# Selfie Death Capital of the World

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 5, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002 "2016-03-05T15:10:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/1 "2016-03-05T15:10:44Z")

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[It’s India](http://www.thenational.ae/world/south-asia/mumbai-sets-no-selfie-zones-as-india-becomes-selfie-death-capital-of-the-world), site of 19 or 38.8% of the 49 selfie-related deaths that have occurred in the world since 2014. In response, India has established 16 no-selfie zones nationwide.

Be careful out there, shutterbugs!

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/2 "2016-03-05T23:32:48Z")

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Now there’s an idea. The Philippines is the journalist murder capital. We should establish no-media zones.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/3 "2016-03-06T01:49:30Z")

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> [@the\_diego](#):
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> Now there’s an idea. The Philippines is the journalist murder capital. We should establish no-media zones.

We already have, at various political events in the United States.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/4 "2016-03-06T18:21:07Z")

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Oh, Long Johnson!

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/5 "2016-03-07T04:40:58Z")

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From some article I read, it’s not the nation of India that legislated no-selfie zones – it’s just the city of Mumbai, where a lot of those happened.

One cite mentioned that a group of five buddies, all as a group, fell off a cliff while taking a selfie. (No deaths, and only two of them seriously injured.)

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-death-capital-of-the-world/748002/6 "2016-03-07T13:14:57Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> One cite mentioned that a group of five buddies, all as a group, fell off a cliff while taking a selfie. (No deaths, and only two of them seriously injured.)

I’m glad no one died, because if they had, I would feel even more guilty than I already do about giggling at that sentence.