Iirc that picture was “faked” in the sense that the perspective makes it seem more dangerous than it is. There’s actually a platform under him.
Yeah but, this guy died.
…years later. But he did die.
Posing for trick photography has a 100% fatality rate…eventually.
That’s the same rate of death that getting your family picture taken at Sears has.
Those bastards
That’s it! I’m never having my picture taken at, behind or in front of a Sears! It’s just too risky!
I believe
Charlie Chaplindid similar stunts back in the dayThe end results are badass though. Totally looks like they are dangling in peril
Edit: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Not Charlie Chaplin
I don’t think Chaplin was known for that kind of stunts, but Buster Keaton was. Like the classic clip where the front of a house collapses on him and he’s standing right where the window falls.
Buster Keaton did a lot of this kind of thing with perspective and stuff, but he was also a badass who did some incredible stunts.
Maybe, but this guy (Charles N. Fidgerald) was a true daredevil and this photo is not the craziest thing he did.
Fun fact, you are more likely to die taking a selfie than to be killed by a shark. From 2018-2021 more than 300 people died while taking a selfie, in that same time period about 200 people were killed by sharks.
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Sharks aren’t that dangerous because people don’t encounter them that much
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People make selfies from dangerous positions. Going to a cliff to take a selfie is more on the side of “going to a cliff” than on the side of “taking a selfie”. Even more people die wearing cloths.
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Well, I don’t go to the beach and we don’t even have dangerous sharks here. So yeah, no shit.
People have done dumb shit for fame and glory ever since ancient times. Remember Herostratus?
He did something incredibly stupid to get famous.
And it worked.
I have no idea who that is.
