More People Die Taking Selfies Than in Shark Attacks
COLOGNE, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Young women lying in a pool of plastic balls shoot selfies at the Supercandy! Pop-Up Museum on October 5, 2018 in Cologne, Germany. The temporary museum, located in the halls of a former printing press, includes 20 installations that offer visitors vibrant colors and graphic backgrounds to shoot selfies for social media. (Photo by Michael Gottschalk/Getty Images)
Be careful taking that selfie…it could be life threatening! According to the NY Post “A new survey found that 41 percent of us have already risked our safety in pursuit of a selfie, while more than half of us would stand on the edge of a cliff for that ideal photo.”
The poll was taken by the custom phone case company Case24.com and questioned 2,023 people — 999 women and 1,024 men. It found that men are more willing to take risks with 61 percent of males accepting the challenge of a cliff-edge photo, compared to 38 percent of females. There have been 259 deaths by selfies in the past 7 years compared to only 50 death by shark attacks, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but they are on the rise…and fast!
BE CAREFUL TAKING THAT SELFIE…IT COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH!
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