Is it wrong to be entertained by the misfortune of others?

Again, an exchange from Avenue Q seems appropriate here:

And this is only wrong if they don’t take it well. Or have you never seen somebody join in the laughter at their own misfortune?

If it’s wrong, explain the phenomenal success of America’s Funniest Videos.

Yeah I did :slight_smile: but that and Eddie Murphy’s thing isn’t real. You’d have to be one sick fuck to laugh at the genuine scenes in Faces of Death.

I meant to quote jayjay.

I found that entertaining.

Hence the “wouldn’t appreciate it” part.

When my Uncle’s son was young and not yet totally stable with the whole walking process, occasionally he would fall over. The first few times, the son would looked shocked and look up at his parents, getting ready to cry, but then they would smile and laugh like falling down was a funny thing. From then on whenever my cousin got a boo boo he laughed instead of crying.

We’ve always done kinda the same thing with thunderstorms. We act like they’re really exciting, like fireworks, and our young boys have never been scared of them.