# 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:** 131
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2605 "2021-08-21T23:16:34Z")
Twitter is having a bit of fun, today, about the sign listing items prohibited at tonight’s Trump rally in Alabama: > Note that the faithful may NOT bring guns or ammunition (or toasters!), either. Or umbrellas…which is SO SAD for them given that it’s apparently pouring rain on them, right now: > (photos of both the No-Toasters sign and the Trumpites huddling below tarps, at the links.) (eta: looks as though I can post them here:) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9WFC2xXoAYdRks?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9WFC2xXoAYdRks?format=jpg&name=small) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9VYG39XEAI4U4O?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9VYG39XEAI4U4O?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2606 "2021-08-21T23:28:36Z")
LOL, my, that looks so fun. 😃 “Cigarrettes” is misspelled. Naturally. So many colorful garbage bags ponchos. Almost rainbow-like. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2607 "2021-08-21T23:30:07Z")
I wonder how many of them knew they’d have to ditch their umbrellas before standing around for hours in the rain. No vape pens either. One of the anti-Trump groups -Meidas Touch, IIRC - flys airplanes with _Loserpalozza_ banners over the rallies. I hope they aren’t rained out. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2608 "2021-08-21T23:35:41Z")
Why did they need to add toasters? I just can’t imagine. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2609 "2021-08-21T23:35:59Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > One of the anti-Trump groups -Meidas Touch, IIRC - flys airplanes with _Loserpalozza_ banners over the rallies. I hope they aren’t rained out. … Also, I hope they’re manned. Because that sign _specifically_ prohibits _unmanned_ aircraft systems! And they could be shot down! If only the people on the ground had their guns! I shouldn’t joke about that. Because if they could, they absolutely would. ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2610 "2021-08-21T23:37:15Z")
Not only are balls banned, so are packages. Do they have a MASH unit somewhere? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2611 "2021-08-21T23:40:28Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Why did they need to add toasters? I just can’t imagine. I think that one ties with “Structures” as the weirdest items on the list. What, did they fear the fans would come prepared to actually build a temple to the Golden Donald? (I guess it’s a reasonable area of concern, given the people involved.) \ > [@Aspenglow](#): > > LOL, my, that looks so fun. 😃 > > “Cigarrettes” is misspelled. Naturally. Some on twitter were pretty impressed that they didn’t manage a misspelling in _every_ item on the list. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2612 "2021-08-21T23:41:26Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > “Cigarrettes” is misspelled. Naturally. Also “Appliances (i.e. toasters)” when they meant to say “(e.g.- toasters)”. Good guidance, though. If I was a miscreant intending to sneak into a Trump rally and wreak havoc, the first thing I’d want to bring is a toaster. If I was really, really evil, I’d bring the kind that toasts four slices at a time! I also note the contradiction where “noisemakers” are prohibited, but apparently Trump is allowed in. I won’t say that I hope they all get rained on and all get COVID. No, I won’t say that. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2613 "2021-08-21T23:53:11Z")
Usually when you have something unusual prohibitted, it’s because someone tried to or actually did bring one to a previous event and the organizers decided they weren’t a good idea to have there. So they add an explicit prohibition to the list. So why would anyone want to bring a toaster to a political rally? Did they think there’d be a showing of RHPS?[\*] . [\*] Please do not try to imagine Trump as one of the cast or a fan of RHPS. That way lies madness. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2614 "2021-08-22T00:00:27Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > [\*] Please do not try to imagine Trump as one of the cast or a fan of RHPS. That way lies madness. - He would make a pretty decent Eddie, always assuming he could get his lines/lyrics posted around the stage so he wouldn’t have to remember them. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2615 "2021-08-22T00:10:26Z")
Oh. God. You’ve ruined Eddie for me forever. 🤢 ---
**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:** [August 22, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2616 "2021-08-22T00:11:42Z")
Well, “ruining things” _ **is** _ Donald’s superpower. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2617 "2021-08-22T00:15:01Z")
Touché. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2618 "2021-08-22T00:32:55Z")
Does anyone else find it interesting that they banned e-cigarettes and vapes but not _actual_ cigarettes? And no chairs. I hope everyone there is in good shape, they’re going to be spending a lot of time on their feet. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2619 "2021-08-22T00:39:34Z")
Maybe “structures” means “gallows.” Thats something people brought to a previous big rally. ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2620 "2021-08-22T02:06:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Or umbrellas…which is SO SAD for them given that it’s apparently pouring rain on them, right now: God is telling them to go home and rethink things. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2621 "2021-08-22T02:48:57Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And no chairs. I hope everyone there is in good shape, they’re going to be spending a lot of time on their feet. “Anyone need a pillow or two?” ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2622 "2021-08-22T03:35:05Z")
Peak Schadenfreude. This is what this thread is about. Trump tells crowd to get vaccine. GETS BOOED! > ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2623 "2021-08-22T04:07:29Z")
Too little, too late, dude. > [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I like LegalEgle and all… but that’s a waist of money in my opinion. Kind of a belt-and-suspenders thing? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2624 "2021-08-22T04:29:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Trump tells crowd to get vaccine. GETS BOOED! So even he has lost control of his own creation – or at least most used tool. [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=130) [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=132)