Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR


You never know, - maybe they are aiming at getting a Darwin award.

Thank you, Mark, I've seen some of those, but I really enjoyed the
last, CATastrophic image.

Igor

Mark Roberts Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:28:39 -0700 wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll


This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.


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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
"the 2015 death toll so far caused by selfies gone wrong is now higher than 
that for shark attacks, which is recorded at eight."

Next time I go to the seaside I'm going to take a selfie with a shark

B

> On 23 Sep 2015, at 17:26, Mark Roberts  wrote:
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> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
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> This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
> this stupid stuff for real.
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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Paul
A year or so ago a guy from our fair city was killed while on a 
motorcycling vacation in one of the Western states. The last image on 
the card in his camera was of the curve that he missed...


-p

On 9/23/2015 2:38 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

"the 2015 death toll so far caused by selfies gone wrong is now higher than that for 
shark attacks, which is recorded at eight."

Next time I go to the seaside I'm going to take a selfie with a shark

B


On 23 Sep 2015, at 17:26, Mark Roberts  wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread John

On 9/23/2015 12:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.




I'm pretty sure people were killing themselves doing stupid stuff before
the camera-phone was invented.

Otherwise the redneck epitaph "Hey y'all ... watch this!" wouldn't be a
cliché.

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Knarf
I think the Darwin Awards should have a special "selfie category".

 Cheers,

frank

On 23 September, 2015 12:25:55 PM EDT, Mark Roberts 
 wrote:
>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
>
>This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
>this stupid stuff for real.
> 

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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Larry Colen



Knarf wrote:

I think the Darwin Awards should have a special "selfie category".


How to simultaneously both achieve and prevent immortality.



  Cheers,

frank

On 23 September, 2015 12:25:55 PM EDT, Mark Roberts 
 wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll

This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
this stupid stuff for real.





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Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)

2015-09-23 Thread Ken Waller
I totally agree John and now we have the photo evidence to prove it.


-Original Message-
>From: John <sesso...@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: Selfies: The death toll (really)
>
>On 9/23/2015 12:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/22/live-grenades-bull-chases-clifftops-selfies-death-toll
>>
>> This is why you should learn to use Photoshop, so you don't need to do
>> this stupid stuff for real.
>>
>>
>
>I'm pretty sure people were killing themselves doing stupid stuff before
>the camera-phone was invented.
>
>Otherwise the redneck epitaph "Hey y'all ... watch this!" wouldn't be a
>cliché.
>
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