# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1122 "2021-03-16T15:05:14Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rips-arizona-gop-for-groundless-lawsuit-challenging-bidens-win-orders-it-to-pay-legal-fees/ar-BB1eDOI2?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rips-arizona-gop-for-groundless-lawsuit-challenging-bidens-win-orders-it-to-pay-legal-fees/ar-BB1eDOI2?li=BBnb7Kz) Doesn’t go nearly far enough. ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1123 "2021-03-16T15:51:23Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Did you know that one can feel Schadenfreude from a minor edit in Wikipedia? > > From the article [Comparison of the healthcare systems in Canada and the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_the_healthcare_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States&diff=1012384064&oldid=1012383542), the old version: > > > [@](#): > > > > US President [[Donald Trump]] ~~has~~ declared his intent to repeal the [[Affordable Care Act]], but ~~has~~ ~~failed to do so, thus far~~. > > The new: > > > [@](#): > > > > US President [[Donald Trump]] had declared his intent to repeal the [[Affordable Care Act]], but was unsuccessful. > > 😛 History can be a beautiful thing. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1124 "2021-03-16T22:22:20Z")
In my inbox today. Only the ladies can enter to win this fabulous prize! [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51044392961_dc18880231_b.jpg "2021-03-16\_05-21-00") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51044392961/) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1125 "2021-03-17T00:20:31Z")
Oh, I’ve been getting those, too - after having successfully unsubscribed months ago. But they are shocked _shocked_ **shocked** that someone that loves Trump as much as I do hasn’t jumped at this awesome opportunity. They really want me to win a trip to Mar-a-Largo to see “my favorite President” (although I don’t know why Obama would hang out in a tacky country club with chipped gold gilt and filthy carpets.) Part of the prize is getting to have your picture taken with Trump, but there was some funny language around that in the fine print - probably because it’s from the RNC and Trump doesn’t want them using his name, so I’m pretty sure he’s not posing for pictures with winners. They’ll probably substitute a cardboard cutout or Reince Priebus. ETA- yes, I got the “double entry” joke - but I wanted to talk about the actual contest they want you to be double entried in. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1126 "2021-03-17T09:35:34Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > “The public has a right to expect the Arizona Republican Party to conduct itself respectfully. It has failed to do so in this case,” Or indeed at any point for the last several years. ---
**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 18, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1127 "2021-03-18T23:37:29Z")
Of course his real crime as far as his flock was concerned wasn’t that he made a false prophesy, it’s that he apologized after and admitted he was wrong rather than saying that Trump actually won. ---
**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 18, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1128 "2021-03-18T23:42:42Z")
Well there are other “prophets” claiming that Trump actually won and will retake power any day now. They can just move on to those jokers. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1129 "2021-03-18T23:48:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Trump actually won and will retake power any day now. Now, are those prophecies only good for the next four years? After we elect President Pete over Poser Pence in '24, will the Trumpists claim he was robbed _twice_ and will be crowned on Inauguration Day January 5, 2025? … eta: “President Pete” because Kamala decided she really liked being VP and wanted to keep it up for another four years… ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1130 "2021-03-19T01:01:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > \<…\> Kamala decided she really liked being VP and wanted to keep it up for another four years… Which proves beyond a doubt that the Black _Asian_ _ **Woman** _ is the Dark Power behind the Anti ~~Christ~~ President. Connect the dot, sheeple! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1131 "2021-03-19T12:13:58Z")
This is on the Huffington Post’;s “Weird News” this morning (March 19 2021): > [@](#): > > **Trump Wax Figure Moved In Texas Because People Kept Punching It In The Face** > > A wax figure of former President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) was removed from display at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, because customers kept punching and scratching it. > > “We’ve always had trouble with the presidential section because no matter what president it was — Bush, Obama or Trump — they’ve all had people beat them,” Clay Stewart, regional manager for Ripley Entertainment, [told the San Antonio Express-News](https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/A-battered-Trump-takes-refuge-in-San-Antonio-wax-16031208.php). Ripley’s owns the Waxworks. > > Stewart told the newspaper that the Trump figure was beaten badly enough to leave deep marks on its waxy face, necessitating its move to storage. > **[Trump Wax Figure Moved In Texas Because People Kept Punching It In The Face](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wax-figure-punched_n_6053fcc8c5b6d6c2a2a6195f)** > > The figure at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio had "deep" scratches after repeated attacks by visitors. In _Texas_, people! My one complaint is that it really doesn’t look an awful lot like him. People might as well have been beating up on a department store mannequin. > [@](#): > > One visitor said in a YouTube video tour that the figures in the San Antonio museum “look maybe 30-40% like the celebrities or famous people that they’re trying to mimic” and compared the Trump figure to actor Mickey Rourke ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1132 "2021-03-19T12:59:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > My one complaint is that it really doesn’t look an awful lot like him. People might as well have been beating up on a department store mannequin. > > > [@](#): > > > > One visitor […] compared the Trump figure to actor Mickey Rourke Looks like Boris Johnson to me in this photo from the article: [https://www.instagram.com/p/By0-egdHdDX/?utm\_source=ig\_embed](https://www.instagram.com/p/By0-egdHdDX/?utm_source=ig_embed) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1133 "2021-03-19T13:02:07Z")
It’s the hair. It makes him look like Klaus Kinski. If you cover up the hair and just focus on the face, the likeness is actually okay. This makes sense, if you know how these places make their statues. The hair insertion process is designed to simulate how a, uh, normal person wears their hair. The voluminous fluff-and-comb-over thing Trump does is evidently impossible to replicate with these materials and techniques. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1134 "2021-03-19T13:12:30Z")
They are being dumb. They should sell $100 punches and $250 for a kick in the nutz. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1135 "2021-03-19T13:14:59Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > They are being dumb. They should sell $100 punches and $250 for a kick in the nutz. - While in the back room, dozens of fabricators are desperately trying to keep up with the demand. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1136 "2021-03-19T13:23:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Looks like Boris Johnson to me in this photo from the article: Boris Johnson crossed with Tom Petty. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1137 "2021-03-19T14:44:57Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The voluminous fluff-and-comb-over thing Trump does is evidently impossible to replicate with these materials and techniques. The Post-of-the-Day contest is over. ---
**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 19, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1138 "2021-03-19T17:49:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > They are being dumb. They should sell $100 punches and $250 for a kick in the nutz. - > > While in the back room, dozens of fabricators are desperately trying to keep up with the demand. My best laugh of the day. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1139 "2021-03-19T18:07:31Z")
Yes, but have you ever seen Johnson and Trump together at the same time…? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1140 "2021-03-19T18:17:46Z")
I saw Johnson punching the Trump statue here in San Antonio, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1141 "2021-03-19T18:32:30Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > It’s the hair. It makes him look like Klaus Kinski. > > If you cover up the hair and just focus on the face, the likeness is actually okay. > > This makes sense, if you know how these places make their statues. The hair insertion process is designed to simulate how a, uh, normal person wears their hair. The voluminous fluff-and-comb-over thing Trump does is evidently impossible to replicate with these materials and techniques. Their mistake was in trying to replicate it artificially. They should spring for the genuine pelt of an orange marmoset. Expensive, yes, but the authentic results are well worth it. [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=56) [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=58)