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Selfies Kill More People Than Shark Attacks
HughPickens.com writes: The Independent reports that so far this year more people have died while trying to take a 'selfie' than from shark attacks. So far, 12 people have lost their life while trying to take a photo of themselves but the number of people who have died as a result of a shark attack was only eight. Some recent selfie-fatalities: A 66-year-old tourist from Japan recently died after falling down some stairs while trying to take a photo at the Taj Mahal in India, a Mississippi woman was gored to death by a bison while visiting Yellowstone National Park, and in August a man trying to take a selfie was gored to death during a running of the bulls in Villaseca de la Sagra, Spain. Some groups have been trying to get on top of the wave. In June Disney banned selfie sticks in its amusement parks. And foreseeing the selfie crisis in a very specific way, New York State passed a bill in June 2014 to prohibit people from having their photo taken (or taking it themselves) while "hugging, patting or otherwise touching tigers."
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If you get attacked by a shark take a selfie. That way your chance of death will be lower.
The less narcissistic pricks the better.
that selfies have Jumped the Shark?
...I'll be here all week.
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It's true people often display a surprising lack of sense around large animals in the national parks, though. After a return trip from Grand Teton I was flipping through my pictures and wondered why I apparently had one of a middle-aged woman standing in a field. Then I saw the brown dot farther out, and remembered the moose. It was sixty yards away from the road in a field. I, along with a hundred or so other tourists, pulled our cars to the shoulder for a picture, but this one woman was more than halfway out into the field shouting, "Moose! Hey moose!" trying to get it to look up at her and pose for a close-up.
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If someone falls into the ocean while taking a selfie, and gets eaten by a shark, does that count as a selfie death or a shark death?
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Yeah but think of the consequences, man! The surviving generation will be better at taking selfies! And the one after that even more so! One day people will be able to safely take selfies while being lit on fire while simultaneously exploding! And it's probably already too late to stop it!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?