# schadenfreude **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474 "2006-06-05T13:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/1 "2006-06-05T13:30:24Z")
Since this is MPSIMS I’ll post this here. It’s pretty mundane and pointless. I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/2 "2006-06-05T13:37:45Z")
I hadn’t noticed but now I will… um…thanks. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/3 "2006-06-05T13:45:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Since this is MPSIMS I’ll post this here. It’s pretty mundane and pointless. > > I’ve read the word schadenfreude more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. > > That is all. Yeah – why use a hifalutin’ _foreign_ word when we have perfectly good English word for it. You known, …uh… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/4 "2006-06-05T13:49:31Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. I’m revelling in your misfortune. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/5 "2006-06-05T13:50:25Z")
I haven’t noticed either. Do all loanwords make you roll your eyes? Should we go back to taking pleasure in others’ misfortune while seated in the outdoor dining area of a restaurant or cafe and eating desserts consisting of ice cream and various toppings? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/6 "2006-06-05T13:51:34Z")
I hadn’t noticed but now I will… um…thanks. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/7 "2006-06-05T14:33:27Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Since this is MPSIMS I’ll post this here. It’s pretty mundane and pointless. > > I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. > > That is all. It’s Karma. What do you expect when you kibitz? A deus ex machina? Ha, that’s put you in zugswang! ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/8 "2006-06-05T14:38:57Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I’m revelling in your misfortune. Fer chrissakes. Hey folks, no need to be snarky. There’s a reason I didn’t put it in the pit, because it’s just something that’s made my eye twitch lately. I never noticed it before, then BAM! It just seems like everyday I come on the Dope there’s another “schadenfreude”. A schadenfreude here, a schadenfreude there. And yes, everytime I’ve come across it, I’ve thought “well, what other word can be used? English doesn’t have a concise word”. The German language seems to have a word for everything. Remember in the latest national spelling bee, the word _heiligenschein_ (A faint white ring surrounding the shadow of an observer’s head on a dew-covered lawn)? That’s pretty specific. Ah, forget it. I just don’t have the MPSIMS knack. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/9 "2006-06-05T14:42:01Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Hey folks, no need to be snarky. I don’t think you quite got the gestalt of **jjimm** ’s post. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/10 "2006-06-05T14:47:45Z")
Perhaps you are failing to understand the gestalt here. Clearly this synchronicity is designed to permit you the opportunity to exam the schadenfreude that currently colours your thinking. How do you feel about that? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/11 "2006-06-05T15:00:57Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Fer chrissakes. > > Hey folks, no need to be snarky. I think you missed a certain je ne sais quoi in my post. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/12 "2006-06-05T15:14:35Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Hey folks, no need to be snarky. The SDMB is snark _personified_. Be a mensch and rise above it. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/13 "2006-06-05T15:31:40Z")
\ GODDAMMIT! \ Took me half an hour. At least I realized it before I came in here and read the other posts. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/14 "2006-06-05T15:32:45Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. It isn’t just the Dope; it’s _everywhere_. > [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > Do all loanwords make you roll your eyes? It isn’t that it’s a loan word; it’s that it was nowhere, and now it’s everywhere. It’s as annoying as when everybody at work started saying, “At the end of the day, what’s your net-net?” ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/15 "2006-06-05T15:35:06Z")
I guess that in your weltanschauung, using long German loanwords makes someone sound pretentious. Well, get with the zeitgheist, sister - everybody’s doing it! Sounds like you’re full of weltschmerz. Lets hope this thread doesn’t get moved to the pit, or suddenly it’ll be all sturm und drang! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/16 "2006-06-05T15:54:36Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > It isn’t that it’s a loan word; it’s that it was nowhere, and now it’s everywhere. Oh, I learned it in kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/17 "2006-06-05T15:59:44Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Since this is MPSIMS I’ll post this here. It’s pretty mundane and pointless. > > I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. > > That is all. I defy you to listen to that song from _Avenue Q_ and not fall in love with that word. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/18 "2006-06-05T16:06:37Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > It isn’t that it’s a loan word; it’s that it was nowhere, and now it’s everywhere. It’s as annoying as when everybody at work started saying, “At the end of the day, what’s your net-net?” Yes; whenever it’s painfully clear what’s been on society’s Word A Day calendar recently, the word gets awfully tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/19 "2006-06-05T16:08:09Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Since this is MPSIMS I’ll post this here. It’s pretty mundane and pointless. > > I’ve read the word _schadenfreude_ more times on this board in the last month than I’ve read or heard in my entire life. Sheesh! It’s starting to sound really pretentious and I’m beginning to roll my eyes every time I come across it. > > That is all. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy reading of your unhappiness. Is there a word for that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474/20 "2006-06-05T16:18:22Z")
Last year I proposed that _schadenfreude’s_ best English equivalent is _glee._ Instead, the thread bogged down in the usual SDMB nitpickery and picayune bickering. Lurrve the Dope! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude/359474.md?page=2)