# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175 "2025-01-20T19:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1 "2025-01-20T19:23:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) - #10001 by kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/10001). Previous discussions: - [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537) - [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/2 "2025-01-20T19:48:46Z")
Hello, new thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/3 "2025-01-20T19:57:10Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rxkw3QD0n0o/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Meme Coin CRASHES HARD in MAJOR RUG PULL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxkw3QD0n0o) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4 "2025-01-20T20:02:39Z")
Can you give some sort of short summary to the video you linked to? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/5 "2025-01-20T20:08:42Z")
I didn’t click on the the link, but I imagine it’s talking about the huge drop (I make out 40% in the image) of Trump meme coin after Melania Trump announced her own meme coin. So, if you were jumping on the Trump meme coin bandwagon with your money before the announcement, I’d think you just took a hefty loss. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/6 "2025-01-20T20:13:37Z")
What? Yet another ~~shit~~ meme coin turns out to be a way to make millions by scamming ‘’‘’‘investors’‘’‘’? I’m shocked! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/7 "2025-01-20T20:23:01Z")
Just wait until they [sell the FDA and the FCC to a sports drink company](https://youtu.be/ZMHfBobgLSI?si=TNWstUz2GNv79J-9). Stranger ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/8 "2025-01-20T20:37:02Z")
So did Melania cut Donald off at the pass, sort-of-speak. ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/9 "2025-01-20T22:38:10Z")
And will any of the offspring launch their own meme coins? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/10 "2025-01-20T22:46:18Z")
My own google search says it soared in value, multiple sites… ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/11 "2025-01-20T23:13:01Z")
I don’t really follow these things so maybe this isn’t a good site but it seems to be updating in real-time: [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/official-trump/](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/official-trump/) It looks like there was a big drop yesterday evening when I assume the Melania meme coin was announced and there was a smaller drop today around noon. I’ve seen headlines speculating (heh) this drop was because Trump didn’t mention his crypto coin in his address. It is way up since it was announced, but that seems to be the point of the scam. If I’m reading the price-over-time graph correctly, it went public at $7 (1/17), peaked at $75 yesterday (1/19), and now (1/20, 6 pm) is about $40. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/12 "2025-01-20T23:15:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Hello, new thread. Just a fun fact… Part 1 lasted 916 days Part 2 lasted 613 Extrapolating, Part 3 should last 310 (11/26/25). Extrapolating some more, Part 4 will only last 3 days after that. That’s the point when the 10K post limit is hit in zero time. The Schadenfreude singularity. ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/13 "2025-01-20T23:34:33Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The Schadenfreude singularity. That _ **is** _ kind of fun. Or at least the best fun we’re likely to get in the coming years. (Thank you for doing that math!) ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/14 "2025-01-21T01:20:06Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > The Schadenfreude singularity. It’s certainly singular times we’re experiencing. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/15 "2025-01-21T01:26:39Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Part 1 lasted 916 days > Part 2 lasted 613 > Extrapolating, Part 3 should last 310 (11/26/25). > Extrapolating some more, Part 4 will only last 3 days after that. “In the beginning, a new schaudenfreude thread was coming every 916 days. Then 613, then 310. The last one was a week. In four days we could be seeing a new thread every eight hours until they’re coming every four minutes.” [![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9d908e4b0e87887310693/1553979868425-Q2053LEZ829YA98HM4L6/PacificRim.jpg?format=750w) ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9d908e4b0e87887310693/1553979868425-Q2053LEZ829YA98HM4L6/PacificRim.jpg?format=750w) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/16 "2025-01-21T01:45:16Z")
My sister retired from the military and was looking for a stay-at-home job with the federal government. She had a line on a nice G12 position, but she was cut off at the knees today when Trump announced a hiring freeze and that federal workers had to come to the office. Instead of sympathizing with my sister, who told me on election day “Harris would be worse,” the first thing that ran through my head was, “What did you expect would happen?” I don’t know if I like who I’ve become over the last eight years. Who we as a nation have become. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/17 "2025-01-21T01:50:17Z")
I don’t see how there’s any reason for schadenfreude anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/18 "2025-01-21T02:00:10Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Instead of sympathizing with my sister, who told me on election day “Harris would be worse,” the first thing that ran through my head was, “What did you expect would happen?” What sympathy is due her? She got exactly what she voted for. It’s her fault she wasn’t paying attention. Stranger ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/19 "2025-01-21T03:14:23Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > > [@Odesio](#): > > > > Instead of sympathizing with my sister, who told me on election day “Harris would be worse,” the first thing that ran through my head was, “What did you expect would happen?” > > What sympathy is due her? She got exactly what she voted for. It’s her fault she wasn’t paying attention. Indeed. I intend to savor every bit of Schadenfreude I can glean from the people discovering that their faces will also be eaten by the leopards. ETA: The phrase “told you so” will no doubt get quite a workout over the next four years. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/20 "2025-01-21T04:23:01Z")
> **[Vivek Ramaswamy to leave DOGE and launch a run for Ohio governor](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/vivek-ramaswamy-doge-launch-run-ohio-governor-rcna188397)** > > His decision to leave DOGE will leave the group in the hands of Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and owner of X. Once again, I don’t understand why so many people are willing to go to bat for Trump. People like Ramaswamy are more than happy to debase themselves for Trump and in the end walk away with nothing. I don’t expect his political career to go anywhere as I don’t imagine most MAGAts really care for him one way or the other. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=2)