If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It’s called a lobotomy.

Schulz uses deadpan, dark humor to puncture the fantasy that a good life is one without regret. The joke hinges on an extreme “solution” (a lobotomy) that would blunt memory, judgment, and emotional response—implying that regret is not a removable flaw but a byproduct of being mentally intact and morally responsive. The line reframes regret as evidence of reflection, learning, and care: if you can evaluate past choices, you will sometimes wish you had acted differently. Rather than urging people to eradicate regret, the quip pushes readers to accept it as part of consciousness and to focus on how regret can inform wiser future decisions.