# 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:** 480
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9587 "2023-04-07T10:07:03Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9588 "2023-04-07T14:09:43Z")
I mostly found warnings to not Google that. What is it? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9589 "2023-04-07T14:11:41Z")
“Rule 34” is, paraphrased, “if something is on the internet, somebody else has sexualized it”. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9590 "2023-04-07T14:13:02Z")
Ah. That one. Thanks. Glad I didn’t look further. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9591 "2023-04-07T16:43:24Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > > > 6’1", 270 > > 6’5" > > [Trump Campaign's Fake Mugshot T-Shirt Adds 2 Inches to His Height](https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-mugshot-trump-campaign-adds-inches-to-height-2023-4?op=1) The fluffed-up combover pompadour adds several inches. ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9592 "2023-04-07T17:53:57Z")
Just make him ten feet tall like John Brown in “The Tragic Prelude” and be done with it. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9593 "2023-04-07T22:05:20Z")
That means he is, in fact, obese, right? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9594 "2023-04-07T22:14:44Z")
Here is a BMI chart. [![](https://bmicalculator.mes.fm/img/bmi-chart.png) ](https://bmicalculator.mes.fm/img/bmi-chart.png) 6’1" and 270 lb puts him _well_ into the “obese” category, if you are judging simply by a comparison of height and weight. Others might instead want to judge things like body fat percentage, but do you really think much of that 270 lb is muscle? [![](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/59b02c15dc78b04c20588e6c/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-163273198.jpg) ](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/59b02c15dc78b04c20588e6c/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-163273198.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9595 "2023-04-07T22:33:21Z")
I did a rough extrapolation of that chart and it looks like 7’7" would put him in the healthy category. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9596 "2023-04-08T00:47:23Z")
My wife told me about this, after a friend of hers informed her. The friend claimed the NY Times and Wall Street Journal are also reporting on it, but this was what came up first in Google for me. > **[Melania Trump Apparently RSVP’d “F--k Off” to Her Husband’s Post-Arraignment...](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/melania-trump-donald-trump-arraignment-speech)** > > Is that why she was the only family member not to get a shout-out? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9597 "2023-04-08T01:03:59Z")
No shout-out for Ivanka either. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9598 "2023-04-08T02:29:14Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I did a rough extrapolation of that chart and it looks like 7’7" would put him in the healthy category. He’s truly a giant among men. /s ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9599 "2023-04-08T06:13:02Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I did a rough extrapolation of that chart and it looks like 7’7" would put him in the healthy category. Hence the lifts. He just needs 'em taller. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9600 "2023-04-08T07:04:06Z")
[![](https://static.displate.com/857x1200/displate/2022-05-13/62c232898a6f11f9a9840bb20e20413b_eaaf0f3d6db25736d5083dff1be6b09c.jpg) ](https://static.displate.com/857x1200/displate/2022-05-13/62c232898a6f11f9a9840bb20e20413b_eaaf0f3d6db25736d5083dff1be6b09c.jpg) They’re both orange after all. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9601 "2023-04-08T08:29:36Z")
His tongue? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9602 "2023-04-08T08:46:22Z")
I love childish namecalling as much as anyone, but him being fat and lying about it is not in the top 100 of why he is despicable. Be better. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9603 "2023-04-08T10:49:20Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > No shout-out for Ivanka either. Per the article, she wasn’t there but did get a shout out. I was a little surprised that Tiffany was there in the flesh (with her partner, apparently) - I thought she was generally keeping her distanc. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9604 "2023-04-08T13:41:04Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > Be better. Welcome to the BBQ Pit! 🥂 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9605 "2023-04-08T16:25:56Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > I love childish namecalling as much as anyone, but him being fat and lying about it is not in the top 100 of why he is despicable. > > Be better. Correct. We should just continue to despise him for lying about everything rather than fat shaming him. We should be working on better, more sophisticated insults! He may not be worth it, but dammit, we have our pride! ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9606 "2023-04-08T16:28:50Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > I love childish namecalling as much as anyone, but him being fat and lying about it is not in the top 100 of why he is despicable. Him being fat is not why he is despicable. Even him lying about it, not really. Getting doctors to lie _for_ him about it, that’s what is despicable. But you could be well correct that it’s not in the top 100 of the 374,612,587 and counting reasons. [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=479) [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=481)