Texas High Schooler Writes 'YOLO' on His Exam, Embodies the
Modern Psyche  When all signs of our civilization have been
wiped out by a nuclear winter, our buildings buried under
millions of weathered copies of People and piles of discarded
crop tops, a lone, post-apocalyptic adventurer and his trusty
dog will happen upon an etching. Scratched desperately on the
side of what was once a combination Pizza Hut-Taco Bell, the
ragged survivor will slowly press his fingers against four,
unexplained letters: "Y O L O." History books will commemorate
the phrase, enveloping it in a shroud of mystery as the last
clue to a culture lost.  The phrase, so pervasive in the modern
subconscious, came to a Texas high schooler who realized the
futility of a standardized test he was in the middle of taking.
Kyron Birdine, a junior at Arlington High School, paused in the
middle of his STAAR test, one that wouldn't affect his status in
college admissions, had no bearing on his high school
performance, and was ultimately meaningless