# 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:** 135
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2685 "2021-08-26T14:15:11Z")
Why doesn’t Lindell consider Trump’s birthday, whenever that is? I’m afraid to look it up. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2686 "2021-08-26T14:29:40Z")
Missed it already - it was June 14. Flag Day! [![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62afecc6f79206ba4e06dad664682813bc1dd971/0_127_3002_1801/master/3002.jpg?width=1020&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ea413b521fa9e8edcce76465768cae32) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62afecc6f79206ba4e06dad664682813bc1dd971/0_127_3002_1801/master/3002.jpg?width=1020&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ea413b521fa9e8edcce76465768cae32) ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2687 "2021-08-26T15:32:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “Next year in ~~Jerusalem~~ Washington DC!” 🏌️‍♂️ 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2688 "2021-08-26T15:42:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Why doesn’t Lindell consider Trump’s birthday ♪ ♩ ♬ Happy Birthday, you fink You belong in the clink You need bleach injections To get rid of your stink! ♫ ♩ ♬ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2689 "2021-08-26T15:53:28Z")
According to my calculations there are still about 380+ years. ---
**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 26, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2690 "2021-08-26T15:58:24Z")
Hah, I really like this version! ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2691 "2021-08-26T17:07:29Z")
> **[Seven US Capitol Police officers sue former President Trump, Stop the Steal...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/politics/capitol-police-officers-sue-donald-trump-rally-organizers/index.html)** > > Seven US Capitol Police officers are suing former President Donald Trump, Stop the Steal rally organizers and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of spreading lies, using White supremacist sentiments to attempt to overthrow the 2020... This makes me a reasonable amount of happy. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2692 "2021-08-26T17:07:35Z")
According to Cardigan’s linked Salon article, Lindell actually said this: “But remember everybody, we have to melt down the [voting] machines to make prison bars out of them!” The man is loony tunes… ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2693 "2021-08-26T17:10:51Z")
It will make me a reasonable amount of happy **if** they prevail. ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2694 "2021-08-26T17:36:55Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > According to Cardigan’s linked Salon article, Lindell actually said this: > > “But remember everybody, we have to melt down the [voting] machines to make prison bars out of them!” > > The man is loony tunes… What are prison bars? Is it a new protein food? ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2695 "2021-08-26T17:39:42Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > What are prison bars? Is it a new protein food? I think it has to do with weightlifting. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2696 "2021-08-26T17:54:46Z")
I guess what I find most puzzling where prophecy is concerned is WHY would anyone choose a date in the near future? I mean if someone wants to bill themselves as some kind of Prophet you’d think they’d want to choose dates for events well into the future. Preferably long after they’re gone and there will be no negative consequences when one is demonstrably wrong. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2697 "2021-08-26T18:01:31Z")
If you push the date out too far, there will be another Presidential election. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2698 "2021-08-26T18:03:57Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I guess what I find most puzzling where prophecy is concerned is WHY would anyone choose a date in the near future? 1. True believers who are deluding themselves. 2. Grifters who need their marks to have a sense of urgency. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2699 "2021-08-26T18:56:04Z")
Logic has nothing to do with it. Lindell’s approach is to write a lot of names of conservatives on a whiteboard and connect them with arrows. He thinks this is what physicists did when they wrote equations on a chalkboard. They made it look smart enough, and we split the atom as a result. Therefore, miracles will magically ensue if he does a lot of smart-looking chicken scratching. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2700 "2021-08-26T19:11:30Z")
“I wasn’t wrong! When I said August 13th I was talking in hexadecimal!” ---
**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 26, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2701 "2021-08-26T23:03:35Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > What are prison bars? Is it a new protein food? Prison bars are where they serve pruno. > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > “I wasn’t wrong! When I said August 13th I was talking in hexadecimal!” Based on Lindell’s demonstrated grasp of technology, he’d probably think “hexadecimal” is a curse that witches put on computers. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2702 "2021-08-27T01:04:42Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Based on Lindell’s demonstrated grasp of technology, he’d probably think “hexadecimal” is a curse that witches put on computers. “But all our 340 jiggawatts of bin files are, er, hecadeximal, aren’t they? There, proof of fraud!” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2703 "2021-08-27T01:54:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Based on Lindell’s demonstrated grasp of technology, he’d probably think “hexadecimal” is a curse that witches put on computers. And he’d advise tying [one of these](https://www.amazon.com/74LS04-Inverter-7404-Integrated-Circuit/dp/B00I6ICKAQ) to the pillow you’re going to buy from him. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2704 "2021-08-27T04:46:23Z")
I see Lindell’s “Situation Room” as being rather [Pepe Silvia-esque](https://youtu.be/_nTpsv9PNqo), only less coherent. [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=134) [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=136)