More people have died by taking selfies this year than by shark attacks

The Telegraph ^ | 09/22/2015 | Helena Horton

[Disambiguator]

Only Millennial self-absorption could create a device such as the “selfie stick.”

The best name for those is the "narcisstick."

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“That is HOGWASH! because Bam Bam took selfies and lookie!”

And now he is brain dead. In all fairness I think he was that way before the selfies.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You may be more afraid of sharks than selfies, but actually statistically the latter is more deadly.

Depends.

If like me, you don't take photos of yourself doing stupid things then the chance of you dying from that is zero.

If you avoid swimming in salt water you have lowered your chance of being attacked by a shark but not totally eliminated it as bull sharks can adapt to fresh water.

Now the chances of my dying from someone else just having to snap a photo of themselves being stupid remains inside the realm of possibility.

[Jonty30]

In Russia there is a need for a warning. To many people texting while walking around on the edge of buildings or tv towers.

[fungoking]

The real tragedy is that none of those death by selfie were named kardashian.

[ripnbang]

There really ought to be “common sense” background checks on selfies...

[freedumb2003]

>>The best name for those is the “narcisstick.”M<<
Uber-cool term!

[jsanders2001]

> Ok, elaborate on your comment. Are you saying only atheists take selfies?

You have a selfie stick don’t you? : )

I was just making a funny...

[Rodamala]

Dear God,

Please help us.

Thanks in advance,
Rodamala

[RightGeek]

He had a close call with this one:

[a fool in paradise]

Selfie deaths have become so rife in Russia that the government released a guide detailing how not to die while taking a picture of yourself. In the guide, it is advised that selfie takers don't balance on dangerous surfaces or pose with loaded weapons, among other tips.

Russians are big on viral memes, it seems. I've seen countless staged Russian photos of a guy hanging off the porch of a skyrise apartment building while a jealous husband/boyfriend holds a shotgun out the window. I don't see Annette, I mean a net, in any of these pictures.

[a fool in paradise]

SELFNADO

PING!

[a fool in paradise]

And what about taking a selfie with a shark? Is that double dangerous?

Well, sometimes the sharks complain that the meal doesn't look anything like the picture on the menu.

[catnipman]

Yeah, right. As long as you don’t count the massive death toll from sharknados.

[TigersEye]

Man Takes Selfie Moments Before Deadly Shark Attack

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[Darth Reardon]

You may be more afraid of sharks than selfies, but actually statistically the latter is more deadly.

That may be true, but is it more likely if you’re using a apple phone or one running an OS bought by MS (they still exist, right?)?

[uglybiker]

And he looks like Darwin. ;-)

[Company Man]

More and more venues are banning these devices. And here I thought it was because of their potential use as weapons.

[MeshugeMikey]

the owner of the site hosting those photos has decided to disallow..”remote access” aka posting them on other websites.

I got the Forbidden Alert...when trying to display the files in another window