# 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:** 423
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8447 "2023-01-17T00:13:41Z")
I keep clicking here hoping to get some more schadenfreude, and all I’m getting is hijacks about slippers. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8448 "2023-01-17T00:18:46Z")
This is many months old but this is related schadenfreude: > **[Rudy Giuliani Selling Sandals Online Sparks Widespread Mockery](https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-selling-sandals-50-dollars-mypillow-bucks-former-mayor-1720914)** > > The former personal legal counsel for Donald Trump has been mocked on social media for his latest collaboration with MyPillow. Rudy trying to push the slipper is pathetic. Also, clearly this “discount” is nothing new nor special. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8449 "2023-01-17T02:09:14Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Who the hell pays $90 for slippers in the first place, much less $90+$X (did I use “much less” correctly)? I’m not going to the website to see what the MSRP is, but he was also hawking (possibly buy-one-get-one) slides and something else for $19.99. I used to buy the cheap $10-20 slippers I had to replace annually because they wore out so quickly. Then my sister got me a pair of Uggs that lasted me more than a decade. When I saw they were $100, I went ahead and picked up another pair. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8450 "2023-01-17T14:48:26Z")
AKA the [Sam Vimes theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) of slippers? ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8451 "2023-01-17T15:04:29Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I keep clicking here hoping to get some more schadenfreude, and all I’m getting is hijacks about slippers. Did anyone read this and think “Good point.” Or is everyone thinking “Hey, I know something about slippers! Finally, the appropriate thread to drop it into.” Dammit, I’m just upset because I need more shaden… schode… shoutinfreud! ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8452 "2023-01-17T15:09:49Z")
Well, the fun has gone out of sniping at Lindell and Giuliani, at least until the Dominion cases hit the actual courtrooms in earnest. And good slippers are a thing of joy. There’s this about Trump and his NDAs, if that cheers up anyone, but it’s just an out-of-court settlement: > **[Trump’s 2016 Campaign Settles Nondisclosure-Agreement Fight](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-2016-campaign-settles-nondisclosure-222953735.html)** > > (Bloomberg) -- Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has reached a settlement in a long-running fight over its nondisclosure agreements that would free potentially hundreds of ex-staffers, contractors and volunteers to say what they want to... ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8453 "2023-01-17T15:21:33Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Did anyone read this and think “Good point.” Or is everyone thinking “Hey, I know something about slippers! Finally, the appropriate thread to drop it into.” > > Dammit, I’m just upset because I need more shaden… schode… shoutinfreud! If we combined them, would it be shoe-denfreude? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8454 "2023-01-17T15:25:19Z")
shoe-denfreudian slipper. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8455 "2023-01-17T15:35:29Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I keep clicking here hoping to get some more schadenfreude, and all I’m getting is hijacks about slippers. - It’s a slippery slope. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8456 "2023-01-17T16:12:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s a slippery slope. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8457 "2023-01-17T18:02:09Z")
Don’t you mean heelarious? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8458 "2023-01-17T18:42:05Z")
Someone ought to take a slipper to every last one of you. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8459 "2023-01-17T19:41:12Z")
You guys are making a moccasin out of this thread. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8460 "2023-01-17T19:54:34Z")
Please, let us stop trying to shoehorn in these puns. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8461 "2023-01-17T20:02:13Z")
To bring us back to the thread, and because I hadn’t seen it elsewhere: > **[Failed GOP candidate arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/us/solomon-pena-arrested-new-mexico-shootings/index.html)** > > A Republican former candidate for New Mexico's legislature who police say claimed election fraud after his defeat has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating recent shootings that damaged homes of Democratic elected leaders in the state, police... I think as an election denier, it’s worthwhile to consider him an enabler, and I refuse to look him up in detail for fear of needing eye/brain bleach, but this yahoo lost his election, felt it was stolen, and apparently paid (and participated!) in shooting up unoccupied houses of local Democratic leaders. I can’t wait to hear the excuses from GOP leadership on how they hardly knew him, or how it’s inevitable when people are so angry (because of their lies) about stolen elections! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8462 "2023-01-17T20:03:44Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > but this yahoo lost his election, felt it was stolen, and apparently paid (and participated!) in shooting up unoccupied houses of local Democratic leaders. Not all unoccupied. Rachael Maddow reported last night that in one of the houses three bullets went through the bedroom where a 10-year-old girl was sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8463 "2023-01-17T20:04:15Z")
Trump is breaking up with the evangelicals, or is it the other way around? > **[Donald Trump to Evangelicals: You Can’t Break Up With Me Because I’m Breaking...](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/donald-trump-evangelicals-break-up)** > > As several high-profile evangelical leaders quietly ditch Trump going into the 2024 presidential cycle, Trump slams the religious right for being “disloyal” and failing to fight hard enough in the midterms. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8464 "2023-01-17T20:05:55Z")
But they _deserve_ each other! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8465 "2023-01-17T20:07:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Not all unoccupied. Rachael Maddow reported last night that in one of the houses three bullets went through the bedroom where a 10-year-old girl was sleeping. I apologize, the first article I read didn’t mention anything about the homes being occupied, but the more recent ones (including the one I linked!) did say or at least imply it. Well, that’ll up the consequences for the former felon a good bit. 🖤 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8466 "2023-01-17T20:07:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Someone ought to take a slipper to every last one of you. - That’s going to leave a welt. [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=422) [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=424)