Metaphor thats been taken for granted that can be harmful to a group or culture Alternative
... Obviously the game of life is significantly more complex than the metaphor insinuates. ... A metaphor that is used by some as a means of covering up their past, justifying their actions of the present, or as a way to look at life in order to ease the reality of their day-to-day. ... There is, of course, a difference between literally living your life as a game, and simply using such a saying as a laughable alternative to insanity. Those who use the saying as a laughable alternative will not take this bogus quotation seriously. ... Take for example, a young man who while at a party is asked to consume or smoke a harmful drug; as the peer pressure builds he is left with what appears to be the only option, acting quickly, he tells himself ‘you only live once’, and indulges. ... Indeed it would be inappropriate to dissect a metaphor in the way that I have without offering an alternative.