# 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:** 435
**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 28, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8687 "2023-01-28T04:04:57Z")
And friend to children everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8688 "2023-01-28T04:10:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gamera needed a dentist. Not too sure having a canine which blocks part of your field of vision is optimal. _That’s_ what you notice from that picture? ---
**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, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8689 "2023-01-28T04:11:29Z")
His ass jets seem to be working fine, so… yeah? ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8690 "2023-01-28T04:12:19Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fXkMfyjo7PU/hqdefault.jpg "The Gamera Song, MST3K") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXkMfyjo7PU) ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8691 "2023-01-28T04:14:39Z")
To be clear, that’s not the actual test, just 45’s version of it. /psychologist ---
**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, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8692 "2023-01-28T04:15:39Z")
Yes, I did make the mistake of using a Trump quote as an assertion of fact. I stand deeply, deeply, corrected. ---
**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, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8693 "2023-01-28T06:13:15Z")
Really, I should be tested myself. How did I do that? Why would I do that? What’s wrong with me? ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8694 "2023-01-28T18:49:42Z")
Eh, I’m just trying to be clear about him making up the test, too, not correcting you. > [@JohnT](#): > > How did I do that? Why would I do that? What’s wrong with me? Alas, these are not questions a mental state exam can answer, except if what’s wrong with you grossly impairs your cognitive capacity in some domain (for example, memory). ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8695 "2023-01-28T22:54:12Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Person, Woman, Man, TV…what was the other one? The funniest part about that whole thing was that he was literally just listing things he could see, like the camera pointed at him. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8696 "2023-01-28T23:15:36Z")
I’ve always felt that the furor over that was somewhat overblown. When Trump had his assessment, I’m sure the doctor had a list of five ordinary words. Later, when Trump was describing how the test was conducted, he just needed five words to use as examples and chose things he could see around him. I don’t think he meant to suggest that those were the same words he’d been tested with. Please, don’t anyone ever make me defend Trump again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8697 "2023-01-28T23:20:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t think he meant to suggest that those were the same words he’d been tested with. It wasn’t funny because of the particular words. Well, not _just_ because of that. It was funny because of how obviously proud he was of himself. Like a toddler pointing at a poop in the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8698 "2023-01-28T23:24:40Z")
Lots of folks here go out of their way to post the exact words he used. ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8699 "2023-01-28T23:37:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > It wasn’t funny because of the particular words. Well, not _just_ because of that. It was funny because of how obviously proud he was of himself. Like a toddler pointing at a poop in the toilet. Yep. I found it funny, because this was the same test that my 95 year old aunt took, to determine that she should go to the regular part of the seniors residence, not the “memory care facility”. She passed with flying colors. Trump bragging “Yay, I passed a dementia test, so I’m a genius” was just hilarious. ---
**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, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8700 "2023-01-28T23:41:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve always felt that the furor over that was somewhat overblown. When Trump had his assessment, I’m sure the doctor had a list of five ordinary words. Trump didn’t use this as an example of him repeating a question from a test for dementia. He used it as an example of his easily passing a test for spectacular cognition. Stop defending him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8701 "2023-01-28T23:47:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Lots of folks here go out of their way to post the exact words he used. Yes. Because it was funny as hell. ---
**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, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8702 "2023-01-28T23:49:00Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j8oaaP68i4s/maxresdefault.jpg "How to person woman man camera tv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8oaaP68i4s) ---
**Author:** ![yeahithappened](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dfb087/32.png) [@yeahithappened](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yeahithappened)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8703 "2023-01-29T00:06:00Z")
as we say in the South “Bless his heart”… ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8704 "2023-01-29T01:15:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gamera needed a dentist. She’s really let herself go since the last _Guardians of the Galaxy_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8705 "2023-01-29T05:33:52Z")
God, I love Sarah Cooper. ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8706 "2023-01-29T12:08:02Z")
She even does the heavy nose sniffing parts of her lip-synch-along. She and Randy Rainbow kept me sane during The Times. [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=434) [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=436)