More selfie deaths in India than anywhere else in the world - By a very large margin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...ies-in-india-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world/

Of at least 27 “selfie related” deaths around the world last year, about half occurred in India, reports show.

In 2015, Indians taking selfies died while posing in front of an oncoming train, in a boat that tipped over at a picnic, on a cliff that gave way and crumbled into a 60-foot ravine and on the slippery edge of a scenic river canal. Also, in September, a Japanese tourist trying to take a selfie fell down steps at the Taj Mahal, suffering fatal head injuries.

Mumbai police said this week that they had identified more than a dozen “no-selfie zones” around India’s largest city after three young girls were swept out into the Arabian Sea while taking selfies in a rocky part of the Bandra area Saturday. One of the young women is presumed to have drowned, as did a man who jumped in to save them.

Last year, no-selfie zones were also established in certain areas of the massive Hindu religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela because organizers feared bottlenecks caused by selfie-takers could spark stampedes.

 

[Caddchef]

Live hard, die young, only shit on designated shitting streets, that's India's mantra - it must be, have you ever seen how they drive?

 

[Bassomatic]

Well, that's shitty.

 

[Sperglord Dante]

Good riddance.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

It's wild what you get when you mix smartphones with dumb people.

 

[Male Idiot]

It's wild what you get when you mix smartphones with dumb people.

Being absorbed in a phonecall while walking on slippery terrain is a bad idea.
India is 95% covered in slippery shit.
???????
Profit.

 

[CatParty]

@Cute Anime Girl some indian news for you

 

[polonium]

We know they'll never drop their phones in the toilet, at least.

 

[CleverJokeHere]

DESIGNATED.

SHITTING.

...

Aw, I'm late to the party.

 

[ICametoLurk]

What a shitty way to die.

 

[CWCchange]

What do you expect from a country full of poor people with more cell phones than toilets?

 

[polonium]

What do you expect from a country full of poor people with more cell phones than toilets?

The difference is they actually use the phones

 

[Chefbot]

DESIGNATED SELFIE STREET

World superpower by 2030.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Meanwhile, these people are still bombing social media streams with their delusional narcissism

Spoiler: The Horror

 

[Darndirty]

There's a billion of those mother fuckers, there's "more" of everything, except indoor toilets.