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This has been niggling away at me. I was trying to think of the way to describe scadenfreude because I know it has nothing to do with revenge or just desserts or poetic justice. It's a very negative feeling, closely aligned with jealousy and envy, mainly envy.

Then I thought of an example. Your neighbours, the Jones, have just bought a bright, shiny, new SUV. They polish it and they look at it and they wave to you from it every time they go past. The nasty part of you thinks "who do they think they are, mutter, mutter."

One day you are in your yard and Mrs Jones reverses the SUV into her mailbox and makes rather a nasty dent in her nice new car.

The nasty little delight you feel when that happens is schadenfreude.

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really?

I thought it was suvdenfreude

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Hi Pep.

In South Philly we had a similar sentiment..."serves ya right d!_k head".

I love it when a scientific term is applied to a colloquial sentiment. Seems to add legitimacy to it!


Me, 58
Her, 52 (called away 4/5/2005)
Married 32+
d-day (this time) 6/13/04
children - grown

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity...these are choices that measure your life.
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Hi, Pep.

I get my revenge by helping others survive infidelity <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />.

I hope you are well.

Gimble

I'm w/Gimble and right now the WS we are dealing with (SIL (aka: WS).... I have heard through the grapevine and I am NOW the reason for all her misery! Imagine that!?!??! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> over 2000 miles away and I can have such a drastic effect. This WS has been kiced out of her home, lied to the courts, tried to borrow money from family and friends (exposed to all) and now she is telling that I am responsbile for her current condition? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Is that schausenfrauden or what???!?! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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