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Don’t: Go After Your Dropped Phone

Photo: Samulisnre
Photo: Samulisnre (Shutterstock)

Look, I get it. Accidents happen. But if you’re gonna take a quick pic next a historic landmark—like, say, an active volcano—you want to do your best not to drop your phone down into it. Or, if you do, you shouldn’t be like this guy who reportedly fell into Italy’s Mount Vesuvius this week after trying to rescue his phone, which had slipped from his hands and straight into the volcano post-selfie. Considering how this is, again, a very active volcano, the man was lucky get out with only minor injuries by the time park officials hauled him out. Hopefully the selfie remained intact, too.