# 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:** 8
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/141 "2020-12-05T23:23:38Z")
I wouldn’t be even a tiny bit surprised to see that reaction if Trump were to, er, evacuate publicly. In schadenfreude news about Trump’s supporters the Anti-Maskers: it appears that one long-term effect of infection with the COVID-19 coronavirus may have been identified. > [@](#): > > …This comes from an interview with infectious disease expert Dr. Dana Grayson, who told NBC Philadelphia about some new discoveries. She was talking about the long-term health complications that could stem from even a mild case of COVID-19, which we’re still learning about and which are very worrying. Some of those can be neurological conditions, but Dr. Grayson made sure men heard this one. > > “There is some real concern here that men could have longtime issues of erectile dysfunction from this virus,” said Dr. Grayson, “because we know that it causes issues in the vasculature.” … . So those who rushed to get infected to show their support for Trump and his anti-science views, may have ended up in a condition that will improve the profits of Pfizer (maker of Viagra). > **[COVID-19 May Cause Erectile Dysfunctions, A Disease Expert Claims](https://uproxx.com/viral/covid-erectile-dysfunction-twitter-reactions/)** > > People are wondering if this will finally get skeptics to finally wear masks. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/142 "2020-12-05T23:28:58Z")
‘What? You’re unemployed and 2 DUI’s later!’ > ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/143 "2020-12-05T23:32:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I wouldn’t be even a tiny bit surprised to see that reaction if Trump were to, er, evacuate publicly. - $1,500 per ounce! Hurry, supplies are (somewhat) limited! Operators are standing by! \< loud, farting noise \> But wait, there’s more!!! ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/144 "2020-12-05T23:38:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > $1,500 per ounce! Hurry, supplies are (somewhat) limited! Operators are standing by! > \< loud, farting noise \> > But wait, there’s more!!! You’re absolutely, appallingly correct: “the substance” would be up for sale within minutes of its, er production. Maybe for an extra fee they can have the vial certified by some of those pastors who are always ‘laying hands’ on Trump in the Oval Office: _“Guaranteed Holy Relic of Our Modern Cyrus.”_ 😱 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/145 "2020-12-06T05:32:59Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So those who rushed to get infected to show their support for Trump and his anti-science views, may have ended up in a condition that will improve the profits of Pfizer (maker of Viagra). And more importantly, make them less likely to pass their idiocy along to the next generation. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/146 "2020-12-06T23:38:10Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > And more importantly, make them less likely to pass their idiocy along to the next generation. . A not-negligible consideration. But seriously, reports of long-term effects of infection by the COVID-19 coronavirus have not been exactly rare. And, no doubt, more effects will be confirmed as time goes on. TL/DR: these people are idiots. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/147 "2020-12-08T05:13:34Z")
Biden is already more popular than Trump ever was: > **[Joe Biden is already more popular than Trump ever was, according to new poll](https://news.yahoo.com/joe-biden-already-more-popular-074813057.html)** > > President achieved highest personal approval ratings at beginning of his term ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/148 "2020-12-11T04:46:55Z")
Biden/Harris named Time’s People of the Year. You know it is just killing Trump. This is the kind of Schadenfreude I can take pleasure in because nobody actually gets hurt but Trump’s ego takes a definite hit. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/149 "2020-12-11T05:58:01Z")
Slightly off-topic. Where might one go to see Trump people running in circles in their own environment? What message board or forum might you recommend? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/150 "2020-12-11T15:03:30Z")
Parler? I tried to sign up to see what their isolated cesspool looked like, but it requires a cell number and they don’t accept Google numbers so I gave up. I’ve read a couple articles about it, and it seems to be a really cool place to hang out, kick off your work shoes, put on some comfy slippers and your white hood. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/151 "2020-12-11T16:03:52Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Parler? I agree. I do not want to be associated, except as an anthropologist… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/152 "2020-12-12T00:09:55Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Biden/Harris named Time’s People of the Year. You know it is just killing Trump. This is the kind of Schadenfreude I can take pleasure in because nobody actually gets hurt but Trump’s ego takes a definite hit. Oh, yes. Trump apparently thinks about the Time Magazine honor a LOT. He mentions it all the time at his rallies, and he reacted badly to having been snubbed every year since his “win” in 2016: > [@](#): > > In keeping with Time’s tradition, Trump was the president-elect when he was named Person of the Year in 2016. His predecessors Barack Obama and George W. Bush were each named Person of the Year twice after their election victories. > > Time editors in 2017 picked a group they dubbed “The Silence Breakers,” the people who launched a national reckoning over sexual harassment by coming forward with accusations against powerful men like disgraced Hollywood film executive Harvey Weinstein. > > Trump claimed that Time called him to say he would “probably” be picked for the second year in a row, but he said he “took a pass.” Time said the conversation never took place. > > In 2018, Time editors selected “The Guardians,” four journalists whose work landed them in jail or cost them their lives — Jamal Khashoggi, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — and the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, the site of a mass shooting. > > Trump, who was a runner-up, was not happy about that choice, either. > > “I can’t imagine anybody else other than Trump” as the selection, Trump said. “Can you imagine anybody other than Trump?” … > **[Biden, Harris are Time's 2020 'Person of the Year'](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-are-times-2020-person-of-the-year.html)** > > Other contenders were Dr. Anthony Fauci, front-line Covid-19 workers and racial justice movements that led protests over the death of George Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/153 "2020-12-12T00:23:21Z")
And the quote above didn’t mention 2019’s Person of the Year: Greta Thunberg, which probably really chafed Trump’s ass… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/154 "2020-12-12T01:00:18Z")
Yes, apparently it did. This link has audio of Trump mocking her after his loss to her: > [@](#): > > … “I don’t really know anything about her,” Trump said of Thunberg, later calling her “very angry.” . [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485306-trump-bemoans-losing-to-greta-thunberg-as-time-person-of-the-year](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485306-trump-bemoans-losing-to-greta-thunberg-as-time-person-of-the-year) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/155 "2020-12-12T01:25:57Z")
Wait, y’all don’t remember Donald trashing a 16yo girl with autism and her masterful social media clapback? Holy hell, it was one of the best twitter moments of 2019, occurring almost a year ago to this day: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O3jm2CawLNv3vMqW4y7JltUAK8uen5aeuf7E9iYokCS0Ge5oDLLTgwboRPSxYUoxalu6sdah2zVUjWuBhSfUHy3eL1BPfcRBzQzhTi2q93H2TuqZjsE1UDfBQ7EyjmwS3gKbKUcaNA=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/4T5kfgGmXFhxpYcV9) [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/t3cYjh714Lzws8_LyWDxRLj_Y8k2r4760r-fEBPORlUmmxBxevIall75oAl7iWgFfeVUJ4OoJH75mw3YkYeniCacDT5YMgPHCcal2u6kxwYQ2Ne9tsU85aXiqiUoq0e0rb02hHPa3w=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/j7KNoBveMGzTihaY8) Damned right he took her win personally. What a whiny little bitch Trump is. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/156 "2020-12-12T01:29:08Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > … Damned right he took her win personally. What a little bitch Trump is. He truly is pathetic. As is anyone who admires him. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/157 "2020-12-12T01:30:44Z")
And let’s not forget he has FAKE ‘Time Man of the Year’ magazines on his walls @ Maralago. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/158 "2020-12-12T01:39:49Z")
And this time next year I bet there are a lot more… ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/159 "2020-12-12T12:10:06Z")
Haa, the [fake Time magazine](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/time-asks-donald-trump-s-golf-clubs-remove-phony-magazine-n777546) was one of my favorite Trump-is-pathetic things to point to for a long time but I hadn’t thought about it in a while. To nitpick, though, it wasn’t actually a “Person of the Year” fake and instead features excited blurbs about _The Apprentice_. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/160 "2020-12-12T14:29:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And let’s not forget he has FAKE ‘Time Man of the Year’ magazines on his walls @ Maralago. And "Michigan Man of the Year’ Multiple time whiner with oak leaf clusters (gold leaf). Multiple “Noble” prizes. Club Champion - multiple times. Usually held when the course is closed for maintenance. [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=7) [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=9)