We all know that social media has a very long memory when it comes to the mistakes we make. But while many platforms have started to let us edit our posts, Twitter offers no such kindness.
Rather, we're faced with "live with it" or "delete."
Needless to say (seeing as they ended up on this list) these tweets probably should have just been deleted. And maybe they were. But not before they were memorialized forever in screenshotted greatness.
First off, let's take this popular one.
No, you can't change the cosmos. And given you had to ask this question, it's probably a good thing this Twitter user can't.Wow. All the editing in the world wouldn't fix this gem.
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Well, we better get started then!
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You can take back the tweet, but...
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Can someone help these folks identify a bay leaf?
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Or don't, but they're clearly struggling. We've covered this in great detail.
Let's keep wading through these.
I understand how you could THINK that.
But you wrote it out and everything!It's not nighttime all at once for everyone, dude.
Time zones are more elusive than I thought!Wait, you mean the third word?
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I'd say that money is the least of your worries if you're sporting that case.
Return to sender (or prepare for a lot of unpleasant interactions).When you can't even do a dumb, rebellious act properly.
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