• colmear@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        This is the only correct comment.

        Memento mori = Remember that you are going to die Carpe diem = Enjoy the day YOLO = enjoy your life, because you only have one and you are going to die

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          6 months ago

          I always took it the opposite. You only live once so be super careful and don’t do anything dangerous.

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            6 months ago

            The way people use it should’ve risen some eyebrows on your part if that is the case.

            Shouting “YOLO” as one jumps off a roof (to a pool, for example) seems to be the contemporary stereotype for its usage. I’ve only seen it used that way.

            If you’ve stuck with the interpretation this long, you must have very curious views on carefulness and safety 😁

        • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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          6 months ago

          This couldn’t be more incorrect. Memento mori is a call for humility. Carpe diem is a call for purposeful action. YOLO is a “hold my beer” moment preceding a calculated stupidity.

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            6 months ago

            What if waiting for conditions to be perfect before you come out of your shell is placing too much value on one’s own dignity?

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        6 months ago

        While I meant what I originally said, this is a great thought! Thanks for the comment!

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      6 months ago

      I think they meant what they said. “Remember that you will die” does mean something similar to “you only live once.”

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      6 months ago

      No?

      Memento Mori means “remember that you must die”. That is pretty much the same “you only live once”.

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        6 months ago

        YOLO is a little more… eh… pro-active? Knowing that you are going to die is not quite the same as saying fuck-all and leaping to a possible death. However, there are multiple contexts for YOLO, so there is that.