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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 07 2018, @09:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 07 2018, @09:00PM (#745632)

    You city dwellers keep thinking mountains are cute, but Paul Bunyan flattened them for a damn good reason. They cause harm, both directly to humans and indirectly by killing our livestock.

    We even blew up Mount Monadnock just to wipe out a mountain range. The mountain is still blown up 2 centuries later.

    At this point, reintroducing the mountain is like introducing an invasive species. One might as well release lions and tigers and hippos and tse-tse flies and bot flies and the guinea worm. Heck, go for smallpox too!

    People who support mountains are a special kind of traitor. It's not really against a country. It's against humanity itself. We tamed the wilderness so we could live safely, and some people want to undo that.