# 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:** 337
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6722 "2024-06-20T18:15:55Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Ohhhh… thank you! I’ve been watching Corner Gas, which takes place in Saskatchewan, and I thought the first 2 lines of the lyrics to the theme song… > > _You can tell me that your dog ran away,_ > _And then you tell me that it took 3 days_ > > …meant, since the song (and the show) is about not a lot going on in a small town, that someone tells a story about their dog running away and stretches the story out for three days just to have something to talk about. But now that I read your post, I get it-- because Saskatchewan is so flat! 🤦‍♂️ You should have known better from the cold open to Season One, Episode One: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/su2fhdXcbm4/hqdefault.jpg "Corner Gas | S01E01 "Ruby Reborn" Season 1 Episode 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su2fhdXcbm4) ---
**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:** [June 20, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6723 "2024-06-20T18:19:27Z")
That just reminds me of living in Kansas farm country back in the day. Totally flat and you could see far into the distance. Not much in the way of trees either. Roads were straight and seemed to go on forever. Cruise control was definitely your friend. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6724 "2024-06-20T18:29:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You should have known better from the cold open to Season One, Episode One: Well, yeah, I _knew_ Saskatchewan was flat, I just hadn’t connected it to the ‘dog running away taking 3 days’ joke in the first line of the theme song-- I thought at first it meant that small town life was so boring, a story about a dog running away takes 3 days to tell. Maybe I should have posted my little epiphany in the “[Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-a-creative-work-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time-open-spoilers-possible/504117)” thread 😏 > [@Atamasama](#): > > That just reminds me of living in Kansas farm country back in the day. Totally flat and you could see far into the distance. I got a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in college. One of my favorite professors, who taught life drawing, said he developed an excellent instinctive sense of perspective from growing up in Kansas. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6725 "2024-06-20T22:42:28Z")
Aw, that’s a shame… **Trump Media plummets 15% as DJT stock sell-off deepens** > **[Trump Media plummets 15% as DJT stock sell-off deepens](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/20/djt-trump-media-stock-price-today.html?__source=androidappshare)** > > Trump Media closed at $26.75 per share after heavy trading — more than 40% lower than the stock's roughly $49 price at the start of June. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6726 "2024-06-21T00:47:07Z")
> [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQiWP1nX0AAV-W0?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQiWP1nX0AAV-W0?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6727 "2024-06-21T00:57:14Z")
"Two! The two most important issues are INFLATION and IMMIGRATION. IMMIGRATION and INFLATION. And an almost fanatical devotion to Vladimir Putin. I’ll tweet again." ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6728 "2024-06-21T08:43:42Z")
Just saw [this on Xitter](https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1803927180822335881) about one of Tan the Convictman’s enablers. > 🚨🚨🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to have failed to disclose profits she made on her last MAGA book. The memoir, entitled MTG, details her time in Congress. It was published by Winning Team Publishing, owned in part by Don Jr. Oh it gets better. It’s possible Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t disclose the payments… > > Because the book didn’t make enough money to trigger the requirements of her financial disclosure form. ! > > 😂😂😂 > > That means, either Marjorie Taylor Greene is an embarrassing failure, or she’s a criminal and deserves to be prosecuted. Share this everywhere so we get this story more attention. Marjorie Taylor Greene deserves to be expelled from Congress. That’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6729 "2024-06-21T12:06:09Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That means, either Marjorie Taylor Greene is an embarrassing failure, or she’s a criminal and deserves to be prosecuted. I’m going to go out on a limb and say she is both. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6730 "2024-06-21T13:29:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Totally flat and you could see far into the distance. Someone who grew up in west Texas told me you could see for 40 miles in any direction – or 60 if you stood on a can of Skoal. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6731 "2024-06-21T13:45:29Z")
Fox News has never treated Trump or MAGA ‘fairly’? Man, that’s some Ministry of Truth-level rewriting of history. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6732 "2024-06-21T15:04:31Z")
[Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)[Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/g/Registered) [1h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6731) Fox News has never treated Trump or MAGA ‘fairly’? Man, that’s some Ministry of Truth-level rewriting of history.\> Technically correct. They’ve favoured both outrageously and that’s not treating them ‘fairly’. _shrug_ edited to fix everything. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6733 "2024-06-21T16:26:51Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Fox News has never treated Trump or MAGA ‘fairly’? Man, that’s some Ministry of Truth-level rewriting of history. Over at Breitbart they’ve declared Fox “leftist” And no, I’m neither kidding nor exaggerating. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6734 "2024-06-21T16:36:52Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Over at Breitbart they’ve declared Fox “leftist” > > And no, I’m neither kidding nor exaggerating. I knew a die-hard Trumper who was complaining years ago that Fox was too liberal and that he had to go to OAN to get the “real” news. I think Fox hosting a town hall with Pete Buttigieg was what triggered him. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6735 "2024-06-21T16:41:41Z")
Every time Fox dips into actual journalism and news, no matter how briefly, it causes the cultists to lose their minds. The fact that their standard m.o. has resulted in over half a billion dollars in fines doesn’t seem to have phased them at all. I recall this mostly starting with Fox calling Arizona for Biden back in 2020? There were probably rumblings about this before that and that’s just when it hit a fever pitch. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6736 "2024-06-21T19:42:07Z")
Apparently Fox has a solid polling division, so their numbers are pretty reliable. Just makes it sweeter. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6737 "2024-06-21T19:53:03Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Apparently Fox has a solid polling division, so their numbers are pretty reliable. Now how in the fuck did that happen?! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6738 "2024-06-21T20:13:52Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > The fact that their standard m.o. has resulted in over half a billion dollars in fines doesn’t seem to have phased them at all. “fazed”, not “phased”. Although I’d love to see Fox News phasered. Or put out of phase with our universe. > **[Definition of FAZE](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faze)** > > to disturb the composure of : disconcert, daunt… See the full definition > **[Definition of PHASE](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phase)** > > a particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes; a distinguishable part in a course, development, or cycle; an aspect or part (as of a problem) under consideration… See the full definition ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6739 "2024-06-22T14:44:41Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > …I recall this mostly starting with Fox calling Arizona for Biden back in 2020? There were probably rumblings about this before that and that’s just when it hit a fever pitch. Fox calling it, based on exit polling, for Obama over Romney on Election Night 2016 also led to much conservative wailing and gnashing of teeth at the time. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6740 "2024-06-22T14:52:08Z")
I assume you meant 2012. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6741 "2024-06-22T15:46:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Fox calling it, based on exit polling, for Obama over Romney on Election Night 2016 Is that the election where some Fox host/anchor had a camera accompany them on a trek to the basement to ask the eggheads if they were serious? And apparently, 2012? but wasn’t that McCain? yes, I am too lazy to look it up. > [@Gyrate](#): > > I assume you meant 2012. [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=336) [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=338)