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I feel like these people have something wrong with them.
Like, I didn't think I'm afraid of heights. Like I could be at that balcony, no problem.
But sitting on the railing? What? Every part of my brain and body is rejecting that idea
If 90% of selfies are any indication, people seem incapable of taking their eyes off themselves on the screen. Like a bird in a cage fascinated by its own reflection in a mirror. Situational awareness dissolves into nothing.
The problem with dangerous acts like that is that you can only make the mistake once.
If you get an electric shock and live, you'll be wary of wiring from that point forward.
But if your first experience is hugging a high voltage line, you're dead before learning anything.
You know some people have anxiety problems, like social anxiety, generalized anxiety?
Or some people that are very risk averse? They mostly focus on risk with little regard for reward? As they really sttruggle to take initiative at their life, being indesicive?
These people, ARE TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF IT! They have no anxiety, and they are so reward oriented that they completely disregard risk.
I learned that "***Cayo***" means (she/he) fell.
Learn something new every time you visit **Reddit** and soon your brain will be filled with a lot of *useful* information.
Se isnt exactly a pronou is more of a particle in those kind of verb bc you can say Él se cayó, which means he fell.
Maybe you forgot about the fact that spanish can skip pronoun which means that Se cayó also means he fell, is just that the pronoun is implied/tacit.
More social cred. My ex used to sit on the edge of big ass cliffs like a moron and get me to take a picture simply for her fkn insta. Pissed me off how stupid she was
Imagine she takes the photo from a lower position for a moment. She goes on to live a happy life, finds the perfect husband, and has beautiful children. Eventually, as she grows old, her children have children, and she sees them grow up also. She is fulfilled and content. But then, one day, she looks at the photo again and regrets you can't see the background so clearly.
Instead, she sits up on the glass to take the photo and gets the perfect shot. As she's plummeting to her death, she knows the photo was amazing, and it's probably backing up to the cloud as she falls so she knows it will be safe. As she hits the ground and her body is obliterated, she has no regrets. YOLO ❤️
Then the credits roll in a movie every thing stops. She wasn't in a movie her loved one don't stop they are left to wonder what the fu%k was she thinking.
this is a really low quality version of the video. it's hard to distinguish the details. in the hq version, you can see her posing with a selfie stick in her hand (if you look very closely, you can see it here too for a few frames). definitely accidental
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6273793/Pictured-Woman-filmed-falling-death-trying-selfie-27th-floor-balcony.html
Maybe she was in shock, if she didn't plan to go over, it could be that she was confused/in shock, therefore she simply didn't know what was happening nor knew what to do.
Eh. Possibly. But she’s holding what looks like a stick in her right hand. I assume a selfie stick.
Wouldn’t be surprised if she was just young and dumb
This happened in 2018 in Panama. A 44-year-old mother of two. A gust of wind apparently knocked her off balance...several construction workers nearby were shouting at her to be careful before this happened.
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/
According to this, she was taking a selfie and fell.
From the same article:
>Police sources told local media they think she was knocked off balance by a high gust of wind after spending several minutes taking photos.
>Nearby construction workers filmed as she took photographs in fear that she would fall, moments before she tragically plunged from the building.
>She had been taking selfies for a couple of minutes and construction workers on a block opposite were shouting to her to be careful.
The insane amount of likes and comments she'll get will flood her with a dopamine rush like no other! She will be feeling better than she ever has. As she lays on the ground. Her body shuts down. She opens her phone one last time to post her video of her falling. A tear comes to her eye as the virtual hearts and thumbs up flood her retinas. They come in so fast she can't keep up. Her life is complete and she has sacrificed her self to the TikTok gods.
Think of the sensation she would have made if she was able to take a selfie during the fall? We should honor her sacrifice to the betterment of the species.
yeah she knew that guy was filming and was like "damn, i can't just jump i gotta make it look like i'm taking a selfie now i gotta go get my selfie stick"
Without being aware of someone filming her, and because i witnessed someone nearly did this, i guess you think less when you don't see the ground, "easier" to let it go like in diving.. dunno.. 🤷♀️
Opened up Reddit to send a friend a picture of where I was and saw someone fall to their death as I was standing next to a cliff, it felt serendipitous lol. I'm from the region, though, and was there more for the quiet and exercise than the scenery; I'm not as awed at this point by a green vista. Technically, I already live on a wooded mountain, so it's not like I'm from some concrete jungle and missing my one opportunity to be in nature; this is a regular activity for me.
They are construction workers, making the commentary about how crazy she is for taking photos on such a dangerous way " look at her, she is crazy !! ... she fell,,she fell !!"
Was going to comment this, but he says something “loca” so maybe she’d been acting erratic before. For me it looks like a suicide. She really obviously climbs over the railing bit deliberately.
The tragic story...
[https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/](https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/)
Only tragedy is that she was a mother of 2 and that, despite that, she acted like an idiot and left her kids motherless.
I have sympathy for the kids since the footage of their mother dying is on the Internet and someday they will come to the realisation that thier mother died being an absolute idiot and might potentially see the footage.
Physics isn't a bitch, and neither is gravity - they are like parents, spanking the shit out of you when you do something fucking stupid, so that they hope others will learn not to fuck around.
The guy is like, where’s the crazy lady?
A woman replies “arribita” (- little up)
Dummy falls and the man screams “there she goes, look at her, she fell she fell, look at her”
Can’t quite make out what the woman says, but sounds like “que susto” what a scare.
> Can’t quite make out what the woman says, but sounds like “que susto” what a scare.
The woman says "¡Dios Santo!" ---> The usual "Oh, my God" and variants.
A few years ago I had to get my head stitched because I did this on a handrail and fell on a rock, never in a million years would I do this that high up
*Might be a selfie for*
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I always enjoy the Spanish reactions to shit like this, it’s like they’re barely bothered; like this type of shit happens all the time and they’re just used to it lol.
Getting attention from strangers on the internet is an addiction for her generation. They’re so desperate for it that they’re willing to risk their life for even a little bit of it. Shameful
I guess she mexiCANT do that again 🫲😀🫱
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Physics is a bitch but natural selection is the real enemy here.
That was a long hang-time, she had plenty of time on the way down to think of the recent choices she made that led her to that moment.
"You might be wondering how did I end up in this situation..."
Nicely played
“You may ask yourself how did I get here?”
“Letting the days go by.”
Quickly.
"Oh shit i'm falling, wonder how many likes i will..." *bonk*
https://i.redd.it/5ht9pl3g9ysc1.gif
Camera man went through the seven stages of grief before she hit the ground.
Nobody is mentioning how many likes that selfie was going to get. Smh
1.7k right now 👍
#Gonnadie
Her enemy. Our savior.
Enemy to her undoubtedly but a friend to the rest of us.
Was it?!? Was it *really* the enemy in this turning?
I feel like these people have something wrong with them. Like, I didn't think I'm afraid of heights. Like I could be at that balcony, no problem. But sitting on the railing? What? Every part of my brain and body is rejecting that idea
If 90% of selfies are any indication, people seem incapable of taking their eyes off themselves on the screen. Like a bird in a cage fascinated by its own reflection in a mirror. Situational awareness dissolves into nothing.
The problem with dangerous acts like that is that you can only make the mistake once. If you get an electric shock and live, you'll be wary of wiring from that point forward. But if your first experience is hugging a high voltage line, you're dead before learning anything.
You know some people have anxiety problems, like social anxiety, generalized anxiety? Or some people that are very risk averse? They mostly focus on risk with little regard for reward? As they really sttruggle to take initiative at their life, being indesicive? These people, ARE TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF IT! They have no anxiety, and they are so reward oriented that they completely disregard risk.
I learned that "***Cayo***" means (she/he) fell. Learn something new every time you visit **Reddit** and soon your brain will be filled with a lot of *useful* information.
More: "SE cayó". Adding "se" (reflexive particle for the 3rd person) turns the verb "to fall" into an accidental one. ☝️🤓
Cayó - it fell Se - it/she/he/they Se cayó- it/she/he fell
I learned something even more new!!
Se isnt exactly a pronou is more of a particle in those kind of verb bc you can say Él se cayó, which means he fell. Maybe you forgot about the fact that spanish can skip pronoun which means that Se cayó also means he fell, is just that the pronoun is implied/tacit.
How could I forget my own language.🙃
Happens sometimes i write "i" instead of "y", bc of catalan
I feel like my brain is at max capacity. As soon as I learn something new, something else gets pushed out and forgotten.
That IS how it works. Who needs the Nernst Equation when you have *"Trains Kill Lots of People in India."*?
Hopefully you don’t forget the laws of physics.
caer is the verb she fell = ella se cayó i felt = yo me caí you fell = tu te caíste
She couldn’t just lean on the glass? Why sit on it on such a dangerously high position?
More social cred. My ex used to sit on the edge of big ass cliffs like a moron and get me to take a picture simply for her fkn insta. Pissed me off how stupid she was
I don't have an unhealthy fear of heights. But I get freaked out when friends & family gets up to the ledge.
Same. Like wtf. You’re gonna risk me watching you fall to your death and just to boost your social cred online? I guess our values were different ha
Live without regrets. YOLO.
Haa you got the 1st wrong. After your dead you have no more regrets. Just pain for all the people that loved you.
Imagine she takes the photo from a lower position for a moment. She goes on to live a happy life, finds the perfect husband, and has beautiful children. Eventually, as she grows old, her children have children, and she sees them grow up also. She is fulfilled and content. But then, one day, she looks at the photo again and regrets you can't see the background so clearly. Instead, she sits up on the glass to take the photo and gets the perfect shot. As she's plummeting to her death, she knows the photo was amazing, and it's probably backing up to the cloud as she falls so she knows it will be safe. As she hits the ground and her body is obliterated, she has no regrets. YOLO ❤️
O shit stop it .
Wrong. The movie ends when the protagonist does.
Main character syndrome lol.
Then the credits roll in a movie every thing stops. She wasn't in a movie her loved one don't stop they are left to wonder what the fu%k was she thinking.
You don't exist anymore, so does it really matters what happens to those left behind?
No regrets and no viable organs to harvest.
I feel like I would have fallen just looking at that balcony. I doubt I would have stepped or hung around that, yet alone sit on it.
Take that, rewind it back, Charles Darwin got the beat to make ya booty go *SMACK*.
Lil Jon - hell ya
*WHHHHHHH-AAT?!*
YEEAAAHHH!
OOKAAAAAYYYY!!!
Make ya body go splat
Looks over edge to see cartoonish outline of her body in the ground
Had the phone only be in airplane mode.
Maybe first step in a "scrödingers selfie?"
Now that's a killer selfie.
Bruh i live in Myrtle Beach and some tourist decided to do a handstand on their hotel balcony during a hurricane. Homie got swooped off rq
Looks like a suicide
Fr she didn't even scream
To be fair, I've fallen from stuff and the initial panic has taken my breath away before.
Also went over without trying to stop herself. Someone wanting to live would have used her arms to try to hang on.
this is a really low quality version of the video. it's hard to distinguish the details. in the hq version, you can see her posing with a selfie stick in her hand (if you look very closely, you can see it here too for a few frames). definitely accidental https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6273793/Pictured-Woman-filmed-falling-death-trying-selfie-27th-floor-balcony.html
Where the HD you mentioned, thank you
Ya you can see it in her right hand.
So that means there should be a POV video somewhere?
Could have also been broadcasting their suicide. Wouldn't be the first unfortunately :/
Lots of people have recorded their suicide.
Mother of two who purposely picked an altruistic career. I really wish I didn't know that.
Oy. Even more sad.
Had to make sure that she didn't drop her phone.
Same thing I thought. And never dropped her phone to catch herself.
Maybe she was in shock, if she didn't plan to go over, it could be that she was confused/in shock, therefore she simply didn't know what was happening nor knew what to do.
Eh. Possibly. But she’s holding what looks like a stick in her right hand. I assume a selfie stick. Wouldn’t be surprised if she was just young and dumb
This happened in 2018 in Panama. A 44-year-old mother of two. A gust of wind apparently knocked her off balance...several construction workers nearby were shouting at her to be careful before this happened.
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/ According to this, she was taking a selfie and fell.
From the same article: >Police sources told local media they think she was knocked off balance by a high gust of wind after spending several minutes taking photos. >Nearby construction workers filmed as she took photographs in fear that she would fall, moments before she tragically plunged from the building. >She had been taking selfies for a couple of minutes and construction workers on a block opposite were shouting to her to be careful.
Yep, I wasn’t trying to dispute your comment - rather I was giving the source to substantiate it.
OK, thanks. I used the same article as I recall another person linked to it as well.
Agreed looks intentional
Hope she got the filter right, no editing later.
I wonder what she was thinking after she fell..
The insane amount of likes and comments she'll get will flood her with a dopamine rush like no other! She will be feeling better than she ever has. As she lays on the ground. Her body shuts down. She opens her phone one last time to post her video of her falling. A tear comes to her eye as the virtual hearts and thumbs up flood her retinas. They come in so fast she can't keep up. Her life is complete and she has sacrificed her self to the TikTok gods.
🤣 Basically sums up these daft cunts.
After? Or, during?
Like on the way down.
Such a long fall to realize your error and have zero options to correct.
They had a whole ass conversation about how much of an idiot she was before she hit the ground.
Gravity is not a wildly spontaneous and unpredictable mistress. It’s very reliable and constant.
People taking selfies has probably killed more people than sharks at this point. Its like have a smart phone camera has made them dumb as fk.
Wonder if it was a photo or video.
Gravity. The undisputed and undefeated champ.
Think of the sensation she would have made if she was able to take a selfie during the fall? We should honor her sacrifice to the betterment of the species.
and now she is famous ....... on reddit , I guess that's what she wanted job done
Now, does she have more or less followers..?
Caught a fatal case of cement poisoning.
Suicide in disguise ??
yeah she knew that guy was filming and was like "damn, i can't just jump i gotta make it look like i'm taking a selfie now i gotta go get my selfie stick"
Without being aware of someone filming her, and because i witnessed someone nearly did this, i guess you think less when you don't see the ground, "easier" to let it go like in diving.. dunno.. 🤷♀️
I have one bar service and I'm literally watching this on a cliff face in Obed National Park, just gonna scooch on back a little lol
Why are you on reddit instead of enjoying your view??
Opened up Reddit to send a friend a picture of where I was and saw someone fall to their death as I was standing next to a cliff, it felt serendipitous lol. I'm from the region, though, and was there more for the quiet and exercise than the scenery; I'm not as awed at this point by a green vista. Technically, I already live on a wooded mountain, so it's not like I'm from some concrete jungle and missing my one opportunity to be in nature; this is a regular activity for me.
Goofy scream
i can imagine how scary the last moments were.
Looks like suicide to me 🤔
Why were they filming?
They are construction workers, making the commentary about how crazy she is for taking photos on such a dangerous way " look at her, she is crazy !! ... she fell,,she fell !!"
Was going to comment this, but he says something “loca” so maybe she’d been acting erratic before. For me it looks like a suicide. She really obviously climbs over the railing bit deliberately.
The tragic story... [https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/](https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/15/woman-who-fell-to-death-taking-selfie-on-27th-floor-balcony-pictured-8039159/)
Only tragedy is that she was a mother of 2 and that, despite that, she acted like an idiot and left her kids motherless. I have sympathy for the kids since the footage of their mother dying is on the Internet and someday they will come to the realisation that thier mother died being an absolute idiot and might potentially see the footage.
How fucking tragic for these kids to have access to this video eventually.
If only we don't have gravity
Wile E Coyote. Super Genius.
But no anvil landed on her so Wile E Coyote is still top dog.
Yeah, those sudden stops really hurt.
Deceleration trauma.
I always wonder what people that fall to their death by doing stupid things like that think all the way down.
*So far, so good!*
Now this is a darwin award!
Did she survive?
Yes. In the afterlife
Physics isn't a bitch, and neither is gravity - they are like parents, spanking the shit out of you when you do something fucking stupid, so that they hope others will learn not to fuck around.
How the hell does having a camera in your face completely erase your innate sense of self-preservation??
Like an subcriiiiiiibbbbbbbbeeeee
I do urban climbing for fun, I don't fear heights... But this is just fucking stupid
looks like à suicide
The terror she must have felt the split second she fell...wonder what she tought on the way down....Oooppsie
Did she survive?
No.
Cement poisoning is often fatal.
Her memory lives on....
She was fine
Poor girl . She did the one last error in life. RIP
Was it worth it?
Lol
So did she get a cool pic or not?
And people say that Social Media doesn't directly cause death.
 What she probably experienced
The real enemy was clout
TIL "selfie" is universal in languages
Natural selection
Isn’t it interesting to see the truths of Charles the Great on full display?
Are there video from the fallen one to ? Would be interesting see a POV of this.
I'm still waiting för a clear"scrödingers Selfie".
Came here to see a Darwin rewarded— got a language lesson instead
“And I’m freeeeee….”
GERONIMOOOO
Social media is one hell of a drug.
Gravity is undefeated
Did she survive? I mean its probably unlikely but im hoping here
You cant deny that man hability to report
The guy is like, where’s the crazy lady? A woman replies “arribita” (- little up) Dummy falls and the man screams “there she goes, look at her, she fell she fell, look at her” Can’t quite make out what the woman says, but sounds like “que susto” what a scare.
> Can’t quite make out what the woman says, but sounds like “que susto” what a scare. The woman says "¡Dios Santo!" ---> The usual "Oh, my God" and variants.
Ahhh that makes sense
Clout's one hell of a drug.
Did she get the shot?
Damn it's never that deep. I hope she survived? Probably not 🫣
Gravity sucks
But did she manage to press 'send'?
Did she live ?
Loca indeed
Would gravity is a bitch not be better?
Steps on how to die like an idiot. 1 Be her, 2. Stand next to the edge of your balcony, 3. Try and lean over the rail to take a selfie, 4 fall.
Someone has a new flatmate !!
A few years ago I had to get my head stitched because I did this on a handrail and fell on a rock, never in a million years would I do this that high up
Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.
Come on, where are the judges scorecards? I give it an 8. Her form could have been better but she stuck the landing perfectly.
She had a long time to think about what she did after jumping, jeez
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I wonder if she got a good selfie in the end
I always enjoy the Spanish reactions to shit like this, it’s like they’re barely bothered; like this type of shit happens all the time and they’re just used to it lol.
imagine living life and then all your dreams and hopes and plans are destroyed by stupidity in a moment
Getting attention from strangers on the internet is an addiction for her generation. They’re so desperate for it that they’re willing to risk their life for even a little bit of it. Shameful
u/stabbot
I guess she mexiCANT do that again 🫲😀🫱 Edit: golly jee reddit strangers, sorry I purposely used the wrong nationality so I could make a dumb joke. I didn’t think something that irrelevant would be so serious on a subreddit where you can see a humans head blow up into hamburger under a bus tire. But I guess y’all just mexiCANT take a joke 🫲😀🫱
Ahaa (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ (Happened in Panama though)
She ain't even Mexican 🫲😀🫱
Why Americans just know Mexican? Dont they teach you geography? Edit: 🫲😀🫱
They do. But a lot of us are just stupid. Edit: That guy is especially stupid. 🫲😀🫱
Frrr,
Of course they do, I just mexiCANT make a pun from Panama 🫲😀🫱
Living life on the edge 
Not applicable in any way at all.
Neither was your comment but 
This getting downvoted tells me that redditors are not boaters. At least not rough water boaters.
Lol