Swag. Yolo. SMH

Let me get this out of the way right now. This post is not for the people who these phrases sparingly. If you’re shining, more confident than usual one day and feel like using Swag to express it, go right ahead. If someone isn’t making any damn sense whatsoever, and you want to hit them with the SMH, feel free. And, if for some reason you just need to reminded that you can’t die and come back to life, use YOLO.

Now that I got that shit out of the way, this post is for the people who use the aforementioned phrases so much, it’s as if they need them to live.

Do us all a favor, me in particular, and shut the fuck up.

Let’s start with swag first. I’m pretty sure this term was popularized by rappers, and then picked up by the pathetic wannabees in mainstream society. The problem with this is that the wannabees have no “swag” whatsoever.

You want to know what swag is? Swag is unspoken. Swag is when you get out of bed and look at yourself in the mirror, knowing that you’re about to go chase your paper and chase a better future. Swag is when you conduct yourself with class and dignity, while also being confident enough to know that there is nothing on God’s green earth that can stop you from accomplishing your goals. Swag and class should go hand in hand; you don’t need to tell anyone if you have it, because they’ll see it in the way you handle your business.

So for you idiots out there, who think posing in the mirror with a mouthful of gold teeth gives you swag, think again. For you idiots who that that the number of scandalous ho’s you’ve fucked gives you swag, think again. When you start to man-up and conduct yourself like you have some got damn sense, come talk to me about swag.

Next we have another personal favorite of mine; SMH. I don’t know who the fuck came up with this pointless shit, but it spread like wildfire. Apparently people couldn’t find an intelligent way to convey to a person that they’re making no sense, so we have SMH.

What I can’t stand about it is the people (and I know a few)  who use it every three seconds. Why the fuck does everything make you want to shake your head? Can you not comprehend what anyone is saying? Are you really that damn slow?

Come on now. We can do better than this.

And last, and by far my favorite, is YOLO. Aka, you only live once.

I respect Drake. I’m a fan of his music. I bought So Far Gone, Thank Me Later, and Take Care. I actually like the song, “the motto.” But Mr. Aubrey Graham, the amount of fuckery generated by your song has grown at an astounding rate.

What pisses me off about this is that people seem to be using it only to justify doing dumb shit. Want to get shit faced and drive? Why not? YOLO. Want to have sex with some random chick without a condom? Why not? YOLO.

Yes, you only live once. But some of these morons don’t seem to realize that that one life can be a miserable existence because of the bad choices they make. You only live once. Live that life right and act like you’ve got some fucking sense.