# schadenfreude motherfucker **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205 "2012-11-07T12:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/81 "2012-11-08T04:39:52Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > But that was mostly from small contributors, _not_ billionaires. Which I understand (from a discussion on another board) entitled him to something called the “lowest unit rate” and meant he got much better prices for TV time. Romney got much more of his money from SuperPACs and large checks from the wealthy, money that didn’t qualify for that low rate, and so was charged a _much_ higher price by TV stations. Yep, although as an aside, I think that the biggest winners were the old media and a good chunk of the new, nice racket they have by turning many contests into horse races and raising the demand for advertizing. IMHO there are billions of reasons why they have an interest into doing that, it was noticeable to me that people like Nate Silver were admonished even by his corporation when he made noises that this presidential contest and others were not really as tight as the horse race narrative that the corporate press needed it to be. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/82 "2012-11-08T04:48:33Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I guess my gut feeling, which I will freely admit is not backed by any actual data, is that even for those 25% of undecideds, there’s a certain percentage who are going to be swayed either by reacting against Obama or by something that attracts them to the Republican philosophy. In neither of those cases is it specifically Mitt Romney that’s pulling them to the R side. None of which detracts from my point. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/83 "2012-11-08T04:49:46Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Meh, who cares? Any Republican could nearly win. Run the cryogenically frozen body of Dick Clark under the Republican flag and it would nearly win. . Until the race changes to popular vote instead of the electoral college, then all we have is idle speculation. If the entire election machine was about winning the popular vote, I for one think the split will not be 51-49 but a much greater magnitude. Today it’s all about winning the electoral college and a few “swing” states. That’s a lot different race. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/84 "2012-11-08T05:03:25Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > If you’re an Obama voter and having difficulty bringing the Schadenfreude - or should you care for a deliberate overdose - listen in to [Shelly on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoqti0lzAw&has_verified=1). > > NSFW language, mostly black screen. God Damn! That shit goes on for 24 minutes?! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/85 "2012-11-08T05:17:52Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > The more telling headline here isn’t “_Obama Won!_” it’s “_Romney Nearly Won Despite Being an Smarmy Wanker!_”. I nominate “An Smarmy Wanker” as the next SDMB meme. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/86 "2012-11-08T06:02:26Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > If you’re an Obama voter and having difficulty bringing the Schadenfreude - or should you care for a deliberate overdose - listen in to [Shelly on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoqti0lzAw&has_verified=1). > > NSFW language, mostly black screen. That is a world-class meltdown. I’m not getting off the internet, though. No matter how often she says “FUCK” or variations thereof. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/87 "2012-11-08T06:29:36Z")
Here’s some schadenfoyoass! [Pictures of white people mourning Romney!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=671568)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/88 "2012-11-08T07:08:22Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Yep, although as an aside, I think that the biggest winners were the old media and a good chunk of the new, nice racket they have by turning many contests into horse races and raising the demand for advertizing. > > IMHO there are billions of reasons why they have an interest into doing that, it was noticeable to me that people like Nate Silver were admonished even by his corporation when he made noises that this presidential contest and others were not really as tight as the horse race narrative that the corporate press needed it to be. It’s called marketing - also never lighten up a chump. The campaigns have plenty of independent polling - they aren’t going to spend money based on what CNN says. I think it is more a bidding war. Maybe Citizens United is not a favor to Republicans but a favor to the media. Meg Whitman spent $150 million of her own money two years ago and got creamed. Ms. Wrestling Bitch spent a ton of her own money and lost. And I just started a thread in Elections on how Karl Rove collected $300 million. spent it on the presidential campaign and 10 senate races, and got on one senate victory in Nevada. I think any admonishment to Nate is more ratings than ad revenue. People turn off a football game when it goes 21 - 0. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/89 "2012-11-08T12:18:09Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > A high school classmate of mine who has been regurgitating tea party crap on her Facebook page for the last 6 months is despondent. She’s in nursing school, and now feels like her education and her investment in her education has been a waste of money. So she has announced that she’s going to move to Norway. > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA.. Well, she’s welcome. Don’t worry, we’ll cure her of her disillusionment of America. She’ll be back in three weeks, tops. (Hell, we even cure a lot of Democrats as well. You think you’ve got a nanny state? _We’ll show you a nanny state!_) ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/90 "2012-11-08T12:19:56Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > When my husband was getting ready for work this morning, I handed him a tissue and told him that he’d need it when he turned on the news. > > He’s muttering that he’s going to gather up his guns and move to CANADA. This stunned me for a second, and then I started giggling and couldn’t stop for a good half minute. Ha. He may be a little disapointed if he comes up here. On the political spectrum our conservatives are closer to democrats than republicans policy wise. eg . conservatives are currently working on policy to fast track skilled immigrants into Canada. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/91 "2012-11-08T12:50:18Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > A high school classmate of mine who has been regurgitating tea party crap on her Facebook page for the last 6 months is despondent. She’s in nursing school, and now feels like her education and her investment in her education has been a waste of money. So she has announced that she’s going to move to Norway. > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Just popping back in to say that the person I mentioned above has been getting a FB smack down by an 80 year old woman in reply to her “I’m moving to Norway” rant. The old lady is doing it with respect and kindness, which I admire. She’s replying to every one of the ranty tea party talking points with real-life personal experience and wisdom that her 80 years has brought. I told that old lady that I want HER to run for president! I expect to be unfriended shortly. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/92 "2012-11-08T12:57:02Z")
my father-in-law actually took the day off of work and stayed in bed because he couldn’t face the first day of the next four years (yes, I’m aware it’s not actually the first day of the next four years yet) ---
**Author:** ![Aizle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Aizle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aizle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/93 "2012-11-08T13:10:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Bachmann? Ooh, so close… She’s now my Representative. Fuck my life and my retarded neighbors who voted for her. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/94 "2012-11-08T13:12:42Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > If you’re an Obama voter and having difficulty bringing the Schadenfreude - or should you care for a deliberate overdose - listen in to [Shelly on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLoqti0lzAw&has_verified=1). > > NSFW language, mostly black screen. When did Lee Elia become a woman? ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/95 "2012-11-08T13:18:53Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > Ha. He may be a little disapointed if he comes up here. On the political spectrum our conservatives are closer to democrats than republicans policy wise. eg . conservatives are currently working on policy to fast track skilled immigrants into Canada. Plus, they’ll, you know, confiscate his guns at the border. ---
**Author:** ![Aizle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Aizle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aizle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/96 "2012-11-08T13:21:56Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > This. Since yesterday I’ve been reading pundit after pundit talking about how this election is some sort of resounding rejection of the GOP’s tactics, platform and indeed very being. And now in this thread I’m reading about how the election is a triumph of the common man’s astute ability to reject spin and bullshit. > > What horseshit: Obama’s victory was like that of a marathon runner who wins by a couple of seconds. Sure he won. He’s the champion, no question. But the result is far more a vindication of the runner up’s tactics etc than a condemnation. While there is some truth here, I have also heard that the last Democratic President to win a second term with over 50% of the vote was FDR. The last Republican President to do the same was Reagan. So at some level, it was a fairly historic victory. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/97 "2012-11-08T13:40:11Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > You think you’ve got a nanny state? _We’ll show you a nanny state!_) This explains why we get all those \*au pairs \*from Scandinavia. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/98 "2012-11-08T14:15:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Here’s some schadenfoyoass! [Pictures of white people mourning Romney!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=671568)😃 Jeez, look at all those African Americans! ---
**Author:** ![al27052](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/99 "2012-11-08T14:28:37Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > Just popping back in to say that the person I mentioned above has been getting a FB smack down by an 80 year old woman in reply to her “I’m moving to Norway” rant. The old lady is doing it with respect and kindness, which I admire. She’s replying to every one of the ranty tea party talking points with real-life personal experience and wisdom that her 80 years has brought. I told that old lady that I want HER to run for president! I expect to be unfriended shortly. I love this thread, and this post most of all. ROFL ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205/100 "2012-11-08T14:30:23Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > Ha. He may be a little disapointed if he comes up here. On the political spectrum our conservatives are closer to democrats than republicans policy wise. eg . conservatives are currently working on policy to fast track skilled immigrants into Canada. > [@leahcim](#): > > Plus, they’ll, you know, confiscate his guns at the border. Only after they pry his cold, dead fingers away from the guns. I’ve often thought that I might enjoy living in Canada, except for the weather. I’m sure that my blood would freeze in my veins. Bill, on the other hand, seems to think that Canada is still a nation of fur trappers and dogsled runners. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-motherfucker/640205.md?page=6)