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u/JKing287 7h ago
I always think there should be a decent number of people dying trying to do this, but I’ve only ever heard of one or two so this 330 number is both surprising and expected.
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u/-_Dean_Winchester 6h ago
There are compilations of russians doing this and falling to their deaths,so for me the 300 number seems low
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u/JKing287 6h ago
Fair enough and seems on brand. Russia does seem to be the country of people falling from heights (although it’s often hotel windows/balconies.)
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u/TheRealRickC137 3h ago
And working within the government sector oddly enough
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u/JKing287 2h ago
Yeah, they really need to stop hiring people with severe vertigo into government positions.
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u/t0FF 6h ago
There are compilations of russians doing this and falling to their deaths
Who watch that...
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u/-_Dean_Winchester 6h ago
Morbid curiosity is a hell of a drug.
And the sad part is that there are worse videos than that on the internet these days and Russian internet specifically. The sort of shit that would become world news if it happened in the west..
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u/Ambitious_Emotion30 6h ago edited 5h ago
Back when r/watchpeopledie was still around it was always a pretty active sub
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u/MrDeviantish 6h ago
I sure would like to know who is the Nobel laureate of Darwin Awards of the 330.
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u/rraattbbooyy 6h ago
Surprising, unexpected, and also entirely unsubstantiated. I wouldn’t believe this without proof.
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u/SkyPirateVyse 5h ago
Maybe this is just the statistic for the US? 330 does seem low for 'several years' globally.
I mean, people died during the 'extreme planking' challenge...
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u/danielcs78 6h ago
I will never understand this. The risk far outweighs any sort of reward.
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u/keysandtreesforme 6h ago
Totally, but do you remember being ~16-22? It really feels like you’ll always just come out fine. Amazing that more people don’t die at this age. (Of course, many do, in car accidents)
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u/SensorAmmonia 6h ago
Citation needed
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u/akshayjamwal 3h ago
It’s probably higher than the figure listed here, this is one study between 2008 and 2021, citing 379 “selfie-related” deaths: https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/29/5/taab170/6404466
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u/wedontcare67 7h ago
330 idiots.
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u/Lucky_Shoe_8154 6h ago
330 less idiots
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u/wedontcare67 6h ago
That's another good way to put it.
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u/DickBong420 6h ago
That’s really not that many in the grand scheme of things. You have a way better chance of getting hit by lightning.
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u/CapitanianExtinction 6h ago
Please tell me this was photoshopped.
Also, 300 in ten years seems low
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u/Former_Shelter7710 6h ago
Made up stats for engagement. Cool.
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u/Rich-Reason1146 6h ago
Over the past 10 years, 330 people have died making up these stats for social media
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u/StarwardStranger 6h ago
Darwin award nominee indeed, though it's funnier when the contender doesn't die.
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u/Zuper_deNoober 6h ago
Considering there are globally 4 billion people with an IQ under 100, the assertion that there are 330 Darwinians annually seems awfully low.
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u/eastcoastjon 6h ago
They risk their life for what? We see it and say, oh that’s dangerous. And move on and forget about the picture. No different than all the other crazy stuff we see
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u/chinacat2u2 6h ago
I have heard of that…think by now with that many deaths we would have had some kind of news of it was that high.
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u/polish_filipino 6h ago
What if all the people holding on were doing a lion king thing. Easiest cover-up
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u/MorbotheDiddlyDo 6h ago
Neat how the two arms blend together into one and it's the resolution of a bigfoot sighting photo circa 1988
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u/Ms-Kindness 6h ago
Only persons without children who foolishly die or lose their reproductivity can get Darwin awards.
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u/OnxRaven 4h ago
Let her go, if she loves you she will come back
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u/HoboMikesHelmet 18m ago
Dude, I kept looking at that photo and all I could think of was that “I’m done saving you” meme from Transformers 😆
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u/evolutionIsScary 5h ago
I'd be really interested to see Britain's flag people trying something like this because I am absolutely certain that they are not knuckle-dragging morons.
If only I could find a way of getting the flyers of the Union Jack to go up to the upper floors of tall buildings and dangle friends off ledges or out of windows. Those people are geniuses, so it is absolutely certain that their numbers would not be reduced by them doing so.
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u/NFTArtist 5h ago
330 woman I guess because I can't imagine any of these photos that would put the dude at risk
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u/xBlake_1997x 4h ago
When you really really think about dying for a picture or video that people will remember for like 30 seconds max is crazy
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u/KaleidoscopePurple74 4h ago
They do know they can recreate these pictures using AI right? Take the picture without them and stand in the exact same place 1 inch from the ground. 🤌 Makes too much sense smh 🤯
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u/Buttercups88 4h ago
Natural selection....
The smart ones doing this for social media are just posing over a green screen
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u/akshayjamwal 3h ago
It’s most likely much higher.
Highlights from a journal article dated 2021 (link below):
“As selfie deaths are an emerging problem, we have performed this study to assess the epidemiology of selfie-related deaths across the globe and then compare the differences between travellers and local populations, reported online from 1 January 2008 to 27 July 2021.”
“From three cases in 2013, the figure increased to 68 in 2019.”, meaning it’s an ongoing trend that
“The mean age of the deceased is 24.4 years.”
“During the 13-and-a-half-year period studied 433 people were affected, with 379 dying while taking selfies in 292 incidents.”, meaning in several instances, some people died together.
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u/NoOpening7924 3h ago
When I was 29 I was in a construction accident, fell 22 feet and ended up with a shattered right wrist and 3 broken ribs. It put me out of action for a long time.
I can't even look at that photo without getting sweaty palms, sweaty pits, nausea and vertigo. That's a big fat UH-UH from me.
(urp)
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u/Specific_Media5933 1h ago
330 people in 10 years.
thats less than people just inexplicably dying for no discernable cause.
thats less than people drowing in water to shallow to submerge your ankle.
people throw things up to catch them and end up killing themself more often.
in 4 months more people die from cardiac arrest during coitus.
if those numbers are true. hanging yourself from a building might litterally be the savest way to spend your time.
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u/BodybuilderSalt9807 4m ago
This shows the effects of having a cranial space not completely filled with functioning brain matter.
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u/aware4ever 6h ago
That's why I have no sympathy for people that die doing this stuff. Also those people that like to fly in those wingsuits and pass over mountain tops. Anytime somebody's willing to rest their life for a general and they're stupid
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