Ever experienced Schadenfreude?

John Doe1

That is pleasure from the misfortune of others. I dont usually and i know its a bad trait but I found out today that the guy who bullied me for 2 years in secondary school is about 5 stone overweight and hasnt had a job since school. :cool:

wendell borton

"Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him."

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John Doe1

wendell borton wrote: »

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The bible is a load of bollocks.:D

token101

John Doe1 wrote: »

The bible is a load of bollocks.:D

No it's not! They hate gay people, and you obviously skipped over the chapter where Jesus married a hooker.

Mickey Dazzler

I take great joy in watching the misfortune of others. Great joy.

lazygal

When Gay Mitchell lost the presidential race and didn't get enough votes to get money back for election expenses.
When O Snodaigh was caught out with the printer thing, shows SF are just the same as the rest.
When John O'Donoghue lost his seat and then gave that interview showing he was obviously still bulling over it.

wendell borton

John Doe1 wrote: »

The bible is a load of bollocks.:D

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.

Bollocks yes, but it sounds good.

Sarky

Schadenfreude is about the only thing that gets me out of bed in the mornings.

MungBean

John Doe1 wrote: »

That is pleasure from the misfortune of others. I dont usually and i know its a bad trait but I found out today that the guy who bullied me for 2 years in secondary school is about 5 stone overweight and hasnt had a job since school. :cool:

Was it the teacher who bullied you ?

pragmatic1

wendell borton wrote: »

Bollocks yes, but it sounds good.

Tarantino made up most of that, its not actually in the bible.

pragmatic1

All the time OP. Its one of lifes little pleasures.

AngryBollix

Life just wouldnt be worth living if we couldnt revel in the misfortune of others.

Lets be honest and admit to ourselves that 99.99999% of the people we encounter in life have never been, are not and never will be anymore than a mere acquaintance

WindSock

Yeah I had a friend who seemed to take enjoyment from kicking you when you're down.

Had.

The King of Moo

Yes, in the most petty ways possible.

Like if I directly disagree with someone in a thread on Boards, especially in a serious discussion, and my post gets more thanks than theirs, I'll take a childish joy in the public demonstration that they're wrong and I'm right.

Conversely, if their post gets more thanks than mine, I'll seethe, and hold a grudge against all the users who thanked their post.

Born to Die

WindSock wrote: »

Yeah I had a friend who seemed to take enjoyment from kicking you when you're down.

Had.

Same here, I had a "friend" who is the most self absorbed human being I have ever met and who constantly took pleasure in other people's misfortune.

If you can't laugh at other peoples misfortune what can you laugh at?

Chain_reaction

Diana Huge Violist wrote: »

If you can't laugh at other peoples misfortune what can you laugh at?

We're Irish, its part of our culture.

Where To

Experience it?

I can't even pronounce it!

Sean.

Thanks for the new word OP! Next time I do better than somebody on a test I'm going to wring my hands together, look at them and say maniacally, "Schadenfreude!"

Lawrence1895

Chain_reaction wrote: »

We're Irish, its part of our culture.

But the word itself is German

OS119

my guilty schadenfreude came from the delicious irony of, i'm afarid to say rather a lot of Irish people, proclaiming to the world that Ireland was the richest country in Europe/the World/the Universe - and then watching it implode and going cap in hand to the IMF and borrowing £7billion from HM treasury...

there were some pretty obnoxious celtic tigers around London before the crash, and their boastful sneering (which, for a country without a national health system, virtually no railways, and until recently hadn't had two cities connected by motorway was, i thought, a little premature) meant that there wasn't a lot of sympathy forthcoming when the train hit the buffers.

special pleasure was of course derived from watching FF fall apart in glorious technicolour.