https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZyZFa5qO0

Tom Scott comes to rescue.

Finland has many, but the big penis-shaped river is pretty good.

Edit: only discussion that is in English is over at Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/10zg4rz/in_finland_we_have_a_river_shaped_like_an/

Sun Tzu wrote something similar.

Adding: While it’s been a while since I read the Art of War, I recall him teaching to lead the own groups to an dead end to confront the enemy. That way they’ll fight more fiercely, for their lives, if you will.

Yeah, this guy writes so poorly I suspect him/her of trolling.

While I agree, I’d like to add that it’s not hard to recognize and remember the very active and/or notable posters.

Actually for the fun of it, I’ll name a few on top of my head:

QuentinCallaghan: Sopuli founder and avid commenter.

Ategon: Hot in the tech subs, seems like a really nice fella.

Picard Maneuver: Memelord and legend

Flying Squid: Meme master and commenter

Dessalines: Dev for Lemmy, Jerboa (and the keyboard I use, thanks this is great).

Ruut: Lemmyworld founder.

And some more whose username I can’t recall at the moment.

Also it’d be fun if you commnted some more. :D

You fooled me, well played sir.

Why can’t they be of higher IQ than you?

And why 5 points, doesn’t communication gap theory push for 15?

Making the most of life doesn’t necessarily mean indulgence. It can mean living a long and meaningful one.

Also in my previous response I already made a point about the connotations, which I feel responds pretty well to this too.

EDIT: typo

I’m inclined to agree

I would definitely argue that it is at least technically correct.

Your example points to a vague resemblance in how it sounds spoken, which has barely nothing to do with the meaning. This much ought to be obvious.

My thought points to an unlikely lesson found in both phrases. That is, both remind to make the most out of life, because inevitable death. As others have pointed out, the connotations just have been formed such that YOLO ends up generally achieving that with recklessness and “Memento Mori” generally with caution and healthy respect for mortality.

However, that does mean that the same lesson is still found in them, which indeed makes them mean pretty much the same thing. Note that I don’t claim them to be synonymous, like a certain comment claims, or interchangeable, which they aren’t.

TL;DR: Your example relies on how it sounds and it is indeed superficial. In my thought the similarity indeed exist in the language and is technically correct.

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

I’ve heard good things about a book called Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Also I got more reccs if you got any specific topics you like or goals to reach. There’re books about subconcious and intuition, handling bad emotions and “manipulating”/leading/convincing people.