Deserving Losers-Paging Dr. Schadenfreude
While ‘schadenfreude’ basically means taking delight in the misery of others, El Somnambulo, who is nothing if not sympathetic, feels horrible and powerless for what has happened to so many good people.
However, he admits taking great delight in the deserved misery visited upon the piggiest of the piggy, those who didn’t even have time to visit the vomitorium before suffering sudden wealth loss. In the first of what may be an ongoing series, let’s enjoy these falls from grace, shall we?:
* Dubai expatriates abandoning their luxury cars at the airport b/c they can’t make payments and b/c they need to avoid severe Islamic punishment for being deadbeats.
* Russian billionaires who made zillions by exploiting natural resources (why doesn’t this happen to Exxon/Mobil execs?), but are now forced to live on mere millions.
* Oh, and it looks like one of Trump’s casinos is headed for bankruptcy, but ‘Bulo considers that a Dog Bites Man story. Happens every couple a’ years
El Somnambulo welcomes any and all additions to the Deserving Losers list. Trust him. It’s OK to feel joy at their expense.
My Schadenfreud-gasm is going to happen when Mike Castle gets a shoe thrown at him by angry Delaware wingnuts at a Castle/O’Donnell fundraiser.
Sleepwalker – I am actually upset by bullet 2. A broke Abramovich means Chelsea have less of a chance to stop ManU from winning the EPL title. I don’t fancy Chelsea but I hate ManU. What am I suppose to do, count on Liverpool? Scouser chavs…
A new support group: Dating a Banker Anonymous seems ripe for schadenfraude.
Cassandra’s link is drop-dead funny.
As is this correction at the end of the article:
“Correction: February 2, 2009
An article on Wednesday about a support group for women dating or married to men in the banking industry misspelled the surname of a prominent Wall Street investor in referring to the effect that significant financial news has on a partner’s mood. The investor is Warren E. Buffett, not Buffet.”
In post-crash America, there is no such thing as a free Buffet. At least, precipitous weight-gain is something these poor women may not have to worry about.
Yeah, it’s a rocky time even for self-absorbed gold-diggers.
Simple – The irrelevant GOP; a regional party at best.
Today’s schadenfreude for me:
Yoo and Bybee could be disbarred for the torture memos. It seems to me to be the least of their possible punishments but at least something might happen!
Schadenfreude, indeed I hope the snow melts in Dubai’s indoor ski slopes……..and floods all those empty mansion built on those artificial Islands with their artificial beaches…….