Went in expecting something different. Would be great if it wasn’t simple yes no
Click on it and you'll get the various reasons.
Show HN: I built a directory about big life decisions/regrets
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#12I see some dupes in the list like “change my career.”
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#13This misses a lot of nuance. The decisions are yes/no on regret and an extremely short reason. These aren't going to help others make reasoned decisions about things. You can't really help with that anyway, because you're just setting someone up to write in the future "I wanted X but I read about someone else who regretted it. But now I regret not doing it because I'm not them." For example, I once quit my salaried j…
I think this is fine. It's kind of like Twitter; the lack of nuance is a feature. You add yours if it's something like 80% don't regret or regret.
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#14I'd add inverse options. E.g. I decided to not buy a house and now I'm regretting it. The reason is rent was cheap in my area. Now it's ~3x the past bank interest. I was creditworthy at all times but chose to avoid unnecessary expenses, lol.
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#15You need the inverse of all of the decisions: "I decided NOT to invest in the stock market", etc.
At least make it consistent. Why is it “I decided to quit smoking” instead of “I decided to start smoking”? The default is to be a non-smoker.
I think the only sensible consistency is to have both, not one or the other. To a smoker, the default is the status quo.
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#16Forgot the PhD!
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#17I'd add inverse options. E.g. I decided to not buy a house and now I'm regretting it. The reason is rent was cheap in my area. Now it's ~3x the past bank interest. I was creditworthy at all times but chose to avoid unnecessary expenses, lol.
I don’t regret buying a house but I assumed I would. The great house price crash was waiting for me to buy, so I thought… still it is a shallow win to see others suffering with rent prices.
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#18This misses a lot of nuance. The decisions are yes/no on regret and an extremely short reason. These aren't going to help others make reasoned decisions about things. You can't really help with that anyway, because you're just setting someone up to write in the future "I wanted X but I read about someone else who regretted it. But now I regret not doing it because I'm not them." For example, I once quit my salaried j…
The “Jagged Little Pill” song springs to mind.
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#19I decided to build a website about big life decisions, and I regret it.
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#20Forgot the PhD!
I regret not getting one but then if I got one I’d probably regret getting it!