(2007-12-06) New survey on the RFC site: Small kitchen appliances
blake murphy wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:05:26 +0100, "Michael Kuettner"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Ophelia schrieb :
>>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>>> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> I always listen carefully what people born in the country I go to,
>>>>> tell me. So I never had that look on my face.
>>>>> But it's priceless to watch (schadenfreude ;-)).
>>>>
>>>> I wish the English language had a comparable word to schadenfreude.
>>>> It fits so perfectly with what it describes :-)
>>>
>>> Taking pleasure in someones misfortune?
>> No, not exactly.
>> Schadenfreude comes into play if something happens to a person who
>> should have known better and could have prevented it.
>> An example : If a formula I race-driver totals his car during a race
>> -
>> no schadenfreude.
>> If he wraps his car around a tree while on normal streets -
>> schadenfreude.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>>
>
> no, i think ophelia is right, at least as used by english speakers.
> no requirement that they 'should have known better.'
>
> my favorite comment on the word was by a commenter on some political
> blog, referring to the unseemly glee at larry craig's misfortunes:
>
> 'it's not schadenfreude if the *******s deserve it.'
LOL
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