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While people often write off selfie related things as purely narcissism/stupidity, I feel like quite a few of these are pretty ordinary and accidental. For exam

While people often write off selfie related things as purely narcissism/stupidity, I feel like quite a few of these are pretty ordinary and accidental. For example there's a few about not noticing an incoming flash flood, or the elephant ones (the herd attacked the man when he exited his vehicle). Now some of these are REAL stupid. Climbing on trains, and being near trains is clearly a common theme. The injuries with guns are indeed mostly pure narcissism/stupidity. Most of them were of those "gangsta selfies" where they put a gun to their head to look cool. Not only did they point a gun to their head, but they had to have it loaded, chambered, safety off, and finger on the trigger!

iforgotpassword 7y ago
That one was a real downer: An 11-year-old Pakistani girl drowned while attempting to take a selfie at the Kunhar River, which flows through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The girl's mother jumped into the fast-moving river to save her but she was also swept away and drowned. On seeing both his daughter and wife in trouble the father jumped in; he also drowned. The dead bodies of the mother and her daughter were found; the father's body was missing. The six-year-old son of the family was a witness of the tragedy. Did the parents impulsively jump? Did maybe the dad think for a second that if he doesn't make it, the 6yo will be an orphan, so it might be better to stay? Maybe the son was even trying to stop his dad, seeing how his sister and mother already stood no chance...
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  Did the parents impulsively jump? There is a phenomenon known as the amygdala hijack. It can cause you to jump in a river to save a drowning child before you even consciously know what you are reacting to. They may not have had time to do any thinking in terms of "But what about my other child? What happens if we both die?" They may have just reacted in the moment, not thinking at all, really. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

iforgotpassword 7y ago

That one was a real downer: An 11-year-old Pakistani girl drowned while attempting to take a selfie at the Kunhar River, which flows through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The girl's mother jumped into the fast-moving river to save her but she was also swept away and drowned. On seeing both his daughter and wife in trouble the father jumped in; he also drowned. The dead bodies of the mother and her daughter were found; the father's body was missing. The six-year-old son of the family was a witness of the tragedy. Did the parents impulsively jump? Did maybe the dad think for a second that if he doesn't make it, the 6yo will be an orphan, so it might be better to stay? Maybe the son was even trying to stop his dad, seeing how his sister and mother already stood no chance...

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Did the parents impulsively jump? There is a phenomenon known as the amygdala hijack. It can cause you to jump in a river to save a drowning child before you even consciously know what you are reacting to. They may not have had time to do any thinking in terms of "But what about my other child? What happens if we both die?" They may have just reacted in the moment, not thinking at all, really. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack