Saturday, April 25, 2009

On Schadenfreude

I posted recently that there's a reason the word sabotage is from the French. Apparently, it's also no accident that the word schadenfreude is from the German.
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2 comments:

  1. ElephantschildApril 25, 2009 at 7:38 PM

    I'm trying to imagine the hot water a US news outlet would be if it compared homeless people to "human detritus."

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  2. ElephantschildApril 25, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Oh, wow. Part 2 is even better:

    "The Land of Opportunity Is but a Cruel Joke"

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