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More Have Died From Selfies Than Shark Attacks Since 2013
It appears Darwin was on to something after all. In the most stunning statistic of the new narcissistic normal's sharing economy, The Sydney Morning Herald reports that, since 2013, deaths from shark attacks have been outnumbered by deaths while taking a selfie.
At least 11 people have died this year while trying to take a selfie, according to a Wikipedia page that tracks media reports of selfie-related injuries and deaths. At least 11 people died while trying to photograph themselves in 2014, according to the list.
By comparison, just three people were killed in shark attacks last year, according to statistics from the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. An average of six people a year have died from shark attacks in the decade to 2014 and Mashable reports that eight people have been killed in shark attacks so far this year.
The figures say as much about shark fatalities as they do about the dangers of not paying attention to your surroundings - or worse, intentionally putting yourself in harm's way for the sake of a Facebook or Instagram post.
And although the Wikipedia list is by no means comprehensive (at least three deaths, listed below, have not been recorded) it makes for sobering reading.
Falls were the most common cause of death, accounting for eight of the 22 deaths listed over the two years, as well as the death of a 21-year-old Singaporean man, not listed on the Wikipedia page, who fell from a seaside cliff in Bali.
The latest recorded death is of a Japanese tourist who slipped and fell down the stairs at the Taj Mahal on September 18.
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And while some selfies are "to die for"...
In Russia, the danger has apparently become so acute that in July police launched a campaign urging people to take care after about 100 people were reportedly injured while taking selfies.
"A cool selfie could cost you your life," the Interior Ministry warned in a brochure accompanying a video and website listing risky locations to take selfies.
Other tips from the Russian campaign include: "A selfie on the railway tracks is a bad idea if you value your life" and "A selfie with a weapon kills".
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We should petition the government to ban sharks.
We should petition the government to ban stupid people breeding.
So long as it involves the government and banning things, I'm all for it.
one time teh we found a cell phone at teh mall, took a selfie of muh balls and sent it to everyone in teh phone's contact list....
LOL
nodebt (if that is your real name) earns Comment of the Day.
"So long as it involves the government and banning things, I'm all for it."
oh HELL yes.
So in the US, have more died from selfies than Assault weapons or Terrorist in 2015? We may find a new job for the ATF or TSA.
Charged with Attempted Selfie
Fuck it, the airliner pilot selfie above was worth the risk.
Makes you wonder what the result was, did it fly back into his eye socket or to the engine intake?
Is that pilot Elon d-bag Musk, biggest tech fraud in the world?
The most noetworthy result was that his photoshop job fooled you. Or you forgot to /sarc off.
It was faked.
1. The flaps have not been extended so the jet is not flying near approach speed (~120 kt), so the speed would have to be at least 150 kt.
2. You would not go near an open windsheild like that at 150 kt but if you did you definitely would not have your eyes open.
3. No human arm could hold a stick that long into at least 150 kt of straight line wind at an angle to it like that - not a chance.
So what really occurred was the guy took the pic on the ground, then cut it out and pasted it on to a background of clouds, that had the appropriate sunlight angle orientation.
Shark Free Sanctuary Oceans
That would be a good way to get rid or government then.
That's what Planned Parenthood is for
Florist would go out of business
Ironic, since it is government that is responsible for edewkayshun, and enables the transitory evasion of reality.
but then who would vote?
We should petition the government to ban stupid people breeding.
No need for a ban.
The govt should simply stop subsidizing the breeding of stupid people.
After all, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.
The government pays THEM extra.
After they die they usually quit breeding.
"You're going to need a bigger selfie stick"
Gene pool cleansing. Encourage MOAR selfies.
I'm so happy you posted the chart. I'm not sure I would have understood without it.
Excellent wise-ass comment. I should have thought of that.
yet another data point that proves my theory that "humans are the dumbest species on the planet"
We need a new cause of death for coroner's reports: Death by stupidity. That would cover a lot of them.....
Just anbother pshrink scam. They got Beemer payments to make.
Angela Merkel posted for selfies with "refugees" and she killed a nation.
Come to think of it, maybe Winterkorn should pose with Merkel and maybe, just maybe that utterly stupid woman will finally be forced to resign as well.
Merkel is Deutschland's ball and chain.
Did the blonde succomb to the home run? Shame.
that's photoshopped too I'm guessing...what are the odds?
..and if you turn up the sound you'll hear the ball saying "I'd hit that."
Problem with the "Darwin" thing is most of these people probably reproduced and passed along the stupid gene thus blowing a hole in the entire idiocy of Darwinism.
That the world is getting dumber every bloody day should be an indication that Darwinism a crock of shit.
No... Government gets in the way of Darwinism by saying society is not allowed to remove dumb people from the general population.
Government was invented by humans. Government is run by humans. Government perpetuates itself due to humans.
That's all you need to know about Darwinism.
We still do everything the apes do. We just wear suits and call ourselves "civilized". I guess that's evolution.
you are looking at the short term, on a long enough time line, darwinism works perfectly, and it works on a civilization scale.
you can party for a few generations, even a few hundred years, but eventually those nations/peoples not fit to survive will crumble and implode, barbarians will be at the gates, or the aliens will return, or whatever...
glorious as Rome was in its day, they are dead now aren't they?
that 1 with the pilot is absolutely fucking hilarious
Totally photoshopped. You don't simply open an aircraft window at 30K ft lololo!
(doesn't make it any less hilarious)
I hear it's a good way to clean out the gunk between your teeth
Dunno how fast the plane is going, but damn, that is some serious image stabilizer on that camera. I mean, it even cleared up the blur on the oscillating selfie stick.
My instincts tell me to just say "fuck 'em" but we need someone to make us more normal people look even smarter.
In Hawaii only the tourists got bit, just sayin. Much like the impact of campaigns against texting and driving, the jack-assery will proceed.
EVERY one of these fucking narcicists needs to be run over by a bus !
Like the one in the backgro...oooooh, that's gonna leave a mark and not much else.
Just give them a camera and let them decide their manner of death. Seems to be working pretty well.
Sometimes you just have to let Darwin work his magic.
BFD! Just Darwin taking care of business. Now texting drivers otoh, they are a menace to all of us stoners driving as slowly and as safely as we can.
Easy for me to say, because I've never owned a cell phone, but I hope you die if you're insecure enough to be taking 'selfies'. And how the fuck is that even a word, or 'app'. And I'm 39 yrs old. How the fuck am I going to live through this shit for the next 'hopefully' 35 - 45 yrs?
Thins the herd nicely.
If you are bored, I came across a great white just the other day. I even got some video. Turn the volume up 1:10 into the video.
http://www.fishgaak.com/#!september-16th/c1htf
It's not enough. Lots more narcissists need to bite the dust in order to get things on the right track.
Don't discourage them.
Socially engineered self obsession is as masterful as it is horrifying.
Please people...who the fuck thought the pilot selfie was real? Planes cruise at 500 mph, that's enough to rip your face off.
Funny pic though.
Do cockpit windows even open ? Be hard to keep the pressure up when the "Made in China" seals degrade as soon as the warranty expires.
The side window opens, but certainly not in flight.
The selfie was real; the plane was a mockup.
And by extension does this mean more narcissists have died from selfies than the general public has been killed by terrorism? Or will this trend have to go on a few more years for this comparison to make the headlines?
The pilot selfie would have been taken on land then clouds photo shopped in.