# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1981 "2023-09-19T19:46:31Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > According to 23andMe, I have more Neanderthal DNA than 95% of 23andMe customers. I believe there is a strong correlation with Northern European ancestry. I think it showed I had more Neanderthal DNA than 98% of their customers. I thought it was cool, but, yeah, on my father’s side I’m almost completely Northern European. My sister read an article recently that said the higher your percentage of Neanderthal DNA the worse you’ll do if you get Covid. SMH. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1982 "2023-09-19T20:08:26Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > My sister read an article recently that said the higher your percentage of Neanderthal DNA the worse you’ll do if you get Covid. I was seeing those articles too. Maybe that’s why the Neanderthals vanished? Not Covid though… Maybe it was Cavid. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1983 "2023-09-19T20:51:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe that’s why the Neanderthals vanished? None of them were vaccinated against COVID. Many Trump supporters aren’t, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1984 "2023-09-19T22:07:49Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They claim my Neanderthal variants make it less likely that I’ll be scared of heights, more likely that I’ll get sweaty during exercise and less likely that I’ll sneeze after eating dark chocolate (WTF, is that really a thing?). According to a few things on google: > **[Whitakers Chocolates | Manufacturers of Premium Chocolates since 1889](https://www.whitakerschocolates.com/)** > > Whitakers Chocolates luxury British chocolates for over 130 years. Large range of Gluten-free, Vegan and Fairtrade chocolates. FREE UK delivery on all orders over £40 > **Chocolate can make some people sneeze due to individual sensitivities or allergies to its ingredients, which may trigger a histamine release and result in sneezing.** > > \*\*Additionally, consuming chocolate might stimulate the trigeminal nerve in the nasal passages, causing a sneeze reflex. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1985 "2023-09-19T22:41:24Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > **Chocolate can make some people sneeze due to individual sensitivities or allergies to its ingredients, which may trigger a histamine release and result in sneezing.** > > \*\*Additionally, consuming chocolate might stimulate the trigeminal nerve in the nasal passages, causing a sneeze reflex. Interestingly, sunshine and bright lights can make you sneeze, too. [Photic Sneeze Reflex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1986 "2023-09-19T22:49:57Z")
Yes I know. I mentioned it in my unedited post and being in a hurry forgot to add it back in. I’m a partial photic sneezer. If I feel a sneeze coming on, I can look at a bright light and make myself sneeze. However, just walking out in the sun if I don’t have to sneeze doesn’t affect me. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1987 "2023-09-19T22:51:32Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Interestingly, sunshine and bright lights can make you sneeze, too. My mother-in-law and daughter both have this. Neither I nor my wife do. I swear, everything _but_ sunlight makes me sneeze. Damn allergies. 😡 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1988 "2023-09-20T08:10:23Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Interestingly, sunshine and bright lights can make you sneeze, too. > [Photic Sneeze Reflex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex) In the years when I was commuting, I took a train that ran underground most of the way then emerged onto elevated tracks. On sunny days, I’d frequently have a sneezing fit as soon as that train left the tunnel. I never got the sunlight related sneezing fits at any other time, it was weird. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1989 "2023-09-20T12:33:55Z")
Literally the first thing I learned from Cecil Adams (from the Dope column in that week’s free newspaper). I finally understood why some people thought I was nuts when I told them the sun makes me sneeze, and other people thought anyone who thought that’s nuts, is nuts. > **[Why do some people sneeze when going out into bright light?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341691/why-do-some-people-sneeze-when-going-out-into-bright-light)** Okay, hijack over. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1990 "2023-09-20T13:37:40Z")
UAW President Shawn Fain essentially tells Trump, “Fuck off, troll.” > **[UAW president has some harsh words for Trump | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/politics/fain-trump-detroit/index.html)** > > The head of the United Auto Workers union is publicly denouncing former President Donald Trump ahead of his visit next week to Detroit as part of a plea to current and former union members. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1991 "2023-09-20T13:58:32Z")
I certainly have it. This cracked me up from your link: > also known as **Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst** ( **ACHOO** ) **syndrome** Nope, hijack not over. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1992 "2023-09-20T15:19:54Z")
This was the main CNN page title link to the live update article below: > Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully pushed back against the GOP’s accusations of political bias in the DOJ saying: ‘I am not the president’s lawyer’ My between-the-lines reading: "I am not \*(cough) Bill Barr (cough)\* the president’s lawyer’. > **[Live updates: Merrick Garland testifies at the House Judiciary Committee's...](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-judiciary-committee-doj-merrick-garland/index.html)** > > Attorney General Merrick Garland testified Wednesday in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Follow here for the latest live news updates. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1993 "2023-09-20T17:59:41Z")
I’ve been watching the Garland matter this morning on CNN. Some of those Republicans have to be heard to be believed. “Mr. Garland, do you support fewer cops on the streets?” “How do you reconcile protesters in Portland setting fire to a courthouse with people inside, while you do nothing; but you go after American patriots trying to rectify a rigged election?” Something about school boards, something about taxes, something about something that Garland cannot possibly have any knowledge of nor influence over. Garland replies with, “No,” or “I cannot comment as I don’t know the facts,” or similar. Calmly at all times, but his facial expressions say, “What planet do you people come from?” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1994 "2023-09-20T18:37:43Z")
The planet where ignorant innuendo gathers votes. IOW, 'Murrika!!! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1995 "2023-09-20T21:13:30Z")
I always knew Cecil was smart, but I didn’t realize he was a time traveller!?! Article is dated Sept 6, 1985, with a quote from Military Magazine dated 1993? My mind is blown. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1996 "2023-09-20T22:15:22Z")
The internet has both a Wayback Machine and a WayForward Machine. The latter requires a very exclusive (and _expensive_) subscription though. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1997 "2023-09-20T23:53:09Z")
But what if we supply our own tachyons? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1998 "2023-09-20T23:56:42Z")
I have a new idea. What if we supply our own tachyons? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1999 "2023-09-21T00:23:42Z")
The best part about tachyons is the first time you buy them they’re already used and so cheaper. Only later do they become new and more expensive. I hear they’re also good at resuscitating mostly-dead cats. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2000 "2023-09-21T02:45:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > but you go after American patriots trying to rectify a rigged election? _Proper response:_ “Sorry, I’m only answering questions relating to reality. You can shove your fantasy where the Sun does not shine.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=101)