Hindsight is 20/20

A nonsensical way to express the idea that it's easy to see what the right course of action was, when the dust has settled.

20/20 vision is 50th percentile, average. It's mediocre. It means you can see at 20 feet what the average, middle-of-the-line person can see at 20 feet. Hindsight (perfect deduction) is the opposite of that. It's flawless. Properly expressed, to make any sense and actually convey the intended meaning, it would be "Hindsight is 20/0".

Stop saying this nonsense bullshit.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, hindsight is 20/20"

by conor147cfc April 23, 2018

hindsight

Setting your sights on on someone's behind

In hindsight you look good

by nlenz August 5, 2016

Hindsight

When you're too busy checking out dat ass and forget what you were doing.

I went to get carryout but after hindsight I barely remembered where I was.

by jpikester July 31, 2018

hindsightware

A rejected and undeveloped software solution touted by its original suggester to have none of the problems in the existing solution, if only management had demonstrated the foresight to accept it.

Our network would not have been crippled by a DDOS if my firewall hindsightware had been installed.

The only thing that can out perform vaporware is hindsightware.

by smacco June 12, 2011

hynesight

What Lassie's Cockney caretaker should have had more of, so as not to get "sacked" by da Duke for being such an "utter nincompoop".

In hynesight, da Duke of Rudling should never have hired said "utter nincompoop" in da first place, given his inherent lack of learning from his past mistakes.

by QuacksO June 12, 2024

hynesight

What Lassie's Cockney caretaker should have had more of, so as not to get "sacked" by da Duke for being such an "utter nincompoop".

In hynesight, da Duke of Rudling should never have hired said "utter nincompoop" in da first place, given his inherent lack of learning from his past mistakes.

by QuacksO June 15, 2024

Hindsight

Post nut clarity
Realising something after it's been done

Ex: in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have stared at his ass for too long, nor wonder his girlfriend was mad at me

by Moonchild311 January 9, 2025