(NYTIMES): American culture is saturated with advice on managing regret - which generally amounts to pretending we don't experience it.
The Library of Congress lists some 50 books with "No Regrets" in the title. Hashtags with the same slogan splay across Instagram reels and pastel-painted particle boards on Etsy. The message is clear: Regret is self-defeating, backward-looking, a negative feeling to avoid at all costs.
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