We all know it. We’ve all heard it. We’ve all seen it hashtagged within an inch of its life. #YOLO, or You Only Live Once, was a fascinating phrase to me when I first heard it from one of my housemates in college. While I totally get the meaning of doing oh-so-crazy stuff while you still are young and able-bodied or whatever, half the time I just heard from various friends when they took six shots in a row or in regards not using a condom… so my impression turned into more of “YOLO so, uh, try to not get STDs or get alcohol poisoning, guys.“
Don’t get me wrong; I have some fairly absurd stories under my belt (which I will probably post once I’m a little less self-conscious). And plenty of times, I justified my ridiculous actions using the “memories are important to make, even if you don’t actually remember them!” ideology. I’m still fairly flexible with my idea of fun, which can range from drinking White Russians and watching Girls with my best friends or getting lost in a relatively unfamiliar city, but I also value safety significantly more than I did before graduating college. Which brings me to how amazing
I definitely think that #YOLO is an interesting idea. On the one hand, I believe that whatever time you have, you should do what you love and enjoy it. On the other hand, if you want to continue doing what you love and enjoying it past your teens, twenties or thirties, you should probably not do dangerous things all the time. I, for one, love parties, dancing, alcohol, long road trips, Las Vegas and adventures, but I also want to someday have children and it’s probably for the best that I don’t mix the parties, road trips, booze and whatnot every weekend. But #YOLO is still a well-meaning sentiment most of the time.
Lovelies, how do you feel about the idea of #YOLO?
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I hadn’t seen that until a couple days ago on Reddit, where I’ve been spending too much time lately. I agree the “living only once” ideology can get out of hand. It reminds me of reading a story on a forum about 4 teenagers dying hill-hopping, and some people said “at least they died having fun.” Seriously.
guest
every time i hear someone say yolo and then do something stupid, i can’t help but think u only die once.
guest
I think it is stupid for the reason you are saying. People use it justify their stupidity and it ends up being counter intuitive. I think “you only live once” is a great way of thinking when choosing to take risks, but not STUPID risks like the ones you mentioned (drinking so much that you black out, getting alcohol poisoning, having unprotected sex). These are unnecessary risks that provide no thrill beyond the risk itself. I’m more annoyed and upset by how it is used than the actual phrase phrase itself.
That being said, I found the video funny in a way that it is true. And I got some chuckles from the memes.