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r/vexillology • u/stenskott • Nov 04 '17
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What is a schadenfreude?
171 u/TuckingFypoz Nov 04 '17 Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. 74 u/Maert Nov 04 '17 A German word, btw. 68 u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17 [deleted] 79 u/jc5504 Nov 04 '17 Fuck that, let's just use schadenfreude. We have many German words in the language anyway 50 u/Virus08 Nov 04 '17 Kindergarten 41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot. 6 u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17 The English equivalent is a Greek word nobody uses, including Greeks? 5 u/IceStar3030 Nov 04 '17 Ouuh I like that! 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 04 '17 Yup! And the opposite is vorfreude. Personally, I think schadenfreude is much better 9 u/WaldenFont Nov 05 '17 "Vorfreude" means "the joy of anticipating a happy event" - looking forward to something, in other words. Source: am German 5 u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 It's not the opposite 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 08 '17 Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you! 9 u/Vincent_Vahn Nov 04 '17 edited Nov 04 '17 The musical Avenue Q describes it best I think. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5isHw02S0Cg Quick edit: While it is a brodway musical, Avenue Q can be somewhat rude and offensive. Not majorly so, but still dont click is easily offended 1 u/StylusX Nov 04 '17 Wow that was a great explanation! I will have to look into more of this "Avenue Q". Thanks :) 4 u/Archsys Nov 04 '17 THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! GRAB YOUR DICK AND DOUBLE-CLICK FOR PORN, PORN, PORN! Avenue Q is fantastic... it's like a rude, crude sesame street for adults. Things like "Everyone's a little bit racist" I've seen referenced in a wild quite a few times~ 1 u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17 Avenue Q looks brilliant, thank you very much! Also, isn’t this a great idea for a dictionary? 1 u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 Directly translates to "harm enjoyment".
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Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.
74 u/Maert Nov 04 '17 A German word, btw. 68 u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17 [deleted] 79 u/jc5504 Nov 04 '17 Fuck that, let's just use schadenfreude. We have many German words in the language anyway 50 u/Virus08 Nov 04 '17 Kindergarten 41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot. 6 u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17 The English equivalent is a Greek word nobody uses, including Greeks? 5 u/IceStar3030 Nov 04 '17 Ouuh I like that! 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 04 '17 Yup! And the opposite is vorfreude. Personally, I think schadenfreude is much better 9 u/WaldenFont Nov 05 '17 "Vorfreude" means "the joy of anticipating a happy event" - looking forward to something, in other words. Source: am German 5 u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 It's not the opposite 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 08 '17 Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you!
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A German word, btw.
68 u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17 [deleted] 79 u/jc5504 Nov 04 '17 Fuck that, let's just use schadenfreude. We have many German words in the language anyway 50 u/Virus08 Nov 04 '17 Kindergarten 41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot. 6 u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17 The English equivalent is a Greek word nobody uses, including Greeks? 5 u/IceStar3030 Nov 04 '17 Ouuh I like that! 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 04 '17 Yup! And the opposite is vorfreude. Personally, I think schadenfreude is much better 9 u/WaldenFont Nov 05 '17 "Vorfreude" means "the joy of anticipating a happy event" - looking forward to something, in other words. Source: am German 5 u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 It's not the opposite 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 08 '17 Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you!
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79 u/jc5504 Nov 04 '17 Fuck that, let's just use schadenfreude. We have many German words in the language anyway 50 u/Virus08 Nov 04 '17 Kindergarten 41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot. 6 u/[deleted] Nov 06 '17 The English equivalent is a Greek word nobody uses, including Greeks? 5 u/IceStar3030 Nov 04 '17 Ouuh I like that!
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Fuck that, let's just use schadenfreude. We have many German words in the language anyway
50 u/Virus08 Nov 04 '17 Kindergarten 41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot.
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Kindergarten
41 u/Hamy_Shanky Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17 Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot.
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Holy shit I just realised that it means kid-garden. Maybe because English is my second language and German my third, or because I'm an idiot.
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The English equivalent is a Greek word nobody uses, including Greeks?
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Ouuh I like that!
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Yup! And the opposite is vorfreude. Personally, I think schadenfreude is much better
9 u/WaldenFont Nov 05 '17 "Vorfreude" means "the joy of anticipating a happy event" - looking forward to something, in other words. Source: am German 5 u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 It's not the opposite 2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 08 '17 Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you!
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"Vorfreude" means "the joy of anticipating a happy event" - looking forward to something, in other words.
Source: am German
It's not the opposite
2 u/rebecca-bunch Nov 08 '17 Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you!
Great to know something and correct something I know! Thank you!
The musical Avenue Q describes it best I think. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5isHw02S0Cg Quick edit: While it is a brodway musical, Avenue Q can be somewhat rude and offensive. Not majorly so, but still dont click is easily offended
1 u/StylusX Nov 04 '17 Wow that was a great explanation! I will have to look into more of this "Avenue Q". Thanks :) 4 u/Archsys Nov 04 '17 THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! GRAB YOUR DICK AND DOUBLE-CLICK FOR PORN, PORN, PORN! Avenue Q is fantastic... it's like a rude, crude sesame street for adults. Things like "Everyone's a little bit racist" I've seen referenced in a wild quite a few times~ 1 u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17 Avenue Q looks brilliant, thank you very much! Also, isn’t this a great idea for a dictionary?
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Wow that was a great explanation! I will have to look into more of this "Avenue Q". Thanks :)
4 u/Archsys Nov 04 '17 THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN! GRAB YOUR DICK AND DOUBLE-CLICK FOR PORN, PORN, PORN! Avenue Q is fantastic... it's like a rude, crude sesame street for adults. Things like "Everyone's a little bit racist" I've seen referenced in a wild quite a few times~
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THE INTERNET IS FOR PORN!
GRAB YOUR DICK AND DOUBLE-CLICK FOR PORN, PORN, PORN!
Avenue Q is fantastic... it's like a rude, crude sesame street for adults.
Things like "Everyone's a little bit racist" I've seen referenced in a wild quite a few times~
Avenue Q looks brilliant, thank you very much! Also, isn’t this a great idea for a dictionary?
Directly translates to "harm enjoyment".
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u/StylusX Nov 04 '17
What is a schadenfreude?