# News of the Schadenfreude®

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704 "2007-06-27T23:44:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/1 "2007-06-27T23:44:56Z")

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[Biting the hand that feeds you.](http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/shared/news/stories/2007/06/06/TEEPEN_COLUMN_0626_COX.html)

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> Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said, “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem,” and others concurred.

[Iranians face gas rationing.](http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2717276.ece)

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> Scenes of violence and anger erupted at Iranian petrol stations after the government’s surprise announcement that fuel would be rationed from yesterday.
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> Thousands queued outside petrol stations on Tuesday night, fighting to fill their tanks before a midnight deadline. For several months at least, private cars will be limited to 100 litres of petrol a month.

[Nelson] Ha, HA! [/Nelson]

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/2 "2007-06-27T23:51:53Z")

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What is it I’m supposed to have against Iranian commuters?

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/3 "2007-06-27T23:56:15Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
What is it I’m supposed to have against Iranian commuters?  
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You don’t remember the gas shortages of the 1970s?

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/4 "2007-06-28T01:39:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
You don’t remember the gas shortages of the 1970s?  
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Iranian commuters caused gas shortages?

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/5 "2007-06-28T01:56:49Z")

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**Shatner** freude - The gleeful feeling one gets when otherwise logical colleagues screw up royally.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-schadenfreude/409704/6 "2007-06-28T02:14:07Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
Iranian commuters caused gas shortages?  
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No, but it’s entertaining to me, at least, to see them have to go through some of the same things that we had to endure.