# 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:** 154
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3065 "2021-10-05T01:20:12Z")
“Ix, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 missing weirding modules. I think you will be highly rewarded by the Landsraad.” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3066 "2021-10-05T01:25:07Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > It would be better if the sub title was “Many people say this is the Grandest & Greatest Dune Book of Them All!” With tears in their eyes. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3067 "2021-10-05T01:43:18Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I’m no Freudian, but if there ever was phallic symbolism, it’s this. Though it doesn’t resemble a mushroom… I am so tempted to go all nerd rage on you. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3068 "2021-10-05T02:08:11Z")
Why 😂? Have I broken some unwritten law? I don’t know a thing about “Dune”, haven’t read the books or saw any of the films, only saw the documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune project, which would’ve been awesome if realized. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3069 "2021-10-05T03:28:38Z")
I might be tempted to go all ragey on all this nerdy dune stuff. 🙃 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3070 "2021-10-05T03:41:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I am so tempted to go all nerd rage on you. “Why? There is no why, there is only nerd rage . . . and flame.” From one of my favorite Cracked moments, before it was 100% lists and plasties. Quote is around 2:31. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/buyUoGJVZFM/maxresdefault.jpg "The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Gaming") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buyUoGJVZFM) Another quote, which should be applied to Trump and his ilk “Maybe in your next life, though you’ll probably reincarnate as a scabby weasel.” Although several of the Trumpykins already resemble that remark… Hmmmm. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3071 "2021-10-05T11:26:08Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Why 😂? Have I broken some unwritten law? I meant I could have said “No no no, it’s not a phallic symbol. Leto Atreides gave up his humanity to merge with the sandworms and thus gain the prescience needed to save the universe and rule Arrakis for 3,500 years, blah blah blah” – the way a nerd would react if somebody confused Star Wars and Star Trek. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3072 "2021-10-05T12:07:50Z")
Or, as the prophet Freud said in the Orange Catholic Bible: ‘Sometimes a worm is just a spice shitting machine.’ ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3073 "2021-10-05T12:26:51Z")
What will all the white mouth-breathing Trumpist would-be nerd-boys do once they figure out the majority of the characters in Dune are some store brand variety of ‘moos-lem’? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3074 "2021-10-05T12:33:38Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > What will all the white mouth-breathing Trumpist would-be nerd-boys do once they figure out the majority of the characters in Dune are some store brand variety of ‘moos-lem’? - That would require _reading_. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3075 "2021-10-05T13:39:30Z")
Maybe it’s a coral fungus. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPTWK44hDwQjt4LqpSNOaf6EE4UNfSfacDwQ&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPTWK44hDwQjt4LqpSNOaf6EE4UNfSfacDwQ&usqp=CAU) Trump is more of a stinkhorn. It looks like an diseased dick, smells like rotting meat, and grows in rotten wood. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTUDb0no0RKJXqMb9BV6N1YQf1Wq1JyUg2PQ&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTUDb0no0RKJXqMb9BV6N1YQf1Wq1JyUg2PQ&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3076 "2021-10-05T14:03:08Z")
Beat me to it with the Phallus impudicus! [ ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3077 "2021-10-05T14:46:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That would require _reading_ . I’m pretty sure MAGAtrash can’t do that without moving their lips. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3078 "2021-10-05T20:38:09Z")
Individual 1 has dropped off the Forbes top 400 richest people for the first time in a quarter century. > **[Trump drops off Forbes 400 list for first time in 25 years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/05/donald-trump-forbes-400-list/)** > > Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops the ranking for the fourth year running, followed by Tesla’s Elon Musk. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3079 "2021-10-05T20:59:06Z")
Oh, to be a fly in the wall in Mar-a-lago. "Quick! Someone get the soundtrack to “Cats!” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3080 "2021-10-05T21:56:05Z")
Suing in 3… 2… 1… ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3081 "2021-10-05T21:58:56Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > "Quick! Someone get the soundtrack to “Cats!” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K80ZNAJqKM8/hqdefault.jpg "Big Daddy - Memory") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K80ZNAJqKM8) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3082 "2021-10-05T22:42:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 has dropped off the Forbes top 400 richest people for the first time in a quarter century. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/05/donald-trump-forbes-400-list](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/05/donald-trump-forbes-400-list) By several accounts he probably didn’t have any legitimate place on the list in many of those years—a lot of his ‘net worth’ was based on the value he himself put on his brand, for example. Still, this is nice to see. It makes you wonder how much he actually is raking in from his delusional fans–not enough to make him rich? Or have saner heads prevailed and that money is being squirreled away\* extra-legally, and therefore not being counted as part of his net worth? \*Hail South Dakota, beloved of tax-avoiders! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3083 "2021-10-05T22:45:31Z")
Do any of T-Rumps activities as president count as racketeering? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/3084 "2021-10-05T22:47:21Z")
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