# 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:** 103
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2041 "2023-09-22T20:15:53Z")
_Kotaku, floating in space, staring at Earth:_ “All those NFTs are officially worthless?” _Man in space suit pointing handgun at the back of Kotaku’s head:_ “Always have been.” ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2042 "2023-09-22T20:18:46Z")
HODL! (_That_ was schadenfreude indeed!) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2043 "2023-09-22T20:21:09Z")
I love that you feel you need to defend your ownership of beenie babies. I bought a beenie baby _once_, and I didn’t inhale! ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2044 "2023-09-22T20:25:17Z")
Nah, it’s just that they’re not completely worthless. They’re cute and cheap. I don’t have a whole army of them! One of my sister’s coworkers _did_ buy up lots of them planning to make a real killing. That’s just sad. As they say with art, buy what you like. If it appreciates fine, but at least you’re living with something that makes you happy. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2045 "2023-09-22T20:32:00Z")
I still remember how horrified another mom in a playgroup was that my preschooler was _playing with_ her Princess Di Beanie Baby. That mom had put all _her_ child’s Beanie Babies up on a shelf where she couldn’t touch them, because they were going to be very valuable someday! (I thought, but didn’t say, that I preferred buying her just a couple of stuffed toys and actually investing money in, y’know, investment accounts.) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2046 "2023-09-22T20:42:37Z")
These collectors have closets full of incandescent bulbs, barrels of bleach, a century supply of horse dewormer, gallons of fish tank cleaner, lupus medication, UV lights and DJT NFTs. The future looks bright, just come over here and stare into the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2047 "2023-09-23T14:26:55Z")
I’m in shock - I just went to eBay an searched “sold BBs”, and the apparent high seller went for more than I have in my house, $69k. Many at the low end went for, in groups, a couple of bucks each, but for the entertainment value, check out the high end. And we wonder about people voting for (the t-word). Dan for (the t-word). ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2048 "2023-09-23T20:36:20Z")
Trump posted another Washington Post article on Truth. He obviously did not read the article, only the headline: Fox viewers love Trump. Newsmax viewers idolize him. It is not a flattering article but I guess he knows his fans won’t actually read it either. As long as it says in the headline that he is popular, the Washington Compost is alright with him. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2049 "2023-09-24T01:03:10Z")
I wonder if Washington Post is OK with people stealing and republishing entire articles on other websites? I hear copyright is a thing many for-profit media operations take kinda seriously. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2050 "2023-09-24T01:19:04Z")
It’s the third or fourth time he’s done this with the Washington Post recently. Just another thing he gets away with. Maybe Bezos thinks he’s more trouble than he’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2051 "2023-09-24T01:25:18Z")
Or they could figure, why bother, why run up lawyer bills, when there are so many cases, civil and criminal, ahead of them in the legal queue. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2052 "2023-09-24T01:25:35Z")
Might be a nice juicy lawsuit in it for them. Unless they like being advertised on the trump channel. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2053 "2023-09-24T17:40:35Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > How many weeks of Trump expecting them to wait on him hand and foot would it take to get them to wise up? Well, it’s seven _years_ and counting, so… ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2054 "2023-09-26T20:37:19Z")
Gonna x-post this here: > ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2055 "2023-09-26T21:19:00Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gonna x-post this here: When was the last time Trump actually won something? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2056 "2023-09-26T21:21:39Z")
I’m sorry all. Does this mean that Trump can’t do business in NYC? What about the rent he collects? Does it just mean he can’t start anything new? I personally think all of his NYC assets should be seized (don’t kick people out though). And all rent paid to Trump goes to the city for back taxes, after that’s collected, a fund should be set up for rape victims and the homeless. ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2057 "2023-09-26T21:39:00Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > When was the last time Trump actually won something? Just a month ago in fact! [https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/08/28/donald-trump-claims-another-club-championship/](https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/08/28/donald-trump-claims-another-club-championship/) Just ask him! 😜 ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2058 "2023-09-26T21:44:44Z")
I think there is still a ways to go before that is fully decided. Near as I can tell this appears to have been a preliminary hearing related to the factual evidence of whether Trump’s evaluation of his properties was accurate (they weren’t) and a slap down of his lawyers to the tune of $7,500 for repeatedly trying a defense that they had been told was BS. [NY times gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/nyregion/trump-james-fraud-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=0u5C-dJpxnsS8lj5FHdzI4kvw2qsd1qXVoLESY-auVQADEWOpI81T0YOiJu7pVM2T92i6JXz3VMhSqGZryyxZKcL3ek3DP9QwRuRm1BMJJcBITTajj4h6N3BzYO6xK1Vn5uf_f_Vo__4TaxN9ITQxL9R-cjqOMXk4_TgHRE2jwJm6UZ8sztvXkoiJoEjXT47iYuC89kNaJXO9dRItgslHV3W9hpPCkxz279K0EHAjOBgpxB2eQypvKMf0FIakNEoiDVxcOsuFgbRnQ7EQSUx0ODFeN2ULK8NwxaFLaXnV_e16Xom3Y2DE1tCgbtzo9DM5JQn9BncE1w8CnOLhZRRXuWX&smid=url-share) > In his order, Justice Engoron wrote scathingly about Mr. Trump’s defenses, saying that the former president and the other defendants, including his two adult sons and his company, ignored reality when it suited their business needs. “In defendants’ world,” he wrote, “rent-regulated apartments are worth the same as unregulated apartments; restricted land is worth the same as unrestricted land; restrictions can evaporate into thin air.” > > “That is a fantasy world, not the real world,” he added. > > The judge also levied sanctions on Mr. Trump’s lawyers for making arguments that he previously rejected. He ordered each to pay $7,500, noting that he had previously warned them that the arguments in question bordered on being frivolous. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2059 "2023-09-26T21:45:27Z")
[Here’s a gift link to the NYT article on the NY fraud case decision.](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/nyregion/trump-james-fraud-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=TaSXIPhdX2g2A0ORbERJBsMPfbFDU-zvXxN2612LPI0V9G-ZmOK-nuis2ZDj8BOYTo6f2tyMbqNRb-lJbTHs8LqNpS5_Rxh-yQye-GL0Llp1ghnbGnebjetY0-YAbVc_HO4XiSjRFyKzUkUGg7YnxG-iNyTa5yHO0fVcXg9nVFPEplZZCiJp5MLmbQJj-rZsZA3fIA9erY4k7QRiVfAoFr48wDHuK2JoiHVHO8NjfLOHewUS03cu4VzDd1ppXIy2n4M63XV5FkOjZadxf41l8i-Seht6-v55PVQVnOX1TbTOzZAWBznXOMEoH7jxUj97hff12WLRj2tOzmuNdf_AYHYp&smid=url-share) ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/2060 "2023-09-26T21:48:59Z")
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