomes clear. "Rats," he informs me, like he's telling me something I don't know. "Con cuatro piernas!" Got a smile. |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-10-03 20:55 |
#8 Frank, you can tell she's the slut in the group - you can see her arm. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-10-03 20:19 |
#7 One of those Hefty trash bags has an arm in it |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-03 19:26 |
#6 That is absolutely brilliant, Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365. :-D |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-03 19:06 |
#5 For some reason TW, selfies are not as interesting in Packystan: |
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2018-10-03 18:02 |
#4 the “highest number of incidents and selfie-deaths” were in “India followed by Russia, the United States, and Pakistan.” Hey, Pakistan: you are falling behind India yet again! Surely the people of the Land of the Pure should do something to catch up. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-03 15:01 |
#3 This is bad because??? |
Posted by: mossomo 2018-10-03 14:55 |
#2 Does a Mexican water taxi count? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-03 10:28 |
#1 Is standing on the prowl of a ship while taking a selfie and shouting "king of the world" just before you fall overboard a twofer |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-10-03 06:34 |