# 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:** 459
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9167 "2023-03-11T02:36:47Z")
Perfect application for a pivot table. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9168 "2023-03-11T02:39:37Z")
I have no idea how to use a pivot table. Or what a pivot table is. If I get data in a pivot table, I copy and paste-as-text into a new spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9169 "2023-03-11T13:45:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have no idea how to use a pivot table. Third Base! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9170 "2023-03-11T16:04:56Z")
> **[Jeffrey Epstein said he stopped hanging out with Trump 'when he realized...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-said-stopped-hanging-131500083.html)** > > Mark Epstein said Jeffrey made the comments in an unreleased interview with Steve Bannon. Insider has not seen the video. > Jeffrey Epstein said in an unaired interview that he distanced himself from former President Donald Trump after realizing Trump was “a crook,” according to his brother, Mark Epstein. > > [Mark Epstein](https://www.businessinsider.com/jejeffrey-epstein-death-justice-department-inspector-general-investigation-2023-3?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com) told Insider he viewed a clip of the interview, conducted by Trump’s former White House advisor Steve Bannon, after his brother forwarded it to him in the spring of 2019. It’s pretty bad when a paedophile doesn’t want to know you because you’re dirty. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9171 "2023-03-11T16:33:35Z")
> **[Even Evil Has Standards - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards)** > > One of the easiest ways to highlight just how bad something or someone evil is: have an otherwise-remorseless villain reject it. It's often to show that a new villain is really bad if even Doctor Annihilation is appalled by them. Another way that … ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9172 "2023-03-11T17:54:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > In hindsight, I wish I’d started a spreadsheet. Is Excel the new thumb tacks and string? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9173 "2023-03-11T18:06:00Z")
What do conspiracy theorists and Excel have in common? They spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9174 "2023-03-11T18:07:59Z")
I am not sure it would have worked: > The maximum size of an excel spreadsheet is 65,536 rows in older versions and 1,048,576 rows in newer updated versions. [According to Microsoft](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excel-specifications-and-limits-1672b34d-7043-467e-8e27-269d656771c3), the total number of columns allowed per Excel worksheet is 16,384. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9175 "2023-03-11T18:12:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s pretty bad when a paedophile doesn’t want to know you because you’re dirty. Repeating for emphasis since I was going to post the same link. The guy who owned _Pedophile Island_ thought Trump was too much of crook to hang around with. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9176 "2023-03-11T18:17:14Z")
My daddy always taught to only ever commit one crime at a time. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9177 "2023-03-11T22:58:54Z")
This should start halfway through. A breakdown of some of the crimes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fe1HHF9cb8E/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump LOSES IT with full-blown meltdown over imminent indictment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1HHF9cb8E) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9178 "2023-03-12T00:32:26Z")
This is a request to those who link to YouTube videos. There is a wide variety of sources of YouTube videos about current events, some of them from established news organizations and some from people who emerged from the blogosphere with their own videos. These are not always of equal value. So here is my request, for what it is worth: could you include a line saying where the video originates from? Either the organization or the name of the host would be splendid. Thanks for your consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9179 "2023-03-12T00:52:06Z")
@Roderick_Femm That is a mighty fine idea! Could you send that suggestion to one of the mods? Perhaps it will end up as a board rule. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9180 "2023-03-12T02:41:36Z")
Seems unnecessary to me. Doesn’t take more than a few seconds to open a YouTube link and see its source for yourself; I don’t think I have yet seen a YouTube link posted in a SDMB thread that I considered to be from an unreliable source. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9181 "2023-03-12T06:22:24Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Aspenglow](#): > > > > In hindsight, I wish I’d started a spreadsheet. > > Is Excel the new thumb tacks and string? Relevant _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ clip [(Pepe Silvia)](https://youtu.be/_nTpsv9PNqo). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9182 "2023-03-12T15:55:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Seems unnecessary to me. Doesn’t take more than a few seconds to open a YouTube link and see its source for yourself; I don’t think I have yet seen a YouTube link posted in a SDMB thread that I considered to be from an unreliable source. Doesn’t take more than a few seconds to type one line about where it’s from. And then you save the few seconds for every reader who might be interested in some sources but not others. What you consider to be an unreliable (or uninteresting) source might be different from other people. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9183 "2023-03-12T15:58:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > @Roderick_Femm > > That is a mighty fine idea! Could you send that suggestion to one of the mods? Perhaps it will end up as a board rule. I flagged my post to ask mods if it would be useful to start an ATMB thread about 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:** [March 12, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9184 "2023-03-12T17:08:11Z")
I’d say that if I’m required to source every YouTube video I post (which most of the time is just something silly or a clip from a show or movie) then I just won’t post them. Fuck that tedious and unnecessary bullshit. If it bothers you that much, **you** look it up. This is a poorly thought-out request. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9185 "2023-03-12T17:16:47Z")
This sounds ruder than I intend it to be, but I would die a happy man if I never saw another youtube video in my life. I won’t say I _never_ click on them, but it’s less than 1 out of 10 times. Maybe it’s a generational thing, but if someone has something to say about the various Trump legal issues, for example, I’d prefer they write it down so we can all read it at our own pace. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9186 "2023-03-12T17:19:00Z")
Posting summaries of links is polite, sure, but there’s no reason to make it a rule (except perhaps in GD and FQ). [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=458) [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=460)