Schadenfreude

[Losty]

I'm surprised any part of 'schadenfreude' means 'joy'. Are there any happy sounding German words?

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I don't think it's always immoral; it depends on the format, the severity of the misfortune, and where the fault lands . When watching a show like Tosh.0 or AFV, there's an understanding that you aren't going to witness death, and since its in the past there's the assumption that there has been recovery. So we laugh. Or I do, anyway. It's the same with telling a story. You could be describing some horrible luck that happened to you in the past, but because you are standing there now, you must be ok, so it's ok to laugh. You could witness some extremely terrible things and react appropriately, and have a good laugh later on recalling.

Of course, getting joy from watching a person die is immoral, at least according to my morals.

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I don't know...Vosur talks sweet to me in German sometimes and it's very romantic and alluring.

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As far as the OP goes...I am definitely guilty of schadenfreude. Meh I think it's only natural to be somewhat amused by small misfortunes of others. It's just like Americas Funniest Home Videos, it's almost all just videos of people doing dumb stuff and getting hurt.