# 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:** 2
**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, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/21 "2025-01-21T05:26:15Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > Once again, I don’t understand why so many people are willing to go to bat for Trump. It is just bizarre how many people are willing to prostrate themselves before him given how frequently he walks on top of them and then abandons them when he has no need or they offend him in any way however slight. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/22 "2025-01-21T05:39:09Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I don’t see how there’s any reason for schadenfreude anymore The third world countries, far away and with no oil… we have plenty of schadenfreude to share. Possibly Zimbabwe’s biggest export, as of yesterday. ---
**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, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/23 "2025-01-21T06:06:02Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The third world countries, far away and with no oil… we have plenty of schadenfreude to share. Possibly Zimbabwe’s biggest export, as of yesterday. I’m not sure you know what schadenfreude is, perhaps unless you care to elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/24 "2025-01-21T06:08:22Z")
I interpret that as saying “we who have nothing of value that would put us on Trump’s radar, and who therefore have no reason to be fearful of reprisal? we are still free to feel schadenfreude.” ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/25 "2025-01-21T06:13:03Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’m not sure you know what schadenfreude is, perhaps unless you care to elaborate. Oh, believe me, I do know what schadenfreude is, and I am wrapped up, covered, saturated, filled, nay, overfilled with schadenfreude. I am, of course, sympathetic to those of you who did not vote Trump. But, Fuck America, Yeah. (The USA has a looong history of installing oppressive regimes in other countries. Just ask Patrice Lumumba about Mobutu Sese Seko. Now you got your own home-grown shitfest. We get to point and laugh, even though we too are in the gutter.) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/26 "2025-01-21T15:52:16Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Now you got your own home-grown shitfest. > > We get to point and laugh, even though we too are in the gutter.) Can’t disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/27 "2025-01-21T16:13:54Z")
> [@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-2/984250/9979): > > if the religious Trump voters might finally see that faith is just another moneymaking opportunity for him: (From previous thread) Unfortunately, I don’t think that this petition tells us anything about religious Trump voters. The petition is sponsered by “[Faithful America](https://act.faithfulamerica.org/signup/about-us/)” whose focus is getting politics out of religion. So I doubt that very many of the people who signed the petition were Trump voters. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/28 "2025-01-21T16:27:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I don’t think that this petition tells us anything about religious Trump voters. What may be telling though, is how they will contort themselves to defend him not palming the bible while being sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/29 "2025-01-21T16:35:05Z")
Reading the Fox News comment section on this article, the party line that every MAGAt is parroting is that its Justice Roberts fault for rushing the oath before Melania was in place with the bibles, with many saying it was done on purpose to embarrass Trump. Now time for a shower to wash the Fox ooze off. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/30 "2025-01-21T16:43:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Fox ooze off Fox Ooze is the new salve guaranteed to moisten your pores, slick back your hair, and grease you palms! Get yours today for only four easy payments of $129.99 each! Call now, our operators are standing by! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/31 "2025-01-21T16:48:38Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Part 1 lasted 916 days > Part 2 lasted 613 > Extrapolating, Part 3 should last 310 (11/26/25). Extrapolating from just two events is risky, but if I were to do it, I would not assume that every event will be 303 days shorter, but 33% shorter. Which still would be remarcable. > [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@scudsucker](#): > > > > Now you got your own home-grown shitfest. > > > > We get to point and laugh, even though we too are in the gutter.) > > Can’t disagree. Neither can I. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/32 "2025-01-21T17:02:37Z")
Does this mean that decades, or even centuries, will pass in out here in the Rest of the World while the US suffers for 4 (at a minimum!)? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/33 "2025-01-21T18:16:24Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > What may be telling though, is how they will contort themselves to defend him not palming the bible while being sworn in. “God saved him from that bullet, so we already know he’s the holiest of holies!” ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/34 "2025-01-21T21:29:02Z")
He’d be more holey if the bullet hadn’t missed. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/35 "2025-01-21T21:35:59Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Reading the Fox News comment section on this article, the party line that every MAGAt is parroting is that its Justice Roberts fault for rushing the oath before Melania was in place with the bibles, Jeez, don’t they realize there is VIDEO? We can see her standing there with the Bibles! Is the next four years (or however many) going to be us as Picard, and David Warner insisting we say we see five lights, when there are actually four? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wjKQQpPVifY/hqdefault.jpg "Star Trek: The Next Generation - Four Lights") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjKQQpPVifY0) ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/36 "2025-01-21T21:39:54Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UgrsDIErwGo/maxresdefault.jpg "Shane Vaughn Claims Trump Had His Hand On The Bible During Swearing-In") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgrsDIErwGo) ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/37 "2025-01-21T21:42:37Z")
^The transitive property of Bible holding. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/38 "2025-01-21T21:47:00Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > ^The transitive property of Bible holding . Good to know that our Trump-worshippers DID pay attention in math class! That ‘two become one’ stuff could get tricky, though, if they carry it to its logical conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/39 "2025-01-21T22:14:40Z")
OK, so when married, the two become one flesh. Which means that for heterosexual couples they become both male and female, i.e non-binary, which is no more possible that someone becoming half helicopter, so heterosexual marriage doesn’t exist. So its only gay marriage that is legit. ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/40 "2025-01-21T22:53:26Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “God saved him from that bullet, so we already know he’s the holiest of holies!” Oh, he’s in the Bible alright… “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175.md?page=1) [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=3)