imgs.xkcd.com/comics/regrets.p ...
More people do not regret :)
![[put at-character here]](image/at.gif) xkcd.com/458/
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Um, both those feelings are regretful. The feeling of "I shouldn't have kissed her/him" means I regret kissing. The feeling of "I should have kissed her/him" means I regret NOT kissing.
The idea is that more people don't act on their regrets to kiss someone.
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You've forgotten to add the alt text again!
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the problem is that there are actually tons of results fo "Im glad i saw epic movie"... i really should find something better to do with my time.
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Jak
There weren't before this comic strip was released :P
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.. Do we know if "Should" means that
a) they did kiss them and do not regret it. That they kissed the person and it was the correct decision to make
<OR>
b) they didn't kiss them, but regret that choice. That they wished they had kissed them.
Which is it?!
Get back to me on that! ;)
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... I should have kissed her.... means.. they didn't and they wished they would have. The comic is saying that far more people regret NOT kissing someone.
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It's like the saying "It's better to regret something that you did do than to regret something that you didn't do"
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Jeez...it's really not that confusing, people!
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This conversation strikes me as funny because as an english teacher in Brazil, I have ot teach these modal verbs, should, would, could to my students, but I never thought that native speakers could get mixed up with them too...
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Schlub
that line is in a red hot chili peppers song, "Deep Kick" it came on randomly in my itunes as i was looking at this page. funny huh. i think its sometimes better to act without thinking, than not act at all. of course it can get us into trouble, but thats life tho, you gotta take chances.
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i should have kissed him OR her = 11,200,000
i should not have kissed him OR her = 4,140,000
i shouldnt have kissed him OR her = 641,000
i should'nt have kissed him OR her = 10,400
i shouldn't have kissed him OR her = 3,330,000
thus should not = 4m + 0.6m + 0.01m + 3.3m = 8,121,400
RESULT – more people regret kissing they did than not kissing someone they didn't but the difference is not as huge as the graph suggests...
11m v 8m ~ 1.4
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