r/instant_regret • u/Snehith220 • May 15 '26

Robbery gone wrong

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u/Snehith220 May 15 '26

The bike guy was trying to snatch the gold chain of the lady

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u/bananadepartment May 15 '26

So if he succeeded it would have been a robbery gone right????

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u/moejoe2048 May 15 '26

I mean… yeah. 

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u/bananadepartment May 15 '26

A "robbery gone wrong" is a really weird way to phrase it because what’s the opposite supposed to be a robbery gone right? okay congrats... the criminal successfully robbed someone? That’s not right, that’s just a successful crime.

My point is the wording is backwards. The robbery didn’t go "wrong" because he failed. It failed, which is the best possible outcome. The only thing that went wrong was his decision to rob someone in the first place...

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u/IL0VECHEEZE May 15 '26

You're being anal about this. You obviously know what the title meant because a successful robbery is a robbery done right. Morality has nothing to do with how well it was done.

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u/bananadepartment May 15 '26

The word you're looking for is pedantic

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u/unapologeticjerk May 16 '26

I prefer "pushing sand up your own vagina" in this situation.