YOLO stands for "you only live once". It is very much a more modern, slang version of Carpe Diem, or "sieze the day". It encourages boldness, rashness, and taking risks, without regards to safety or consequences.
But I'm at odds with how this works. If you only live once, wouldn't you seek to [i]preserve[/i] your existence? You know, think more carefully about what you're doing, be a little more cautious, and possibly slow down a bit. But no. Instead, YOLO is rather ironically used to denote actions that are stupid, irrational, and/or reckless, such as driving despite intoxication. It's a good thing that there are many people out there, teens included, that realize the silliness of this word, and even poke fun at it. If that wasn't so, then I'd admittedly be somewhat scared for the direction our generation is heading.
This is very true, the individuals who say YOLO arent contemplating that you only have one chance at life so live it will. They view it as an excuse to condone stupid actions. I say YOLO but I more so make fun of it.
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I think that YOLO would have a good meaning if it was not associated with those negative out look such as driving while intoxicated or doing stupid thing. I think that it is good in the way as you should take risk so that you do not regret them because you might not ever have that chance or be physically fit to do what ever it was again. So in the case of being responsible risk takers than yes.
DeleteI think that YOLO started off meaning that you should do something you might be scared to do, but not necessarily throw all rationality to the wind. For example, you might be scared to try a new food. Tell yourself YOLO, try it, and you might even end up liking it. That's what I mean when I really mean it when I say YOLO..
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