# 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:** 478
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9547 "2023-04-03T22:37:25Z")
This just in! Breaking News! There’s a new Randy Rainbow video!! [Grumpy Trumpy Felon from Jamaica in Queens! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ues8ycOxXKM) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9548 "2023-04-04T00:10:47Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > It occurs to me there’s a lack of shameful lack of scientific rigor in the title. How much Schadenfreude is a “perfectly reasonable amount”? This measurement (“a perfectly reasonable amount”) is at least as characterized by scientific rigor as are the proceedings of the United States Supreme Court. I would cite, specifically, the 1964 pronouncement by Justice Potter Stewart in the landmark _ **Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184** _ decision, in which Stewart famously said of hard-core pornography: > [@](#): > > I know it when I see it. Just so with the particular and precise amount of schadenfreude which is Perfectly Reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9549 "2023-04-04T03:31:40Z")
Thanks for that. Had me laughing out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9550 "2023-04-04T04:29:14Z")
That was so awesome! I do believe it made my week. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9551 "2023-04-04T04:38:30Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > There’s a new Randy Rainbow video!! That really was outstanding – one of Randy’s best!! Thanks for sharing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9552 "2023-04-04T07:54:48Z")
A few songs back he muttered something about wishing Trump would go away, “I’m running out of show tunes,” I guess big band boogie-woogie is the next vein to tap. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9553 "2023-04-04T13:25:05Z")
I was going to post this in the Stormy Daniels thread in P&E but thought it would fit better here. Ari Melber had Michael Cohen on his show on MSNBC yesterday. Cohen was talking about how Trump always has to be able to control a situation, and now he’s in a situation that he has absolutely no control over. Melber says “So, do you think he’s scared?” And Cohen says “Oh yeah. He’s terrified.” (I think it’s also hilarious that when he’s in court today, he’s actually going to have to be polite and deferential to someone – besides Putin that is.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9554 "2023-04-04T14:25:15Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > (I think it’s also hilarious that when he’s in court today, he’s actually going to have to be polite and deferential to someone – besides Putin that is.) And he is going to have to do what the cops tell him to do. All while dragging along a squad of SS agents. Trump will see what it’s like to obey the rules. Can he pull that off? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9555 "2023-04-04T16:21:37Z")
I keep reading “historic arrest” in my news feed as “cardiac arrest” and I am getting extra, undeserved schadenfreude. I’m sorry; I’ll return it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9556 "2023-04-04T17:57:45Z")
I’m not a vengeful person-- I just want to see justice done. But I have to admit, I’m feeling some warm fuzzy schadenfreude right now imagining how trump’s ivory tower-exacerbated germophobia is red-lining as he is processed in the arraignment, being manhandled and fingerprinted and such in grubby perp rooms as I type this. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9557 "2023-04-04T18:32:04Z")
How dare you impugn New York City, widely known as the mecca of cleanliness. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9558 "2023-04-04T18:38:47Z")
Well, the arrestee processing and holding rooms are not the most pristine, I imagine. The rest of New York City? Clean enough for a rat to eat a slice of pizza off the subway floor! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9559 "2023-04-04T18:53:08Z")
And the cockroaches take care of the cigarette butts. [nyc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLm7cdH7ek) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9560 "2023-04-04T20:01:01Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I keep reading “historic arrest” in my news feed as “cardiac arrest” and I am getting extra, undeserved schadenfreude. > > I’m sorry; I’ll return it. 's OK, there’s plenty for everyone. Schadenfreude is not a zero-sum game. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9561 "2023-04-04T20:59:52Z")
6’1", 270 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9562 "2023-04-04T21:01:56Z")
What were the alleged measures (from his own gob)? I don’t remember… ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9563 "2023-04-04T21:04:24Z")
I recall 6’3, 239 lbs (just below “obese” by BMI standards, which is probably not a coincidence). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9564 "2023-04-04T21:17:16Z")
Well, maybe he’s eaten a bite more lately and has shrunk because of age… ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9565 "2023-04-04T21:19:33Z")
By an amazing coincidence, the same weight as one Homer J Simpson. I know who I’d trust to run a country out of those two, and it ain’t DJT. Spooky coincidence no 2: middle inital J. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9566 "2023-04-04T21:23:02Z")
I haven’t watched a new Simpsons episode for at least 20 years, but I think the only job Homer hasn’t held yet is POTUS. [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=477) [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=479)