# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/701 "2025-04-13T02:31:16Z")
I bet he’s gonna be so damn healthy he’ll insist on running HHS himself. RFK Jr. can just go eat roadkill or something. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/702 "2025-04-13T03:04:04Z")
I’m an atheist, but if he drops dead within a couple days after his perfect medical results are released I will repent. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/703 "2025-04-13T03:14:40Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Not only that, but the Walter Reed physicians assured him (according to Donald) that his Soul is in tip-top shape. > > > [@](#): > > > > ”Overall, I felt I was in very good shape. A good heart, a good soul, a very good soul,” Trump said. They meant that he has a good “sole” – nearly sixty years later, his bone spurs have finally healed up. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/704 "2025-04-13T14:05:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Elon Musk rage quits gaming livestream after players troll him relentlessly](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-rage-quits-gaming-livestream-after-players-troll-him-relentlessly-you-ruined-the-country/ar-AA1CAUGp) > > Leon Skum, who likes to brag about how great a gamer he is, was part of an ‘airborne continuity test’ for Starlink when he lost to a ‘boss’ in the game. The article says he sat ‘stony-faced’ for 90 minutes taking abuse from other gamers, until he finally claimed he ‘lost connection’. > > > “You have no real friends and will die alone,” wrote one gamer under the tag @Elon\_is\_a\_pedophile. > > > > “You ruined the country just like you ruined all your marriages,” added another gamer dubbed @Elon\_Musk\_is\_pathetic. > > > > Musk broke his silence when a gamer said he was “dumb and ugly” and said his electric vehicle company Tesla was “falling apart.” > > > > “There are a lot of r\*\*\*\*\*s in this chat,” he said, using a slur he repeatedly posts on X. > > > > … > > > > After a final tirade of “die, die, die,” Musk said: “Oh, we lost connection.” His character was killed in the game and the stream was ended. The stream was later deleted from his X account before being uploaded to YouTube. And now the linked story is “unavailable”. Hmm… 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/705 "2025-04-13T14:07:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > And now the linked story is “unavailable”. Hmm… 🤔 I searched on one of the Xits and found this: > **[Elon Musk rage quits gaming livestream after players relentlessly troll him](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-rage-quits-gaming-114259949.html)** > > Musk sat stony-faced and largely silent while he was bombarded with insults as he played video games ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/706 "2025-04-13T16:12:06Z")
The results are in… [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9vx1v1rx1o](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9vx1v1rx1o) > The memo noted that the president’s “joints and muscles have a full range of motion”, while crediting his good health to an active lifestyle, including “frequent victories in golf events”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/707 "2025-04-13T16:32:39Z")
…or the frequent one-man bomb-shelter deployments during golf. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/708 "2025-04-13T19:10:28Z")
Shoot. You have to win at golf to get exercise? Bad news for me. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/709 "2025-04-13T19:29:21Z")
Cataracts, rosacea, and diverticulosis, it says. That certainly explains a few things. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/710 "2025-04-13T19:37:51Z")
Some headlines are so perfect that they require no further commentary. > **[Pro-Hitler UFC star who would 'die' for Trump choked out in front of President](https://www.irishstar.com/sport/other-sports/ufc-donald-trump-bryce-mitchell-35046933?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1744542698)** > > UFC star Bryce Mitchell claimed he would "take a bullet and die" for Donald Trump - but instead got manhandled and choked out on the canvas with the U.S. President watching on ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/711 "2025-04-13T20:08:47Z")
> Conspiracies > Mitchell is a conspiracy theorist, voicing his belief that SARS-CoV-2 was created in a lab by the U.S. government and deliberately released, and that the U.S. government stages mass shootings to advance a gun confiscation agenda. He has also criticized the Federal Reserve as a “corrupt institution” that is manipulating the value of the U.S. dollar. He is also a flat Earther and believes that gravity is a hoax. In 2024, he indicated that he would homeschool his son because he did not want him to be a Communist, to worship Satan, or to be gay. In July 2024, Mitchell called Elon Musk a false prophet and potential antichrist, and his company Tesla a “scam.” > [Bryce Mitchell - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Mitchell#Controversies) As I like to say, nuttier than an entire bowl of nut filled, nut covered, nuts. But, strangely, he’s completely right about Musk! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/712 "2025-04-13T20:29:37Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > believes that gravity is a hoax. That’s a new one on me. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/713 "2025-04-13T20:32:23Z")
Well, if one gets hit and choked out a few times, I’d expect their likelihood of believing nutty things and recording country rap records increases. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/714 "2025-04-13T20:43:43Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > That’s a new one on me. It’s an aspect of flat-eartherism. The idea that massive bodies attract one another is a hoax by evil atheist scientists to hide the fact that Earth is a special place created by God - instead there’s just some sort of cosmic “down” which all objects fall towards. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/715 "2025-04-13T20:45:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > instead there’s just some sort of cosmic “down” which all objects fall towards. Relative density disequilibrium. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/716 "2025-04-13T21:37:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > instead there’s just some sort of cosmic “down” which all objects fall towards. It’s Hell, right? It has to be Hell. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/717 "2025-04-13T21:51:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It has to be Hell. I haven’t heard that one yet but it wouldn’t surprise me. Modern flat-eartherism is basically Biblical literacy - the Earth is a disc encased by a dome, stars are circles in the dome, the sun and moon are the same size and about 50 miles away at most and both revolve around earth along with the other planets (which are round because they aren’t special and the center of the universe like Earth is), etc. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it combined with hollow-earthism where Hell is literally beneath the surface or on the underside with lava being literal hellfire. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/718 "2025-04-13T22:09:22Z")
Just this morning Facebook Reels presented me someone making that claim. She resembled a science popularizer I respect, so I clicked on it, but instead it was another woman arguing gravity doesn’t exist (illustrated with a hand boiler, which was especially stupid, ignoring the physics of heat transfer into the bargain). Complete with the old canard “The ‘elites’ don’t want you to know this!” It’s all explained by “buoyancy” and “density differential.” Science-literate commenters pointed out that the equation for buoyancy has a **g** right in the middle of it. And you know what that “g” stands for, kids? All together… ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/719 "2025-04-13T22:28:44Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > And you know what that “g” stands for, kids? All together… Gehovah? 🙂 Some of the logical conniptions these people go through are amazing. I’ve heard that the ISS is on Earth and has some kind of machine that lets the astronauts float, that nobody has ever actually been to space, that the Challenger exploded because it flew too high and crashed into the firmament, that all commercial pilots are in on the conspiracy and are sworn to silence, and that air travel itself is a hoax and they just teleport you to the destination. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/720 "2025-04-13T23:03:56Z")
Sad to say, but I’m on a number of flat earth and YEC forums, and about 80% of the believers there are MAGA (to varying levels of devotion), and the remaining 20% are completely uninterested in politics and don’t vote. IME It’s exactly the same “common sense” at play in all these things. [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=35) [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=37)