Originally published at: While attempting to take a selfie, an American tourist fell into Mt. Vesuvius crater | Boing Boing
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Ash-hole.
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The volcano god will be angry at being denied a sacrifice.
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If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let ‘em go, because man, they’re gone.
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Can anybody say why the guides on the other side rushed to help this guy?
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A natural human reaction? You see someone else getting hurt, and you rush to help?
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Didn’t even need to add the “American” detail; it was obvious!
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I just checked in with the Old Gods: The sacrifice only counts if the crater is filled with lava.
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Pro tip for US people visiting Italy: if you see italians make idiot things disregarding warning signs and logic, it’ because we’re idots that disregars safety procedures. Don’t imitate us, please.
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Same in Iceland.
Until relatively recently there were no fences or warnings close to hot springs, waterfalls and canyons - it was delightful. In the last few years, the signs and fences have been sprouting like mushrooms thanks to - I’m sorry to say - disproportionately American and Chinese tourists treating everything as an Instagram background. So last year, there were people walking on the razor-sharp surface of the lava at Geldingadalir when the temperate just a few a few centimetres beneath their feet was over 1000C. By some miracle, no one was killed or seriously injured.
The Icelanders have a refreshingly pragmatic attitude that if you’re stupid enough not to use common sense around natural hazards - well you’re on your own, they’re not going to risk their lives come and save you.
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Hopefully he’ll grow out of it. He is currently in his Lava-l stage.
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Apparently, your chance of falling to your death while taking a Selfie is 47.3% lower if you use Landscape Mode.*
*I can cite no sources for this, but why take the risk?
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BUT… He wants to be “disruptive” and go where no one had gone… And survived
sigh
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Tough crowd. C’mon guys, who can say they’ve never fallen into a volcano?
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I’ve been know to go where I shouldn’t to get a photo but never dangerous (except for those alligators but that was a marked trail) or for a selfie. I certainly wouldn’t break any rules in a foreign country.
If me and the wife are at a landmark or just want a photo of ourselves I just ask a total stranger and hand them my expensive camera all set on auto or hand them my phone. I’ve never had a bad experience doing that and most times they ask If I will do the same for them. I’ll even offer if I see a couple or a group struggling for a photo.
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There never was a crater man than he.
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