you do too fucking regret it

On a lot of these surveys that get bulletinned (if there be such a word, arr) or that people put in their profile there is always a question like "Have you ever done anything you regret?" And invariably, 90% of all people put something along the lines of how you shouldn't regret shit, or you should just learn from stuff, never regret it blah blah blah... What this really translates to is "I'm so hardcore and self-confident that I NEVER make decisions I regret." Try not to throw your back out from flexing your nuts so hard ok?

Seriously, who doesn't regret stuff? Androids, that's who. Androids and sociopaths. The whole idea that you should never regret anything you do is just ludicrous. Let's take a learning experience for example, shall we? You accidentally burn yourself on something. You LEARN to pay more attention to your surroundings, but as it throbs and stings you sure as shit wish you hadn't. That's REGRET, an emotion that most normal humans wrestle with.

It goes beyond the internet, too. I GUARANDAMNTEE that if you went through a high school yearbook looking at senior quotes, you'd find at least one kid with something along the lines of "no regrets." Fuck man, there's a kid I'd NEVER want to be friends with, because he sounds like the type of asshole who could never feel bad for anything they've done. "Hey, do you regret killing that toddler?" "No man, I never regret anything, I just look for the learning experience." Personally, I regret TONS of shit, especially throughout high school. And it's the pain of that regret that keeps me from repeating the same mistakes.
posted by MAtt D. at 9:05 PM