r/instant_regret↗
"What have I done..."
Instant Regret (in'-stint rē-gret') n. a subreddit dedicated to deliberate actions that unexpectedly lead to undesirable consequences and horrible results; things which may cause someone to say, "oh man, did I just screw the pooch!"
4.5M subscribers89 posts / mo in Sep 202676 authors / mosince 2014
r/instant_regret has 4.5M members (+0.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 89 posts a month from 76 people. Top topics: Bottle Flipping & Opens, Cat Adventures & Oddities and Cat Fights & Feuds.
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- Bottle Flipping & Opens0.4%
- Cat Adventures & Oddities0.3%
- Cat Fights & Feuds0.3%
- Soccer Goals0.3%
- Kid Saves0.3%
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- Yahoo!
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