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Post by the Scribe on Jul 4, 2018 11:18:14 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 4, 2018 11:21:27 GMT -5
Death by Selfie: 11 Disturbing Stories of Social Media Pics Gone Wrong
Fatal poses with walruses, bulls and even a live grenade
By Bryn Lovitt
The never-ending pursuit of the ultimate shot for social media sharing has reached a startling new height: 8,000 feet above sea level. This month, a grown man fell to his death while posing for a picture on a ledge at Machu Picchu, the ancient Incan citadel in Peru. But death by selfie at a temple built for human sacrifice begs the question: How far would you go to get that killer shot?
The facts speak for themselves. In 2015, more people died from taking selfies than from shark attacks. Tourist destinations such as Mumbai have gone so far as to designate selfie-free zones. Even the notoriously unsympathetic Russian government issued a manual for how to safely take a selfie. Our need to capture the present moment via social media has completely changed the way we experience life, and a tragic irony presents itself when that results in death.
From falling down the steps of the Taj Mahal to being gored alive by wild animals, here are the 11 most disturbing stories of selfies gone disastrously wrong.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/death-by-selfie-11-disturbing-stories-of-social-media-pics-gone-wrong-15091/selfie-stick-lightning-rod-30043/
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 4, 2018 11:26:20 GMT -5
Death By Selfie: 127 People Died From ‘Killfies’
5:31 PM 11/21/2016
Thomas Phippen | Reporter
For some people, taking selfies can be dangerous and even leads to death.
New research reveals that 127 people have died while taking selfies, including eight from the U.S., over the past several years, the Boston Globe reports.
More than 75 percent of those who die from “killfies” are men, and the vast majority of incidents occurred in India, researchers with Carnegie Mellon University found in a study released in November.
The people who die taking selfies are, unsurprisingly, young. People under 24 accounted for 86 of the 127 deaths, the researchers found.
Researchers found after analyzing reports of 127 selfie-related deaths that occurred between March 2014 and September 2016, the most common type of “killfie” involved “people falling off buildings or mountains while trying to take dangerous selfies.”
Water selfies took a close second place as as most dangerous selfie. In one example, 10 youths on a boat in India tried to take a selfie when “the boat tilted, and 7 people died.”
To reduce the number of selfie-related deaths, the researchers conclude that by improving location tagging for selfies, social media users could be warned in advance if it’s dangerous to take a selfie where they are.
If people continue to click and like mountain-top selfies, however, researchers warn that young people will continue to put themselves at risk for the perfect shot. The researchers also hope that their study “can inspire and provide footprints for technologies which can stop users from clicking dangerous selfies, and thus preventing more of such casualties.”
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Send tips to thomas@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 4, 2018 11:29:06 GMT -5
10 People Who Died While Taking Selfies -
Top 10 Horrific Six Flags Accidents Everyone Wants to Forget!-
10 People Who Died While Taking Selfies. These Selfies are incredibly powerful and heartbreaking. They were taken moments before death which makes us realize how quickly life can change. they’re true, and since we’re talking about real people’s lives, Never take life for granted and never drive and take a selfie. A Recent History of Selfies That Have Ended in Tragedy
Here Are Top 10 People Who Died Taking Selfies
1. Xenia Ignatyeva: She climbed a 28 foot railroad bridge to take a selfie and lost her balance. When she fell she grabbed onto high voltage wires and was electrocuted.
2. Oscar Otero Aguilar: by taking a selfie with a gun to his head. The gun was loaded and went off killing Oscar.
3. Courtney Sanford: Sanford, 32, crashed moments after photographing herself listening to Pharrell’s Happy while driving, causing her to crash into an oncoming truck.
4. Jenni Rivera: This Mexican pop star took a selfie with friends on her private jet and posted it online. Five minutes later, the planed crashed.
5. Gary Slock and his mother: Gary Slock and his mother who uploaded this selfie of themselves on Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 last year just before takeoff. and the plane was shot down over the Ukraine in July, 2014.
6. musician Jadiel: selfie snapped by a famous Puerto Rican reggaetón musician Jadiel, uploaded to Instagram moments before he had a fatal motorcycle crash in New York in May, 2014.
7. Karen Hernández : River Selfie
8. Collette Moreno and Ashley Theobald : two women wanted to take a selfie while singing karaoke in their car. The Iranian girls stopped watching the road to record this video and crashed into another car.
9. Cliff Selfie: A Polish couple on vacation in Portugal tried to take a selfie on the edge of a cliff on August 10, 2014.
10. Oscar Reyes : Teen who died after falling from the bathroom door while attempting to take a photo for the Selfie Game
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 11:31:50 GMT -5
Darwin awards..
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 4, 2018 12:25:32 GMT -5
Thinning of the herd. Still tragic though. |
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