# 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:** 128
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2545 "2021-08-14T18:23:54Z")
I like LegalEgle and all… but that’s a waist of money in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2546 "2021-08-16T17:43:51Z")
The thing that surprised me about this, was how long Rudy actually spent on the message. I would think that most of the messages are just really short: “Happy 50th Birthday Sue, wishing you all the best for a happy year Rudy.” The end. While the one he did for the legal eagle actually went on for several sentences, ending with an offer to appear on the site. You could hear the desperation in his voice. That of a drowning man being thrown a life preserver of 2 million subscribers just out of reach. I would not be surprised if Rudy did actually to the research on Legal Eagle but still thought that there might be a slim chance that getting on his site might possibly resuscitate his rapidly fading relevance. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2547 "2021-08-16T17:55:26Z")
> **[Cardinal Raymond Burke, COVID Skeptic, on Ventilator With Virus](https://www.newsweek.com/cardinal-raymond-burke-known-covid-skepticism-ventilator-after-contracting-virus-1619815)** > > "Please pray for me as I begin my recovery," Burke said in a tweet on August 10 in which he announced he'd contracted the virus. > He also has criticized how governments have handled the pandemic, referring to the virus in a homily last December as the “Wuhan virus,” a derogatory term coined by former President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) to describe the coronavirus and warning people that governments were manipulating them. In May 2020, he spoke out against mandatory vaccinations, saying some in society want to implant microchips in people. When intolerant religion and conspiracy theory combines, it’s like an evil Captain Planet. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2548 "2021-08-16T18:14:13Z")
Typical right-wing projection. Planting a microchip is what he would do, if he could. Let us not forget the backstory in V for Vendetta, where the religiously fanatical fascistic leader secretly used a hideous and deadly virus on the public and withheld the cure until he got the power he wanted. Fiction, or foretelling? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2549 "2021-08-16T18:34:45Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > When intolerant religion and conspiracy theory combines, it’s like an evil Captain Planet. I think of it like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, except with shit and bile rather than chocolate and peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2550 "2021-08-16T18:42:41Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > [Cardinal Raymond Burke, Known for COVID Skepticism, on Ventilator After Contracting Virus](https://www.newsweek.com/cardinal-raymond-burke-known-covid-skepticism-ventilator-after-contracting-virus-1619815) - Looks like that prayer thing didn’t work out so well after all. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2551 "2021-08-16T20:14:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Looks like that prayer thing didn’t work out so well after all. Or maybe God simply said “No. I already sent you a vaccine.” ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2552 "2021-08-16T20:21:29Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Let us not forget the backstory in V for Vendetta, where the religiously fanatical fascistic leader secretly used a hideous and deadly virus on the public and withheld the cure until he got the power he wanted. Fiction, or foretelling? Now that you mention it… I seem to recall something right before the election, [what was it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dystopian-movie-do-you-feel-the-us-is-headed-for/924844/1)? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2553 "2021-08-16T22:36:43Z")
And masks. And soap. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2554 "2021-08-16T23:27:46Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I would not be surprised if Rudy did actually to the research on Legal Eagle but still thought that there might be a slim chance that getting on his site might possibly resuscitate his rapidly fading relevance. Can’t find it online, but it reminds me of a scene in _Morituri_ that’s stuck to me this day. During WWII a German merchantman is sabotaged and sinking. The first mate, who is a Nazi prick,\* is climbing down a handline when he’s slammed against the side and drops into the water, dazed. Three sailors who hate his guts are in a life raft and spot him floundering so one of them reaches out from the front saying, “Come on! You can make it!” Meanwhile the other two are back watering just enough to match his speed until he goes under. [_Morituri_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morituri_(1965_film)) \*He shot a teen girl in the head because she was jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2555 "2021-08-17T00:43:38Z")
Yes, exactly what I had in mind. I spent some time trying to find that movie so I could include a link to the scene in my post, but couldn’t remember the name. Now I have the clip. Thanks for the assist [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BGHatqGTw) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2556 "2021-08-17T20:23:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Trump really is stiffing Giuliani and this has truly put a hurt in Giuliani’s finances. I mean, you read the stories and all, but when you see that Rudes is _offering Cameo messages for $275 a shot_ , that’s just verification on a whole other level: Trying to decide if it would be worth $275 to get a shout out from Rudy to my good friend, Mr. Bopha D. Snutts. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2557 "2021-08-17T23:56:41Z")
I’m tempted to suggest a pool for costs with a contest for the recipients name. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2558 "2021-08-18T01:41:53Z")
So then… Yeah, I wasted some money, alright. Was gonna post in MPSIMS the Giuliani cameo I arranged for my brother, but his full name was in there, which was just a _little_ too doxey for me, otherwise you folks would’ve been subjected to RG’s glad tidings for my brother’s three recently-landed projects, as well as his confusion over my brother’s love of the Rangers (of Glasgow - the “gow” he pronounced rhyming with “cow”), along with other inanities. Not my most prudent investment. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2559 "2021-08-18T08:59:07Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Glasgow - the “gow” he pronounced rhyming with “cow” Lol, how is it pronounced? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2560 "2021-08-18T09:39:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, how is it pronounced? Gow, as in snow. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2561 "2021-08-18T09:54:51Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, how is it pronounced? Incoherently, if you’re from there. I keed, I keed… ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2562 "2021-08-18T14:08:29Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, how is it pronounced? Um, what? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2563 "2021-08-18T14:12:05Z")
It’s pronounced, “Throatwobbler Mangrove”. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2564 "2021-08-18T14:23:48Z")
Iss “glazgee”, yeh feckin bawbag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=129)