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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Takei tweets the schadenfreude Shkreli-zinger of the day !!
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Nice
Link to tweet
hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)Thomas Doubts
(20 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)As a German, may I correct you please, the word is Schadenfreude.
Schaden means damage, and Freude means pleasure. The combination is oh so sweet at times.
When you watch scumbags like that go to prison. I hope he has a cellmate named Bubba. It would kind of make my day.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Pluvious
(4,314 posts)I will blame it on the autocorrect !!
Aristus
(66,409 posts)God, I miss Germany so much!...
Mira
(22,380 posts)and am experiencing "Vorfreude" - the joy of anticipation. Vor=ahead / Freude=Joy
So much for today's lesson
As Homer observed to Lisa, "Those Germans have a word for EVERYTHING!!"
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)calimary
(81,350 posts)BadGimp
(4,015 posts)MythosMaster
(445 posts)rich people, not for price gouging. Let that sink in.
erronis
(15,306 posts)Oddly, just reading an excellent reddit article on hospitals/insurance/pharma ripping off people.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/837hlt/the_hospital_says_you_should_take_out_a_loan_to/
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)This song is "Marty's Folly" -- play it in your prison cell.
You overcharged your victims because your ethics smell
Willkommen, bienvenue -- welcome seven years of living hell.
rocktivity
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)dlk
(11,572 posts)It would be nice if Shkreli was the only pharma bro and price gouger. Unfortunately, he has plenty of company.