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Now there is a case to be made that control freaks and perfectionists should not get tattoos, and I'm going to return to that point in a few minutes.
那么有一點就是控制狂和完美主義者千萬別紋身,一會兒我會提到這一點。
But first I want to say that the intensity and persistence with which we experience these emotional components of regret is obviously going to vary depending on the specific thing that we're feeling regretful about.
首先是我們體驗到的懊悔各階段的強度和持久度，很顯然是取決于后悔的特定對象。
So for instance, here's one of my favorite automatic generators of regret in modern life.
比如這就是一個常常導致我后悔的例子。
Right. And the amazing thing about this really insidious technological innovation is that even just with this one thing, we can experience a huge range of regret.
是的。這個狡猾的技術發明的奇特之處就是，僅僅是這樣一個東西就足夠讓你無比后悔。
You know, you can accidentally hit "reply all" to an email and torpedo a relationship.
你知道，你可能不小心點了這個按鈕，然后斷送了一段戀愛。
Or you can just have an incredibly embarrassing day at work. Or you can have your last day at work.
或者就是在辦公室里羞愧地想鉆地洞或者被炒魷魚。
And this doesn't even touch on the really profound regrets of a life.
這些比起真正的生命中的遺憾完全不算什么。
Because of course, sometimes we do make decisions that have irrevocable and terrible consequences,
因為有時候我們的決定會導致無可挽回的結果，
either for our own or for other people's health and happiness and livelihoods, and in the very worst case scenario, even their lives.
也許是關于自己或者別人的健康、幸福或者生活之類，最嚴重的是涉及到別人的生命。
Now obviously, those kinds of regrets are incredibly piercing and enduring.
很顯然那些遺憾會無比痛苦且持久。
I mean, even the stupid "reply all" regrets can leave us in a fit of excruciating agony for days.
甚至僅僅是愚蠢的“恢復給所有人”就能折磨我們好幾天。
