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44wax Donating Member (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:28 PM
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What is schadenfreude?
Is it similiar to talking smack and feeling bulletproof?
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:29 PM
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It's feeling good when other people are hurt
NT.
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:29 PM
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1. It's feeling good when other people are hurt
NT.
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44wax Donating Member (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:31 PM
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2. thanks kd
I gotta stay hip to the latest.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:33 PM
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3. It's having joy because of others having mishaps and accidents
EOM
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 02:34 PM
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4. Literally: "Shameful Joy" n/t
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scottxyz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 03:17 PM
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5. Not "shameful" joy
Schaden = Damage, Pain
Freude = Joy

feeling joy at someone else's pain

(You're thinking "Schande" maybe - that means "shame".)
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scottxyz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 03:18 PM
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6. kind of like "gloating" - over someone else's misfortune
n/t
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AWD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-03 03:28 PM
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7. Well...
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid.

No, wait...that's irony.

No, wait. It isn't even that. Alanis, you suck.
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