35 Mind-Bending Things People Did Just to Get Social Media Attention (4 of 7)

20. Don’t Ever Try This Yourself

Did you know that the whole taking selfies thing is killing more people each year than shark attacks? Well, sharks are actually not all that aggressive, but it is still an impressive fact. Take a closer look at this extreme biker and the mind-boggling selfie he decided to do in mid-air.

And now look at the back of his bike… There’s a kid hanging in the air all the while this guy is taking a photo! How crazy is that?

Well, they could be a family of stuntmen for all we know, but looking at this shot we just feel anxious for these people. What happened after they landed? And did they land properly at all? These people are really pushing their luck.

19. Spine-Crawling ASMR YouTubers

There’s a reason most people have never heard about the infamous ASMR YouTube trend – and yet, the trend is so big it has millions of people involved in it. Don’t worry, if you’ve never come across ASMR before – good for you because this trend offers lots, and we mean LOTS of cringe-worthy content.

ASMR stands for ‘autonomous sensory meridian response’, which is a very pleasant sensation often described as the tingling that can start in any part of your body – head, back, or spine, and swipe you with a wave of pleasantness. While most ASMR YouTubers create content to induce this beautiful sensation, something went terribly wrong along the way and other content started to emerge – like screeching the nails on a chalkboard, eating deodorant, and consuming glass.

We have no idea how that is supposed to be ASMR or anything close to pleasant, but this new rendition of the trend works like a charm – it attracts thousands of viewers, but for all the wrong reasons!

18. A Deadly Selfie

If you’ve ever been to Australia you know that this place is as beautiful as it is deadly. One second something is trying to bite off a part of you, the next one there’s a spider the size of your head lurking in your toilet, and then the harmless-looking platypus turns out to be a poisonous beast. You can’t trust anything in Australia!

And then you want to do some travelling and a tornado the size of the Empire State Building turns up to sweep you away like Dorothy. But make no mistake, there will be no kingdom of Oz on the other side! This guy, obviously an Aussie himself, was reckless enough to go right towards the tornado to investigate it a bit. Want to know how it all ended?

Naturally, he got too close to the darn thing and had to run for his life, cursing all the way back to his car. The vehicle took the main hit, but the guy remained alive. Lesson learned? We hardly think so! If he sees a tsunami next, he’ll probably run towards it, too!

17. Dangerous Love

This couple is definitely not the first one to click a wild selfie together to harness some media attention. After all, Instagram influencers need to fuel the public’s curiosity and what better way to do that than with a controversial pic that is both beautiful and dangerous?

Camille and Jean swear the train wasn’t moving all that fast and it was kind of safe to take a picture like this, but who are they kidding? It’s not safe and it certainly doesn’t send a healthy message to all those travellers out there who might want to make a memorable attention-grabbing selfie themselves.

Well, whatever the reasons, the Backpack Diariez did get a considerable social media boost because of their dangerous selfie. We just hope other couples wouldn’t be inspired to try this themselves!

16. The Most Horrible Person in the World

People who offend helpless creatures are the worst kind. And for what – some views and likes on YouTube? No money in the world can compensate for the suffering of children, not only is it a felony, but it’s also a sin if we’ve ever seen one.

Machelle Hobson, a mother to seven adopted children as well as a bunch of her own, organized a YouTube channel with the sole purpose of earning money. And when the children didn’t want to do it she resorted to abuse. Her YouTube channel seemed so cheerful, but something very gruesome was happening behind the scenes.

It’s hard to believe that a mother could hurt her own children, but that is the sad truth of some families. She did all that just to earn money via YouTube!