Selfie Deaths

[Amanah]

maybe there is something to natural selection?

Getting that perfect travel snap has proven to be the last thing that more than 250 people have ever done.

Once-in-a-lifetime trips may warrant that special image, but a new study shows that the quest for taking a selfie in dangerous locations is proving to be a major public health hazard.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has found that between October 2011 and November 2017, there were 259 selfie-related deaths worldwide.

The study analyzed media reports over the years and found most selfie shooters died by drowning, while a large number of others met their demise by falling from heights or taking a selfie in front of an oncoming train.


https://www.newsweek.com/more-250-pe...rowned-1151103

[houston]

I saw a segment on the morning news.

Highest rate of selfie deaths
1) India
2) Russia
3) USA

[CC1]

Either people are a lot stupider today or there is something about selfies that causes normally rational people to do the stupidist things.

It seems lately there is a rash of people at places like National Parks who end up falling off cliffs or over waterfalls in their quest for a great selfie. Crazy.