YOLO Coming to Terms With the Tragedy of Itself

"Keep Calm and..." posters are the hallmark of a popular phrase's twilight

“Keep Calm and…” posters are the hallmark of a popular phrase’s twilight

To YOLO, it feels like it has only been days since it was a thriving young phrase on the tongue of the world.

“I was forced to grow up so fast,” it said glumly at the local dead-slang support group. “But I wasn’t like you! I was different… I believed in myself.”

Its insistence fell on an audience who had heard these lamentations many times before. Still, they were happy to help YOLO through these hard times all the same.

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