# 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:** 269
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5367 "2022-05-20T13:06:25Z")
It always comes back to sax and violins. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5368 "2022-05-20T13:08:34Z")
I just tested that with a google query. I got “genteel.” ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5369 "2022-05-20T14:03:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I am torn between wanting to see him name names on the cocaine sex orgy thing, and not wanting mental images of Moscow Mitch et al parading around naked. It’s not Mitch. It’s Don Jr & wife. I’d lay money on this. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5370 "2022-05-20T14:06:56Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > l just tested that with a google query. I got “genteel.” Well, google tailors its search results to an individual’s usage patterns. It’s not a big stretch to suppose that its predictive text behaves similarly. So for Cawthorne “genital” might have been a perfectly understandable prediction. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5371 "2022-05-20T14:41:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > It’s not Mitch. It’s Don Jr & wife. I’d lay money on this. At Matt Gaetz’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5372 "2022-05-20T18:18:57Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > I am torn between wanting to see him name names on the cocaine sex orgy thing, and not wanting mental images of Moscow Mitch et al parading around naked. > > It’s not Mitch. It’s Don Jr & wife. I’d lay money on this. You don’t want to know what Madison wants to lay on Don Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5373 "2022-05-20T18:21:39Z")
Are they cousins?!? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5374 "2022-05-20T19:46:19Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > satanic satellite lasers. Make no mistake: make popcorn. Like this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rthHSISkM7A/maxresdefault.jpg "Real Genius (8/8) Movie CLIP - Jerry's House of Popcorn (1985) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rthHSISkM7A&t=18) ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5375 "2022-05-20T20:27:38Z")
How did they know? 😮 Yes, exactly like this. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5376 "2022-05-20T22:58:24Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > TBF, he may not have “wrote” that, but instead spoke it into his voice to text, as many of us do these day. (I don’t on here, but for texting, I do.) > > And voice to text can come up with some interesting interpretations. Don’t you get a chance to look over the text (that’s been generated by the voice-to-text function) before hitting “send”? Because assuming you do: that’s a step respectable people wouldn’t skip. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5377 "2022-05-21T01:49:58Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > And voice to text can come up with some interesting interpretations. Last year, when I was preparing to give a talk in church, I decided to use voice to text to type the thing and I was a bit hesitant. I began with, “Good morning, Brothers and Sisters. I am _my first name, my family name_. The software rendered it as _my first name, the greatest_”. It works perfectly! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5378 "2022-05-21T17:44:26Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Because assuming you do: that’s a step respectable people wouldn’t skip. Depends on what I’m doing. If I’m just chatting back and forth with friends, so long as it’s still understandable, I usually let “(what’s a word for a voice to text typo)”'s slide. However, if I were a congressperson, making a public statement, I’d spend a minute to make sure it says what I mean it to say. Amusingly, I just contacted a client to tell them that their dogs, Indy and Tilley, were done, and it came up as “Indian Chilli.” ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5379 "2022-05-21T19:15:28Z")
Sure, a little premature in posting this, considering there won’t be a primary result until this Tuesday, but just _relishing_ such a prospect… > **[Georgia Republicans who despise Gov. Brian Kemp threaten to stay home this...](https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/georgia-republicans-who-despise-gov-brian-kemp-threaten-to-stay-home-this-november-if-trump-backed-challenger-david-perdue-loses-tuesdays-primary/articleshow/91714039.cms)** > > MAGA world would rather sit out the Georgia governor's race in November than vote for the incumbent who certified President Joe Biden's 2020 win. Yeah, we’re talking about ne’er-do-well, Kemp, but if he can alienate his own party - awesome sauce! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5380 "2022-05-21T19:59:57Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Yeah, we’re talking about ne’er-do-well, Kemp, but if he can alienate his own party - awesome sauce! The alternative being Perdue? Kemp at least seems to be the lesser evil, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5381 "2022-05-21T20:17:26Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Kemp, but if he can alienate his own party - awesome sauce! Yeah, I predict the Ds will sweep the statewide offices in Georgia this year. If these MAGAts skip the election completely, and not just leave the Governor position unvoted, the Ds may even pick up some legislative seats they weren’t expecting. The question is how many of these ultra-Trumpists are there. > [@Senegoid](#): > > The alternative being Perdue? Kemp at least seems to be the lesser evil, FWIW. Trump and his more fervent supporters are a cut-off-ones-nose-to-spite-their-face kind of people. They don’t really care who wins as long as the people in their shithouse lose. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5382 "2022-05-21T20:36:06Z")
Nevermind, false thread. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5383 "2022-05-21T22:11:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The alternative being Perdue? Kemp at least seems to be the lesser evil, FWIW. Oh I’m aware Perdue more or less edges Kemp out in overall reprehensibleness and that they’re almost interchangeable once elected, I’m just concerned Kemp might have a stronger shot at Abrams than Perdue will. (yaknow - with Kemp still having a remaining scintilla of election integrity remaining.) Even better schandenfraude, though, with that fickle Ornage Bastard’s [latest mood-swing.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/trump-washes-hands-perdue-georgia-campaign-limps-final-stretch-rcna29714) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5384 "2022-05-21T23:43:53Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > … Amusingly, I just contacted a client to tell them that their dogs, Indy and Tilley, were done, and it came up as “Indian Chilli.” That could have been an ugly misunderstanding, if the clients were imaginative sorts whose minds might turn to the possibility that you were a dog-cooking maniac (instead of the reputable professional I’m sure you are). 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5385 "2022-05-21T23:51:51Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Amusingly, I just contacted a client to tell them that their dogs, Indy and Tilley, were done, and it came up as “Indian Chilli.” On the other hand, perhaps you have a good recipe for dogs done this way? 😬 ---
**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:** [May 22, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5386 "2022-05-22T03:01:53Z")
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