# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2245 "2021-07-27T21:12:33Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Didn’t they get taken in by fake Dead Sea Scroll fragments or something a while back? What is it with Hobby Lobby and ancient artifacts? > [@Kimstu](#): > > Rich western evangelicals are some of the worst when it comes to irresponsibly encouraging traffic in historical artifacts that can be in any way characterized as “biblical”. I wouldn’t mind so much if their greed and carelessness about provenance were just resulting in their ignorantly getting conned into buying forgeries, but a lot of this stuff is genuine antiquities whose historical and scholarly import is being significantly degraded by illegal looting and trafficking. Anyone else getting an L. Bob Rife (from _Snow Crash_) vibe here? I’d say we should be on the lookout for people babbling incoherently but this _is_ a Trump thread. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2246 "2021-07-27T21:14:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’d say we should be on the lookout for people babbling incoherently but this _is_ a Trump thread. Is Trump going to start posting here? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2247 "2021-07-27T21:23:36Z")
God I hope not. We’d have to stop calling him names outside the Pit, and it would probably take 5 years for him to get banned for trolling. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2248 "2021-07-28T00:26:06Z")
…I’m sure he’d _try_ to dox himself and let everyone on the board know the stable genius is here now. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2249 "2021-07-28T00:30:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > …I’m sure he’d _try_ to dox himself and let everyone on the board know the stable genius is here now. - Well, he could try. But I predict that most people would think it was Smapti under a new account name. (Think of how frustrating that would be for Donald!!! 😃) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2250 "2021-07-28T00:46:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (Think of how frustrating that would be for Donald!!! 😃) It would be, and likely foil his self-doxxing attmempt, sending him into simian-like back-flips of unglued protestation. For a username, I’m trying ot remember the name of his friend that he often referenced back in '16. _No one_ would guess. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2251 "2021-07-28T00:56:28Z")
Dear G-d, I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels like we’re living a low-budget version of _Snow Crash_, one that is only ever so slightly less dysfunctional. Same cultishs following a self-proclaimed messiah who is in it for the power and control, propped up by wealth, black business dealings, and the trappings of faith. And while we’re not as politically/nationally fragmented as that world, seeing different jurisdictions in America heave-ho common sense during the pandemic in order to fulfil the delusions of Trump and his did make me feel we were close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2252 "2021-07-28T01:56:26Z")
Ok. So I’m reading Landslide, the book by Michael Wolff about Trump and the election. So many things making me laugh out loud, but this is the best so far - (talking about prep for the first debate) > Rudy Giuliani came once, but no one wanted him back. His phone rang constantly, and he couldn’t shut it off. He shuffled endless pieces of paper without being able to find out what he was looking for. He couldn’t work his iPad to bring up what he wanted to show, reliably stalling meetings. And he went down rabbit holes - they could get Hunter Biden, if they could just find the guy who signed the forms to get Hunter the waiver to get into the military. **And he passed gas, constantly.** Bolding is mine. 😂🤣😂 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2253 "2021-07-28T02:44:15Z")
Sounds like he needed to get his shit together. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2254 "2021-07-28T03:33:12Z")
Cracks in the armor: > **[GOP’s Jake Ellzey wins US House seat over Trump-backed rival](https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-health-texas-coronavirus-pandemic-house-elections-4cfb18cd70718446e37aed248aac82ff)** > > AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over a rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former president a defeat in a test of his endorsement power since leaving office. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2255 "2021-07-28T07:45:26Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > For a username, I’m trying ot remember the name of his friend that he often referenced back in '16. “This is the first time **JohnBarron** has posted!” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2256 "2021-07-28T14:44:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “This is the first time **JohnBarron** has posted!” “JohnBarron” has been banned for being a racist, unintelligible idiot" “This is the first time **David\_Dennison** has posted!” ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2257 "2021-07-28T14:51:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Well, he could try. But I predict that most people would think it was Smapti under a new account name. > > (Think of how frustrating that would be for Donald!!! 😃) I wonder if we could goad him into posting his tax returns. “No, reveal something that isn’t public knowledge about Trump!” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2258 "2021-07-28T19:09:50Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Ok. So I’m reading Landslide, the book by Michael Wolff about Trump and the election. So many things making me laugh out loud, but this is the best so far - (talking about prep for the first debate) > > > Rudy Giuliani came once, but no one wanted him back. His phone rang constantly, and he couldn’t shut it off. He shuffled endless pieces of paper without being able to find out what he was looking for. He couldn’t work his iPad to bring up what he wanted to show, reliably stalling meetings. And he went down rabbit holes - they could get Hunter Biden, if they could just find the guy who signed the forms to get Hunter the waiver to get into the military. **And he passed gas, constantly.** > > Bolding is mine. 😂🤣😂 I read that book last week. It’s full of tidbits like this but in general, the book pissed me off a little bit towards the end, and anyone that calls the book “a hit piece” should read it. Because the trajectory of Michael Wolfe’s narrative is that Trump and the clowns around him were so transparently inept and stupid that the Democrats were being disingenuous by pretending that they constituted an actual threat. He’s really harsh about the second impeachment, practically accusing the Democrats, with the money and power of the state on their side, of persecuting poor little private citizen Trump, who was unable to find a decent lawyer that he could afford, for doing nothing more than “being Trump”. He clearly saw Trumps actions on January 6th as nothing more than “Trump being Trump”. In general, Wolfe has always considered Trump to be like a toddler, mentally incapable of seeing the probable consequences of his actions…and Wolfe seems to feel that lessens Trump’s capability, al least with regards to January 6th. It was a kind of annoying end to the story arc of that book, but it’s still worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2259 "2021-07-28T19:28:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > “JohnBarron” has been banned for being a racist, unintelligible idiot" > > “This is the first time **David\_Dennison** has posted!” “I like the way Pmurt thinks!” ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2260 "2021-07-28T19:41:48Z")
It was a Republican vs. Republican race, where the Democrat got barely edged out in the primary - which means he got the votes of most Democrats who voted. And its suburban Dallas ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2261 "2021-07-28T19:57:38Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Wolfe seems to feel that lessens Trump’s capability Capability, or culpability? I think Wolfe is wrong. Trump’s incapability does not excuse his culpability. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2262 "2021-07-28T20:15:24Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > “This is the first time **JohnBarron** has posted!” > > “JohnBarron” has been banned for being a racist, unintelligible idiot" > > “This is the first time **David\_Dennison** has posted!” **David\_Dennison** has been banned for being a sock. This is the first time **JohnDennison** has posted! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2263 "2021-07-28T21:28:04Z")
**JohnDennison** Guest You can’t restrict my first amendment rights! The sleepy moderators are out of control. They allow illegals to post anything they want while banning God-Loving Americans! I’m adding this site to my massively bigly lawsuit against Twitter and Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2264 "2021-07-28T21:36:51Z")
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