Schadenfreude and Mitt Romney
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:57:26 GMT
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:37:55 GMT
Dave Winer
dave.winer@gmail.com
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<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">I forget when it happened but one day I realized that Schadenfreude had been a big part of my life, both sending and receiving. I think it's a big part of everyone's life. </span><a name="iForgetWhenItHappenedButOneDayIRealizedThatSchadenfreudeHadBeenABigPartOfMyLifeBothSendingAndReceivingIThinkItsABigPartOfEveryonesLife"> </a><a href="#iForgetWhenItHappenedButOneDayIRealizedThatSchadenfreudeHadBeenABigPartOfMyLifeBothSendingAndReceivingIThinkItsABigPartOfEveryonesLife"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">The secret of a politician is to get rich and powerful without accumulating so much of it that you die a political death. </span><a name="theSecretOfAPoliticianIsToGetRichAndPowerfulWithoutAccumulatingSoMuchOfItThatYouDieAPoliticalDeath"> </a><a href="#theSecretOfAPoliticianIsToGetRichAndPowerfulWithoutAccumulatingSoMuchOfItThatYouDieAPoliticalDeath"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Schadenfreude is the reason that people seek out friends at their same level in society. It's why, when a friend gets rich he stops hanging out with you. Because the Schadenfreude you emit is tangible, they can feel it.</span><a name="schadenfreudeIsTheReasonThatPeopleSeekOutFriendsAtTheirSameLevelInSocietyItsWhyWhenAFriendGetsRichHeStopsHangingOutWithYouBecauseTheSchadenfreudeYouEmitIsTangibleTheyCanFeelIt"> </a><a href="#schadenfreudeIsTheReasonThatPeopleSeekOutFriendsAtTheirSameLevelInSocietyItsWhyWhenAFriendGetsRichHeStopsHangingOutWithYouBecauseTheSchadenfreudeYouEmitIsTangibleTheyCanFeelIt"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2012/02/18/mitt.jpg" width="85" height="99" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;" alt="A picture named mitt.jpg">We kind of all wish there were no such thing, that we could rise above it, but perhaps not so much in the case of Mitt Romney. Here's a guy who soaks up huge quanitties of Schadenfreude, and it's probably why he's unelectable. Rick Perry on the other hand is so good at projecting anti-Schadenfreude that people think he's to damned dumb to be President, even though we'd love to drink a beer with him (not me so much, but other people).</span><a name="imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120218mittjpgWidth85Height99Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedMittjpgweKindOfAllWishThereWereNoSuchThingThatWeCouldRiseAboveItButPerhapsNotSoMuchInTheCaseOfMittRomneyHeresAGuyWhoSoaksUpHugeQuanittiesOfSchadenfreudeAndItsProbablyWhyHesUnelectableRickPerryOnTheOtherHandIsSoGoodAtProjectingAntischadenfreudeThatPeopleThinkHesToDamnedDumbToBePresidentEvenThoughWedLoveToDrinkABeerWithHimNotMeSoMuchButOtherPeople"> </a><a href="#imgSrchttpscriptingcomimages20120218mittjpgWidth85Height99Border0StylefloatRightPaddingleft15pxPaddingbottom5pxPaddingtop10pxPaddingright15pxAltaPictureNamedMittjpgweKindOfAllWishThereWereNoSuchThingThatWeCouldRiseAboveItButPerhapsNotSoMuchInTheCaseOfMittRomneyHeresAGuyWhoSoaksUpHugeQuanittiesOfSchadenfreudeAndItsProbablyWhyHesUnelectableRickPerryOnTheOtherHandIsSoGoodAtProjectingAntischadenfreudeThatPeopleThinkHesToDamnedDumbToBePresidentEvenThoughWedLoveToDrinkABeerWithHimNotMeSoMuchButOtherPeople"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
<div class="divOutlineItem" style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><span class="spanOutlineText" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 140%;">Not a big deal, but I've been wanting to say a few things about Schadenfreude for a while. And I really like typing the word Schadenfreude. :-)</span><a name="notABigDealButIveBeenWantingToSayAFewThingsAboutSchadenfreudeForAWhileAndIReallyLikeTypingTheWordSchadenfreude"> </a><a href="#notABigDealButIveBeenWantingToSayAFewThingsAboutSchadenfreudeForAWhileAndIReallyLikeTypingTheWordSchadenfreude"><img src="http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif" class="imgBlogpostPermalink" width="6" height="9" border="0" alt="permalink"></a></div>
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