memes @lemmy.world no_comment @lemmy.world 1 mo. ago

maybe I don't want to live with the consequences

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Iirc that picture was "faked" in the sense that the perspective makes it seem more dangerous than it is. There's actually a platform under him.
- Yeah but, this guy died.
  
  ...years later. But he did die.
  
  Posing for trick photography has a 100% fatality rate...eventually.
- I believe ~~Charlie Chaplin~~ did similar stunts back in the day
  
  The end results are badass though. Totally looks like they are dangling in peril
  
  Edit: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Not Charlie Chaplin
  
  I don't think Chaplin was known for that kind of stunts, but Buster Keaton was. Like the classic clip where the front of a house collapses on him and he's standing right where the window falls.
  
  This’d be more of a Harold Lloyd thing
- Maybe, but this guy (Charles N. Fidgerald) was a true daredevil and this photo is not the craziest thing he did.
- Supports the claim people were more sensible back then. Today we have moron YouTubers who actually climb such heights without any safety.
  
  Well where else are they going to post it? LiveLeak shut down.
Fun fact, you are more likely to die taking a selfie than to be killed by a shark. From 2018-2021 more than 300 people died while taking a selfie, in that same time period about 200 people were killed by sharks.
- Sharks aren't that dangerous because people don't encounter them that much
  
  People make selfies from dangerous positions. Going to a cliff to take a selfie is more on the side of "going to a cliff" than on the side of "taking a selfie". Even more people die wearing cloths.
- Well, I don't go to the beach and we don't even have dangerous sharks here. So yeah, no shit.
- I've had this argument with my wife, who wants to swim with Orcas, so many times.
  
  Me: Orcas are the sadistic murder cats of the ocean. Do not swim with them. They may decide to kill you for the fun of it.
  
  Her: There has never been a reported fatal orca attack! You worry too much!
  
  Me: How many people do you think are trying to swim with wild orcas every year? Sample size is to small. It's like saying it's safe to slap a grizzly bear with a pool noodle and then throw a Meringue pie in it's face, because AFAIK, no one has ever died doing so.
  
  Lmao, Now we need her response to that, please.
- Source?
  
  I was quoting this article, couldn’t get to their source — could be pay-walled.
  
  https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/01/16/selfies-are-more-lethal-than-shark-attacks-should-more-tourist-destinations-ban-them
People have done dumb shit for fame and glory ever since ancient times. Remember Herostratus?

He did something incredibly stupid to get famous.

And it worked.
- I have no idea who that is.
  
  Did you ever see the episode of Futurama where Bender had that big ass "Remember Me!" tomb built? He's like that except instead of tricking a planet and becoming a pharaoh to have slaves build things he burned down a temple of Artemis.
  
  It seems to have kind of worked.

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