Sentences with phrase «more schadenfreude»

So, for example, even though women experienced more schadenfreude after imagining that their friend gained 15 pounds, they didn't rate themselves as having a higher mate value than their friend in this scenario.

As expected, women experienced more schadenfreude after imagining that their friend gained 15 pounds compared to failed two major exams.

Some will surely see irony in Zimba feeling compelled to supplement what his kids learn in school with breakfast - table math lessons — more schadenfreude for Common Core critics — but there is no irony.

More schadenfreude from the smugly self - righteous.

Not exact matches

There was more than a little schadenfreude among famous entrepreneurs on social media about the sudden turn of events for Trump.

This Entertainer Devil is a darling of the tabloids and rock bands, a merry prankster in the tradition of the German Till Eulenspiegel, whose knaveries directed against notables of the establishment inspire the belly laughs of schadenfreude that make the boringly oppressive human condition more tolerable.

Funny People has more types of humor in it — from dark schadenfreude to air - light puppy gags — than ten movies combined.

But there's more to the resistance than schadenfreude and a debate point.

A recent piece in the New York Times about a decline in e-book sales had more than a whiff of anti-digital Schadenfreude about it.

There's definitely a bit of schadenfreude going on here, but if you owe money and get your private jet taken away from you because your kid took a picture of it, at least you know you can use all that time you won't be jet setting to practice being a better parent (or at least hire a more responsible au pair).

Thus, a man might be more likely to experience schadenfreude when he sees another man tripping compared to when he sees a woman tripping.

For example, men were more likely than women to experience schadenfreude after a same - gender friend experienced a loss in social status (e.g., by missing a big play in a sports game), whereas women were more likely than men to experience schadenfreude after a same - gender friend experienced a loss in physical attractiveness (e.g., by breaking out in acne).

I just want to point out that «compersion» is not the opposite of jealous, it's more like the opposite of schadenfreude (which is «happiness at the misfortune of others»).