Adso de Fimnu
Prince
Do you partake in Schadenfreude?
(For those of you who don't know, it's the pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune, often a peer.)
From Wikipedia:
The equivalent Latinate English word is epicaricacy, although the German term is more widely used.
Schadenfreude was seen as a sin by German theologians, and philosophers such as Schopenhauer, unless the joy was felt in response to a just punishment. It might now be similar to tall poppy syndrome, where people are pleased when someone with some status, celebrity or pretence in society is brought down.
In Sweden, a common saying is The Schadenfreude is the only true joy.
(For those of you who don't know, it's the pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune, often a peer.)
From Wikipedia:
The equivalent Latinate English word is epicaricacy, although the German term is more widely used.
Schadenfreude was seen as a sin by German theologians, and philosophers such as Schopenhauer, unless the joy was felt in response to a just punishment. It might now be similar to tall poppy syndrome, where people are pleased when someone with some status, celebrity or pretence in society is brought down.
In Sweden, a common saying is The Schadenfreude is the only true joy.