# 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:** 430
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8582 "2024-09-29T19:57:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” [Yeah, if by _ancient_, you mean _about forty years old_ and by _Chinese_, you mean _American_.](https://www.chinasprout.com/community/guestcolumns/21#:~:text=But%20what%20is%20most%20noteworthy,least%2030%20or%2040%20years.) (China Sprout) [Or maybe about _a hundred twenty-six years old_ and _British_.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times#:~:text=The%20expression%20is%20ironic%3A%20%22interesting,source%20has%20ever%20been%20produced.) (Wikipedia) But, hey, it is a fun saying, regardless of its origin. The Wiki link gives another two sayings ramping up the issue in order: > _May you come to the attention of those in authority._ And then: > _May the gods give you everything you ask for._ The last one, ISTM, is just another way of saying _Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it_. [Quote Investigator has examined the supposedly Chinese saying also.](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/12/18/live/) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8583 "2024-09-29T20:56:12Z")
Bless your heart. Same thing, really. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8584 "2024-09-30T06:15:18Z")
I saw an ad banner on one of Trump’s videos today. The name caught my eye and I had to check it out. [sales page (patriotaddict.com)](https://www.patriotaddict.com/pages/rsbn-listicle) Patriot addict? As in addicted to patriotism? Or just addicts who are grifting off Trump’s brand of patriotism? Who knows. Anyway, they are selling a lighter. [![](https://i.imgur.com/7D5P2g5.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/7D5P2g5.png) It’s only $49.99. Every patriotic addict needs one. > [@](#): > > The Plasma Arc lighter burns at 1,100 degrees, so you’ll be able to light almost anything on fire. Well there you go. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8585 "2024-09-30T07:40:28Z")
A genuine Trum lighter, you say? [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/14982509/r/il/fe37e7/4515451319/il_fullxfull.4515451319_bt0u.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/14982509/r/il/fe37e7/4515451319/il_fullxfull.4515451319_bt0u.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8586 "2024-09-30T08:44:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > It’s only $49.99. Every patriotic addict needs one. Yeah, and it looks like a cheap lighter that I use for my cigars and pipes. In other words, it’s a lighter until it breaks down. Piezo-electric lighters (which this one seems to be) are notoriously unreliable, especially in high winds. Ain’t no way, for me. Gee, Donnie—maybe you should endorse Trump Zippos. They’re windproof—oh wait, the Zippo Company is far too ethical to ever make a Trump Zippo. I say that as a collector of Zippos. Zippo doesn’t do political. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8587 "2024-09-30T09:26:45Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Gee, Donnie—maybe you should endorse Trump Zippos. They’re windproof—oh wait, the Zippo Company is far too ethical to ever make a Trump Zippo. You can’t expect a company that sells windproof items to endorse a windbag. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8588 "2024-09-30T09:35:46Z")
@Monty , you made me laugh with that one. Very well done! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8589 "2024-09-30T14:06:42Z")
The first commercial for this thing apparently was on Newsmax. > **[You'll Never Be Able to Unsee the Trumpy Trout](https://gizmodo.com/youll-never-be-able-to-unsee-the-trumpy-trout-2000489920)** > > Why are they like this? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8590 "2024-09-30T18:37:54Z")
Endeavour to Persevere, My Friend. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8591 "2024-09-30T19:26:12Z")
I know this means nothing, but… I was driving through a fairly affluent neighborhood in Sacramento. Had to go down a lot of streets over several miles. I expected many Trump signs. I saw many Harris/Waltz signs in the yards. I did not see _one_ Trump sign. In my own middle class neighborhood, there have been a number of Trump signs for years. Several have been taken down. Still seeing Trump signs in the sticks and on the freeways. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8592 "2024-09-30T19:43:21Z")
My grandfather lived in a reasonably nice neighborhood in Sacramento. I wonder if you were anywhere near his house. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8593 "2024-10-01T01:29:15Z")
“Bikers For Trump” has dropped Trump from their name. > ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8594 "2024-10-01T01:40:43Z")
Yeah, there’s a house I pass when I leave my neighborhood that was aggressively Agent Orange-y for a long time. Lots of signs, flags, including a Gadsen flag, etc. The weirdest part of it was that the people that lived there were a black woman and a white guy. I kinda wondered what the dinner table conversation was like there. Anyway, one day - poof! - all that stuff was gone. I don’t know if someone had a change of heart, left, or died. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8595 "2024-10-01T05:36:39Z")
But they’ll still vote for him. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8596 "2024-10-01T12:25:33Z")
This has probably been mentioned before, but if so, deal with it, because I love it! The US Attorney prosecuting Trump’s second shooter is Markenzy Lapointe, a Haitian immigrant. One hopes that he has access to some nice plump cats from his neighbours so he’s well-nourished and has the strength to win the case for the prosecution and put this guy away! 😃 > **[Surreal: U.S. Attorney In Charge of Trump Almost Shooting Is Haitian-American...](https://www.commondreams.org/further/surreal-u-s-attorney-in-charge-of-trump-almost-shooting-is-haitian-american-and-we-are-here-for-it)** > > Because things right about now can always get weirder, it turns out the Florida U.S. Attorney handling the case of the latest sick white guy inspired by hateful GOP lies about pet-eating Haitians to go hiding in the bushes to take down Trump with an... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8597 "2024-10-01T13:36:15Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I don’t know if someone had a change of heart, left, or **died**. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > But they’ll still vote for him These two posts are not directly connected, but it works so well. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8598 "2024-10-01T15:00:07Z")
So Teamsters - how did that RNC appearance work out for you? > ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8599 "2024-10-01T15:03:04Z")
Giant Trump Marionette in Las Vegas > **[Giant Naked Trump Statue Shows Him In A Swing State](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/naked-trump-statue-las-vegas_n_66fbbf8be4b029b6b7a746df)** > > The marionette-like installation, "Crooked and Obscene," outraged the Nevada Republican Party. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8600 "2024-10-01T15:04:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [Giant Naked Trump Statue Shows Him In A Swing State | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/naked-trump-statue-las-vegas_n_66fbbf8be4b029b6b7a746df) Phrasing! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/8601 "2024-10-01T15:37:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Phrasing! I didn’t read the article. Are they referring to Trump’s mushroom micropenis flapping in the wind? [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=429) [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=431)