And most Adam Sandler movies, for me.
Yeah, it’s hard to watch someone suck so hard at comedy.
The German fremdschämen is actually derived from the Spanish vergüenza ajena. I cannot prove it, but I am quite sure of that. I was already living in Berlin in the '80s when I noticed that German was lacking that word, so I came up with the translation and explained it to anybody who would listen and a couple of people who were not interested. In the '90s it started to spread, and now everyone you ask in Germany will tell you the word has always been German (at least, everyone I ask does - but it is not true, as this dictionary entry shows: “This word was first included in this dictionary 2009”.)
Whether I coined the term first and somebody heard me, adopted the idea and spread it, or merely helped another person’s parallel coinage spread, or just witnessed something happen in which I had no part at all, I am sure the word spread from Spanish into German in the '90s at the very latest.
I also believe that the natural English equivalent is cringeworthy.
And this words perfectly describe the reason I cannot watch Jerry Lewis or Louis de Funès movies, most German comedians or the people who are the subject of this thread, except when they generate Schadenfreude. Which leads me to think that Schadenfreude and fremdschämen share in their origin the same psychological mechanism, only the expression of the same feeling is different: glee or cringe.
It’s better in the original Klingon.
Schadenfreude is better in the original Klingon, fremdschämen I am not so sure 
Klingons have no shame at all.
Shame is dishonorable and is only felt by a petaQ baktag!
(Stupid piece of trash, roughly.)
If it’s Shakespeare, you thoughtfully say, “We shall speak of this anon,” and walk off.
I think the Klingon response to any sense of fremdschämen would be to simply blast the embarrassment into their component particles with a disruptor and get on with their day.
“You chose to be a Republican despite knowing what they stand for. And now you want sympathy?” one person commented.
Schadenfreude, 14th amendment style:
Holy crap, could that be appealed? Or is that the end of the road since it went through their Supreme Court and it’s a state issue?
Republicans are huge believers in states’ rights, so this should settle the issue.
I just saw this in my NYT breaking news feed. How did Colorado go last election?
Against Trump in the last two elections.
But Colorado isn’t reliably blue or red in presidential elections - it’s voted for the winner of the presidency in 12 of the last 15 elections. This represents a significant burden on the Republican party if it nominates Trump.
Admittedly, it’s been trending more strongly blue in the last decade or so. So maybe it is considered safe now? I honestly don’t know.
Apparently, it can and will be appealed to SCOTUS:
From here:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment/index.html
Could Colorado run their VP nominee as the President for that one state, I wonder.
Dude, you slay me!
I’ll add my “wow” to this. Did not expect it. I assume Trump will wiggle out of it, but he’s having a run of true “bad luck” lately.
Also, this happened today: