# 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:** 250
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4987 "2022-04-10T20:14:22Z")
Back when computer graphics was just getting off the ground – we’re talking pre-Macintosh, never mind Windows – I was working for Litton Industries and the word went out, “_Please_ don’t draw up our logo. Use one of these files instead.” [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AfMAAOSwpChhLFN3/s-l400.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AfMAAOSwpChhLFN3/s-l400.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4988 "2022-04-10T21:43:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Maybe that’s what happened here. Devin said “Hey, here’s a company with a **T** logo, let’s just use theirs. Hey, _Cow_ orker Bessie, cud you just change this a little and put it on our website? Thanks!” I see what you did there. We _ **all** _ see what you did there. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4989 "2022-04-10T22:26:23Z")
Isn’t this the same crew that copied Michelle Obama’s speech and the cake from Barak’s inauguration? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4990 "2022-04-10T22:37:05Z")
The initials “TS” also suggest a deeper message to those who put their faith in The Orange One to lead them to a brighter future…. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4991 "2022-04-10T22:45:34Z")
Donald J. Trump is one impractical cat. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4992 "2022-04-10T23:17:12Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Isn’t this the same crew that copied Michelle Obama’s speech and the cake from Barak’s inauguration? Indeed. The Orange Peril’s trophy Slovenian hooker plagiarized Michelle Obama not once, but at least three times. The most famous incident was her 2016 Republican convention speech, but she did it again two years later at one of her “Be Best” campaign speeches, and yet again in a related pamphlet they published. I understand she is currently studying Michelle Obama’s _Becoming_, in anticipation of writing her own biography, _Absconding_. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4993 "2022-04-10T23:40:04Z")
“T” huh? I guess “CFSG” was too wordy and “Pravda” was a little too close to the _truth_. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4994 "2022-04-11T00:54:54Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I understand she is currently studying Michelle Obama’s _Becoming_ , in anticipation of writing her own biography, _Absconding_ . I have been unfair. I just had the opportunity to see the first few sentences of a draft of the Slovenian hooker’s biography, and it’s totally different from Michelle Obama’s book, and entirely original. The preface to Obama’s book begins thus: > When I was a kid, my aspirations were simple. I wanted a dog. I wanted a house that had stairs in it—two floors for one family. I wanted, for some reason, a four-door station wagon instead of the two-door Buick that was my father’s pride and joy. I used to tell people that when I grew up, I was going to be a pediatrician. Whereas the preface to Melania’s book can be seen here to be entirely original, with a charm and elegance all its own: > When I was a kid, my aspirations were simple. I wanted a sugar daddy. One who would give me expensive shiny things yet be so imbecilic and shallow as to have no awareness whatsoever. I wanted a house that had elevators in it – gilded ones – 58 floors for one family. I wanted, for some reason, four four-carat diamonds on a pearl necklace instead of the cheap two-diamond imitation that my mother used to wear as she prowled the dim streets of Bratislava every night in pursuit of her profession. I used to tell people that when I grew up, I would really not care about anything, and would have a jacket to prove it. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4995 "2022-04-11T02:36:44Z")
:: wipes away a tear :: ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4996 "2022-04-11T14:54:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > sn’t this the same crew that copied Michelle Obama’s speech and the cake from Barak’s inauguration? This is not surprising. This crew likely scraped through school by plagiarizing essays, and copying homework off other kids. They learned that this was how you did work. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4997 "2022-04-11T15:45:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > the Slovenian hooker I know this is the pit, but c’mon. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4998 "2022-04-11T15:54:57Z")
Technically accurate: > **[Nonreligious Questions](https://www.patheos.com/nonreligious-questions/)** > > Whether you’ve been turned off by religion in the past or have a question about one of the world’s religions, check out what Patheos has to offer. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/4999 "2022-04-11T16:02:43Z")
I’m no fan of Melania but it really creeps me out that they did that. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5000 "2022-04-11T16:03:36Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s a joke article: > The Trump administration has yet to officially respond to the Dutch situation. Many on the White House are urging President Trump to build a border wall with the Netherlands. Others believe it’s just more ammunition they can use in the 2020 election. “We’re going to energize our base with this outrage,” one staffer asserted. “This is the best thing to happen to us since the boss said he loved grabbing women by the pussy.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5001 "2022-04-11T16:13:34Z")
Yeah, it’s a joke. Not a terribly funny one. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5002 "2022-04-11T16:20:17Z")
They fact checked their own article. > **[FACT CHECK: Melania Was A Sex Worker In Amsterdam](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/2021/03/fact-check-melania-was-a-sex-worker-in-amsterdam/)** > > Former First Lady of the United States Melania Trump was and still is a registered sex worker in Amsterdam. The facts don't lie. OTOH, Google can’t find this anywhere else so maybe its a meta-joke. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5003 "2022-04-11T16:35:56Z")
He fact checked his own fact check > **[Is This Satire? - Laughing in Disbelief](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/is-this-satire/)** > > Atheism is for everyone. Hello, my name is Andrew Hall and I’m the author of Laughing in Disbelief. Before getting to business I just want to thank you (I clicked a link on the fact checking above. It’s fact checking all the way down!) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5004 "2022-04-11T18:10:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They could have picked an image to represent truth, or used the whole name “Truth Social” The project’s goal is explicitly to copy other popular social websites, and is run by a bunch of old guys who don’t understand technology. That they didn’t get creative with it isn’t particular amazing. I’ll also note that while Twitter does have the bird icon, they also commonly use a ‘t’ icon; and Facebook just uses the letter ‘f’. A stylized single letter is pretty common for the space that they’re targeting. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5005 "2022-04-11T18:39:38Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “Pravda” was a little too close to the _truth_ . I see a great future for you in [translation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravda). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5006 "2022-04-11T19:53:53Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > OTOH, Google can’t find this anywhere else so maybe its a meta-joke. Yeah, but it’s so deliciously truthy… 😀 [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=249) [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=251)