# 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:** 215
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4282 "2024-02-18T19:40:49Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’m not so sure. I think there are a lot of rubes who would look at these like people look at Action Comics Number 1, or a Wayne Gretzky rookie card: as something that will only appreciate in value as time goes by, and will be worth even more if they’re never worn. I’m sitting on a six-pack of Billy Beer that’s just going to explode in value any day now! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4283 "2024-02-18T19:40:56Z")
Eh, I figure there’s likely short term profit. Based on the NFTs, if they figure in the next few months they can unload them on the next generation of suckers as a profit, it’s a win. But 6 months later (if that) they’ll be forgotten. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4284 "2024-02-18T19:48:20Z")
The only Trump memorabilia I would consider buying would be a model of the Ozymandias statue with Trump’s shattered face, if the Biden campaign would like to sell me one. > …Two vast and trunkless legs of stone > Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, > Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, > And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, > Tell that its sculptor well those passions read > Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, > The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4285 "2024-02-18T20:28:26Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I’m sitting on a six-pack of Billy Beer that’s just going to explode in value any day now! That must be uncomfortable now and will be really painful after the explosion. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4286 "2024-02-18T21:22:04Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I view these efforts as an attempt to grift more money from his supporters, but I also wonder if this is a way to launder money. Will some Saudis decide now is the time to purchase a whole bunch of sneakers? There are a few things that blow me away. - There is such a thing as sneaker con? … OOOOk. (looks for Alan Funt) - The venue would attract people that are into health, running, and other activities that require one to, you know, exercise. Not seeing a lot of that from the MAGA crowd. Might as well sell Tofu at a beef convention. The idea that this is just a way to launder money, sort of makes sense. “It was a real business, This one guy decided to buy them all” We all know he’s a stupid egomaniac. He would have a crowd in front of him. Secret Service - “Oh god, what now”. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4287 "2024-02-18T21:31:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The venue would attract people that are into health, running, and other activities that require one to, you know, exercise. I suspect that anyone who asked to _try on_ a pair of sneakers for the purpose of athletic activity would be ejected immediately. > **[Sneaker collecting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker_collecting)** > > Sneaker collecting is the acquisition and trading of sneakers as a hobby. It is often manifested by the use and collection of shoes made for particular sports, particularly basketball and skateboarding. A person involved in sneaker collecting is sometimes called a sneakerhead. > Sneaker collecting came to prominence in the 1980s in New York City and can be attributed to two major sources: basketball, specifically the emergence of Michael Jordan and his eponymous Air Jordan line of shoes released i... > the sneaker resale market was worth US$10 billion in 2021 ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4288 "2024-02-18T21:37:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > This is Exhibit #5,346,495,978 in the case of “America too stupid to govern itself”. > [@Riemann](#): > > the sneaker resale market was worth US$10 billion in 2021 This is Exhibit #5,346,495,979 in the case of “America too stupid to govern itself”. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4289 "2024-02-18T22:37:32Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’m not so sure. I think there are a lot of rubes who would look at these like people look at Action Comics Number 1, or a Wayne Gretzky rookie card: as something that will only appreciate in value as time goes by, and will be worth even more if they’re never worn. It’s grifting all the way. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/LX5bRSC.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/LX5bRSC) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4290 "2024-02-18T23:37:18Z")
Eh, it’s no more or less stupid than most other hobbies. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4291 "2024-02-19T00:23:41Z")
Oh, what a shame… > ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4292 "2024-02-19T00:40:16Z")
That looks more like a “Never Surrender” sneaker. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4293 "2024-02-19T00:49:23Z")
Hahahahaha… There are no shoes, the Trump sneaker website says shoes ordered now will be shipped “in July”. Hahahahahahaha… > ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4294 "2024-02-19T01:01:40Z")
SHIPS in July. Please allow 6 to 8 months delivery time. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4295 "2024-02-19T01:08:23Z")
Yep, confirmed. > **[The Never Surrender High-Tops](https://gettrumpsneakers.com/products/gold-sneaker)** > > Meet The Never Surrender High-Tops. Only 1000 pairs will ever be released. Each pair is numbered. A true collector's item. The First Official Sneaker by President Trump, released at SneakerCon Philadelphia on February 17, 2024. Bold, gold, and tough,... ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4296 "2024-02-19T01:14:41Z")
Somewhere, Kanye West just got an order for a thousand shoes and thinks business is booming. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4297 "2024-02-19T01:31:22Z")
I checked and they only take payments from credit cards. I figured it was gift cards or bitcoin only. Good luck fighting them when the charge backs start coming in. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4298 "2024-02-19T01:32:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > SHIPS in July. Please allow 6 to 8 months delivery time. At which point, they say sorry, “there’s a bit of a dealy. We’ll definitely have them at your door in 2 weeks”. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4299 "2024-02-19T02:05:33Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The idea that this is just a way to launder money, sort of makes sense. “It was a real business, This one guy decided to buy them all” The thing is, the numbers are kind of lame. So he pulls $400k with the Sneaker Stunt. That’s about 0.1% of what he owes in fines _this month alone_. If this pittance matters enough to him to show up in person for it, that just shows how desperate his finances really are. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4300 "2024-02-19T05:40:01Z")
He owes $87,000 per DAY in interest alone on the judgment. The sneaker scam nets him less than 5 days interest. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/4301 "2024-02-19T09:42:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > You mean they’re [something showy but worthless](https://www.yourdictionary.com/trumpery)? Doonesbury nailed it back in the 1980s: > **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 27, 1988 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1988/07/27)** > > Donald Trump: Look at the quality! Chamois leather walls! Bird's eye maple trim! Hand-carved onyx bathrooms! We're talking quality! A level of quality that's hard to explain! Look here, more quality... Duke: Excuse me, sir. By "quality," you mean it... [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=214) [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=216)