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<p>&quot;Do it for the &#39;gram&quot; is not just a popular phrase, but a way of life. People out there are so addicted to the sweet, sweet dopamine rush of social media likes and views, that they&#39;re willing to risk their lives (and their kids&#39; psyches) for them.</p><p>Congratulations to these posters on the attention, even if it&#39;s negative attention.</p><h2>1. Lie about their grandma being a stranger.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/eb9q3r/not_my_grandma/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="854" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/1-t7OlIb.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/eb9q3r/not_my_grandma/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Twitter</a></div></figure><h2>2. &quot;Extreme yoga.&quot;</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">DANGEROUS POSE: After the picture was taken, the woman fell from the apartment balcony and broke both of her legs, as well as suffered fractures to her arms, hips and head. <a href="https://t.co/R2iCPuKhHf">https://t.co/R2iCPuKhHf</a></p>&mdash; FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA/status/1166761895233064960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>3. Waste pancakes because they wanted a Boomerang.</h2><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/growupdan/status/1216436647572770818" height="424" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2021-01-07-at-12758-pm-vbpQbV.jpg" width="780" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/growupdan/status/1216436647572770818">Twitter</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Ground a flight.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An Instagrammer tried to make a viral video by joking he might have coronavirus on a plane. Instead he forced an emergency landing and got arrested. <a href="https://t.co/ft2ft0e3Rq">https://t.co/ft2ft0e3Rq</a></p>&mdash; Business Insider (@businessinsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/1225012718543036419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>5. Dangle from a building like Spider-Man.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="reddit-card" > <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeMeSuffer/comments/gdn4ph/a_russian_model_risking_her_life_for_an_instagram/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share">A Russian model risking her life for an Instagram picture</a> from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeMeSuffer/">MakeMeSuffer</a> </blockquote> <script async src="https://embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></div><h2>6. Recuit a body double.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/hye6i7/dude_is_flexing_his_louis_vuitton_bag_on/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="631" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/6-oXhGNs.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/hye6i7/dude_is_flexing_his_louis_vuitton_bag_on/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><h2>7. Ruin everybody&#39;s commute.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A new low: Pulling a prank on essential workers in the middle of a global pandemic. And making essential workers clean up your mess. Despicable. <a href="https://t.co/hMu8g5cJY9">https://t.co/hMu8g5cJY9</a></p>&mdash; MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MTA/status/1260715836957954048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>8. Take an ice bath.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/gyq5qc/apparently_this_isnt_even_the_first_time_its/" height="761" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/8-yQtMwL.jpg" width="1080" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/gyq5qc/apparently_this_isnt_even_the_first_time_its/">Reddit</a></div></figure><h2>9. Pretend to have texted with Chris Evans and get called out by the man himself.</h2><h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1159919635413774337" height="718" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2021-01-07-at-20141-pm-kCA8wr.jpg" width="782" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1159919635413774337">Twitter</a></div></figure></h2><p> </p><h2>10. Ruin flower fields.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="reddit-card" > <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagramreality/comments/b67vlq/instagrammers_are_ruining_californias_super_bloom/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share">Instagrammers are ruining California's super bloom</a> from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagramreality/">Instagramreality</a> </blockquote> <script async src="https://embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11. Whatever the hell this is.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/kol62a/what_the_actual_fuck_was_she_trying_to_accomplish/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="609" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/11-DZ0N8z.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/kol62a/what_the_actual_fuck_was_she_trying_to_accomplish/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><h2>12. Drink a snow globe and end up in the hospital.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/ha4xtx/hospital/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="694" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/12-7OHDYO.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/ha4xtx/hospital/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><h2>13. Record your kids&#39; reactions to your divorce for content.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/k4jgtw/using_real_reaction_of_divorce_for_views/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="455" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/13-ft3btg.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/k4jgtw/using_real_reaction_of_divorce_for_views/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><h2>14. Twerk on the sidewalk.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dance like nobody’s watching (even though everybody is watching) <a href="https://t.co/ea3ikpoTXK">pic.twitter.com/ea3ikpoTXK</a></p>&mdash; influencersinthewild (@influencersitw) <a href="https://twitter.com/influencersitw/status/1343704236148842498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>15. Trespass onto your neighbor&#39;s property and pretending their house is your own.</h2><p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/a9aq72/caught_taking_christmas_pics_in_front_of_her/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="372" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/b-hyDRwV.jpg" width="353" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/a9aq72/caught_taking_christmas_pics_in_front_of_her/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/a9aq72/caught_taking_christmas_pics_in_front_of_her/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="405" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/c-pjdvXi.jpg" width="353" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/a9aq72/caught_taking_christmas_pics_in_front_of_her/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure></p><h2>16. Almost fall down a waterfall.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Life on the edge, it’s beautiful here <a href="https://t.co/0ykGWawzOp">pic.twitter.com/0ykGWawzOp</a></p>&mdash; Pretty Mairy 🌹 (@mairisloc) <a href="https://twitter.com/mairisloc/status/1338706537108430848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>17. Egg your 11-year-old daughter (granted you get enough likes first).</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/d1rohn/his_daughter_is_11/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="960" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/17-KDZJ3m.jpg" width="541" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/d1rohn/his_daughter_is_11/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>18. Pose for a funeral glamour shot.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/f9w0co/just_why/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="862" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/18-Ssk9M0.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/f9w0co/just_why/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><p> </p><h2>19. Lick an airplane toilet seat.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Reddit" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/fk4psv/stupidity_at_its_best/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" height="956" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/19-JTPFSm.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/justforsocialmedia/comments/fk4psv/stupidity_at_its_best/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

19 of the most messed up things people have done for attention on social media.

&quot;Do it for the &#39;gram&quot; is not just a popular phrase, but a way of life. People out there are so addicted to the sweet, sweet dopamine rush of social media likes and views, that they&#39;re willing to risk their lives (and their kids&#39; psyches) for them.Congratulations to these posters on the attention, even if it&#39;s negative attention.1. Lie about their grandma being a stranger.Twitter2. &quot;Extreme yoga.&quot;DANGEROUS POSE: After the picture was taken, the woman fell from the apartment balcony and broke both of her legs, as well as suffered fractures to her arms, hips and head. https://t.co/R2iCPuKhHf&mdash; FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) August 28, 2019 3. Waste pancakes because they wanted a Boomerang. Twitter4. Ground a flight.An Instagrammer tried to make a viral video by joking he might have coronavirus on a plane. Instead he forced an emergency landing and got arrested. https://t.co/ft2ft0e3Rq&mdash; Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 5, 2020 5. Dangle from a building like Spider-Man. A Russian model risking her life for an Instagram picture from MakeMeSuffer  6. Recuit a body double.Reddit7. Ruin everybody&#39;s commute.A new low: Pulling a prank on essential workers in the middle of a global pandemic. And making essential workers clean up your mess. Despicable. https://t.co/hMu8g5cJY9&mdash; MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) May 13, 2020 8. Take an ice bath.Reddit9. Pretend to have texted with Chris Evans and get called out by the man himself.Twitter 10. Ruin flower fields. Instagrammers are ruining California's super bloom from Instagramreality  11. Whatever the hell this is.Reddit12. Drink a snow globe and end up in the hospital.Reddit13. Record your kids&#39; reactions to your divorce for content.Reddit14. Twerk on the sidewalk.Dance like nobody’s watching (even though everybody is watching) pic.twitter.com/ea3ikpoTXK&mdash; influencersinthewild (@influencersitw) December 28, 2020 15. Trespass onto your neighbor&#39;s property and pretending their house is your own.RedditReddit16. Almost fall down a waterfall.Life on the edge, it’s beautiful here pic.twitter.com/0ykGWawzOp&mdash; Pretty Mairy 🌹 (@mairisloc) December 15, 2020 17. Egg your 11-year-old daughter (granted you get enough likes first).Reddit18. Pose for a funeral glamour shot.Reddit 19. Lick an airplane toilet seat.Reddit

&quot;Do it for the &#39;gram&quot; is not just a popular phrase, but a way of life. People out there are so addicted to the sweet, sweet dopamine rush of social media likes and views, that they&#39;re willing to risk their lives (and...