# The 2016 Election Schadenfreude thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 8, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111 "2016-11-08T22:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/61 "2016-11-20T04:17:31Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > You realize that, at this point, you’re talking to yourself, right? Yup, but it’s delightful to watch the view counter go up ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/62 "2016-11-20T07:56:36Z")
A Christian hymn? OK gotta admit, not going to get an insight like that anywhere else. Now, that there, that’s thinking outside the box! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/63 "2016-11-20T20:57:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > A Christian hymn? OK gotta admit, not going to get an insight like that anywhere else. Now, that there, that’s thinking outside the box! I might not have left the church if all the hymns had been dark, kinda smutty Leonard Cohen songs. (So basically any Leonard Cohen song. RIP you horny old genius.) “[Everybody Knows](https://youtu.be/8IfmiKnZi3E)” would be a good one too – it even has actual Christian imagery! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/64 "2016-11-21T04:22:09Z")
I didn’t vote for Trump, but there is a certain justice in how this abusive mother who [expelled her young son from the house for voting for Trump in a mock election at school](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX3RWz-tK8g)is probably dismayed right now at the electoral result. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/65 "2016-11-21T04:29:42Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I didn’t vote for Trump, but there is a certain justice in how this abusive mother who [expelled her young son from the house for voting for Trump in a mock election at school](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX3RWz-tK8g)is probably dismayed right now at the electoral result. Fuck any parent who abandons their child for such a bullshit reason. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/66 "2016-11-21T16:03:35Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Fuck any parent who abandons their child for such a bullshit reason. It’'s just the logical conclusion of the line of “thinking” (being generous with the term here) that all Trump voters are evil. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/67 "2016-11-30T21:37:31Z")
I honestly can’t tell if the first minute is satire or not: [WATCH!!! What Hillary Supporters Did after Trump Won! (Best Reactions) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTqK4nJNYI) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/68 "2016-11-30T21:45:22Z")
Say what you like about Trump, but he [made more people eat crow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_4VrtxkBI) than perhaps any candidate in history. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/69 "2016-11-30T23:49:59Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Say what you like about Trump, but he [made more people eat crow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_4VrtxkBI) than perhaps any candidate in history. More than [Truman](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman)? ---
**Author:** ![BrerRobert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@BrerRobert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrerRobert)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/70 "2016-12-01T02:10:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > More than [Truman](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman)? Yes, much more crow. It’s not even close. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0Rjc6jKCg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0Rjc6jKCg) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/71 "2016-12-01T13:50:30Z")
Shocking. [Rural Republicans: We Ignored What Our Own Candidates Were Saying in Plain English, Will Now Suffer the Consequences](http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article45093165.html) What did they think was going to happen, they were going to get a special exception for being such blindly loyal sheeple? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/72 "2016-12-01T15:30:14Z")
Laci Green before the election: > [@](#): > > [Regardless of the outcome, we are clearly a _deeply_ divided and broken country. So much work ahead to mend, heal, and restore the U in USA.](https://twitter.com/gogreen18/status/796204428814450688) Laci Green less than four hours later: > [@](#): > > [“We are now under total Republican rule. Textbook fascism. Fuck you, white America. Fuck you, you racist, misogynist pieces of shit. G’night.”](https://twitter.com/gogreen18/status/796259238590824449) [Donald Trump is not his president! See? Nobody cares]([Reddit - Dive into anything](https://i.redditmedia.com/LVyaVdEp7jPTv3vE3GzjAsxddkosNm2I2F8TaQDfHn8.jpg?w=620&)) ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/73 "2016-12-02T01:35:44Z")
Here’s a shout-out for Wole Soyinka, who seems to be following through on his word to leave the USA when Trump won. > **[A Nobel Prize winner has thrown away his green card after Donald Trump's win](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/nobel-prize-winner-wole-soyinka-donald-trump-throws-away-green-card-a7450141.html)** > > Celebrated playwright previously said he would 'pack his bags' and leave the US if real estate mogul won the election ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/74 "2016-12-02T05:34:09Z")
And here is an excellent article about how the Democrats have bent the rules to accomplish their goals over the last few years and are now regretting it: [Democrats Send Their Regrets - WSJ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-send-their-regrets-1480638965) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/75 "2016-12-02T07:40:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > More than [Truman](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman)? Much more than Truman. Larger world population today than then. More media coverage of US election worldwide now than then. Lots more people invested or following a US election. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/76 "2016-12-13T06:42:40Z")
[Krugman’s latest article](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opinion/the-tainted-election.html) deserves to be memorialized here. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/77 "2016-12-13T14:14:28Z")
Democrats claiming that the democratic process was “undermined” by Russia revealing how they planned to lie to the voters is particularly funny. It just shows how out of touch the political elite is that they think that knowing the truth undermines democracy, while professionals figuring out how best to fool the public is democracy at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/78 "2016-12-13T14:26:31Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Democrats claiming that the democratic process was “undermined” by Russia revealing how they planned to lie to the voters is particularly funny. It just shows how out of touch the political elite is that they think that knowing the truth undermines democracy, while professionals figuring out how best to fool the public is democracy at its finest. Alright, this is interesting if not coherent. It was undermined by Russian sponsorship of fake news, of the FBI director interfering in the election, by selective release of hacked emails by the Russian puppets at Wikileaks. My personal schadenfreude is seeing the racist piece of shit Arpaio get tossed out of office. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/79 "2016-12-13T14:30:36Z")
The only part that Russia was the dominant force behind was the email hacking. Comey had nothing to do with Russia and fake news comes from hundreds of sources. ---
**Author:** ![pleks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@pleks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pleks)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111/80 "2016-12-14T00:24:44Z")
New York City residents are now [paying](http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/13/new-york-city-offers-municipal-employees-therapy-to-cope-with-stress-over-trumps-election/) for the therapy and counceling for those municipal employees who were traumatized by Donald’s victory. I only hope that Mayor de Blasio will soon launch a program, where, for example, DMV employees can retreat into a designated area (perhaps, we could provisionally call it a “safe space”), and continue this difficult process of healing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-election-schadenfreude-thread/771111.md?page=5)