In the business of dying

   
    You only live once. Otherwise known as "yolo" by the present and currently evolving teenage population. The slogan was first founded by modern day "rapper", Drake, who slipped the punch line into a hit song. Like most new fads in teen culture this one spread like wildfire. Ironically it failed to promote any kind of motivation towards setting goal for a one-time-only life. Instead it did the opposite. Yolo, became an opportunity to commit the most irrational choices in order to die doing something unbelievable (this wasn't actually the point, but often the choices made due to this phrase are recipe's for disaster... or death). Rather, the slogan should probably be altered and extended to "you-only-die-once-so-you-might-as-well-go-out-with-a-bang". However, not many people want to have their life slogan mentioning their death in it, so "yolo" remained as is.
        The term promoted higher levels of alcohol consumption and mischievous behaviour (to say the least). It became a term often used before parties and events such as the now famous Quebec 2011 trip where, as rumour has it, a girl got "yolo" tattooed on her butt (extreme yoloist apparently). Though the term has begun its downward spiral due to overuse, it still remains the backup phrase for a night your mother would not approve of.
         The reality is that whether we want to directly admit to it or not, I think we've all been there. We've all been about to make a stupid decision and thought "yolo". Maybe we said it out loud or maybe we kept it to ourselves, nevertheless, it was thought of. The message was addicting, I can attest to that, we all can. However, regardless of having used the term and have having fun while using it, I believe it holds a firm misconception. The idea of living once should promote young to live a fulfilled life of goal setting, planning, and achievements and so on. Rather due to our present day interest in everything party related and so on, the term went directly to that sector of teen culture. It's a ironic, but I suppose irony has a twisted sense of fun attached to it.