Relevant quote: People use YOLO as an excuse to do stupid shit, I use it as the reason why I'm careful with my life.

Unfortunately, most people I've seen using "yolo" it say it after things like "I wonder if I should chug the rest of the vodka" or "ditching class to go to awesome party"

That or to refer to a county 9_6

It can mean different things to different people. It's those who use it as an excuse to waste themselves who I believe are missing the point.

If you're kind of having fun vicariously through your character, through art or stories or whatever, then I think it's perfectly fine to ignore reality. It can be kind of fun to have your character do the crazy stunt you'd never pull in an RP.

If you want your stories or art to be taken seriously by others however, you have to inject some reality. (Well, generally, I suppose there are exceptions!) A story without consequences for a character's actions is really dull and annoying.

And of course real life is called real for a reason. Those who act without thinking of the consequences are immature and not very bright to boot - hopefully they learn better someday before it's too late.

I see what you're saying about living vicariously. There are some characters I might do that with, but I feel too connected sometimes to others to put them in that kind of situation. Maybe that's why I don't do much fantasy writing or RP.

I can identify with this. It's like I'm afraid of ruining him by putting him in an alternate, unknown situation.