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Don't let a selfie be the end of you
npr ^ | August 31, 20256:55 AM ET

Posted on 08/31/2025 7:15:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: rlmorel

Oh! Goodness - do I run to help her or do I close the door first?


21 posted on 08/31/2025 8:29:50 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: rlmorel

Absolutely 100% correct...I’m so tired of people who come to visit who can’t have a conversation without their phone. Mention a news story and they are going to “fact check” it before continuing a conversation.


22 posted on 08/31/2025 8:33:10 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: BenLurkin

Thats why i look the door and turn music up


23 posted on 08/31/2025 8:33:34 AM PDT by al baby (Whoopie Cushion Goldberg )
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To: rlmorel
Both videos as seen on X many times. The second one was at a drive through nature preserve in China. Drive trough means stay in your car with the windows rolled up.


24 posted on 08/31/2025 8:35:10 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: AFret.

See my post #24 for the rest of the story. The Siberian tiger attacks woman in drive through nature preserve. Location China.


25 posted on 08/31/2025 8:37:38 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: rlmorel

Yeah, my two grandsons know to look at their parents’ phones, in part, because they can talk with Grandpa and Grandma at the push of a button. They are 4 years and 18 months old.

They also know they are surveilled at night when they go to bed.

It’s creepy to me, too.


26 posted on 08/31/2025 8:49:23 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: BenLurkin

And those brilliant engineers and doctors are brought here to provide us the benefit of their superior intellect.


27 posted on 08/31/2025 8:59:25 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: BenLurkin

And now, for the most ironic statement of the day:

“In India, authorities are now worried about another potential danger spot: massive gatherings.”


28 posted on 08/31/2025 9:16:31 AM PDT by caver ( )
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To: albie

Climate change?


29 posted on 08/31/2025 9:35:47 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: BenLurkin

They try to do the same with bison in Yellowstone. Bison are sometimes found in towns near Yellowstone National Park, especially in West Yellowstone, Montana, and Mammoth, Wyoming, where they can wander into residential areas, cause traffic jams, and even visit local businesses for a place to graze or scratch themselves. People are told to give them a wide birth but sometimes some idiot will try to get a closeup selfie with one. And when an animal with horns weighing up to 2,000 pounds and standing 6 feet tall at the shoulder who can run up to 35 miles per hour, faster than a man, gets excited (pissed), it’s not a good idea to wanna be Jack Hanna and be an ambassador for animals that just want to be left alone. Just don’t give them an excuse to get excited.

wy69


30 posted on 08/31/2025 9:42:04 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: BenLurkin

Here in Wyoming it’s practically a hobby, gathering and sharing videos of all the stupid things tourists do in Yellowstone.


31 posted on 08/31/2025 10:15:18 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Cold Heart
I saw a cancer warning sticker on a fishing rod Friday.

Almost as bad as a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac.

32 posted on 08/31/2025 10:17:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: rlmorel

Whoa, nice air time on the top one. With a better landing it would have been a 10.


33 posted on 08/31/2025 10:25:01 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: j.havenfarm
disproportionate number of these stories come out of India

There are almost 5 times as many people in India than U.S….more opportunities for odd stuff to happen.
34 posted on 08/31/2025 10:27:41 AM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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There are almost 5 times as many people in India than U.S….more opportunities for odd stuff to happen.

They have more big, fierce, wild animals there, too. We just got bison, grizzly bears, and an occasional puma.

35 posted on 08/31/2025 11:22:43 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Billthedrill

I think that poor girl may have landed okay, but she was young enough where they are made of elastic material anyway!

Stupid parents...

But it was impressive to watch!


36 posted on 08/31/2025 11:47:04 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: fidelis

We have moose and squirrel, too.


37 posted on 08/31/2025 12:10:57 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: fidelis

Yes, forgot about moose. If you get tossed and trampled by a squirrel while taking a selfie with it, well, I don’t know what to say.


38 posted on 08/31/2025 12:28:27 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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