Luckily I am so self-conscious about my hideous visage that I am at no risk of selfie-induced death. But I might accidentally fall off a cliff trying to dodge someone else taking a photo of me.

@BattleBro77

25 күн бұрын

Hideous visage gang represent

@rationalbacon5872

25 күн бұрын

No challenges come without a silver lining. The trick is to find the upside.

@Lemmon714_

25 күн бұрын

Me too. I despise having my picture taken. The only pictures of me in the last 32 years of are with my daughters.

@CandaceRiley-jz6oo

25 күн бұрын

Best comment

@c0mpu73rguy

25 күн бұрын

🤝 (I too hate being on photographs because of that)

Golden rule of flying planes = Fly the plane.

@Lemmon714_

25 күн бұрын

My instructor used to say always FTFA first.

@elanthys

25 күн бұрын

"Aviate, Navigate, Communicate." I don't see "Take selfies" in that list!

@SceneArtisan

25 күн бұрын

@@elanthys Right!

@rilmar2137

25 күн бұрын

Especially during critical phases of flight, like the initial climb!

@joshmakescosplay

25 күн бұрын

"Taking off is optional, landing is mandatory" and "Never talk to the FAA without a lawyer."

When you "slip through a protective barrier" onto the course [of the "running of the bulls"] you have changed from "a spectator" into a "participant."

@Nigelsmom2136

25 күн бұрын

And an idiot with a death wish.

@LaMorenitaDivina

25 күн бұрын

And any negative outcome changes from “accident” to “karma.”

@suekelley2109

25 күн бұрын

Poor bulls

@Leonard0F41G

25 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly 😂

@hisdadjames4876

24 күн бұрын

In the ‘90s I ran the bulls a good few times in Pamplona and San Sebastian de los Reyes. Once, I arrived very late (half drunk at 08.00am) and had to crawl in from the spectator side under the timber planking barrier. A Guardia Civil policeman tried to stop me, first shouting then lashing me several times on the back with his truncheon/baton. I got through regardless but with some nice bruises to show for it. Only time Ive been injured by a nice man trying to save my life!

As uncaring as this may sound, I like this quote from Thomas Morris-- “The human capacity for mischief, misadventure and downright idiocy is apparently a trait that progress cannot eradicate.”

@erikahahn5823

22 күн бұрын

The amount of people who had to successfully survive and reproducebin history for any of us to be here today is staggering.

@michaelleitner1245

22 күн бұрын

Your comment made me Google "Thomas Morris" which led me to the "Mystery of the Exploding Teeth" and I thank you!

@ohsweetmystery

19 күн бұрын

You forgot vanity.

@jpaang

19 күн бұрын

Darwin at work. Unfortunately, some people do not adapt, recognize danger.

@roberts1058

15 күн бұрын

* It's Called " WINNING The DARWIN AWARD " -- Basically , You Weed yourself Out of the Gene Pool due to your Own Stupidity !! 😂

I absolutely was not expecting this video to start “On the 19th of August 1839…”

@backwashjoe7864

25 күн бұрын

Same! I guess he discounts all of the painted self-portraits, lol. Picking a constraint is part of making art. :)

@ctlraltdestroy

24 күн бұрын

Gotta stretch the runtime to just over 10 minutes to maximize that ad revenue.

@pmedia8991

24 күн бұрын

i found the part about the very first selfie quite fascinating

@krashd

24 күн бұрын

@@backwashjoe7864 "Third day of March 1643 Edmund Blackadder did pass whilst partaking in a paintie. Blackadder having become embordened by the second hour of painting did choose to eat from the fruit bowl he was holding and succumbed to a stuck grape in the throat."

@darabennett4316

23 күн бұрын

You and me both!

Falling into a boiling geyser is up there on the worst ways to die 😞

@DarkKitarist

25 күн бұрын

Dumb ways to die, soooo many dumb ways to die!

@brianedwards7142

25 күн бұрын

There was the guy in the middle ages who worked digging out other peoples' cess pits and drowned in his own cess pit on his day off.

@DarkKitarist

25 күн бұрын

@@brianedwards7142 Well shit... Literally and figuratively...

@scsutton1

25 күн бұрын

*Stupid deaths music from Horrible Histories intensifies*

@DarkKitarist

25 күн бұрын

@@scsutton1 Ah! A person of refined taste in comedy and great historical facts.

Nobody ever expects the second, stealthier bull.

@AckyMade

25 күн бұрын

Especially not a Spanish one!

@joeyjamison5772

23 күн бұрын

"No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

@Bookspine5

22 күн бұрын

Always two, there are -- Yoda.

@billyd78

21 күн бұрын

He fell for the oldest trick in the book. The one bull distracts you while the second circles to your flank. Amateur.

@FoxyCAMTV

19 күн бұрын

Only likable comment according to my high standards of pushing "like"

Selfie has been translated in French... It's an "ego-portrait". I'm sure English speakers understand the words. It's a pretty good definition of the word "selfie", too!

@robertdesantis6205

4 күн бұрын

And they ruin the "be in the moment" experience the rest of sensible tourists desire.

I live near Niagara Falls, and though there are also a lot of suicides (not filmed thankfully), there are also accidental deaths from people insisting on sitting on the railings taking photos overlooking the Falls. And then...woops. I have seen people do this right beside the frequently posted signs saying don't climb or sit on the railings, but no. The rules don't apply to them. I have seen them put their children on the railings for a shot. And if any of us residents say, "Hey, the sign says..." We get told to F-off. So now we read in the paper that so-and-so dropped into the drink while up on the railing and we just roll our eyes and mentally dismiss them as fools. I tell you, the folks in the Falls have no sympathy for these people.

@requinremembers

25 күн бұрын

Can't fix stupid.

@MelJandric

25 күн бұрын

in 2011 I was visiting Niagara Falls on Canadian side when a lady tried to take a selfie on the railing while holding an umbrella.... it was raining and windy, so it was more wet and slippery than usual.... I wasn't close to see the fall, only emergency vehicles later. Her body was never found, probably still tumbling under the falls.

@andyrector2656

25 күн бұрын

Same thing happens on the black rocks at Peggy’s Cove.

@dx1450

25 күн бұрын

@@MelJandric Naw, she's been turned into fish shit by now.

@sawliny

25 күн бұрын

I remember visiting some of the waterfalls in Yellowstone when I was young, and there's a photograph of my mom keeping my brother away from the edge by holding on to him by dear life. He was 9 at the time so he wasn't wandering as you may see a toddler, but if you ask my Mom about it, she just said he had a dangerous look in his eye. It's insane to me that people would actually be willing to put their children in danger for a picture.

we need to talk about the fact that WuYong was getting SPONSORSHIPS for risking his life...people in charge of big businesses saw what he was doing and said "ah yes...more of that please. Here's money to potentially die"

@ThanatosSD

25 күн бұрын

This comment should be pinned or get more attention. It's absurd how people follow a guy who is clearly putting his life on risk, but is worst when a big company sponsors this dumb behave.

@skyden24195

25 күн бұрын

Good observation. Unfortunately, dangerous selfie sponsorship isn't even the first-time sponsorships have contributed to dangerous stunts that went terribly wrong. Money can have a detrimental effect on good sense.

@DragoEpyon

25 күн бұрын

So...the guy shouldn't have had access to the money he needed for his mother's medical bills?

@DustyPangolin

25 күн бұрын

@@DragoEpyon I mean if he wasn't getting paid for these stunts he may not have continued doing them and probably would not have died in the process. so yeah.

@opwave79

25 күн бұрын

Something money corrupts something something. Yeah that sounds right.

Rooftopping has to be at the top of the list of the stupidest hobbies a person could possibly have.

@zaltmanbleroze

2 күн бұрын

It is. A few weeks ago I actually saw a video of one of these daredevils falling to his death. He was on a crane hanging but couldn't get up and fell down on some rail tracks. His body bounced. Didn't even scream when he fell though which struck me as weird. Guess he accepted his death in those 2 seconds of fall.

I appreciate the humanity and empathy you bring to each of these cases. You give thorough explanations as to why each of these people wanted such a photograph. You don't demonize them or call them idiots for their mistakes. That means something.

@alastor8091

21 күн бұрын

Them being idiots is a given.

@rhyswhittington8759

20 күн бұрын

you absolutely can call them idiots. they risked their lives for something that doesnt matter in the slightest whilst ignoring many many safety signs. thats called an idiot.

@measlyfurball37

20 күн бұрын

@@rhyswhittington8759 They're human beings who made mistakes. Calling them idiots post-mortem does nothing but make us feel vindicated that surely we could never do something like that! Surely I would never die while making such an obviously stupid mistake! When's the last time you had your phone out while driving, might I ask? Last time you consumed too much alcohol? Last time you didn't wear a helmet on a bicycle or scooter or skateboard? Last time you jaywalked? Last time you forewent earplugs at a concert because you wanted "the real experience"? Last time you smoked anything just because you wanted a "good time"? Last time you skipped a safety procedure at work because it takes too much time and it feels unnecessary? You're making risk calculations in your head just like these people did. Life is risk. And sometimes human beings fuck up these calculations and something tragic happens. To put it in language you're more likely to understand- why do you wanna flex on dead people bro??

@nocturneunicorn

15 күн бұрын

@@rhyswhittington8759 Oh yes, paying your mother's medical bill is something that doesn't matter. /s

@rhyswhittington8759

15 күн бұрын

@@nocturneunicorn literally doesnt matter at all. better ways to make money than by doing something that stupid. yes, anyone who goes close to a cliff edge to get a fucking photo is doing the human race a favour by falling. get those people out of the gene pool.

0:51 I know about this picture, it was taken in Paris in 1838. The street appears empty because the exposure was over a minute. Only two people stood still as one was having their shoes shined by the other.

@elanthys

25 күн бұрын

If I remember correctly it's considered to be the first photograph of a person.

@Dayvit78

25 күн бұрын

Correct. It was shown in my 19th century French Art History class. 1st photo of a (visibly recognizable) human.

@ahill4642

24 күн бұрын

Nice to know! Thank you. ☺️

@tregoboing

24 күн бұрын

Oh well done, I didn't spot them there!

@ritabook7601

24 күн бұрын

Yes, just learned this in college art class.

OMG! The geyser death! I happened to be in Chile the week after that poor woman died! To go see the geysers, the best time is early, early in the morning before sunrise. As we were going up, the guides warned us, "Hey, last week, a woman died in one of these geysers. She was taking a selfie..." The story he told us was exactly as it was stated here. Obviously, we were all cautious around the geysers that day. That story has always haunted me. I didn't know that had been widely circulated.

@meditativesloth4604

24 күн бұрын

One thing I learned travelling through south america (including chile) is that nature is merciless and not to be played with.

@TheAllMightyGodofCod

20 күн бұрын

And you somehow managed to make this tragedy about you... No connection but you had to make it about you...well done! 👏

@armana1404

20 күн бұрын

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod 🙄

@TheAllMightyGodofCod

20 күн бұрын

@@armana1404 ....

@innerarts4091

15 күн бұрын

Tragedy??? 😂😂🤣

I visited El Tatio back in December 2015 (10 /10 would recommend) with my classmates, as part of a trip to the north of my country. Our guide very emphatically warned us not to step outside the marked trail, and that a Belgian/French tourist lost her life by falling into a geyser a couple months back. The way my eyes popped out when I noticed you were narrating that same event 💀

Finally! A video where I don’t feel the least bit sorry for the people who died.

Watching that guy doing the pull ups is so frustrating and terrifying. He didn't save enough for the last pull up, the one that would have saved him. Just not having rhe strength to pull yourself up must've been so frustrating and horrible.

@stanleyhape8427

25 күн бұрын

There is a longer video about that and goes into a lot of details. Once he realizes he can't do it, he just lets go.

@murdermatics

25 күн бұрын

Yea I've seen it. You can see he has enough to keep himself there so if someone has just been there to grab him. That's it, all they needed was someone standing there instead of the opposite side filming. He goes for a couple tries, hugs the wall and tries to use his feet and finally his arms give out. Sad, I've done a lot of climbing but I know when I'm gassed and to wait it out or not even attempt it.

@littlebear274

25 күн бұрын

Another comment says the building was coated in a material that made it more slippery than most buildings, like teflon, so he couldn't get any grip with his shoes. So important to have people with you while doing dangerous things like that so they can help you out of trouble.

@cecileroy557

24 күн бұрын

So sad...

@mitchd949

23 күн бұрын

Not sad. Simply inevitable.

The selfie of the three giddy girls posing beside a passing train oblivious to the fact that another train is approaching behind them still makes me so sad. I just want to shout out a warning to them every time I see that image.

@KarinExMachina

25 күн бұрын

You mean they were standing on train tracks?

@talkingthetalk3640

25 күн бұрын

I've heard of this.

@cedarcam

25 күн бұрын

@@KarinExMachina Yes two tracks, they did not realise a train was coming both ways

@pissoff234

25 күн бұрын

Just weeding out the stupid.

@whiteyfisk9769

25 күн бұрын

They were so ugly

The bull run celebration is something I used to watch on TV with my grandpa when I was a kid, back in the 90's. My grandpa was always able to differentiate the locals from the tourists within the group of people participating, and with time, I learned how to as well. For those who are curious, it wasn't about who got hurt or not, but about who deliberately got in front of a bull and who touched one. Those were usually the tourists. The locals would always run at either side or behind, and many of them would lead the bulls away from spectators. Tourists would usually seek the thrill of it instead.

As a survivor of serious burns from a housefire, the stories of tourists at hot springs cause my skin to crawl and my stomach catches. My God You Really Can't Imagine The Horror Of It.

@englishmadcow7461

19 күн бұрын

I'm like that about drownings in school holidays as my brother died aged 14. No one seems able to grasp the basics like teaching kids to swim and how to survive falling into water, especially here in uk.

I was just thinking I'd like to see how exactly most people died to selfies after a random reddit post mentioned twice as many people die taking selfies than due to sharks each year.

@kenrowell9351

25 күн бұрын

I am with you on this. To take a little further....how many people have been killed as a result of messing with their phones doing anything. Walking and driving are two things that come immediately to mind, especially driving. One may also consider how many die prematurely due to the sedentary lifestyle a tremendous amount of phone use brings (that metric may be a bit tougher to amass). The inattentiveness to the world around one is astonishing when staring at a phone (as I glance at mine lying beside my laptop). The irony.

@c0mpu73rguy

25 күн бұрын

That’s not saying much. More people die from coconuts falling on them than by sharks.

@thomasfrye8996

25 күн бұрын

Well said ​@@kenrowell9351

@thomasfrye8996

25 күн бұрын

How many die taking selfies swimming with sharks?

@stevie-ray2020

25 күн бұрын

Far less people are killed by sharks than one a fortnight!

I live near Niagara Falls, and the number of people who climb the barriers to get good shots is mind blowing!

@keelo-byte

22 күн бұрын

They should lower the barriers.

@marynoonan6111

19 күн бұрын

Well, they are idiots. Total idiots. You cannot legislate against stupidity.

@aerrae5608

17 күн бұрын

I swear, some people have no self-preservation instinct. I would be utterly terrified to be on the ledge of a tall building, at a cliff, or to ever get close to a freaking geyser.

@apophisstr6719

15 күн бұрын

@@aerrae5608 Natural selection at play

Incessantly taking pictures of oneself has to be the highest form of vanity.

@abelis644

12 күн бұрын

When the next solar superstorm hits earth and fries all electronics, those selfies will all disappear forever!!!😅

@lucasgroves137

11 күн бұрын

And the ugliest.

@zakelwe

10 күн бұрын

My wife won't let me do it in case I get injured by all those ladies throwing themselves bodily at me.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

7 күн бұрын

@@abelis644 Computers weren't wiped in the 1989 event.

@ducciwucci

6 күн бұрын

i don't think so. i think it's just part of the human desire to record the fact that you existed. but if i were ugly and insecure, i would also feel bitter about people who feel comfortable enough to do that. so i have empathy for you. get well soon!

How does the saying go, "do stupid things, win stupid prizes". No selfie is worth your life, but it will continue to happen. Great Video! Thank You.

@rieldebonk1044

23 күн бұрын

Lol, like its that black and white.

@maeflwerz7995

2 күн бұрын

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

@rieldebonk1044

2 күн бұрын

@@maeflwerz7995 Lol reddit's catchphrase!

My friend is a censor for tiktok. The amount of "last selfies" she has to take down is frankly astonishing.

@ShadowyFigure83

25 күн бұрын

Would be intresting if your friend could Comment here with some detail.

@the_once-and-future_king.

25 күн бұрын

Why take them down? Perhaps amply proving that stupidity has consequences will deter others from winning a Darwin Award.

@jasminecollins897

25 күн бұрын

​@@the_once-and-future_king.Because it's fucked up to have a bunch of videos of people dying floating around on social media. Most people do not deserve to be subjected to that. It shows incredibly bad judgment to share them in the first place.

@iainballas

25 күн бұрын

@@jasminecollins897 yeah, the kinda people who feel a great need to see gory death videos are the same people who's internet purchases should be closely scrutinized.

@drdrew3

25 күн бұрын

Staging photographs that appear to be selfies is a long trending meme on Tik Tok. The photos are fake but they take them down so idiots don’t try to duplicate them and actually get hurt. Worst social media platform ever

My fathers favorite, "Famous Last Words." A death selfie is the same. Over confidence, false invulnerability, "It'll be fine....."

@KebabMusicLtd

25 күн бұрын

In the case of the chinese guy, the popularity of his stunts on social media and their financial rewards only served to push him to more extreme risks. In such circumstances you only get to make one mistake and that will be your last.

@poeticsilence047

25 күн бұрын

Social has definitely ruined society in terms of mental health and people taking risks they never would have before. ​@@KebabMusicLtd

@thevalorousdong7675

25 күн бұрын

​@@KebabMusicLtd No, he pushed himself to more extreme risk for the clout. Not the other way around. HE made HIS decisions in life with HIS brain. Random people online influencing you into deadly situations is a good way to be a Darwin Award recipient

@Him_He_Me

25 күн бұрын

Also known as wankarism

@gohawks3571

25 күн бұрын

Hold my camera...

I like to think even back in the 19th century people were doing selfies. Holding up in the air a tripod in the middle of a wild west saloon during happy hour.

There was a guy taking a selfie with a giraffe at a zoo in my state that got knocked in the face and he had his jaw broken and an eye pop out. Our zoo now has a policy of "no selfies with giraffes". He didn't die, but he did lose an eye.

@InAHollowTree

14 күн бұрын

It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. 🤣

@zetametallic

2 күн бұрын

That is a very specific policy. Its like at a bar I saw "No evil clowns will be served."

I have seen it at the gym, idiots who are too busy taking pics then the bar and weight falls on their chest when even their spotter was to busy taking selfies

@requinremembers

25 күн бұрын

smh.....

@LEE...337

21 күн бұрын

LOL.

@Cookieboy70

10 күн бұрын

I would be bursting out laughing if I saw that.

@UncompressedWAVmusic

5 күн бұрын

@@Cookieboy70 Sicko sadist.

Clout literally clouds your judgement in all sorts of ways. Always be critical of your decisions

@MrGiygas1

25 күн бұрын

clouted judgement

@kellyreiche8775

25 күн бұрын

@@MrGiygas1that’s not funny at all you are very insensitive you need to leave this channel until you can grow up and be an adult you’re sick 🤢

@drdrew3

25 күн бұрын

Clouded by clout.

@Matt2023

25 күн бұрын

Self-judgement is what gets us into these messes in the first place. We only judge ourselves because we're concerned about the judgement of others. We all should enjoy life without suffering the imprisonment of other's opinions.

@mericanignoranc3551

25 күн бұрын

That's IMPOSSIBLE ...great advice ...lmao

I have been a part of this channel for a long time. I just want to say thank you again for your perfect captions and narration. This is one of the best channels on here and I look forward to seeing your channel grow even more in the future!

"Hey, there's boiling hot water bursting from the ground with remarkable power. I should go next to them to get a photo."

Opens with a chronological snapshot of the development of photography. I love this channel.

@RGBEAT

20 күн бұрын

The educational element helps alleviate the guilt of enjoying the horror

@chasidahl8563

19 күн бұрын

Me too ❤

I'm not going to watch this one because it's likely to set me off, but the title made me think about the last time I was going up Angel's point at the Grand Teton National Park in like 2015/16. I kept on having to stop for people HANGING OFF THE CHAIN YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON TO to be safe with selfie sticks in thier hands, taking pictures dangling over the edge. On one trip, I had like 3 different people slow me down (I'm scared of heights and this was a thing I was pushing myself to do and wanted to do fast) doing that, with little regard for the actual situation they were in. It blew my mind.

@Dayvit78

25 күн бұрын

Just a heads up though - there aren't any gruesome photos in this video. And he doesn't even show the "final photo" except for one still from the Chinese rooftopper.

@HeronCoyote1234

25 күн бұрын

Wise decision, not watching. The Asian daredevil would have surely triggered your fear of heights. I had a touch of vertigo looking at them.

@sometimesleela5947

25 күн бұрын

Nothing wrong with a fear of heights. It shows that your brain is properly judging literally grave consequences.

@ForeverLaxx

25 күн бұрын

Many people have it in their head that if you're allowed to be in an area, it must be 100% safe. This gets compounded when additional safety measures are in place beyond simple railings, like the mentioned chains. They become "guaranteed safe" signals by people and are used in an unsafe manner all the time. For most, "bad things" only happen to other people. They believe themselves to be the main character and the main character always comes out fine in the end.

@zabadazidit

24 күн бұрын

@@HeronCoyote1234 Me too. I don't really have a fear of heights - I fly for business and almost always get a window seat - but I do have a fear of falling. I once did parasailing in Mexico to try and put my fear to rest, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I probably won't do it again!

WuYong underestimated the critical arm fatigue factor after climbing 20 stories just to get to the roof of the skyscraper. RIP.

@nottmjas

4 күн бұрын

He certainly was RIP when his body was found.

I'm from UK and visited Brooklyn Bridge, NY for the 1st time last year. I'm not a massive fan of heights but seeing the large amount of people perching themselves as close to the edge of various parts of the bridge so close to a huge drop really did my head in, sheer idiocy to willingly put yourself into that danger

Sitting on the sofa, my palms sweat viewing Wu Yongning's selfies.

@abebuckingham8198

25 күн бұрын

There is video of the incident as well. It's heartbreaking. 😥

@dx1450

25 күн бұрын

Me too. I have a terrible fear of heights. My palms are sweating just thinking about his pictures.

@blatherskite3009

25 күн бұрын

Yep. Heights really give me the willies. I found that film "The Walk" - about the guy who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers - to be one of the most gruelling things I've ever watched ... and the film even starts with the guy today, older, so you KNOW from the very beginning that he didn't fall. Still makes no difference, though!

@zabadazidit

24 күн бұрын

@@blatherskite3009 I could NEVER watch that movie. I have a fear of falling from high places.

@blatherskite3009

24 күн бұрын

@@zabadazidit I'm just glad that I didn't watch it in 3D in the cinema! It was gruelling enough in 2D on a television. The bit that really got to me was when, at the halfway point in his walk, he stops and lies on his back on the wire. That had me absolutely digging fingernail craters in my palms. No horror movie ever got to me so much.

I remember one of my friends saying someone was a “selfie” queen and no one in the car knew what he meant. How times change 😂

@tuvelat7302

25 күн бұрын

Is selfie queen a compliment or an insult? It could go either way, really.

@darkshadowsx5949

23 күн бұрын

that's the one that doesn't involve a camera right?

Imagine that famous photo of the Hindenburg in flames, or the photo of the German soldier jumping over the East/West Berlin border, with the photographer's big dumb face taking up a third of the shot.

The pictures of the people who died taking selfies really bring to light the sadness of their passing. It's a sad reminder of how quickly life can end without anyone realising it. One of the very best FH videos. RIP to all those sadly lost 💔

@hunterericson6782

19 күн бұрын

more like OUT OF THE GENE POOL !! they wasted their lives in the dumbest way possible.

@aerrae5608

17 күн бұрын

Especially when you lack self-preservation. You couldn't pay me any amount of money to stand near a passing train, dangle on a high ledge, stand next to a boiling geyser, or get ANYWHERE near an animal that has the power to end me. All of those should terrify you, they should not be a moment of excitement.

@michaelmann8800

7 күн бұрын

No, these stories don't do that at all. Someone getting hit by a car just walking down the street trying to live their life does that. Someone having a massive heart attack when they had no signs of heart problems does that. Some innocent person getting shot in a school, mall, movie theater, church, office, grocery store, etc. does that. What these stories do is show how people who have no common sense can get themselves killed (and/or possibly others) doing incredibly stupid things. The people who appear in these stories are the kind of people that Darwin Awards memorialize. Well, as they say..."At least they died doing what they love."

@allstarwatt7246

7 күн бұрын

architects of their own demise

This needs a part 2

@slypear

25 күн бұрын

+1!

@mjmooney6530

25 күн бұрын

in the last few days was a selfie with a bear what promptly mauled the person to death.

@B3n0viT3

21 күн бұрын

Seriously doesn't, I can't imagine another boring ass video like this. "In 1925, a man ruptured his clavicle, by eating minced meat backwards while his mother was entirely ill."

@stevetournay6103

20 күн бұрын

Doubtless would be more than enough material...

@stevetournay6103

20 күн бұрын

​@@B3n0viT3And yet you watch anyway. Nice bridge.

Been meaning to donate to this channel for a long time- Not in the best of positions right now, but still would like to give what I can. I appreciate your work. ❤

@FascinatingHorror

9 күн бұрын

That means a lot - thank you!

Holy, I got some whiplash with that jump from daguerreotype directly into digital. xD

I would argue that once you step into the fray to take a picture with a stunned bull, you have gone from spectator to participant.

Great channel, I like that it is narrated with empathy.

@Varangian_af_Scaniae

25 күн бұрын

People ending by selfie deserves no empathy!

@propertyofranger

25 күн бұрын

His narration is very respectful and impartial, but I wouldn’t call it empathetic.

@glennmcg8104

25 күн бұрын

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae why not?

@AngelxSwift

25 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Varangian_af_Scaniae You’ve never made a stupid mistake before? And no sympathy even for the guy who was hoping to earn money for his mother’s healthcare? Yes these were all avoidable deaths, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have any sympathy or empathy for the victims or at least for their friends and family.

@renasauceman

25 күн бұрын

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae stop it. They were human beings who made a mistake that cost their entire life. They deserve empathy. Not mob mentality judgment.

I have grown old and don't even look in the mirror anymore. When I occasionally catch sight of my image, it's distressing. Sigh.

@danielthoman7324

25 күн бұрын

I know exactly how you feel!😢

@thereisnosanctuary6184

25 күн бұрын

Feel ya. Don't recognize that old man on the mirror.

@thurayya8905

25 күн бұрын

Inside, I'm 25. On the outside? Sigh.

@youtubecensors5419

25 күн бұрын

It's funny: I have no problem looking in a mirror but every picture I see of myself shocks me (Wait, THAT'S what I look like?). I avoid pictures as much as possible.

@geraldfriend256

25 күн бұрын

It’s ok to age folks. I hate it to an extent but hey Grow old or die young. Dying young is overrated.

Suggestion for another compilation - death by social network challenges.

@stevetournay6103

20 күн бұрын

Oh that's probably coming. Besides this one on selfies, there's already been one on gender reveal parties gone wrong...

the fact that this opened with a straight-faced history lesson on the invention of the photograph sent me

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

21 күн бұрын

Closing with "they couldn't have imagined" does sound a bit lame because photographic equipment was huge and slow in that day. Well of course. Small, fast, high quality portable cameras and films (or electronic equivalent) were needed. But what was the very first unintendedly fatal (even if intendedly dangerous) act done for a camera?

Years ago I read an article about people who died taking selfies at the Grand Canyon. The oldest one was in the 1800s.

@drdrew3

25 күн бұрын

People have been falling off the edge of the Grand Canyon for hundreds of years before the camera was invented. All day every day people are getting as close to the edge as they dare. Plenty of ledges with loose rock whether you are holding a camera or not. It’s a dangerous hole in the ground that mesmerizes people to the point where they fail to give the proper respect. I was drawn to the very edge myself just by its majesty. Nothing to do with a selfie

@wormwoodcocktail

25 күн бұрын

I think FH himself did a video on that

@stevie-ray2020

25 күн бұрын

So 2015 wasn't the 1st year someone died from taking a selfie!

@charliem989

25 күн бұрын

Grand Canyon falls is how I stumbled upon this channel.

@Dayvit78

25 күн бұрын

Just take one step back. Gotta get you all in the photo!

Back in 2019 a tourist at the Cliffs of Moher stepped backwards while attempting to take a selfy and fell off the Cliffs. A witness at the coroners inquest said the man let a scream just before he hit the ground. He must have only realised what was happening the moment before impact

@randyhebbebusche3644

25 күн бұрын

Probably was saying so far so good till he realized he was going to hit bottom.

@ayakotami3318

24 күн бұрын

I remember hearing about that from a friend visiting Ireland. I was in shock when she told WHY it happened. 😓

@jdwht2455

23 күн бұрын

Just walking on the path along that cliff edge is enough to give me the 'willies'. Then there are the idiots at Grand Canyon that think the fence is only for us cautious folks

❤ you mentioning the bad treatment of the bulls!

I saw a story this week about a Scottish woman in Romania who got injured talking a selfie with a bear.

@TheresaMayPM

24 күн бұрын

I think there's an element of people in the modern world being so insulated from danger that they underestimate real danger when encountering it.

It's a testament to how good the narration is that I was so deep into the history of self-esteem I forgot it was about deaths.

The saddest one I heard about was a woman who uploaded a selfie on Facebook. One minute later, she was in a fatal collision with a big rig and died. The selfie she uploaded was done because the song Because I'm Happy came on the radio. It was a selfie of her driving with the caption "The Happy Song makes me happy!" and it was posted one minute before the accident was reported.

@_kaleido

25 күн бұрын

That’s sad, distracted driving is way too common nowadays 😔 maybe a bit of a morbid question but I wonder if Pharrell Williams (creator of the Happy song) was made aware of this incident?

@KarinExMachina

25 күн бұрын

I wouldn't say this is sad just pathetic honestly by now people should be aware how stupid it is to mess around with phones while driving. These are the kinds of people who are capable of killing others too not just themselves

@yippee8570

25 күн бұрын

It actually makes me angry rather than sad because she could have killed other people and it's such a senseless, stupid way to go.

@jena.alexia

25 күн бұрын

I was in a fairly serious car accident years ago. A guy slammed into the rear of my stationary car going about 60km/hr. He was looking at his phone. He could have killed someone. What if it was a pedestrian? Or cyclist? No sympathy for ppl who kill themselves in selfie accidents but as long as they don't hurt anyone else. You can't take your eyes off the road for a second.

@_Jay_Maker_

25 күн бұрын

That sounds fake as shit, but I don't feel bad for her. She did it to herself. I feel bad for the truck driver.

Worse than accidentally falling into a scalding pond is to voluntarily jump into a scalding pond. A tourist at Yellowstone National Park did exactly that - just to try to rescue his dog who had jumped in. Several onlookers screamed at him to not go in. After he got out, he said "I guess that wasn't too smart." Not long after, he died in the hospital.

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

21 күн бұрын

I can imagine the woman in the story seeing the geyser on the phone screen as it began to splash her, and back away from what was an image into the actual thing. That's called not thinking contingency actions over beforehand.

@SY-ok2dq

13 күн бұрын

​​@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 Why the heck did the husband let his wife do that?

@oliviastratton2169

9 күн бұрын

Yeah, if I remember correctly he was too badly burned to get out and his friends got severe burns pulling him out. Very sad. Keep your dogs on a leash in National Parks, friends.

@GrislyAtoms12

8 күн бұрын

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 That's a charitable thing to say.

Damn the 1 where the guy does pull ups but cant hang on gets me everytime, i get sweaty palms 😵‍💫

I actually can't mock the last guy. I realize he was taking a lot of REALLY big risks, and no sane person would do that stuff. I guess it's just...people like that, on some level, have probably accepted their mortality. I can't really explain what I mean. > The only thing I *can* fault that type for is traumatizing someone else by having to find/deal with the body.

@jillturner9263

25 күн бұрын

I agree it’s another level than taking a selfie. Your flirting with death

@zgSH4DOW

25 күн бұрын

You're pretending to act reasonable, while implying you could mock the others

@mybodymychoice6557

25 күн бұрын

What gets me is that far from doing these stunts solely for kicks or attention, he was doing it to get married and take care of his sick mom. He wanted to live and take care of his people.

@WadeTheRanchHand

25 күн бұрын

​@@mybodymychoice6557I agree but I don't think that's what made him officially take on the "hobby". I think it was the trill but after realizing he could profit from it he was doing these stunts more than he probably would have if not. I do believe he realized that he could be one mistake from death but it's really sad to hear why he decided to do that stunt that day. He did believe he would be fine and go about the next day proposing.

@stanleyhape8427

25 күн бұрын

Doing these stunts is like playing Russian roulette .

The word selfie definitely wasn't in common use in 2002. It was first recorded, like you said. But it wasn't commonly used until much much later like 2009-2010. Trust me, I'm 37. I lived through the entire myspace era in highschool and we never uttered the word selfie. It wasn't until I graduated college and everyone switched to Facebook and Instagram that I heard "selfie". Before that we took what we called "mirror pics" which was when you took your picture via the mirror since front facing cameras also weren't common until the 2010s. Existing and being common are different things.

@whiteyfisk9769

25 күн бұрын

Nobody cares about your opinion, nobody takes women seriously, we just pretend like we do otherwise you'll throw a fit like the emotional children you are.

@tifKh

25 күн бұрын

Same girl. I still remember buying a digital camera that had a very little screen on the front to show the picture, Samsung, I think. Pretty sure I had a blackberry around then

@ritabook7601

24 күн бұрын

Yep, when he said 2002, I was like..."Huh?" I think he meant 2012 or something.

@MarceloBenoit-trenes

23 күн бұрын

@@ritabook7601 no. He said the first time that the word was USED. And after, in 2013, it was added to the Oxford Dictionary.

You help me on my long drives to and from work I’ve learned so much from you. I’ve watched many of your videos multiple times. Thank you for being you and teaching us. You are awesome.

This was very well made. Great history and tying it all together at the end.

I fell off a cliff at the grand canyon in 1982 taking a selfie with a polaroid. thankfully I didn't fall too far.

Perfect way to start my morning before work

@recessional5560

25 күн бұрын

Cool story bro

@50PullUps

25 күн бұрын

@@recessional5560 be quiet

@marcialwar

25 күн бұрын

Same

@recessional5560

25 күн бұрын

@@50PullUps come quiet me

@terejosh13

25 күн бұрын

​@@recessional5560always one keyboard warrior

I love this channel. Always so informative, and respectful to those who have lost their lives, due to negligence, or otherwise, death is always tragic.

This is what the Greek fable of Narcissus is about. To be so preoccupied with your own visage that you perish. It's safe to say that this has existed in various forms for far longer than the selfie.

I find it hilarious that this is the second video about selfie deaths I have watched within a week. Four days ago Lazy Masquerade released a video about why no selfie zones have become more common due to the high increase in deaths.

@beezee1196

25 күн бұрын

Oooh, thanks for the rec!

@Ozymandi_as

16 күн бұрын

Why is that hilarious?

Darwin Awards galore

@simonwaldock9689

25 күн бұрын

I think they have stopped listing death by selfie as it has become routine.

@paddyjoe1884

25 күн бұрын

The did the same wt dare devil rocketeers, it's so reckless it's hardly accidental

@MonTube2006

25 күн бұрын

The irony

@whiteyfisk9769

25 күн бұрын

Praise God

@paddyjoe1884

25 күн бұрын

@@whiteyfisk9769 what that counts as a 5 star review of this god fellow?

When Shiey climbs places and lets go hands to film himself on top.. I always worry a bit. This video reminds me why I wouldn't risk it like that..

Long time subscriber and good to see FH is well into the 'big time' subscribers zone. These are always excellent and yet never 'gratiutious' never for the gore and instead respectfully described but fascinating horrors, actually educational warnings and historical moments.

There is actual video footage of the Chinese guy falling off the building - he was filiming with a drone from not too far away and you can actually see him struggling with the last of his strength as his feet keep slipping as he tries to get back up. You don't see the impact or anything but it is quite disturbing, google it if you're interested in that sort of stuff.

@kenw2225

25 күн бұрын

I've seen quite a few on other platforms. But yes I've seen the one you mention. It was bound to happen eventually, statistically.

@michael7054

25 күн бұрын

Yeah the metal side of the building was to slippery for him, unlike say the side of a brick building.

@suekelley2109

25 күн бұрын

As bad as I feel for him, I feel even worse for the poor window washer who discovered the body.

@susanowen1709

24 күн бұрын

No thanks - the stills were disturbing enough.

@SY-ok2dq

13 күн бұрын

​@@kenw2225 Especially when there were all these unknown variables which he had not investigated earlier. It's not like he was climbing a building he'd gone up a few times before and knew what it was like. His fiancee and mother should have dissuaded him or at least persuaded him to take precautions like bringing along one or two other climbers with him, some basic equipment at least.

I appreciate the respect you have for the people in your videos, regardless of whether they contributed to their deaths or not.

I'm so thankful to be Gen X, growing up camera-shy because there weren't cameras everywhere, all the time. We don't feel a need to stamp our faces on everything now.

I really liked this episode. Great blending of the past to the present.

I very much like how you zoom in a little on the shoe shiner and their client. As you know, the first photograph ever taken of a person(s).

@philsey6913

25 күн бұрын

Is that what that was? I could tell it was a person standing with one foot up on something, but I couldn't tell what. That makes perfect sense. Thanks!

@rilmar2137

25 күн бұрын

I remember reading that while there were other people around, only the shoe shiner and their clients were stationary enough to be able to be caught on the picture due to the long exposure needed

@lukedaniels7750

25 күн бұрын

@@rilmar2137 That is what I remember being taught as well.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.😢

@_Jay_Maker_

25 күн бұрын

Sometimes literally!

@jenniferryersejones9876

25 күн бұрын

One of my favourite quotes!

@almonkey1

25 күн бұрын

it did in Wu Yongning's case!

@eywine.7762

25 күн бұрын

Thank you for quoting that accurately.

Another excellent video, Sir, told in your emotional voice. Even though you may not believe it so, the way you tell these stories is emotional and cause may I'm sure to appreciate the breaths we have taken so far. Again, thank you for your research and delivery.

I'm so glad you refrained from judging any of these people for what many may consider "stupid" actions. You tell us the facts, and that's all that is needed. It's worth remembering that all of these people have families.

@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend

5 күн бұрын

True, but they're still stupid!

When I was in school back in the '90s, 'selfie' had a very different meaning, but it is very applicable to the act of vainly taking photos of yourself. W anchor!

There's another deadly selfie I know of, where someone got a selfie on railroad tracks... and then a train hit them. You can see the train in the background of the selfie. Eerie AF. The history lesson on selfies was very interesting! Cheers

@carlcushmanhybels8159

24 күн бұрын

Yes, I've seen that one, The 3 girls look so happy: 'OOOh look at us. Happy to be here.' Behind them is the approaching train's headlight.

@canadiankazz

24 күн бұрын

@@carlcushmanhybels8159 Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.

Owning a selfie stick is your first warning sign.

I'm an amateur photographer. When I'm actively photographing, I photograph. When I'm not actively photographing, I keep my phone in my pocket. I don't need to capture everything that I experience in a photo. I prefer to experience it with my senses, in the moment.

Amazing what people will try to do for a selfie .🤳. Killed by falling , steaming water , raging bulls , jumping in front of a truck. Very crazy .

Multiple people have fallen over Niagara Falls while attempting to get a selfie. I believe the Grand Canyon has had its share as well.

@stevetournay6103

20 күн бұрын

Think there are FH videos on both...

@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend

5 күн бұрын

The Grand Canyon has had its share of idiots hanging on cliffs, and eventually falling to their deaths!

I was doing research in Yosemite National Park years ago and went to visit Glacier Point, which is perched thousands of feet above the valley floor, with a near vertical cliff between the two. Not long before, a man and woman had tried to take a selfie and both walked backwards off the cliff (they had gone past the railing for a better view). Their camera and tripod were sitting there for a while before it was noticed. If you’ve ever been to Glacier Point, you know how freakishly tall that cliff is. Still gives me chills thinking about it.

I enjoy these videos They're top-quality, and the narration is clear and easy to understand.

These aren't your typical tragedies these are people deliberately putting themselves in harms way and getting burned for it

@kenw2225

25 күн бұрын

I hope i am forgiven for feeling no sympathy

@mikdavies5027

25 күн бұрын

@@kenw2225. Yes, same here!

@Dayvit78

25 күн бұрын

But I need more likes! You know likes can be spent at umm, well what do I with them? I don't know but I want more!

@Seeping-ws5yp

25 күн бұрын

yes thank you. i also watched this video

This reminds me about one of the Grand Canyon videos you made. One of the deaths you mentioned was a dude dying whilst taking a selfie in the 1920's.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

25 күн бұрын

His name was Seamus "Sneezer" MacGee.

This is truly fascinating horror. The emotional need to take a selfie exceeds the survival instinct. And common sense!

Thanks for sharing.

Last selfie is actually really sad because you see them in most of their time the happiest that will be their last. 😢

“Y’know, supposedly there’s some guy in Texas who smiled one time while he was getting his picture taken.”

@linds7076

25 күн бұрын

“Shut the f-k up, are you serious? We are just talking about that the other day. Is it true?”

@AllenMiller-zj9bg

25 күн бұрын

Psychopath!

@rolly4x4

24 күн бұрын

👏👏👏

@darksu6947

23 күн бұрын

I don't believe you.

An interesting video. Thank you.

I'd love to see more videos in this style. Excellent work!

This should be renamed "Stupid is as Stupid does!"

@UncompressedWAVmusic

5 күн бұрын

Forest Gump - "Stupid is as Stupid does!"

Well done bull!

@spreadthelove77

25 күн бұрын

I’m always on the bulls side. Always.

@resnonverba137

25 күн бұрын

@@spreadthelove77 Likewise.

@veryberry39

25 күн бұрын

​@@spreadthelove77 Same here.

@_kaleido

25 күн бұрын

@@spreadthelove77 even in a farm or slaughterhouse?

A tourist died in my town several years ago by ignoring safety barriers on a cliff to get closer to the ocean for a better selfie. A freak wave came and washed him off the ledge he was standing on.

Standing on Lotte Tower in Korea you truly feel like you’re looking down on a Hasbro playset of a town.

Nobody has ever survived a "bath" in the geyser water. Thats should be the warning down there.

I’m amazed at how good he is at explaining something through brief history in such effective manner! This has to be the best description of what a selfie is and where it came from!

death by selfie could be a whole damn series.

I was 14 then, my late Mom 33...all I remember is we loved vinyls and 8-track cassettes of Neil Diamond and Simon & Garfunkel 5 years prior 😢