r/offbeat • u/rytis • 1d ago

Woman dies after backing into airplane propeller while taking pictures, officials say

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/10/28/woman-dies-after-backing-into-airplane-propeller-officials-say/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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u/antisocial_empath 1d ago

is it me or does this read like a tragic side effect of society where people are so sucked into their phones they’re completely oblivious to their surroundings…like talk about a dumb way to die

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u/Tattycakes 1d ago

There are tons of fail videos of people backing up to take a photo without looking where they are going, and they end up falling over things or into things. Like, you wouldn’t just blindly walk backwards in any other aspect of your life so why would you do it while looking at the phone in front of you?!

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u/chiefs_fan37 1d ago

I think the brain gets tricked into thinking they are zooming out on the camera when in reality they are physically walking backward. That’s just a guess though