# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1222 "2021-03-24T18:17:14Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > She then asked if we would consider booking their hotel should the opportunity arise, and I couldn’t lie; I said probably not, as it just didn’t seem like a property my typical client would be interested in (again, true, I think). She then point-blank asked if that was because we didn’t like Trump. I said that, in all honesty, I was uncomfortable with the President of the United States having going business interests like this. […] > > She _went off._ […] just on and on about what a great property it is, and how it wasn’t fair that we should penalize all the hard working men and women at the hotel just because we were against the President […] A classic example of why somebody who takes on the job of being the freaking POTUS is supposed to cut ties with their private business interests. Trump’s allowed to use his POTUS power and prestige to shill and grift for his own hotels to put money in his pocket, but nobody else may allow their opinion of his POTUS activities to influence their patronage of his hotels? Fuck that hypocritical bullshit. No reflection on you carlb, a very trenchant story and well told! ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1223 "2021-03-24T19:56:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I guess that means nobody should ever go to jail until after they’ve already had the experience of going to jail. 🤔 Did anyone else do a double take at the picture in that article and think it was Derek Chauvin, the cop that killed George Floyd? Just me? > [@Wolf333](#): > > As does IAFD. I love that you knew this site existed, thought it was well enough known that you didn’t have to spell it out, and that no Dopers have asked what it stood for. Thumbs up for this post. I may be wrong but I assumed **Ike\_Witt** was joking because the name sounds like a porn name. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1224 "2021-03-24T20:18:30Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > … and she was _ **nuts** _ . And not the fun kind. Like very, very unpleasant. Just like her boss! > [@carlb](#): > > Funny thing is that about an hour later we met with the rep from what was then the Trump Hotel in Toronto. Lovely young lady, pleasant as can be, and we had a very nice chat. One of my colleagues did casually mention the DC rep, and this young woman just lowered her gaze, shook her head sadly and said, “yeah…” I suspect the difference there is that the Trump Hotel & Tower in Toronto was one of those deals where they licensed the name but Trump himself had little to do with it. The Trump Organization did have a management contract for a time and owned a minority interest, all of that long gone. Like everything Trump touches, even remotely, the place went to shit, the owners were sued by investors, and the place was so poorly maintained that, rather symbolically, the “P” fell off one of the giant Trump signs and was just left that way, while in the meantime a city councilor moved to have the “Trump” name changed because it was an embarrassment to the city. Today the place has been rehabilitated and operates under the St. Regis brand, owned by Marriott. Somewhere in a dumpster or a landfill are two sets of gigantic letters spelling T-R-U-M-P, with one of the Ps a bit dented from having fallen off the building. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1225 "2021-03-24T20:26:33Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I may be wrong but I assumed **Ike\_Witt** was joking because the name sounds like a porn name. Yeah, just about any last name coupled with Misty gets that thought. I suppose it is better than being a Karen… the thoughts that name generates aren’t as pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1226 "2021-03-24T20:28:11Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > Yeah, just about any last name coupled with Misty gets that thought. Present company excluded, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1227 "2021-03-24T20:30:22Z")
🙂 maybe in my youth. But, I suppose Rule 34 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1228 "2021-03-24T20:36:58Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Wasn’t Misty Belles a 1970’s porn star? Perhaps you’re thinking of [Cheri Swellz](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4212309/)? (ETA: SFW link, more-or-less.) ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1229 "2021-03-24T20:44:23Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > last name coupled with Misty gets that thought. > > I suppose it is better than being a Karen Misty Karen… “Do you want to speak to… the ‘Manager’?” ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1230 "2021-03-24T20:46:42Z")
👏 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1231 "2021-03-24T21:19:35Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I may be wrong but I assumed **Ike\_Witt** was joking because the name sounds like a porn name. That is correct. > [@mistymage](#): > > Yeah, just about any last name coupled with Misty gets that thought. Now I actually feel bad about it. You have my sincere apology. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1232 "2021-03-24T21:19:53Z")
That would be an instant Classic. ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1233 "2021-03-24T21:33:55Z")
I could have sworn Misty Peaks was a porn star but I guess it’s just a range of mountains in the Monster Hunter video games. (I am well aware of the Misty Mountains in Middle Earth, but that’s a little less porn-sounding to me.) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1234 "2021-03-24T22:48:36Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > 🙂 maybe in my youth But, I suppose Rule 34 😃 I don’t know. To me, “Misty Mage” sounds like what a publisher tells the illustrator to put on the cover of the next Marion Zimmer Bradley novel. “Can you make her more, y’know, _ethereal_?” ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1235 "2021-03-24T23:19:32Z")
This has gone about as far from Trump and his enablers as it can. I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad. Also: some of you are probably thinking of Misty Beethoven. No, I’m not putting a link in. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1236 "2021-03-25T00:04:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > …the place was so poorly maintained that, rather symbolically, the “P” fell off one of the giant Trump signs and was just left that way … Schadenfreude-wise, one would have preferred that it had been the “T,” instead. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1237 "2021-03-25T00:16:48Z")
I thought Misty Belles sounded like the perfect name for a luxury travel agent. The second ‘e’ really makes the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1238 "2021-03-25T00:24:27Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I guess that means nobody should ever go to jail until after they’ve already had the experience of going to jail. 🤔 So, he’s an “Oath Keeper”, which means he has prior experience as a police officer or military, correct? And yet his filing says: > [@](#): > > “The psychological burdens of being detained pending trial are very real for Mr. Young. Since **he has no previous experience with the criminal justice system** , being detained is taking an extremely high toll on his mental well-being,” Theres a “hmmmm” there. 🤔 ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1239 "2021-03-25T00:53:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > This has gone about as far from Trump and his enablers as it can. I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad. Not at all, we’re discussing potential porn star names. That’s extremely close to talking about Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1240 "2021-03-25T02:56:55Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/1241 "2021-03-25T03:25:31Z")
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