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[โ€“] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

U2FsdGVkX1/rCUpXegKXQomEh3JCrnITLN8orsRQ+cBau8svaDsACOyTYoPfCjv+WTbRPXarv9ljA2H+zOPNkQlTzE5Xew4Qqkz2G4UqlH9DNTE+W6iRpB2swjSRp9yQkniT1zZXz0VwANwC3dPxLe/h8pxowx0PNBA9IzO8pCtXO3SLLZCAKErpGQ4GHpUZiwgTQZuWBewajYkGHrXwlrRSjUCVDjf0f8yXw9E37yRfc+0R6HOR1bqF86Yz1xOKXiK3FU+IQJxTdlxdhblmLUkDbW2KsGC+aIU7e5QXmivu+qCkOR21bP+554n1qEISu8Zv0cyadHKtMk5OgUCJpvH2Oi+Rt+vVQZLfEQfuhHHo9tzuxwbaFE0Ka2fUH0GrzdVLv5Mc2fXQonAZCcacjzcVoS6WVUlnbe5i5KKJ7ng=

[โ€“] grandel@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is this? A base64 encoded binary?

[โ€“] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

AES-256 baby. When I go cryptic, I go cryptic.

[โ€“] AFLYINTOASTER@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Right person, wrong time

If only I had stayed for seconds on bacon that day

[โ€“] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I shouldn't have gotten high and asked to suck his dick.

[โ€“] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i feel like thats not that cryptic i can imagine how that would happen

[โ€“] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

i can imagine how that would happen

seems kinda gay

[โ€“] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I should have gotten high and let her ride my hips

[โ€“] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm, that's pretty cryptic tho.

[โ€“] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Choosing the university near my home village.

If you're still in secondary school, only apply to units far enough away that your parents will have no choice but to let you move out.

[โ€“] cinoreus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks OP, now the curiosity is killing me

[โ€“] lordnikon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I should have never gone to that bookstore.

[โ€“] railcar@midwest.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

YOU of all people should know

[โ€“] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it wasn't for that horse I wouldn't of spent that year at college

[โ€“] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, the candy corn.

[โ€“] andxz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Should've told her.

[โ€“] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Shouldn't have looked

[โ€“] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Simultaneously it's saying things but also not saying things.

[โ€“] fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Should have been more brave that one summer.

[โ€“] azimir@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Been there. Multiple times.

[โ€“] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

leaving the womb

[โ€“] monovergent@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I should've known he was an iPad kid

[โ€“] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Choosing the easier path when it really mattered

[โ€“] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Shoulda realized we only liked shiny and new things

[โ€“] tourist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

the way I ruined my nostrils, among other things

[โ€“] silverlightBeing@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

I should've said "No, Abso-fucking-lutely NOT".

[โ€“] azimir@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Panicked at the wrong moment.

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[โ€“] RichardNixos@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Veterinary syringes are "veterinary" for a reason

[โ€“] folaht@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

sudo rm -rf ../* for a brief moment
I was not at /run/media/F16C-BD43/boot
Sudo lost.
Move lost.
Copy lost.
No cloud.
Undecryptable.
Everything else worked.
I said my goodbyes.

[โ€“] 4grams@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Following in my dadโ€™s footsteps.

[โ€“] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I met the All Thing but I listened to the voices

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Knowing what I don't know

[โ€“] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I should never have bought the chips and chocolate.

[โ€“] Icantdraw@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

First day on Earth

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

All the lies, the damned lies, and for what?

[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

My biggest regret is my biggest regret. Duh.

[โ€“] 7toed@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Let the dog in the neighbors open door.

[โ€“] Naich@piefed.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Taking Elsie to work that day in October.

[โ€“] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

This happened some time ago, but I did something kinda bad/cringe and afterwards I thought "I really shouldn't have done that" and it haunts me to this day. That is my biggest regret.

[โ€“] asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I should've travel to there when all the circumstances were on my side.

I should have fought

[โ€“] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

i "retired" at 40 am now 60, my regret is not retiring sooner.

i had a near death experience at age 35, where I genuinely thought that was the end, this was the catalyst to changing my life.

I would recommend an NDE for anyone to bring into focus what is important vs what you think is important

[โ€“] SuperEars@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

A half measure

[โ€“] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Okay as cryptic as possible, hmm, let me see... I encrypted everything and lost the keys?

[โ€“] cactus_head@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Whoever invented Piggybacks, should carry the sins of their predecessor on his back to hell.