# 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:** 496
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9902 "2025-01-15T22:38:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > - CNN > - MSNBC > - National Geo > - Oh, oh, oh, PBS . I don’t know about National Geographic, but the other three channels will CERTAINLY be showing the Inauguration (and so watching any of them will please Donald). I’ve heard Comedy Central mentioned as a channel that would annoy Donald if it got higher ratings, due to its hosting of _The Daily Show_. Of course Comedy Central is likely to be showing sit-com eps during the day, so I’m not sure if _that_ would annoy Himself unduly (other than denying HIM ratings, of course). ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9903 "2025-01-15T22:47:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I don’t know about National Geographic, but the other three channels will CERTAINLY be showing the Inauguration (and so watching any of them will please Donald). Ah, of course. I just know that he hates CNN and MSNBC. They would at least show and estimate crowd size. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9904 "2025-01-15T22:53:17Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I just know that he hates CNN and MSNBC. They would at least show and estimate crowd size. You’re right—they would provide actual facts, whereas Fox and the other right-wing outlets will provide breathless idolatry. Still, for any of us curious about the proceedings, the whole thing will be available on the C-SPAN site the next day (or YouTube, no doubt). I’d love for Trump to look at the numbers on Monday night and blow his top. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9905 "2025-01-15T23:37:21Z")
I just want to see the Village People and Trump getting down on YMCA. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9906 "2025-01-15T23:47:55Z")
Worth noting that the only remaining original Village Person is a maganut who drove the rest of his bandmates out of the group and claims that they were never a gay band and YMCA isn’t a gay song. > **[Village People singer defends Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a...](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/village-people-singer-defends-trumps-use-ymc-says-song-isnt-gay-anthem-rcna182538)** > > Victor Willis said the disco classic has “benefited greatly” from the president-elect’s use and threatened to sue news outlets that refer to it as a “gay anthem.” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9907 "2025-01-15T23:53:47Z")
Here’s what I find shitty: > Willis said that he doesn’t mind that the song is considered a gay anthem but that the false assumptions are “damaging to the song.” Starting in January, he said, his wife will sue any news organization that refers to “Y.M.C.A.” as a gay anthem. “I don’t mind that the song is considered a gay anthem but refer to it as one and I’ll sue you.” I suspect that anyone who is sued can cite his own words to get the suit tossed. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9908 "2025-01-16T00:06:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > his wife will sue I guess his wife has to sue, because he’s busy writing new music? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9909 "2025-01-16T00:06:42Z")
Heck, I plan to turn my TV to The Weather Channel or Animal Planet during the inauguration. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9910 "2025-01-16T00:07:05Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I guess his wife has to sue, because he’s busy writing new music? Or it’s because she’s the band’s manager and it’s part of her job. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9911 "2025-01-16T01:55:33Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Heck, I plan to turn my TV to The Weather Channel or Animal Planet during the inauguration. The Weather Channel was my first thought, but that provides useful information and increased ratings could be handwaved away. Is the Home Shopping Network still a thing? A channel with no actual value getting a bump in ratings might sting more. Or, is there a Golf Channel? That might sting even more with Trump being the World’s Greatest Amateur Golfer (with the possible exception of Kim Jong Un). Speaking of the Weather Channel, highs in DC on Monday are predicted to be in the teens right now. That can’t be good for Trump’s crowd size. I predict Shrinkage! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9912 "2025-01-16T02:03:18Z")
I think I’ll watch the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner on youtube. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9913 "2025-01-16T02:08:29Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The Weather Channel was my first thought, but that provides useful information and increased ratings could be handwaved away. Is the Home Shopping Network still a thing? A channel with no actual value getting a bump in ratings might sting more. Got cable or some kind of streaming? There’s a whole collection of shopping channels flogging jewelry, real estate, clothing, all kinds of junk. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9914 "2025-01-16T03:11:41Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > There’s a whole collection of shopping channels flogging jewelry, real estate, clothing, all kinds of junk. Yup. I know QVC is still a thing because my wife still watches it. (To her credit she rarely buys anything though.) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9915 "2025-01-16T03:21:28Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > There’s a whole collection of shopping channels flogging jewelry, real estate, clothing, all kinds of junk. From the ‘quality’, this is where I would expect to see Trump selling his crap. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9916 "2025-01-16T03:35:18Z")
The “rising trend” here being that nobody will insure Florida homeowners because the state is in the midst of a climate crisis its government refuses to acknowledge the existence of and which will render it mostly uninhabitable sooner than later. > **[Florida homeowners join rising trend, opting out of property insurance](https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-01-12/central-florida-homeowners-join-rising-trend-opting-out-of-property-insurance)** > > Recent studies show that about 15% to 20% of Florida homeowners are uninsured. Experts said the risky trend is a direct result of the state’s property insurance market crisis. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9917 "2025-01-16T05:29:49Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Or, is there a Golf Channel? Yeppers, channel 1641 on AT&T. I never watch it, though. I’ll probably tune into the channel that knows what I want when I want to be in & out of the room and be able to pick up on the plot at any old time: FXX broadcasting Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Bob’s Burgers all afternoon long. (Watch, I’ll be treated to them being preempted.) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9918 "2025-01-16T06:50:47Z")
A local “oldies” streaming channel (KZJO/Antenna TV) will be running _The Jeffersons_ all day. Works for me. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9919 "2025-01-16T08:05:36Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (This in reply to calls to NOT watch TV at all on Monday. Having the TV on to another channel not only denies Trump ratings for his Big Show but increases the ratings of competitors.) How does that work? I thought the ratings were determined by the self-reported or even tracked data of a representative group around the country using some kind of device provided by the ratings company. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9920 "2025-01-16T08:09:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > How does that work? There’s two different ways of measuring ratings - points, as in how many people are watching this particular program, and “share” - as in, out of all people who were watching anything at that time, what percentage of people were watching this particular program? If you’re actively watching something else, you’re increasing the size of the pool, meaning that the share of viewers watching Trump goes down. For example; let’s say 1 point equals 1 million viewers. If 10 million people watch The Donald Trump All-Star Good-Time Variety Hour Featuring JD & the Muskrats, and 100 million people are watching TV in total at that time, the show has 10 points and a share of 10. However, if 200 million people are watching TV, the show still has 10 points, but its share is only 5. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9921 "2025-01-16T08:19:13Z")
Clearest explanation I’ve heard yet of “points” and “share,” @Smapti. Thanks! Maybe the NFL Network will be rerunning a football game that day. Hmmm … [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=495) [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=497)