Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 13, 2019

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Schadenfreude = pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.We do this online now (not content to revel in another’s misfortune, we now stream it live)

It’s German for “happiness at the misfortune of others!”

“Happiness at the misfortune of others.” That is German!

If you can´t have succes for yourself, you can always enjoy the misfortune of others.

Kind weak today. Schadenfreude = malicious joy

The (unseen) investors in THAT theme park are sure smiling all the way to the bank.

The opposite end reads, “Tunnel of Seligkeitfreude.” Over there people are toasting and celebrating the lovers who made it through.

SCHADENFREUDE: pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.

nounsatisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune

from Google —-pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.“a business that thrives on schadenfreude”

This is why you need to learn other languages. Otherwise you might pronounce it “Shaidenfroood”. (gack!)

It’s not that we enjoy others discomfort more these days, we just take more pictures of it and post it on line for our friends to see. Makes it a bit more obvious. The more hits and likes the greater the schadenfreude.

isn’t that the idea of the practical joke?

One of my favorite words…..

If u have to look it up, it looses something……..I lost something

In Ireland, its called Begrudgery – a national pastime!

Its at the opposite end of the Tunnel of Love.

Schadenfreude: The rest of the world watching U.S. politics. Followed by “Ich habe es dir gesagt”! ( I told you so)

Wiley apparently they don’t get your intent haha

Schadenfreude: the exact premise of America’s Funniest Home Videos. haha! :D

I’m happy they wrecked BEFORE entering that soul-sucking tunnel. Far too many humans have already been harmed there.

Aber, das kann doch nichts schaden! (Aw, come on, that can’t have hurt that much!)A little water? Tsk, tsk!

Schadenfreude meaning: a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else.

They’re all actually taking selfies. It’s sort of reverse schadenfreude.

defined as pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.

Reminds me of my last trip to the water park!

We have another great word. It’s a verb and its name is “fremdschämen”. Its meaning is “to be embarrassed by somebody else doing something incomprehensibly embarrassing, and you wished the ground on which your feet are walking would open and devour you”.

it means taking pleasure in somebody else’s misfortune

So, in this tunnel, All the boats get crashed into the concrete so that other people can Laugh.

Sad but True: 75% of the jokes that most people find Hilarious rely on Schadenfreude for their “humor”.

What? No Sharks????

Schadenfreude = taking joy from the mishaps of others.

Schadenfreude definition is – enjoyment obtained from the troubles of other