Sentences with word «schadenfreude»

"Schadenfreude" is a German term that means finding pleasure or joy in someone else's misfortune or suffering. Full definition
The company's food - safety troubles have provoked quite a bit of schadenfreude in the rest of the food industry.
There is a lot of schadenfreude in the air as the lawsuits fly and everyone piles on with everything they have ever hated about LEED, including the bike racks.
Then this is the World Series of Schadenfreude for you.
There comes a kind of schadenfreude when their models blow up, where qualitative mangers get to say, «See, I knew it was too good to be true,» and in the newspapers, a kind of bewilderment at eggheads whose models failed them.
Thus, a man might be more likely to experience schadenfreude when he sees another man tripping compared to when he sees a woman tripping.
Heading for the Championship is no barrier to a bit of Schadenfreude at a bigger club's expense, thank goodness.
I know that this could all be a misunderstanding, but I can't help but experience a little schadenfreude at the thought of someone regretting that she underestimated a videogame.
For long we mocked and ridiculed Wenger, stewing in schadenfreude as Arsenal went from challengers in a two - horse Premier League race to barely having the funds to challenge.
More schadenfreude from the smugly self - righteous.
While trying not to indulge in schadenfreude over those hypocritical Hollywood elites who've claimed to stand for «women's rights,» only to be accused of sexually harassing them, I noticed «#MeToo» trending on Twitter.
Fans in another study reported feeling schadenfreude when reading about the injury of a rival team's player, and gluckschmerz (sadness at others» good fortune) when later reading about the player's unexpectedly speedy recovery.
But the same people who are lecturing us on schadenfreude over the sackings were often the ones who reserved absolutely no sympathy for MPs» staff who lost their employment as a consequence of their bosses having their fingers in the public purse during the expenses scandal.
As expected, women experienced more schadenfreude after imagining that their friend gained 15 pounds compared to failed two major exams.
Last year, an article in The Daily Mail which was positively dripping with schadenfreude (oh, how his enemies have relished his downfall) could barely restrain a sense of admiration, despite the article's vicious tone:
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.
The participants» perception of schadenfreude laughter was especially interesting.
The second study focused on same - gender friendships and tested the researchers» ideas about schadenfreude signaling change in mate value.
In so doing, they made schadenfreude — the cheapest of cheap thrills, facilitated largely through vapid characterizations — the slasher movie's stock in trade.
Overall, participants didn't experience much schadenfreude when imagining their friend's misfortune, especially if they were close to their friend.
Sure, skeptics criticized their work and had a certain schadenfreude when they got in trouble, but again the trouble comes from Obama Administration financial investigators.
I have been graced with humor: Telling everyone how I hurt my knee got old really fast, and more than a few people seemed to revel in a little gleeful schadenfreude.
Bitcoinist: You've recently criticized Stern School, NYU professor Nouriel Roubini for his anti-Bitcoin stance and apparent schadenfreude in light of the recent drop in Bitcoin price.
They had to extract their own supporters from the trees and park to permit work to continue, great schadenfreude for the rest of us.
It's a lovely if prosaic short, better than anything Allers, late of Open Season, has done in features, but I kind of resented the cowardly pan up from the Dr. Zhivago / McCabe & Mrs. Miller money shot (especially with Allers» teary 30 - second intro preparing us for worse), and for pure schadenfreude, you still can't beat the TV version where Rudy Huxtable freezes to death.
Green showed less schadenfreude at this result: «The key issue in this case was dishonesty.
Schadenfreude aside, this is a pretty sad state of affairs.
It's got Apple, it's got schadenfreude and, of course, it's got a headline.
A group of researchers hypothesized that experiencing schadenfreude signals to oneself that the «mate value» (or how desirable a person is to potential romantic partners) of the misfortunate person has been decreased.1 For example, a group of women may laugh at a man who trips and may see him as less of a «catch» than a man who strides by confidently.
At this point you're reading this for two reasons: You either paid $ 100 for the fight and need lessons to avoid this type of failure again, or you didn't pay for the fight and love schadenfreude.
This is why the word schadenfreude was invented.
Indeed, Trump's feud with Jeb Bush may be one of the best examples of the way schadenfreude has driven his candidacy.
Interpreting Trump's candidacy as driven by schadenfreude unites these theories, and provides some insight into what we can expect moving forward.
Given the almost universal public denunciation and disapproval of infidelity (which doesn't exclude the barely hidden schadenfreude at the deliciously scandalous goings - on of celebrities, famous preachers, major political figures, sports heroes, or even your office coworker caught in flagrante), you'd think that infidelity must be quite rare.
Rap Genius may lead to a lot of industry schadenfreude, or the enjoyment of seeing other's misfortune.
There was more than a little schadenfreude among famous entrepreneurs on social media about the sudden turn of events for Trump.
Reebok's punishment may invite schadenfreude from one competitor, Nike.
My response to something like that would be justified schadenfreude.
Moreover, though crypto schadenfreude is masochistic, these boom - bust cycles are making the space stronger.
There is a barely disguised schadenfreude in Commonweal's editorial on problems experienced by Crisis.
News outlets have reported on this whoops moment with the sort of schadenfreude reserved for celebrities who stumble mid-game, but West responded at a concert in Australia, saying,
The politically active groups then point to such cases with smug Schadenfreude.
Although part of this is simply entertainment, one wonders the extent to which this brutal honesty and schadenfreude reflect cultural attitudes.
But it may be doubted whether this type of Christian schadenfreude is the best we can do.
Only the community of hard - bitten anti-Catholics, whose schadenfreude at the Church's discomfiture was quickly made only too evident).
Nothing like a little thinly veiled schadenfreude to start the day off right.
Hell, he might not even remember, which makes this victimless schadenfreude.
Outside the Hub, Celtic schadenfreude was out in force.
Patriots schadenfreude reaches its peak in February, even if it doesn't happen often.
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