SUICIDE STICK

SUICIDE STICK 

Between 2011 and 2017, it is reported that 259 people died in the process of getting that perfect selfie. To me that just tells me one thing, selfies are pretty much the best way to go about suicide.... Or maybe not. I just think that the statistic is a fascinating. I mean, we're always trying to seek approval from others and trying to go for that perfect moment to show the world how bad ass we really want to be, but these folks got too close to the sun. I mean, not literally.... Though if anyone wants to get shot into the sun for the perfect selfie, let me know and I'll get SpaceX on that shit right quick.

But the US national library of Medicine recommends that no selfie zones should be introduced at dangerous spots where the reduce of death and the amount of morons going there hits a big peak. It's the only way to protect the stupid from themselves. Hell, it may even protect the non-moronic from others as well. You never know when a falling moron will land on your head because they were trying to get a selfie on the top of a large building.

But the zones would include Mountains, tall buildings and lakes, where many of the deaths seem to happen. As if common sense wasn't enough to say "Hey, don't stand at the edge of that building for a photo, you moron!", but hey, we now have to put up electric fences and what not for the most common sense of mortality.

Other forms of selfie stupid suicide seems to be in the way of animals, electrocution, fire and firearms. Look, I'm not discrediting this report, but selfies or not, people are going to die from these stupid things a lot because, guess what, we are stupid people. The world is full of them and if we try to protect them from themselves, we just do the whole human race a disservice in bettering itself in the form of weeding these idiots out of the whole damn system.

Would the world be a better place if Tomer Frankfurter didn't die in Yosemite National Park after falling 250 meters while trying to take a selfie? Who knows. I'm probably sure my life would not have been effected, but hey, do I want a rail system up there to destroy the natural look of the National Park all because one idiot didn't have common sense? Probably not.

Selfie related deaths are also more common in India, Russia and the United States. as 72% of those reported came from there. I mean, it doesn't surprise me since all those places are filled with morons. The study also showed that the number of deaths is on the rise as well. There were only three reports of selfie related deaths in 2011 - My guess is it was under reported, but the number grew to 98 in 2016. and then 93 in 2017, so you can imagine that in 2018, the report may very well be in the hundred mark.

All this just makes you wonder if you're doing something stupid for that perfect instagram photo that you're trying to take to make all your friends envious of your kick ass life that you're pretending to live. I know, totes, brah.

Just don't be stupid next time, you know.