• colmear@discuss.tchncs.de
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        10 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

        • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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          10 months ago

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

        • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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          10 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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            10 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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        10 months ago

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

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      10 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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      10 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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        10 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.