# 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:** 346
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6907 "2022-09-14T13:26:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A few months ago, Lindell ran a commercial where he started off chuckling about how banks won’t talk to him, stores stopped carrying his MyPillows, etc. then announced a 60% off sale on moccasins made from genuine Egyptian cotton, and showed a map of Egypt with red arrows pointing towards supposedly fertile fields labeled with little cotton icons. It was like watching a cocaine-snorting corpse flailing to stay alive after a 10-car pileup. It reminds me of the plant managers in Chernobyl who insisted the reactor did not blow up. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6908 "2022-09-14T13:50:23Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > A few months ago, Lindell ran a commercial where he started off chuckling about how banks won’t talk to him, stores stopped carrying his MyPillows, etc. then announced a 60% off sale on moccasins made from genuine Egyptian cotton, and showed a map of Egypt with red arrows pointing towards supposedly fertile fields labeled with little cotton icons. It was like watching a cocaine-snorting corpse flailing to stay alive after a 10-car pileup. > > It reminds me of the plant managers in Chernobyl who insisted the reactor did not blow up. - At least they weren’t having a meltdown over it. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6909 "2022-09-14T14:06:22Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Well, yeah! Two of them start with an “s”! sTrumpet ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6910 "2022-09-14T16:54:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A few months ago, Lindell ran a commercial where he started off chuckling about how banks won’t talk to him, stores stopped carrying his MyPillows, etc. then announced a 60% off sale on moccasins made from genuine Egyptian cotton, and showed a map of Egypt with red arrows pointing towards supposedly fertile fields labeled with little cotton icons. It was like watching a cocaine-snorting corpse flailing to stay alive after a 10-car pileup. Weird. [Upthread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/1976) in June '21, Lindell was afraid to use the term “Egyptian Cotton” which is a trademarked term, now he’s fine violating the trademark. I guess he figures that’s the least of his worries. And who the hell makes moccasins out of cotton? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6911 "2022-09-14T16:57:19Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > And who the hell makes moccasins out of cotton? This was my thought too. He probably got confused and is making pillows out of leather. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6912 "2022-09-14T21:35:23Z")
My Kinky Pillow ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6913 "2022-09-14T23:34:39Z")
I just held my nose and checked the My Pillow website, and his sheets are Giza cotton from the area between the Sahara Desert, the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River. The word Egyptian doesn’t appear anywhere. He may be less careful when he’s speaking, though - because he’s an insane drug addict. I think infringing on the Egyptian Cotton trademark is the least of his problems. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6914 "2022-09-14T23:43:40Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think infringing on the Egyptian Cotton trademark is the least of his problems. “You wanna sue **me**?! Get in line, motherfuckers!!! See if there’s anything left by the time you get to court.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6915 "2022-09-15T00:35:21Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > and his sheets are Giza cotton from the area between the Sahara Desert, the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River Guessing that they come full of sand. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6916 "2022-09-15T01:04:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My Kinky Pillow > [@enipla](#): > > Guessing that they come full of sand. Hurts so good! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6917 "2022-09-15T01:10:56Z")
His cotton is Egyptian, and his marching powder is Bolivian. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6918 "2022-09-15T02:20:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I just held my nose and checked the My Pillow website, and his sheets are Giza cotton from the area between the Sahara Desert, the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River. The word Egyptian doesn’t appear anywhere. [Huh, I may heard that somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/1976) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6919 "2022-09-15T04:53:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > He may be less careful when he’s speaking, though - because he’s an insane drug > addict. I think infringing on the Egyptian Cotton trademark is the least of his problems. Oh now, I’m an insane-ish drug addict, and I know better than to infringe on trademarks. But I’m not in sales, so there’s that important difference. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6920 "2022-09-15T05:01:07Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > But I’m not in sales, so there’s that important difference. You’re also not as stupid. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6921 "2022-09-15T05:20:20Z")
You flatterer 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6922 "2022-09-15T13:16:42Z")
Is that what they call “damned with faint praise”? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6923 "2022-09-15T16:21:40Z")
I didn’t mean it that way, but it _is_ a pretty low bar. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6924 "2022-09-15T16:44:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A few months ago, Lindell ran a commercial where he started off chuckling about how banks won’t talk to him, stores stopped carrying his MyPillows, etc. I personally saw a huge crate full of MyPillows in a store on Saturday. [Granted, it’s a store that buys up stuff other stores don’t want.](https://www.ollies.us/home.html) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6925 "2022-09-15T20:23:21Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think infringing on the Egyptian Cotton trademark is the least of his problems. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-lWYoCvPSF8/maxresdefault.jpg "Mike Lindell Says He's Openly Violating The FBI's Orders") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lWYoCvPSF8) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/6926 "2022-09-15T23:34:53Z")
In all fairness, I think gag orders have to be issued by a judge to get someone into trouble for disobeying. Although if LE can prove that disobeying did obstruct justice in some way, they could get him on that. But, IANAL. [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=345) [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=347)