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

5. Too High? Not for This Guy

An Instagram user who goes by the name MustangWanted is an urban climber and a huge influencer. When it comes to climbing rooftops, bridges, churches and towers all over the world his name is the first that pops up. Yes, he’s that good!

Pavlo Ushivets, born and raised in Ukraine, travels to different countries to conquer their highest spots. He has climbed up the Princess Tower in Dubai, the Votivkirche in Vienna, and the Seven Sisters skyscrapers in Moscow.

What started as a fun hobby soon grew into a passion and then into a full-time occupation. He now has thousands of followers on Instagram and even had a movie made about his adventures with other fellow urban climbers.

4. Stubborn Instagrammer

If you’ve ever been to the Garfield Park Observatory you know that it is a serene place filled with beautiful nature. But some people go there not to enjoy the surroundings, but merely to snap a few shots for Instagram.

Seriously, will this Instagram craze ever end? Or we’re trapped in this cycle of posting photos and getting likes till the end of times? Well, this one girl was acting like everyone else who is in the ‘gram business of getting extra attention and extra likes. She stomped all over the plants trying to get to the spot she saw fit to become a backdrop for her perfect shot and didn’t want to go away even when security came for her.

Things like this happen more often than you think! And we end up looking at hundreds of Instagram accounts with fake-happy images of people ‘living their life to the fullest’ when all they do is just hunt for those impressive shots!

3. Photographer Wanted to Make Friends with the Storm of the Century

What do most people do when they see a huge storm swirling in the sky and turning into a spine-chilling tornado? Right, they would get as far from that place as possible even if they had to run for their life. But not this guy!

Tyler Schmitt, a reckless photographer from Arizona, did nothing of that sort – instead, he started moving towards the scary thing! Well, we can’t really blame him as we all know that photographers are a weird bunch and would do anything for a great shot. He couldn’t resist the temptation!

Mr Schmitt is a professional thrill-seeker, so he does what he does not only for some social media attention, but also because he actually loves this dangerous occupation.  Chasing storms for a living is probably one of the most dangerous jobs in the world!

2. Don’t Look Down

Yep, we get it, mountains and canyons are cool and one simply has to take a selfie when visiting a beautiful place like the Horseshoe Bend. But girl, do you really need to get so close to the edge? Is that selfie even worth it?

We kind of get it when pro thrill-seekers and storm-chasers do super-dangerous selfies, but when ordinary people with no special background are risking their lives for a photo – that is just silly. And that silliness can get someone hurt or worse.

Well, we can’t deny the fact that the photo is pretty stunning, though. We just hope this young woman doesn’t develop a habit of chasing dangerous selfies just to impress her followers.

1. Didn’t This Guy Watch the Jaws Movie?

We believe Stephen Spielberg was graphic enough when he showed what an encounter with a shark could do to a person. But even if the brave diver didn’t watch the famous Jawsmovie, he must know just how dangerous swimming with the sharks can be, especially when your attention is elsewhere!

Meet Aaron Gekoski, a professional diver, who decided to take a few highly dangerous selfies with a bunch of blacktip sharks circling him for dinner. Well, we don’t know whether they were actually hungry when the shot was taken, but does it really matter at this point?

In the comments to the photo, Aaron Gekoski noted that sharks aren’t actually that dangerous, even though they might look like that. Each year they kill no more than five people and usually it happens due to some tragic mistake. He confessed that diving itself is far more dangerous to human health than sharks and other wildlife he comes across while diving.