# 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:** 79
**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 28, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1561 "2023-08-28T23:37:37Z")
Seen on the internet: > [@](#): > > **For all those right-wingers who want ‘Civil War’:** > > Your leaders are already surrendering in Atlanta again. > > How many times do you want to do this? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1562 "2023-08-29T00:13:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m hoping that before long, he won’t be allowed to do much of _anything_, _Physically capable_ would also be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1563 "2023-08-29T00:23:13Z")
Now _that’s_ a wicked burn. Nicely done whoever came up with that one. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1564 "2023-08-29T00:41:19Z")
I think if I were a lawyer I would be pro Trump. He’s been great for business. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1565 "2023-08-29T00:43:45Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “He has overcome seemingly impossible odds and we are confident he will do that again.” - [Sarah Malone, executive vice-president of Trump International Scotland](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66466759) Managing to prove “the house always wins” false against impossible odds isn’t the flex she thinks it is. ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1566 "2023-08-29T02:36:25Z")
And in more [Trump’s amazing command of the English so-called language news](https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1696141325911941200), we have this gem: > Roomer are strong in political circles It took me a moment to realize he meant _rumor_ and not _groomer_. ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1567 "2023-08-29T02:54:18Z")
Following the tweets (xweets? xeets?) related to the one in my post just above, I encountered these two images, a parody of indictments, this time for Trump’s crimes against the English language. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4oou7sXUAIQWGH?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4oou7sXUAIQWGH?format=jpg&name=small) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4oou8pXcAABfrt?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4oou8pXcAABfrt?format=jpg&name=small) And then there’s this great one for a new definition of _MAGA_: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4j4kaHXwAATKyp?format=webp&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4j4kaHXwAATKyp?format=webp&name=small) _ **M** y **A** ss **G** ot **A** rrested_. Yep, that’s some quality golden humor. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1568 "2023-08-29T03:22:27Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > I think if I were a lawyer I would be pro Trump. He’s been great for business. - The lawyers who are pro Trump are the ones _not_ getting paid. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1569 "2023-08-29T03:29:53Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Following the tweets (xweets? xeets?) related to the one in my post just above, I encountered these two images, a parody of indictments, this time for Trump’s crimes against the English language. Regarding paragraph 5(d), as I read through it, I was sure it was going to conclude with, “He is the Most Interesting Man in the World.” Well, he’s not really, but suddenly, I’m thirsty … ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1570 "2023-08-29T03:43:54Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The lawyers who are pro Trump are the ones _not_ getting paid. And the ones who represent the frontman of U2 are pro Bono. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1571 "2023-08-29T06:04:16Z")
IOW, he’s being indicted for… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8Gv0H-vPoDc/maxresdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1572 "2023-08-29T09:49:59Z")
I’d advertise myself as a “lawyer’s lawyer.” If so many MAGAttorneys need reps, why not go where the money is? Assuming they can pay without the Trump piggy bank. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1573 "2023-08-29T10:45:33Z")
It seems that some Trumpoltroons noticed the mural during the work-in-progress stage and saw it as a sign that popular culture was embracing the Great Pumpkinhead aa some kind of rebel folk hero. Boy, was it a letdown when the artist got to the speech bubble… > **[Right-winger cheers Atlanta Trump mural as a win until it goes horribly wrong](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/28/2190138/-Right-winger-cheers-Atlanta-Trump-mural-as-a-win-until-it-goes-horribly-wrong)** > > Within hours of Donald Trump’s Fulton County jail mugshot getting plastered around the world, right-wingers were pretending that having the leader of their political movement indicted four separate times was a good thing. Turning Point USA’s... ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1574 "2023-08-29T13:52:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > tweets (xweets? xeets?) Xcretions ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1575 "2023-08-29T14:16:35Z")
They’re called “tweets”. Posts on Threads? Also called “tweets”, just like posts on Mastodon, Instagram or Truth Social. As far as I’m concerned, “tweet” now means “short post on social media.” As Twitter no longer exists, I don’t think they can have any copyright claim to the word, can they? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1576 "2023-08-29T14:55:43Z")
You can’t copyright a word. X (formerly Twitter) could have a trademark on “tweet” and prevent other businesses from calling their short posts on social media “tweets,” but they can’t stop us ordinary folks from using the word that way. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1577 "2023-08-29T14:58:38Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > X (formerly Twitter) could have a trademark on “tweet” and prevent other businesses from calling their short text messages “tweets,” Can they still do that, now that they’re no longer called Twitter and their posts are not longer called tweets? Can a company “sit” on a word it doesn’t use? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1578 "2023-08-29T15:02:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Can a company “sit” on a word it doesn’t use? The general rule for trademarks is “use it or lose it.” But, as others have said, you and I can call anything we want a tweet. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1579 "2023-08-29T15:03:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > But, as others have said, you and I can call anything we want a tweet. Can Threads? Can it refer to its posts as “tweets”? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/1580 "2023-08-29T15:08:24Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > They’re called “tweets”. I’m sure Home Depot doesn’t like being called “Home Despot”. People do it anyway. If “Xcretions” catches on, people will use it no matter what the OED or Elon Musk say. If that happens, I shall shed not a single tear for X. [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=78) [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=80)