# 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:** 33
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/641 "2021-01-27T23:13:53Z")
I’m pretty confident that poi is some kind of local Hawaiian joke that they play on the tourists. “What’s the grossest thing we could con those haole to eat?” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/642 "2021-01-27T23:54:30Z")
Don’t know if this has been mentioned, but this Trump terrorist shot himself after being arrested, doing the world a favor. > **[Georgia Man Arrested in Pro-Trump Capitol Riot Dies by Suicide](https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-man-arrested-pro-trump-capitol-riot-dies-suicide-1561005)** > > He died on Saturday by suicide after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and was just one of 70 individuals arrested for their role in last Wednesday's riots. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/643 "2021-01-28T00:16:21Z")
Bye bye, dead asshole. Trump thanks you for your sacrifice, even though he fucking lost and you failed. Asshole. (Just kidding, Trump didn’t thank you. He doesn’t give a shit about you.) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/644 "2021-01-28T00:23:49Z")
I can’t gloat over someone’s suicide. I can only be angry at how fucking unnecessary the whole scenario was, and how the prime instigators of the events of January 6 will never give a fuck about the man they duped into committing terrorism. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/645 "2021-01-28T00:24:43Z")
Eh, dead terrorists are funny. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/646 "2021-01-28T00:26:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I can’t gloat over someone’s suicide. I can only be angry at how fucking unnecessary the whole scenario was, and how the prime instigators of the events of January 6 will never give a fuck about the man they duped into committing terrorism. This. It’s even possible his belief in taking his country back was his only sustaining sense of purpose. He was exploited. They were all exploited. And I feel bad for his wife, who will never be able to get that stain out of the basement floor. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/647 "2021-01-28T00:35:42Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > He was exploited. They were all exploited. He could have also, you know, thought for himself. “He was exploited” removes responsibility from him. He acted according to his free will. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/648 "2021-01-28T00:39:54Z")
I can never remember… are the ‘suckers’ those who serve and ‘losers’ are those who die, or is it the other way around? Wait… it’s both: > **[Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/)** > > The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/649 "2021-01-28T00:44:46Z")
That’s true of almost every terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/650 "2021-01-28T01:02:28Z")
Turns out that Enrique Tarrio, grand dragon of the Proud Boys, is something of an accomplished [snitch](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/proud-boys-informant-enrique-tarrio.html). > The court transcript, which documents a hearing in 2014 where Mr. Tarrio sought to reduce his own sentence in a fraud case, shows that he helped law enforcement officers in his home state, Florida, to investigate and prosecute criminal enterprises, including an illegal gambling business, a marijuana grow lab, an operation that sold anabolic steroids and an immigrant smuggling ring. … > In July 2014, Mr. Feiler went to court to ask a federal judge to reduce Mr. Tarrio’s sentence, arguing that his client had cooperated “in a significant way” in two other federal cases, leading to the prosecution of 13 people. Mr. Feiler also noted that Mr. Tarrio had worked undercover for police departments in Miami and Hialeah, at times putting himself at risk. > “I find that the defendant has provided substantial assistance in the investigation and prosecution of other persons involved in criminal conduct,” the judge in Mr. Tarrio’s case, Joan A. Lenard, ruled. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/651 "2021-01-28T01:05:57Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Turns out that Enrique Tarrio, grand dragon of the Proud Boys, is something of an accomplished [snitch](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/proud-boys-informant-enrique-tarrio.html). That’s quite a record. I suspect, though, that his fans and followers will forgive him----so long as his hatred of “libruls” and non-white people is strong enough. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/652 "2021-01-28T01:18:16Z")
As lo[quote=“madmonk28, post:642, topic:925537, full:true”] Don’t know if this has been mentioned, but this Trump terrorist shot himself after being arrested, doing the world a favor. > **[Georgia Man Arrested in Pro-Trump Capitol Riot Dies by Suicide](https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-man-arrested-pro-trump-capitol-riot-dies-suicide-1561005)** > > He died on Saturday by suicide after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and was just one of 70 individuals arrested for their role in last Wednesday's riots. [/quote] As long as they commit suicide AFTER their terrorist acts, and not as part of them. Fortunately these guys aren’t yet THAT committed to the cause. Maybe because the Proud Boys aren’t allowed to think about the virgins they’ll enjoy in the afterlife. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/653 "2021-01-28T04:02:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > One of the drawbacks of being a mod is not being able to put people on ignore. This is a marvelous revelation! We know that posters can’t put mods on ignore. Now we learn that the converse is also true! We will have our revenge yet! Bwa-hahahahah! > [@Colibri](#): > > I feel quite confident in saying it did not occur. He must be living in one of the Quantum Universes where it did occur. There must be at least one such Universe out there somewhere. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/654 "2021-01-28T04:10:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Indeed, urban legends often come from a bit of truth retold and reshaped until it turns into something that never happened but is compelling enough for people to spread around. When I was working with the dolphins in Honolulu, we had a hurricane blow through one fine Thanksgiving weekend in 1982. The wind blew some power lines down. One of the wires (it was just a telephone wire, IIRC) landed in the dolphin tank. We called the emergency number to report that. This got picked up on the police scanners and got reported around that the dolphins got electrocuted. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/655 "2021-01-28T04:58:51Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Turns out that Enrique Tarrio, grand dragon of the Proud Boys, is something of an accomplished [snitch](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/proud-boys-informant-enrique-tarrio.html). > > > The court transcript, which documents a hearing in 2014 where Mr. Tarrio sought to reduce his own sentence in a fraud case, shows that he helped law enforcement officers in his home state, Florida, to investigate and prosecute criminal enterprises, including an illegal gambling business, a marijuana grow lab, an operation that sold anabolic steroids and an immigrant smuggling ring. > > … > > > In July 2014, Mr. Feiler went to court to ask a federal judge to reduce Mr. Tarrio’s sentence, arguing that his client had cooperated “in a significant way” in two other federal cases, leading to the prosecution of 13 people. Mr. Feiler also noted that Mr. Tarrio had worked undercover for police departments in Miami and Hialeah, at times putting himself at risk. > > > “I find that the defendant has provided substantial assistance in the investigation and prosecution of other persons involved in criminal conduct,” the judge in Mr. Tarrio’s case, Joan A. Lenard, ruled. Called it back on Jan 5 > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/8325): > > '99% of everything that isn’t Scottish is CRAP!" - updated Sturgeon’s rule. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/656 "2021-01-28T12:41:46Z")
**[Prices at Trump’s NYC buildings have plummeted in the latest sign that his name is ‘radioactive’](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tower-buildings-value-real-estate-prices-2021-1)** “Don’t stand too close…you might catch it…”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3973tfsllqw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Firm-Radioactive") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3973tfsllqw) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/657 "2021-01-28T16:45:49Z")
That’s because in the afterlife they’re going to, _they_ will be the virgins. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/658 "2021-01-29T00:38:03Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When I was working with the dolphins in Honolulu, we had a hurricane blow through one fine Thanksgiving weekend in 1982. The wind blew some power lines down. One of the wires (it was just a telephone wire, IIRC) landed in the dolphin tank. We called the emergency number to report that. This got picked up on the police scanners and got reported around that the dolphins got electrocuted. Dolphins are SO smart… that they’d’ve noticed it wasn’t a power line. If it were, one of them would’ve jumped out of the water and grabbed the wire before it hit the tank… …then flipped the live wire over to another dolphin who’d bellyflopped out of the tank next to the candy machine… and _ZAP!_ Free Butterfingers for all the dolphins! ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/659 "2021-01-29T00:51:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Dolphins are SO smart… that they’d’ve noticed it wasn’t a power line. > > If it were, one of them would’ve jumped out of the water and grabbed the wire before it hit the tank… > …then flipped the live wire over to another dolphin who’d bellyflopped out of the tank next to the candy machine… and _ZAP!_ Free Butterfingers for all the dolphins! Oh no, not again. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/660 "2021-01-29T03:53:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That’s because in the afterlife they’re going to, _they_ will be the virgins. It never seems to occur to these people: Once a virgin reaches the afterlife still a virgin, they have to remain virgin for the rest of eternity! [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=32) [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=34)