Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 12:54 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2014 at 1:06 am by Jenny A.)
"Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʀɔɪ̯də] ( listen)) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[1] This word is taken from German and literally means 'Harm-Joy.' It is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune. It is also borrowed by some other languages." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
Once upon a time I went regularly to a restaurant above a private parking lot well marked as such with plenty of warnings about being towed for illegal parking. Yet people regularly parked there anyway, and inevitably their cars were booted. The towing company would only accept cash to unboot and pointed the booted to the nearest bank/ATM. We couldn't hear the drama, but it was fun to watch from above.
When we asked for a booting booth, the hostess knew exactly what we wanted. We obviously weren't the only ones.
Is schadenfreude itself immoral, or do we have to cause the misfortune or revel in undeserved misfortune of others for it to be immoral?
Oh, and immoral or not, do you admit to schadenfreude?
Once upon a time I went regularly to a restaurant above a private parking lot well marked as such with plenty of warnings about being towed for illegal parking. Yet people regularly parked there anyway, and inevitably their cars were booted. The towing company would only accept cash to unboot and pointed the booted to the nearest bank/ATM. We couldn't hear the drama, but it was fun to watch from above.
When we asked for a booting booth, the hostess knew exactly what we wanted. We obviously weren't the only ones.
Is schadenfreude itself immoral, or do we have to cause the misfortune or revel in undeserved misfortune of others for it to be immoral?
Oh, and immoral or not, do you admit to schadenfreude?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
