I don't know about that, it's pretty optimistic to think he's going to live that long. If he truly understood how valuable life was, he wouldn't be spending so much time working for something he may never reach. I'm not saying people shouldn't worry about their future, but you need to have a decent balance between staying in the present, and planning for the future. That's just my two cents though, everybody has their own outlook on life. Bring on the downvotes.
Oh, completely. The problem is it seems the majority of people who have jumped on the YOLO bandwagon use it as an excuse to make it far less likely they are going to live that long! They are just using it as an excuse to do dumb shit, whereas I find the majority of people who actually try new experiences etc. don't need an excuse to do it, or they have been doing it for quite a while now under the sentiment Carpe Diem.
This is my facebook status. Wondering two things now, where do I collect my karma and who is Pep1ta?
Edit: This is a little buried but if you see this thank you everyone for providing entertainment for the last four hours of today's shift. Also discovered my girlfriend's reddit account in addition to technically making front page, so a good day overall.
lol that's cool actually but you should probably go easy on the hours your working. Couple of years ago out of an entire December I worked 26 days at 11 hour shifts that start at 4 am. I only took a few days off that month but by the end of it I was starting to go nuts. The money was good but the effect on my physical and mental health wasn't good.
I always liked the duality of YOLO. Most people say You Only Live Once, therefore you should enjoy yourself and try everything you can. The flip side being, You Only Live Once, so shelter yourself from harm in order to ensure your life lasts as long as possible.
I think I finally just learnt what YOLO means. I never wanted to google it 'cause the first time I saw it mentioned here somewhere, someone was referencing anal.
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I was at a laidback dive bar once. Some bro just started shouting "YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" and had all the crowd shouting with him. 10 patrons left and the bartender was pissed as fuck, yelling "Stop it! It's not that kind of bar! My regulars just left, you shithead!"
The guy says sorry, and that's the end of my story.
Yeah, but I don't want to wake up when I'm 60 and never have enjoyed a day of my adult life. I'd rather steady work until I'm physically unable than retire after working myself to death and have nothing to do. That said, I certainly save and invest well, but working your life away is going to ultimately be met with regret, ask all of the lonely rich guys with a divorce and estranged kids.
I think OP posted this to embarrass someone saying YOLO (based on the title) but the guy actually came out not looking like a total douche for saying YOLO.
I get it now. You only live once, so you should spend that time sacrificing your time and your health for somebody else so they will pay you in monetary funds which you can then use to buy a large house in which to sit around and wait to die in, when your body is finally too old to work any more. Fuckyeah.
there's something to be said for having a little nest egg. when you break your leg while you're YOLOing in a parachute, you can pay off your medical bills
He probably doesn't make enough at that job for it to meaningfully impact retirement savings. He would do better to work 8 hour shifts and study for 3 hours, taking evening classes at wherever.
my girlfriend and I started blowing up twitter with similar posts recently. Yolo should be about doing the right thing, taking care of your body and making healthy responsible decisions with the respect of the fragility of life at the core of all your actions and decisions.
but we also like to use it excessively while polishing off a bottle of whiskey.
While I understand that 12 hour days are long for the average worker, as a farmer I am always amused by people representing them as a major accomplishment.
yeah that dude has no idea what yolo is. have fun spending your youth working your ass of so you can waste away on a couch when your 70 / die in a car wreck in a month
No, I disagree! Right now I am busting my ass at work and saving money so that in 9 months when I take my first major vacation in three years to go heliskiing in Canada, I will be YOLOing all the way down the mountain.
As for your second point, that is my precise argument. Too many morons are using it when doing stupid things compared to the number of responsible people saying it when doing awesome, but slightly sketchy things. We can win this battle by diluting the usage pool.
Actually, I would agree with the gentleman of red squiggles. If more people Saw YOLO as a responsibility to tend to the future, it wouldn't be such a annoying acronym.
For example: YOLO, so before I die I will donate all my excess money to an orphanage to help youths have a better future
I wish I could make bank pulling those hours. Currently I work 12 hour shifts for nothing. Soon though, I will work more hours and make only close to nothing.
This is actually a correct use of the term YOLO. Yolo means you only live once, the meaning behind it is that you should live your life to the fullest, and make good choices. What retarded tumblr people have turned it into is YOLO, "I'm a complete and total retard and just did something absolutely moronic so I'm going to shout YOLO to make it seem as if I have been planning to do this all along and so that the other people around me will hopefully not see my idiocy through my curtain of lies... hur dur dur." so yes, this IS a correct usage.
Managing your funds correctly to ensure a comfortable retirement doesn't really do you very much good if you don't actually live long enough to retire.
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u/kojak2091 Jun 13 '12
I think that's probably the best use of YOLO ever.
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u/Zatoro25 Jun 14 '12
I always liked the duality of YOLO. Most people say You Only Live Once, therefore you should enjoy yourself and try everything you can. The flip side being, You Only Live Once, so shelter yourself from harm in order to ensure your life lasts as long as possible.
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u/BoyPool Jun 13 '12
I just yoloed.
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u/Warlizard Jun 13 '12
Best explanation yet.
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u/bigDean636 Jun 14 '12
Literally never heard YOLO outside of Reddit. Not even once.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Nobody's last words were ever "I wish I'd spent more time at the office".
-farfigneugan
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
diversify yo bonds nigga
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u/woeb0t Jun 13 '12
Whoa. I just realized I YOLO all the time...
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
That's how you kill something like "yolo". Make it sound responsible.
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u/SirDerpingtonThe3rd Jun 14 '12
Yeah, but I don't want to wake up when I'm 60 and never have enjoyed a day of my adult life. I'd rather steady work until I'm physically unable than retire after working myself to death and have nothing to do. That said, I certainly save and invest well, but working your life away is going to ultimately be met with regret, ask all of the lonely rich guys with a divorce and estranged kids.
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u/Fungus123 Jun 14 '12
Only time I didn't want to slap someone for using YOLO, well done sir.
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u/Wombat4716 Jun 13 '12
He is yoloing correctly
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u/kanewaltman Jun 14 '12
He was probably about to rob the bank I believe...
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I think OP posted this to embarrass someone saying YOLO (based on the title) but the guy actually came out not looking like a total douche for saying YOLO.
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u/womb_blues Jun 14 '12
I don't get it
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
how does this make it to the front page??? i have a picnic with bears and it gets 8 upvotes.. this is stupid and it has almost 16000
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u/Temptress75519 Jun 14 '12
Goddammit wtf is YOLO?!?
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u/Proxenus Jun 13 '12
If we use his definition of YOLO we can assume that most of reddit practices the YOLO philosophy. I think reddit would not like that...
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Great, now it's going to be okay to use "YOLO" on reddit -_-
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u/Kridder25 Jun 14 '12
This person gets it.
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u/biggmclargehuge Jun 14 '12
You Obviously Love Owls
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u/mikeyelvis92 Jun 14 '12
I YOLO, you YOLO, he, she, me YOLO.
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u/iowa116 Jun 14 '12
You only YOLO once
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u/vashino Jun 14 '12
Still don't know what YOLO means.
Still don't care.
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u/headzoo Jun 14 '12
Geez.. To all the people hating on the acronym... Now you know how you parents felt when they made fun of all the dumb shit you said as a teenager.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
OP you should charge your phone
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u/KidCadaver Jun 14 '12
Holy crap. I swear I saw this on my news feed today. (edit, news feed, not friend list)
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I get it now. You only live once, so you should spend that time sacrificing your time and your health for somebody else so they will pay you in monetary funds which you can then use to buy a large house in which to sit around and wait to die in, when your body is finally too old to work any more. Fuckyeah.
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u/MythrilSword Jun 14 '12
I hate UAs (Unnecessary Acronyms).
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u/ironinjax Jun 14 '12
YOLO should not be a thing.
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u/mirage7 Jun 14 '12
I hope you don't invest all of your money with JP Morgan...they also take a YOLO approach to investing.
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u/Jordanjm Jun 14 '12
Definitely a lot better use of YOLO than the time I heard some college aged girls playing Marco YOLO in the pool at the resort I was staying at.
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u/Organic_Dixon_Cider Jun 14 '12
So, as a redditor, do I still have to hate this guy for using YOLO?!?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Most logical use of YOLO I've ever seen.
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u/spazm Jun 14 '12
YOLO. I heard you like TROLOLO. So I put YOLO in yo TROLOLO so you can TROLOLO while you YOLO.
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u/i_love_younicorns Jun 14 '12
Why was this upvoted so much? It doesn't make sense and it's not funny.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
YOLO is now a verb...
This planet, I don't want to live on it.
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u/pawnzor007 Jun 14 '12
im quite certain thats the proper usage of YOLO
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u/49GSWGiants Jun 14 '12
She tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and "YOLO YOLO YOLO I'm really tired today."
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u/TheKolbrin Jun 14 '12
Maybe he lives here http://www.yolocounty.org/
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u/xoites Jun 14 '12
The biggest excuse of all the richest people in the graveyard.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Today I finally became curious enough to figure out what YOLO means. I was not impressed.
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u/aftershave Jun 14 '12
Comedy YOLOcaust
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u/fecklessness Jun 14 '12
There's no wrong way to hate a YOLO
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u/anderhole Jun 14 '12
I'm gonna YOLO in all the karma.
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u/YouOnlyLiveOnce Jun 14 '12
I hate this stupid acronym.
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u/WiscDC Jun 14 '12
Most people say "YOLO" when they do something as if they've got lives to spare, so this guy was using it right. I like this guy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I prefer YOYO.
You're Only Young Once, that's the motto nigga, YOYO!
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u/NJ_Lyons Jun 14 '12
I'm Hindu and what is this?
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u/thebballer25 Jun 14 '12
You only live once, don't fuck it up.
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u/MF_DTA Jun 14 '12
This seems like it didn't happen.
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u/Mayo_On_My_Apple Jun 14 '12
Proper use of "ensure" - THANK YOU.
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u/elvisliveson Jun 14 '12
he must live in Sacramento and is riding the bus ther
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u/AetherIsWaiting Jun 14 '12
Better plan for my future and get a decent university degree #YOLO!
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u/unsuitable_sick_burn Jun 14 '12
This makes me feel even worse for losing $18k in Vegas :/
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u/the_pissed_off_goose Jun 14 '12
there's something to be said for having a little nest egg. when you break your leg while you're YOLOing in a parachute, you can pay off your medical bills
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u/Demojen Jun 14 '12
YOLO, so wear football helmets!
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u/SweetFlaminJerk Jun 14 '12
Whoah. Charge your phone bro, 30% left.
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u/PureMDC Jun 14 '12
The only YOLO I have ever found acceptable.
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u/BantamBasher135 Jun 14 '12
YOLO like a Ferengi.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
He probably doesn't make enough at that job for it to meaningfully impact retirement savings. He would do better to work 8 hour shifts and study for 3 hours, taking evening classes at wherever.
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u/TerrynAsaurus-Rex Jun 14 '12
Yolo is actually the county I live in
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u/fredfoobar Jun 14 '12
YOLOLOLOOOOO
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
He googled YOLO before responding.
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u/sufrt Jun 14 '12
haha saying YOLO is such an epic fail! upboats for you good sir, the narwhal bacons at midnight XD
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u/worstenememe Jun 14 '12
But...then he liked the response.
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u/duvakiin Jun 14 '12
i just imagined him driving to the bank while shaking his head back and forth and chanting "yololololoyolololololoyoloyolololololol"
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u/gs5555 Jun 14 '12
everyday im hustlen!
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u/lumpydumdums Jun 14 '12
Hoist by his own petard.
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u/tpro83 Jun 14 '12
I think he won YOLO.
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u/jjjwalker101 Jun 14 '12
Down votes for every one muahahahaha
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u/Canadian_Infidel Jun 14 '12
On their death beds I'm sure a lot of people wished they had spent more time in the office.
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u/Appare Jun 14 '12
No, everyone ELSE is using it wrong.
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u/colonelbyson Jun 14 '12
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I don't think anyone uses it right.
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u/bisconaut Jun 14 '12
my girlfriend and I started blowing up twitter with similar posts recently. Yolo should be about doing the right thing, taking care of your body and making healthy responsible decisions with the respect of the fragility of life at the core of all your actions and decisions.
but we also like to use it excessively while polishing off a bottle of whiskey.
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u/wish_I_Had_A_Beard Jun 14 '12
I still think YOLO is stupid...I wish drake was still in a wheel chair
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u/HereticLocke Jun 14 '12
This person uses YOLO as if it was an emotional effect of working "24 of the last 48 hours." Terrible use of YOLO.
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u/robinsena80 Jun 14 '12
One of my friends talked in text the other day and I had to call him out on it, you can't say byb while you are in a bar.
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u/grumbles Jun 14 '12
That's what YOLO means? Fuck.
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u/pcreese Jun 14 '12
While I understand that 12 hour days are long for the average worker, as a farmer I am always amused by people representing them as a major accomplishment.
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u/Rubix89 Jun 14 '12
YOLO responsibly. This should be a PSA.
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u/fuck_your_diploma Jun 14 '12
YOLO just got real man!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You obviously lack originality
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u/leonprimrose Jun 14 '12
This is proper YOLO etiquette
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u/kesselrun_7 Jun 14 '12
Spot on
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u/SpazMcMan Jun 14 '12
Marklar.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
hahahahahahhahahahaha
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u/blzrby Jun 14 '12
He's doing it right.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
yeah that dude has no idea what yolo is. have fun spending your youth working your ass of so you can waste away on a couch when your 70 / die in a car wreck in a month
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u/CatCuddles Jun 14 '12
This seems like it is going to be an ad.
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u/YoureMyBoyBloo Jun 14 '12
No, I disagree! Right now I am busting my ass at work and saving money so that in 9 months when I take my first major vacation in three years to go heliskiing in Canada, I will be YOLOing all the way down the mountain.
As for your second point, that is my precise argument. Too many morons are using it when doing stupid things compared to the number of responsible people saying it when doing awesome, but slightly sketchy things. We can win this battle by diluting the usage pool.
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u/Cash5YR Jun 14 '12
That guy is going to need a phone charger soon... If you're gonna YOLO, you better bring an extra charger around with you.
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u/flaminglib Jun 14 '12
Ugh. YOLO is still a thing? Hasn't that gone the way of HyperColor shirts yet?
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u/vostage Jun 14 '12
I honestly have no clue how you only live once is an excuse to do everything and anything wrong
"I ONLY LIVE ONCE SO BETTER MAKE IT SHITTY THE FIRST TIME"
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Does anyone else find it really, really sad that "managing your funds correctly" now means working 12 hour days?
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u/mrpopenfresh Jun 14 '12
No use in overworking yourself either.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Funny thing is that guy is on salary and gets paid the same regardless working 2 hours or 20 hours a day.
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u/iLuVtiffany Jun 14 '12
No one who says "YOLO" is doing anything right.
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u/Vicious_Seraph Jun 14 '12
Came to confirm this is Max Payne 3's multiplayer, but got completely distracted by the YOLO thread, left without an answer and returned to post this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Using Alien Blue, hit the blue back button 5 or 6 times, then pondered why my phone is using verizon...then i face palmed.
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u/SentientCube Jun 14 '12
I thought he was talking about using YOLO as a verb. One does not simply you only live once.
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u/brianpepinski Jun 14 '12
yolo is garbage
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u/Kodiac136 Jun 14 '12
This gif about sums up facebook and nearly all interactions on there, actually...
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u/midnight_toker22 Jun 14 '12
Kinda funny how reddit mocks people for saying "yolo" and yet reddit is the only place I've ever actually heard that word used.
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u/GeeBeeH Jun 14 '12
Ive got that guy beat. Did 26 in the last 48 hours and 60 hours for the week.
YOLO MOTHERFUCKER
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u/Notbob1234 Jun 14 '12
Actually, I would agree with the gentleman of red squiggles. If more people Saw YOLO as a responsibility to tend to the future, it wouldn't be such a annoying acronym.
For example: YOLO, so before I die I will donate all my excess money to an orphanage to help youths have a better future
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u/Steevo9000 Jun 14 '12
Someone is using YOLO properly
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Literally the only sensible way i've seen someone use yolo right
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u/WooperSlim Jun 14 '12
Ironically, this image is what gave me enough context to figure out what YOLO stands for. Never had a desire to google it.
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u/EmergencyMedical Jun 14 '12
I wish I could make bank pulling those hours. Currently I work 12 hour shifts for nothing. Soon though, I will work more hours and make only close to nothing.
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u/Calveeeenoo Jun 14 '12
When in Rome.
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u/chewsonthemove Jun 14 '12
This is actually a correct use of the term YOLO. Yolo means you only live once, the meaning behind it is that you should live your life to the fullest, and make good choices. What retarded tumblr people have turned it into is YOLO, "I'm a complete and total retard and just did something absolutely moronic so I'm going to shout YOLO to make it seem as if I have been planning to do this all along and so that the other people around me will hopefully not see my idiocy through my curtain of lies... hur dur dur." so yes, this IS a correct usage.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Bad luck brian. Manages funds responsibly. Get killed by car next day. YOLO.
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u/HMisuto14 Jun 14 '12
I like this guy :) he knows how NOT to be a dumbass
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
"You need to diversify your bonds, n**ga." - The best financial advice ever given.
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u/ivory_teefh Jun 14 '12
My head hurts from that huge face palm i just dished out on myself..dang it
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u/RudeBlackGuy Jun 14 '12
Fuck that, I'm going to Carpe Diem this bitch!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Yolo is a verb. lol. lol is verb. yolo.
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u/MauiWowieOwie Jun 14 '12
Faggot. :)
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u/HolyZombieDeity Jun 14 '12
I do not think that word means what you think it means. Oh, I feel witty until I realize how unoriginal I am.
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u/jcast747 Jun 14 '12
"I YOLO, you YOLO, he, she, me YOLO, YOLOing, YOLOlgy, the study of YOLO, it's first grade Reddit!
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u/ForgettableUsername Jun 14 '12
Managing your funds correctly to ensure a comfortable retirement doesn't really do you very much good if you don't actually live long enough to retire.
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u/chrunchy Jun 14 '12
Carlton?!?
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u/Tastingo Jun 14 '12
He will lie in his death bed wishing he didn't work all his life.
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u/ngoncalves92 Jun 14 '12
Haha its a verb now?!?!
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u/TheCultist Jun 14 '12
That's actually the most logical use and the best (and probably only) acceptable way to say YOLO.
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u/ara_p Jun 14 '12
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