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The Public Ineffectual

For entertainment purposes only.

Friday, March 04, 2005

Schadenfreude

If you speak another language, you know there are words in other languages that have no equal in english. A lot of those words enter the english languge for that very reason and I thinkSchaedenfreude is one of the very best. If it were a gift, I would want it for my birthday.

It roughly means "to take pleasure in another's misfortune". For a fine illustration of this curious emotion in action, click on the link above.

5 Comments:

At 9:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That can't be real! Insanely hilarious though :-D

 
At 7:36 AM, Blogger Anne said...

Wow what a demoincal laugh that guy's got...

 
At 8:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

True, it does have a certain je ne sais quoi.

 
At 2:51 AM, Blogger pet said...

The word is Schadenfreude :))

 
At 10:20 AM, Blogger Oblivia said...

Thanks Pet.

What's really funny is that if you look at the domain, it's just some company with a miniscule web presence. Really just a company card online. They probably have no idea that this is on their server.

 

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