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259 selfie deaths recorded in last 7 years, including falling, drowning and train accidents
My Palm Beach Post ^ | 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, October 03, 2018 | Shelby Lin Erdman

Posted on 10/04/2018 6:09:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Taking a selfie against a dangerous background or in a frightening position is thrilling and it shows a bravery and courage in getting that next-to-impossible photo, that is until the photographer slips and falls off a mountain or tumbles down a cliff or is killed by a wild animal. >> Read more trending news

The number of people willing to risk their life to get that perfect shot is an “emerging problem,” according to a new study on how many people have died in selfie-related accidents over the past few years.

Researchers discovered that 259 people worldwide have lost their lives taking selfies in precarious positions between 2011 and 2017.

The study, published in the July-August Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, found that the average age of victims of selfie-related deaths was 22 years old while 50 percent were 20 to 29 years old and 36 percent were 10 to 19 years old. The research also found that 72.5 percent of the victims were male, while 27.5 percent were females.

The largest number of deadly selfie accidents have occurred in India followed by Russia, the United States and Pakistan, with the highest number of victims dying from drowning, transport or falling, scientists said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agoodstart; chat; deathbyselfie; deathtoll; duplicatestoryinhour; gulliblefools; mouthbreathers; selfie; selfies; yosemite
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1 posted on 10/04/2018 6:09:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m fine with that.


2 posted on 10/04/2018 6:10:15 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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3 posted on 10/04/2018 6:11:41 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

TV ads from ambulance chasing lawyers offering to file your case against Apple commencing in 3....2.....1....


4 posted on 10/04/2018 6:11:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Any involve a selfie discovered by wife of husband and another woman?


5 posted on 10/04/2018 6:12:39 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How many per year and what percentage of the WORLD population would that be?


6 posted on 10/04/2018 6:12:54 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s a good start.


7 posted on 10/04/2018 6:13:29 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think it is accelerated evolution.

I am pleased to point out that I have NEVER taken a “selfie” even before the term was coined. I have had cameras going back to Polaroid Instamatic days.

Die when you mug for your own ego? Buh bye.


8 posted on 10/04/2018 6:14:12 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Always believe women except: clinton rape, ellison assault, booker groping, ted kennedy murder)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wanna see the evidence. Pictures please.


9 posted on 10/04/2018 6:17:50 AM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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Cold.


10 posted on 10/04/2018 6:21:10 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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Whoops. I forgot. /s


11 posted on 10/04/2018 6:24:17 AM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can selfies replace war as a gene pool cleaner?


12 posted on 10/04/2018 6:24:23 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

ditto


13 posted on 10/04/2018 6:26:52 AM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: HotKat

Hahaha!!!


14 posted on 10/04/2018 6:28:45 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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15 posted on 10/04/2018 6:45:27 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: HotKat
"I wanna see the evidence. Pictures please."


16 posted on 10/04/2018 6:46:11 AM PDT by Jaxter (Pro Aris et Focis)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Sort of like the herd self-thinning itself. #finalselfie


17 posted on 10/04/2018 6:48:32 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (CNN - the most busted name in news.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The selfie generation is slowly going extinct?


18 posted on 10/04/2018 6:49:21 AM PDT by Leep (dog pol)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The selfie generation is slowly going extinct?


19 posted on 10/04/2018 6:49:41 AM PDT by Leep (dog pol)
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Never make the a Wookie angry...


20 posted on 10/04/2018 6:56:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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