# 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:** 363
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7242 "2024-08-02T01:30:30Z")
Fortunately, I heard that Melania just needed to nip it in the bud. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7243 "2024-08-02T01:37:50Z")
To be sorta fairish, Scott Jennings is a regular commentator on CNN, so he does get exposed to reality every time he’s one of a panel. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7244 "2024-08-02T01:43:11Z")
I wouldn’t say CNN is fake news, but to say “reality” is kinda stretching it, imho. 🙂 In this case, yes. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7245 "2024-08-02T01:44:50Z")
Way more towards the reality end of the spectrum than Fox or Breitbart. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7246 "2024-08-02T01:45:05Z")
tru tru tru ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7247 "2024-08-02T01:50:58Z")
Well this should wrap up the black vote right here. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Dv3pW9c.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Dv3pW9c) A mugshot, sneaker line and 3 baby mamas. What the ever-loving fuck? I’m surprised she didn’t mention fried chicken. These people are WEIRD. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7248 "2024-08-02T01:51:08Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Fortunately, I heard that Melania just needed to nip it in the bud. Ew! 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7249 "2024-08-02T01:53:10Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > What the ever-loving fuck? Even when they’re trying desperately to not be racist they can’t stop themselves from being racist. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7250 "2024-08-02T01:58:12Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > They’re so easy to clean! Just turn them inside out and shake the fuck out of them. Just a little to the left… Then a little to the right… Then pour in Dish Soap And scrub it tight…! That’s the JD Shuffle… ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7251 "2024-08-02T02:13:50Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > 3 baby mamas. Remember when Fox News called Michelle [Obama’s baby mama?](https://www.tvguide.com/news/fox-news-slapped-12745/) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7252 "2024-08-02T02:22:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For a bit of Schadenfreude… > > [Trump Gets More Terrible News—This Time, From Truth Social](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-gets-more-terrible-news-201154422.html) So what’s changed? Just starting with his 2016 run for the White House, Trump has been spewing hateful bullshit for eight years now. Why are people suddenly sick of it now? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7253 "2024-08-02T02:28:17Z")
You know how you start a book series, and the first one really grabs you, so you keep buying and reading each one as it comes out? But after X number of books, you start to notice it’s pretty much all the same plot and basic characters and, well, you get bored and stop buying any more of the books? ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7254 "2024-08-02T02:29:38Z")
What a perfect description of entertainment ennui! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7255 "2024-08-02T02:32:32Z")
Thanks. It happened to me when I was rereading my set of Dick Francis mysteries in one marathon go and realized they were all pretty much the same book despite their various settings and plot details. ETA: Which in a way was a shame since, taken one by one, well spaced out, they’re entertaining reads, but that experience pretty much soured me on them. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7256 "2024-08-02T02:34:35Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You know how you start a book series, and the first one really grabs you, so you keep buying and reading each one as it comes out? Which is why I wait for the author to die before I start any ~~trilogy~~ ~~extended trilogy~~~~ quadrilogy ~~~~ pentalogy~~ desperate attempt to milk a few more dollars out of people that can’t not be completionists. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7257 "2024-08-02T02:37:33Z")
LOL – It’s even worse when the author dies and someone tries to keep the series going, especially when they can’t come close to matching the original author. Both Terry Pratchett and Tony Hillerman had such abominations tacked onto their series. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7258 "2024-08-02T03:05:25Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Dick Francis mysteries You mean the stories about horse racing written in the first person where there’s at least one murder and something terrible happens to the narrator but he survives? I think I read all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7259 "2024-08-02T04:15:52Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Then a little to the right… Ah, If only… ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7260 "2024-08-02T10:08:22Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > A mugshot, sneaker line and 3 baby mamas. What the ever-loving fuck? I’m surprised she didn’t mention fried chicken. These people are WEIRD. [_I am a suburban homeboy with a suburban ho right by my side_ _I am a suburban homeboy and I say yo’ dog to my detailing guy_ _I bought me cornrows on Amazon_ _I started listening to Farrakhan_ _My caddy and me, he looks just like Jay-Z_ _And I’m a suburban homeboy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWOgdgrwIs) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/7261 "2024-08-02T10:55:34Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > A mugshot, sneaker line and 3 baby mamas. What the ever-loving fuck? I’m surprised she didn’t mention fried chicken. I’m surprised she didn’t trot out the full [gift basket](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HgXRNVT7g). (The link goes to Youtube, starring “Fluffy”.) > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > These people are WEIRD. WORD! [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=362) [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=364)