# 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:** 167
**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 14, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3321 "2023-12-14T18:34:44Z")
Making Arithmetic Great Again! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3322 "2023-12-14T19:27:27Z")
I can testify that 10/10 is indeed equivalent to 100%, so once again, Our Lord and Savior Trump is completely correct. People are saying that they did not know this amazing math before Trump showed us. Big Strong Men with tears in their eyes came up and said “Thank you President Trump for showing us this amazing math trick!” ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3323 "2023-12-14T20:54:54Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > People are saying that they did not know this amazing math before Trump showed us. I should contact His Holiness and ask where to [find the missing dollar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_dollar_riddle)! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3324 "2023-12-14T23:29:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > and ask where to [find the missing dollar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_dollar_riddle)! Sorry, he’s under indictment, so he can’t let you see his tax returns. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3325 "2023-12-14T23:49:23Z")
But if you run across it, send it to him. It’s his. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3326 "2023-12-15T00:08:07Z")
The buck stops in Trump’s pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3327 "2023-12-15T21:53:45Z")
> **[Live updates: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148M to Georgia poll workers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/15/giuliani-defamation-trial-verdict-georgia-election-workers/)** > > Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss sued Rudy Giuliani, asserting his baseless claims about a stolen 2020 election destroyed their reputations. Each of the defamed poll workers was awarded $16M+ for reputational damage and $20M for infliction of emotional distress; in addition, Giuliani was ordered to pay $75M in punitive damages. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3328 "2023-12-15T21:57:14Z")
That is Schadenfreude at last! Do you still have debt prisons in the USA? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3329 "2023-12-15T22:21:32Z")
That warms my heart. Who knows how much of that cash they’ll actually see, but fuck Rudy Giuliani in his gin-soaked ass with a voting machine. Those women didn’t deserve anything that fuckface doled out at the behest of his golden cash idol and they deserve everything they can get out of him. I hope he ends up begging for cigarette butts in Alphabet City. God, I hate that asshole. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3330 "2023-12-15T22:39:45Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Do you still have debt prisons in the USA? For better or worse no. When a person can’t pay a judgement then the obligation to collect is usually on the people receiving it. And if a person actually can’t pay because they’re broke, you’re not getting it. That’s why Alex Jones tried to pull that bullshit about having to file bankruptcy after losing big time to the Sandy Hook families he defamed and harassed. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3331 "2023-12-15T22:39:48Z")
Off your X-Mas list, eh? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3332 "2023-12-15T22:41:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And if a person actually can’t pay because they’re broke, you’re not getting it. In my case, the guy’s broke _and_ doing 15½ years in prison. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3333 "2023-12-15T22:42:34Z")
Unfortunately that seems unlikely. According to [New York law](https://www.nycdebtlawyers.com/practice-areas/debt-collection-exemptions-in-new-york/), 90% of your gross income (or 75% of your disposable income if that is greater) is immune to collection. So between lawyer bills, the Dominion suit and this, he will lose all of his current assets and take a 10% cut off the top of any future earnings, but he has probably got enough celebrity earning power to keep off skid row. While I’m sorry to see Guilliani get off with his shirt intact, I’m glad that those laws exist for those who are not as well off as he is and find themselves as the mercy of collectors. ---
**Author:** ![Kelby2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@Kelby2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby2)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3334 "2023-12-16T01:23:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > That warms my heart. Who knows how much of that cash they’ll actually see, but fuck Rudy Giuliani in his gin-soaked ass with a voting machine. Those women didn’t deserve anything that fuckface doled out at the behest of his golden cash idol and they deserve everything they can get out of him. I hope he ends up begging for cigarette butts in Alphabet City. > > God, I hate that asshole. Hmm, can’t say I disagree. My hope is that the final retribution comes down on the author of the scheme, i.e., Mr. Trump himself. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3335 "2023-12-16T02:33:40Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > That is Schadenfreude at last! For me, it’s not so much schadenfreude anymore as it is fremdschämen. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3336 "2023-12-16T16:21:29Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > fremdschämen I like that word - it describes why I couldn’t watch _The Office_ for a long time - I was embarrassed for Michael. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3337 "2023-12-16T17:03:26Z")
So is “Vergüenza ajena” , the reason I can’t watch most Peter Seller’s movies. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3338 "2023-12-16T22:23:43Z")
It’s also why I have trouble watching plays. What if an actor messes up on stage? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3339 "2023-12-17T00:33:21Z")
You muddle through it as best you can and get back on track. I speak from experience. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/3340 "2023-12-17T01:45:08Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > So is “Vergüenza ajena” , the reason I can’t watch most Peter Seller’s movies. Sounds like me with Jerry Lewis films. [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=166) [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=168)