Arts+CultureNewsRussian girls suffer major burns taking selfies on a trainIt's been established time and time again that taking photos in extremely dangerous situations is asking for troubleShareLink copied ✔️June 12, 2015Arts+CultureNewsTextThomas Gorton Another day, another selfie disaster in Russia. Last month a Russian woman posing for a selfie accidentally shot herself in the head with a handgun she'd found lying around the office. This time, two Russian schoolgirls have suffered major burns after being electrocuted on top of a train roof. According to the Moscow Times, "the girls suffered burns on up to 70 percent of their bodies after climbing onto the roof of a freight train at the Martsevo station in western Russia". They were reportedly attempting to get a danger selfie on top of the carriage and are now recovering in hospital with their condition described as "serious". Selfies are fast becoming one of the most dangerous addictions that modern life has seen. People are falling off cliffs, they're crashing cars, they're posing with shits they didn't know were there. What happened to just taking pictures of other people from completely safe vantage points where nothing bad could happen? Why are all our Kodak moments now just things we do alone that end in tragedy? As usual, the moral of this neverending story is – selfies are lethal. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+LabsVanmoofDJ Fuckoff’s guide to living, creating and belonging in Berlin8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to seeParis artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowGet lost in these frank stories of love and loss