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At Least 259 People Died Trying to Take Selfies Between 2011 and 2017

posted by martyb on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the worth-a-thousand-words? dept.

takyon writes:

Selfie deaths: 259 people reported dead seeking the perfect picture

The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has revealed.

Researchers at the US National Library of Medicine recommend that 'no selfie zones' should be introduced at dangerous spots to reduce deaths.

These would include the tops of mountains, tall buildings and lakes, where many of the deaths occurred.

Drowning, transport accidents and falling were found to be the most common cause of death.

But death by animals, electrocution, fire and firearms also appeared frequently in reports from around the world.

Also at The Hill and CNBC.

Selfies: A boon or bane? (open, DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_109_18) (DX)

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:30PM

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:30PM (#745512)

    For example, there's vastly more deaths on mountains from bad weather, falls, etc than selfies. Should we ban people from mountains altogether?

    Welcome to the world of politics. It doesn't matter that people die every day from all kinds of other things. It SOUNDS like a big issue, someone has spit out official scary looking numbers, common people/voters identify with the issue but can't do the math, and somebody can make money "addressing" this issue. Somewhere there is probably some relative of one or more of these consumertards that died taking selfies bitching that "something should be done, thinkofthechildrenyoucantbetoosafeverryscarystuffpollywannacracker", so let's make them happy by earning us some government money.

    Got to protect people from themselves. This world isn't getting any smarter. At the rate things are going, soon leaving our cages at all will be banned.

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