trope of regret

A trope on TV Tropes where a movie has good movie-making quality, but simply not worth the inappropriate contents (violence, coarse language). e.g. Spring Breakers (2012), Deadpool (2016)

I was excited to watch the latest sequel of Deadpool, but it turned out to be a total trope of regret—great visuals, but the nonstop violence and foul language made me wish I’d picked a different film. Also the same back when I watch Spring Breakers when it came out in 2012.

by Emotional Cruiser August 30, 2025

chicken regret

When you order just a little bit too much food, and the amount left over seems too small to keep as leftovers, so you eat it because you’d rather not waste it - and now, you’re overfull and your whole meal is ruined.

I mean there’s only one more chicken ball, it can’t hurt…

*10 minutes later*

Oh god no! Chicken regret! I feel so gross!

by Fishmad122 December 8, 2021

Last regret blunt

Smoking a last regret blunt will
Make you think about the last thing that you regreted

Homie: aye you hit this last regret blunt
You: damn I should of told her how I felt before it was too late

by Sendtheweedthroughthemail September 23, 2018

toke of regret

when you take that one hit of weed that gets you TOO stoned

“shit man, i was smoking in my bathroom last night and my dad walked in right as i took the toke of regret”

“damnnnn”
“yeah i’m grounded for 3 months”

by Wudderparks April 9, 2024

regret-rape

When someone is claiming they were raped because they regret having sex with someone else consensually. This pretty much never happens but incel use it as an excuse for why they hate women.

Common in incel communities

Rapey frat bro: Stacy came back 5 years later after having consensual sex and said I raped her

Incel: that's just regret-rape because she regretted it

by moonboi42069 January 4, 2024

Regret

the slow realization that everything you’ve done has left no grateful impact in your life or others. that you cannot make a meaningful impact on the world, that you cannot make a meaningful impact on the people around you and even yourself. when you start remembering the tiniest things you’ve done, the tiniest things you could’ve done. how you used to tell yourself you’d never catch yourself acting like the people you despised, just to see their reflection staring back at you when you look in the mirror. when you realize that you are like every other human being on this planet, that you are no different than others, no better. that there is only one way to end this numbing feeling that will soon gnaw away at you. a solution most people chose that they will regret.

“When I look at you, I regret everything I did to you. Even this. I will soon fill your heart with an indescribable amount of sorrow that will soon lead you to share the emotions I felt. Regret that you didn’t do anything impactful in my life, or the others around you. It will leave you to feel like there is only one way out of this numbing feeling that will soon gnaw away at you.”

by caejose December 28, 2024

commute regret

A feeling of overwhelming ennui when a remote worker arrives at the office in a hybrid workplace. Immediate causes are the "ghost town" effect where the building is so empty it crushes your soul. Additionally sporadic conversation from zoom meetings or people talking about nothing makes you long for your quiet home office.

Joel was okay for the 30 minute commute in, but when he stepped in the door he was overcome with commute regret

by Voltmanic September 28, 2023