# 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:** 244
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4862 "2026-10-14T18:10:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Could it just be conspicuous consumption? That might explain it for the people we’re discussing here. But the people I know who have had plastic surgery do so to improve their looks and actually hope that no one suspects they did it surgically. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4863 "2026-10-14T18:47:16Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Rich enough to pay plastic surgeons for making them look like alien creatures. “Republican Androids” is the phrase I’ve heard used for them before. The term has been around a long time but they look weirder and weirder as the years pass ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4864 "2026-10-14T18:49:53Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > “Republican Androids” is the phrase I’ve heard used for them before. I dunno, I’ve never seen androids in a film that weird, they look more like zombies or the vampire creatures in “From Dusk Til Dawn” to me. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4865 "2026-10-14T20:37:29Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Rich enough to pay plastic surgeons for making them look like alien creatures. There was a doctor/vice president at my old workplace who obviously went too far with surgery. She came to our office for a meeting one day and I was shocked to see her face. I later asked my boss if she had been in a horrible accident and she told me that she had done this to herself over several years. She was obviously trying to beat aging. She was 50ish and that day was wearing a mini-skirt, thigh-high boots and a fur jacket. I assume she thought she looked hot but all her money did her no favors. It was kind of sad actually. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4866 "2026-10-14T20:41:13Z")
I don’t work in an office, but wouldn’t that be inappropriate for buisness? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4867 "2026-10-14T20:47:13Z")
It depends on the business. “Appropriate” can vary widely not just across industries but within the same industry. And can also vary depending on the size of the company, the personal preferences of the people in charge, the typical clientele, geographic location in the country. I would think, though, that at least it would not be considered in good taste in many places. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4868 "2026-10-14T21:18:24Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I don’t work in an office, but wouldn’t that be inappropriate for buisness? > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I would think, though, that at least it would not be considered in good taste in many places. It was a huge healthcare system. She was a senior vice president and apparently very good at her job. She could dress any way she wanted. It didn’t stop everyone from commenting on it, though. Good taste was obviously not in her wheelhouse. (I just googled to see if she still worked there and found she died in 2023. And she was actually in her 60s when I saw her. So I guess she did manage to look younger.) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4869 "2026-10-14T22:49:53Z")
I’ll never knowingly give an AI a prompt to generate an image. But I wonder what _Jigsaw-with-Mar-a-Lago-face_ would look like. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4870 "2026-10-15T02:54:28Z")
The same but with obvious hair extensions. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4871 "2026-10-15T05:20:37Z")
I put “draw a Jigsaw-with-Mar-a-Lago-face” into my Google search bar and it obligingly made this: [![](https://i.gyazo.com/1f4434e3408ddab9b7a8ad965d90039f.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/1f4434e3408ddab9b7a8ad965d90039f.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4872 "2026-10-15T07:15:20Z")
“Mar-a-lagslaw” should be cole slaw with ketchup added to turn it orange. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4873 "2026-10-15T08:44:46Z")
Yeah, I tried that with ChatGPT and got something similar. It doesn’t really understand the concept of Mar-a-Lago Face. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4874 "2026-10-15T13:13:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’ll never knowingly give an AI a prompt to generate an image. But I wonder what _Jigsaw-with-Mar-a-Lago-face_ would look like. > [@Ponderoid](#): > > I put “draw a Jigsaw-with-Mar-a-Lago-face” into my Google search bar and it obligingly made this: It’s almost adorable how hard AI tries sometimes. Thing is, Jigsaw _already_ has Mar-a-Lago face: too much makeup, cheekbone implants, overemphasized red lips, and something weird going on with the eyebrows. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4875 "2026-10-15T15:30:04Z")
**Super** Intelligence would have just shown a picture of Jigsaw at a TPUSA conference. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4876 "2026-10-15T19:47:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Mar-a-lagslaw” should be cole slaw with ketchup added to turn it orange. Good one! 😁 > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > She came to our office for a meeting one day and I was shocked to see her face. I later asked my boss if she had been in a horrible accident and she told me that she had done this to herself over several years. She was obviously trying to beat aging. This, plus (I suspect) some kind of mental disorder. As @DesertDog mentioned, Michael Jackson is another very-wealthy person who, through repeated plastic surgeries, made himself grotesque. Apparently these people look in the mirror and see something that no one else sees (something attractive). There is likely a name for this disorder, but I’m not seeing in. When someone has a disturbing appearance because of an accident or genetic misfortune, we feel sympathy. When someone does it to themselves deliberately, we feel less sympathy. But they are likely mentally ill. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4877 "2026-10-15T19:53:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > There is likely a name for this disorder, but I’m not seeing in. I think it’s [body dysmorphic disorder](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938). > Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition in which you can’t stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance — a flaw that appears minor or can’t be seen by others. > You may seek out numerous cosmetic procedures to try to “fix” your perceived flaw. Afterward, you may feel temporary satisfaction or a reduction in your distress, but often the anxiety returns and you may resume searching for other ways to fix your perceived flaw. It’s a serious mental health condition that can ruin lives and can even be fatal if taken to extremes. (It can lead to things like life-threatening eating disorders, dangerous and unnecessary surgeries, or suicide.) Frankly, I think it’s sad and I really do pity people who suffer from it. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4878 "2026-10-15T21:40:37Z")
I wonder if in the maralago crowd there’s a bit of group think or the unfortunatly named “hysterical” contagion going on, perhaps a bit of one upmanship. One starts to try and look like Ivanka or whatever, and it just goes downhill from there. Maybe it doesn’t start out as mental instability, but it ends up that way. Edit to add: arguably these people were a bit unstable to start with. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4879 "2026-10-15T21:55:47Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I wonder if in the maralago crowd there’s a bit of group think or the unfortunatly named “hysterical” contagion going on, perhaps a bit of one upmanship. One starts to try and look like Ivanka or whatever, and it just goes downhill from there. That seems plausible. Recall how for a while the fashion was for “waifs” and a lot of prominent women basically near starved themselves trying to meet the standard? This could be much the same thing, just associated with a specific political faction instead of the fashion industry. Just like the [Victorian elite and their heavy use of poisons like arsenic](https://mollybrown.org/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-how-victorians-used-common-poisons-to-become-drop-dead-gorgeous/) to achieve _their_ idea of beauty. In a few decades I suspect “maralago face” will be regarded much as we regard Victorian beauty practices; "the backwards and self destructive behavior of a primitive culture, totally unlike our modern practice of _(insert insane behavior)."_ ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4880 "2026-10-15T22:04:43Z")
Heh, agreed, and don’t even get me started on “beauty” trends. 😄 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/4881 "2026-10-15T23:36:08Z")
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