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Posted by: schrodingerscat ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 03:27PM
‘schadenfreude’ Lookups spiked 30,500% on 10/02/20

Merriam Webster reports ‘schadenfreude’ Lookups spiked 30,500% on October 2, 2020

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/schadenfreude-20201002

"Schadenfreude was our top lookup on October 2nd, by a very considerable margin, following President Trump’s announcement that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID-19.

President Donald Trump's coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of schadenfreude
— (headline) USA Today, 2 Oct. 2020

The Russian president joined a list of world leaders expressing sympathy and concern and some thinly-veiled schadenfreude, in light of Trump’s repeated downplaying of the pandemic and shoot-from-the-hip approach to the science surrounding it.
— Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2020 03:35PM by schrodingerscat.

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Posted by: Dave the Atheist ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 03:32PM
Re: ‘schadenfreude’ Lookups spiked 30,500% on 10/02/20

I read that and laughed.

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Posted by: Brother Of Jerry ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 03:35PM
Re: ‘schadenfreude’ Lookups spiked 30,500% on 10/02/20

Now that's funny!

I'm waiting for a pundit to dust off "Hubris and Nemesis", though the shock of the events may still be a bit too strong for bringing up that concept.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 03:42PM
Re: ‘schadenfreude’ Lookups spiked 30,500% on 10/02/20

Hey!

https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,2336949,2337156#msg-2337156

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 07:29PM
Wait about five or six months. Nemesis might show up about then (n/t)


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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 03:37PM
How did "karma" fare?

 

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: October 03, 2020 07:27PM
Karma, Schadenfreude, Irony, and Hubris (n/t)


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