Lifestyle

<p>YOLO (You Only Live Once), so don&#39;t live with FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).</p><p>This is Internetspeak for the classic inspirational phrase &quot;carpe diem,&quot; or &quot;seize the day.&quot; To live with regret is one of life&#39;s greatest tragedies, so people are encouraged to experience what&#39;s out there to either check an item off of their bucket list or know what to avoid in a future. The FOMO mentality has lead to the persistance of many trends and spontaneous decisions, both good and bad.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/my7b6s/what_was_that_one_thing_you_tried_out_due_to_fear/">Reddit thread</a> asked, &quot;what was that one thing you tried out due to Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)?&quot; Some things are absolutely worth experiencing (South Africa, hugs), and some things are better missed out on (eating ants and grass).</p><h2>1. Eat ants.</h2><blockquote> <p>Ate ten ants to join my brothers club in first grade. Said I could only join if I ate ten ants. So I did. And then he disbanded the club.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rainqueen/">rainqueen</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. Eat grass.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was a kid the cool, older neighbor kids (also young kids) told me to eat grass. I of course didn&#39;t want to, so they told me they all did and I would be cool if I did. So I picked a big handful and ate it while everyone laughed at me.</p> <p>Afterwards it came out that none of them had, in fact, ate any grass at all, and, as it turns out, none of us knew what would happen if one were to eat grass.</p> <p>So I ran home where my old man was in the backyard spraying something with a garden hose or some shit.</p> <p>I said &quot;hey dad what would happen if somebody ate a big handful of grass?&quot;</p> <p>He replied, absolutely deadpan &quot;tell me you didn&#39;t eat grass.&quot;</p> <p>I said &quot;well no but somebody else did and I was just...&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>He said, &quot;Gristle... Tell me you didn&#39;t eat grass...&quot;</p> <p>Tears started welling up and I said &quot;well I was running real fast and I fell and when I fell my mouth landed on a clump of grass and my mouth closed on it and I accidentally swallowed a whole bunch of it and... Am I gonna die?!?&quot;</p> <p>He said &quot;Probably. But go in and drink as much water as you can stand and then I will take you to the hospital&quot;</p> <p>I ran inside and drank as much water as I could and rushed out to the van where the old man was waving me into the open door. We flew out of the neighborhood, screaming towards the hospital while I cried in the back seat. Finally, we got to the liquor store down the street from the hospital where the old man said, &quot;nah I&#39;m just messing with you. You&#39;ll be fine.&quot;</p> <p>And he went in and bought beer and we drove home.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GristleMcThornbody1/">GristleMcThornbody1</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. Buy a lottery ticket.</h2><blockquote> <p>Bought a $20 raffle ticket for a much hyped-up chance to win $5,000.</p> <p>Turns out the raffle promoters were scammers and everyone lost their money.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Back2Bach/">Back2Bach</a></p> </blockquote><h2>4. Ziplining.</h2><blockquote> <p>Ziplines. I have a fear of heights so I was very nervous about going on them in North Carolina with my friends. They were so supportive though talking about how, &quot;Its ok, you dont have to go we understand&quot; or &quot;Of course you dont have to, I just think you would actually enjoy it&quot;. It was because they were so nice about it I really didnt want to disappoint them. I had an absolute blast on them by the way. So much fun after the first 5 seconds of terror on the first line haha.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/T3ch-R0m4nc3r/">T3ch-R0m4nc3r</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5. Smoking.</h2><blockquote> <p>Smoking, I guess? I got curious. First time I hated it. After a few more, I started to like it, so I decided to throw the rest away before it was too late.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Roozyj/">Roozyj</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. Musical theater.</h2><blockquote> <p>I joined my friends in auditioning for the musical in senior year of high school because i just happened to be friends with a lot of theatre kids. Ended up with a supporting role including a duet and a decent amount of lines.</p> <p>I still consider it one of the best decisions I ever made. It was a crazy amount of fun.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rapsculio/">Rapsculio</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7. Forward chain letters.</h2><blockquote> <p>About 25 years ago I believed every chain letter that appeared in my inbox, and religiously sent them along to all my contacts. In my defense, I was a kid, but still, there&#39;s probably a lot of people from that time that have me blocked for this very reason.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bagfullofcrayons/">bagfullofcrayons</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8. Travel to South Africa.</h2><blockquote> <p>Going to South Africa. I was in school (wildpark management) with my best friend. Our year got the offer to go to SA with people from other classes but there was only place for 24 people. I have never been further away from home then a 6 hour drive and SA is a 12 hour flight away. My thought was: If I don&#39;t go now, I will never ever go.</p> <p>I went, now I want to go back. But dang the the first time in an airport is stressful.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/crazypetlady94/">crazypetlady94</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. Gambling.</h2><blockquote> <p>Gambling. I lost $70 and had a lot of fun. Not sure I wanna lose $70 anytime again soon tho.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dino_jay/">dino_jay</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10. Clubbing.</h2><blockquote> <p>Some college roommates took me clubbing. I have an attitude that as long as something isn&#39;t harmful, I need to force myself to try it at least once (because I&#39;m an introvert, and otherwise I just never do shit). In this case, I ended up absolutely hating it. Every part of it was awful. Oh well, at least I can say I gave it a shot.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/robotteeth/">robotteeth</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11. Tinder.</h2><blockquote> <p>Tinder. It&#39;s mehhh, unfortunately it&#39;s becoming the only option and I only use it because of this.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yaycoasttocoast/">yaycoasttocoast</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12. Rollerblading.</h2><blockquote> <p>Having recently divorced in the mid nineties, I was open to anything new and the sight of people gliding along in those new &quot;roller blade&quot; skates got me thinking. I confidently went out and bought a pair. After about 5 minutes of skating around the street in front of my house I caught a glimpse of myself in a window reflection. I looked like a total dumbass, took the skates off, and never used them again.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BaconReceptacle/">BaconReceptacle</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. Concerts.</h2><blockquote> <p>Going to a concert (years ago pre-pandemic).</p> <p>A school classmate asked for someone to accompany him on his favourite singer&#39;s concert, and I decided to try the experience.</p> <p>Was quite afraid of the &quot;fan craziness&quot; I often heard described... but turns out, the fanbase was actually very nice and calm, we even managed to get to the first row, right in front of the siger, and NOBODY was pushing! Like, there was still 1 meter of space between people... songs were loud and ritmic but not deafening (nice!), and lastly I got an autograph that I still have.</p> <p>Overrall, It was an enjoyable day spent in good company and listening to a talented singer&#39;s songs. Probably wouldn&#39;t do it again because there is no way to top this lucky experience.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Sneaky_lass/">Sneaky_lass</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14. Nipple piercings.</h2><blockquote> <p>In the &ldquo;all my friends were doing it, which gave me the idea&rdquo; vein, nipple piercings. They all took theirs out after about 6 months and I still have mine 10 years on so I guess that&rsquo;s a victory for impulse decisions.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JiaMekare/">JiaMekare</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15. Paintball.</h2><blockquote> <p>Paintball at my dad&rsquo;s girlfriend&rsquo;s son&rsquo;s birthday party when I was like 13ish.</p> <p>I did not know what a cup was since I had never done anything that needed one, and the place we were playing at did not provide anything other than a helmet.</p> <p>A minute into the round someone shot me in the balls.</p> <p>I hate paintball.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MuuToo/">MuuToo</a></p> </blockquote><h2>16. Hugs.</h2><blockquote> <p>Hugs. My family isn&rsquo;t big on hugging but when I went away to college i made friends with a bunch of huggers during my first semester. I made it clear that I wasn&rsquo;t a hugger, and people respected that, but it still became a running joke amongst my friends that I hate hugs and we all made a thing out of people trying to hug me and me running from it (I actually enjoyed that sort of game with my friends). When we all met up again after winter break everyone else was hugging each other hello and I realized I felt left out so I started hugging everyone as well. Now I don&rsquo;t necessarily initiate hugs but I don&rsquo;t decline them like I used to.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/profscarf87/">profscarf87</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>17. Karaoke.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was at a restaurant that had karaoke and my dad and his wife had already gone up and sung on the stage a few times and I finally grew the courage to say &quot;this might be fun afterall, I probably won&#39;t see these people again either&quot; so I went up and sang all on my own for the very first time; Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.</p> <p>The moment the song started everyone began to cheer and yell. My hand was shaking while I sang but I started to loosen up as everyone began to sing along with me, it was so loud and it was such an incredible feeling to hear a chorus of people singing together. I don&#39;t regret it and I&#39;m glad I didn&#39;t miss out on that experience.-<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tinkerz98/">Tinkerz98</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 people share the thing they tried out of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).

YOLO (You Only Live Once), so don&#39;t live with FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).This is Internetspeak for the classic inspirational phrase &quot;carpe diem,&quot; or &quot;seize the day.&quot; To live with regret is one of life&#39;s greatest tragedies, so people are encouraged to experience what&#39;s out there to either check an item off of their bucket list or know what to avoid in a future. The FOMO mentality has lead to the persistance of many trends and spontaneous decisions, both good and bad.A Reddit thread asked, &quot;what was that one thing you tried out due to Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)?&quot; Some things are absolutely worth experiencing (South Africa, hugs), and some things are better missed out on (eating ants and grass).1. Eat ants. Ate ten ants to join my brothers club in first grade. Said I could only join if I ate ten ants. So I did. And then he disbanded the club.-rainqueen 2. Eat grass. When I was a kid the cool, older neighbor kids (also young kids) told me to eat grass. I of course didn&#39;t want to, so they told me they all did and I would be cool if I did. So I picked a big handful and ate it while everyone laughed at me. Afterwards it came out that none of them had, in fact, ate any grass at all, and, as it turns out, none of us knew what would happen if one were to eat grass. So I ran home where my old man was in the backyard spraying something with a garden hose or some shit. I said &quot;hey dad what would happen if somebody ate a big handful of grass?&quot; He replied, absolutely deadpan &quot;tell me you didn&#39;t eat grass.&quot; I said &quot;well no but somebody else did and I was just...&quot;  He said, &quot;Gristle... Tell me you didn&#39;t eat grass...&quot; Tears started welling up and I said &quot;well I was running real fast and I fell and when I fell my mouth landed on a clump of grass and my mouth closed on it and I accidentally swallowed a whole bunch of it and... Am I gonna die?!?&quot; He said &quot;Probably. But go in and drink as much water as you can stand and then I will take you to the hospital&quot; I ran inside and drank as much water as I could and rushed out to the van where the old man was waving me into the open door. We flew out of the neighborhood, screaming towards the hospital while I cried in the back seat. Finally, we got to the liquor store down the street from the hospital where the old man said, &quot;nah I&#39;m just messing with you. You&#39;ll be fine.&quot; And he went in and bought beer and we drove home.-GristleMcThornbody1 3. Buy a lottery ticket. Bought a $20 raffle ticket for a much hyped-up chance to win $5,000. Turns out the raffle promoters were scammers and everyone lost their money.-Back2Bach 4. Ziplining. Ziplines. I have a fear of heights so I was very nervous about going on them in North Carolina with my friends. They were so supportive though talking about how, &quot;Its ok, you dont have to go we understand&quot; or &quot;Of course you dont have to, I just think you would actually enjoy it&quot;. It was because they were so nice about it I really didnt want to disappoint them. I had an absolute blast on them by the way. So much fun after the first 5 seconds of terror on the first line haha.-T3ch-R0m4nc3r 5. Smoking. Smoking, I guess? I got curious. First time I hated it. After a few more, I started to like it, so I decided to throw the rest away before it was too late.-Roozyj 6. Musical theater. I joined my friends in auditioning for the musical in senior year of high school because i just happened to be friends with a lot of theatre kids. Ended up with a supporting role including a duet and a decent amount of lines. I still consider it one of the best decisions I ever made. It was a crazy amount of fun.-Rapsculio 7. Forward chain letters. About 25 years ago I believed every chain letter that appeared in my inbox, and religiously sent them along to all my contacts. In my defense, I was a kid, but still, there&#39;s probably a lot of people from that time that have me blocked for this very reason.-bagfullofcrayons 8. Travel to South Africa. Going to South Africa. I was in school (wildpark management) with my best friend. Our year got the offer to go to SA with people from other classes but there was only place for 24 people. I have never been further away from home then a 6 hour drive and SA is a 12 hour flight away. My thought was: If I don&#39;t go now, I will never ever go. I went, now I want to go back. But dang the the first time in an airport is stressful.-crazypetlady94 9. Gambling. Gambling. I lost $70 and had a lot of fun. Not sure I wanna lose $70 anytime again soon tho.-dino_jay 10. Clubbing. Some college roommates took me clubbing. I have an attitude that as long as something isn&#39;t harmful, I need to force myself to try it at least once (because I&#39;m an introvert, and otherwise I just never do shit). In this case, I ended up absolutely hating it. Every part of it was awful. Oh well, at least I can say I gave it a shot.-robotteeth 11. Tinder. Tinder. It&#39;s mehhh, unfortunately it&#39;s becoming the only option and I only use it because of this.-yaycoasttocoast 12. Rollerblading. Having recently divorced in the mid nineties, I was open to anything new and the sight of people gliding along in those new &quot;roller blade&quot; skates got me thinking. I confidently went out and bought a pair. After about 5 minutes of skating around the street in front of my house I caught a glimpse of myself in a window reflection. I looked like a total dumbass, took the skates off, and never used them again.-BaconReceptacle 13. Concerts. Going to a concert (years ago pre-pandemic). A school classmate asked for someone to accompany him on his favourite singer&#39;s concert, and I decided to try the experience. Was quite afraid of the &quot;fan craziness&quot; I often heard described... but turns out, the fanbase was actually very nice and calm, we even managed to get to the first row, right in front of the siger, and NOBODY was pushing! Like, there was still 1 meter of space between people... songs were loud and ritmic but not deafening (nice!), and lastly I got an autograph that I still have. Overrall, It was an enjoyable day spent in good company and listening to a talented singer&#39;s songs. Probably wouldn&#39;t do it again because there is no way to top this lucky experience.-Sneaky_lass 14. Nipple piercings. In the &ldquo;all my friends were doing it, which gave me the idea&rdquo; vein, nipple piercings. They all took theirs out after about 6 months and I still have mine 10 years on so I guess that&rsquo;s a victory for impulse decisions.-JiaMekare 15. Paintball. Paintball at my dad&rsquo;s girlfriend&rsquo;s son&rsquo;s birthday party when I was like 13ish. I did not know what a cup was since I had never done anything that needed one, and the place we were playing at did not provide anything other than a helmet. A minute into the round someone shot me in the balls. I hate paintball.-MuuToo 16. Hugs. Hugs. My family isn&rsquo;t big on hugging but when I went away to college i made friends with a bunch of huggers during my first semester. I made it clear that I wasn&rsquo;t a hugger, and people respected that, but it still became a running joke amongst my friends that I hate hugs and we all made a thing out of people trying to hug me and me running from it (I actually enjoyed that sort of game with my friends). When we all met up again after winter break everyone else was hugging each other hello and I realized I felt left out so I started hugging everyone as well. Now I don&rsquo;t necessarily initiate hugs but I don&rsquo;t decline them like I used to.-profscarf87 17. Karaoke. I was at a restaurant that had karaoke and my dad and his wife had already gone up and sung on the stage a few times and I finally grew the courage to say &quot;this might be fun afterall, I probably won&#39;t see these people again either&quot; so I went up and sang all on my own for the very first time; Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. The moment the song started everyone began to cheer and yell. My hand was shaking while I sang but I started to loosen up as everyone began to sing along with me, it was so loud and it was such an incredible feeling to hear a chorus of people singing together. I don&#39;t regret it and I&#39;m glad I didn&#39;t miss out on that experience.-Tinkerz98 

YOLO (You Only Live Once), so don&#39;t live with FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).  This is Internetspeak for the classic inspirational phrase &quot;carpe diem,&quot; or &quot;seize the day.&quot; To live with regret is one of life&#39;s...