# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/61 "2020-11-20T16:44:52Z")
It’s much more simple than that—I control the Republican Party and millions of maniacs. How much do you love your career and safety? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/62 "2020-11-20T16:50:27Z")
“I know you’re gay. Many people don’t care, but your most rabid supporters would.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/63 "2020-11-20T16:58:27Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I would not be at all surprised if I found out that the Conway family was pitching a reality TV show. I would watch the hell out of that. Wait, that’s not right. I would watch that in hell. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/64 "2020-11-20T17:15:42Z")
Pretty sure we’re already watching it in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/65 "2020-11-20T17:16:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It’s much more simple than that—I control the Republican Party and millions of maniacs. How much do you love your career and safety? At least one of them is term-limited and done this year. Of course, Trump could offer/attempt to block his post term in office prospects. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/66 "2020-11-20T17:24:39Z")
E still has to have a career after leaving this particular post. If E wants that career to be as a Republican, then Trump has lots of leverage. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/67 "2020-11-20T23:00:57Z")
Is Don Jr getting the Rona schadenfreudey enough? > ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/68 "2020-11-20T23:05:21Z")
he was prolly jealous that Rudy’s kid got it first ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/69 "2020-11-20T23:11:03Z")
CNN just confirmed. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/70 "2020-11-21T00:14:30Z")
Sadly, he’s asymptomatic. Also, Rick “Skeletor” Scott has also been confirmed as being positive for COVID-19. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/71 "2020-11-21T00:30:21Z")
This is the ‘schadenfreude’ thread. The ‘harsh my buzz’ thread is elsewhere, @Morgyn. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/72 "2020-11-21T00:49:23Z")
Yeah, but Rick Scott! So it’s a half-and-half. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/73 "2020-11-21T01:22:10Z")
What I’m wondering about, in re Don Jr. getting the virus: does he get the deluxe Walter Reed treatment that Dad got, by virtue of being the offspring of a President? Or, all this time, has he been on his own as far as insurance is concerned, since he has no official role in the Administration? If so, it would be sad if his insurer wouldn’t pay for all the fancy mono-clonal-antibodies and other stuff Dad got… ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/74 "2020-11-21T01:27:36Z")
CNN said he’s been “isolating at his cabin” since he was exposed. Must be nice to have a cabin of solitude. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/75 "2020-11-21T01:30:04Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > CNN said he’s been “isolating at his cabin” since he was exposed. My immediate mental picture: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NsIilFNNmkY/maxresdefault.jpg "Cabin in the Woods (2012 Movie) - Official Trailer - Chris Hemsworth & Jesse Williams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIilFNNmkY) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/76 "2020-11-21T07:07:34Z")
> [@robby](#): > > A TV deal I can see, but a book deal? How many of Trump’s base read books? > > Is a picture book? They don’t need to read it. They only need to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/77 "2020-11-21T07:30:58Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > A TV deal I can see, but a book deal? How many of Trump’s base read books? > > It ain’t supposed to read. It’s supposed to be bought. > [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > They don’t need to read it. They only need to buy it well shucks… I’m only posting this cuz I got ninja’d by **Typo Negative**. i just cant read through an entire thread before I post. I’ll forget what I want to write long before I reach the end. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/78 "2020-11-21T07:41:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Is Don Jr getting the Rona schadenfreudey enough? And is it schadenfreude if I hope he dies a horrible, painful, miserable death? Or is that going overboard? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/79 "2020-11-21T07:55:18Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > Is Don Jr getting the Rona schadenfreudey enough? > > And is it schadenfreude if l hope he dies a horrible, painful, miserable death? Or is that going overboard? No, schadenfreude is when you start celebrating when he actually _does_. That also might be going overboard. We _are_ supposed to be the better ones, after all. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/80 "2020-11-21T07:57:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > > > Is Don Jr getting the Rona schadenfreudey enough? > > > > And is it schadenfreude if l hope he dies a horrible, painful, miserable death? Or is that going overboard? > > No, schadenfreude is when you start celebrating when he actually _does_. > > That also might be going overboard. We _are_ supposed to be the better ones, after all I’m not that better. At least not tonight. [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=3) [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=5)