Is it possible to OD on schadenfreude? I know you can drink til you hurl, eat

[Gabi Hayes]

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til your stomach is too sore to stand it, do any other sort of overindulgence til it causes physical damage, but I'm going to sit here today, watching the unraveling, dismantling of the Nazi, I mean, republican, party today. they are so clearly reaping what they have sown

thank you, republicans!

from the depths of my shallow soul

thank you.



EDIT: please post links to examples of wingnut freakouts here. I'm insatiable today.

[Brickbat]

1. How about a piece of Schadenfreude Pie?

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/

My word, what is this dark and vaguely sinister-looking pie you see before you? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s the world’s first Schadenfreude Pie, the pie to enjoy while you are reveling in the horrible misfortunes of others. Why is there a Schadenfreude Pie? Because after I wrote the headline for this entry, I wondered to myself, “what would Schadenfreude Pie taste like?”

My guess: Dark. Rich. And oh so bittersweet.

And you know what? That’s exactly what it tastes like. Also — and this is really just a perfect but unintentional extension of the whole schadenfreude metaphor — you really only want a small slice; too much of this pie and it’ll sit in the pit of your stomach like a rock of judgment, pulling you down. Small slice? Excellent. Big slice? You’ll regret it. Just like schadenfreude itself.

Want a slice? Sure you do. Here’s how you make it.

[mercuryblues]

2. +1

[Gabi Hayes]

3. thanks! I have everything but the crust and one egg.

might have to try it. don't know about today, because I think I deserve the entire time in front of the tube. thank cthulu for summer vacation!

maybe tomorrow

[Hekate]

21. +2 You know someone had to make this!

Yummy.

[Hekate]

25. This deserves its own OP. I love it so much I sent it to my sis and all my girlfriends...

AND I printed out the whole thing (wonderful how-to pix and comments, just the first 7 pages because there are 30 pages of comments) to keep in my recipe file!

[Wednesdays]

26. And it's best served cold.

nt

[csziggy]

30. Once my husband stopped laughing he said I had to make a pie for him

He's in town now buying the ingredients we don't have on hand.

We're having Schadenfreude Pie for dessert tonight!

[csziggy]

37. If you make this pie, DO NOT OVERCOOK it!

I made it tonight with a few changes:

The grocery my husband went to didn't have chocolate graham pie shells so he bought an Oreo crust.

My 40 year old bottle of blackstrap molasses has thickened. I left it upside down over a measuring cup so it could crawl out of the bottle, but then I forgot to put it in. Probably a good thing since the blackstrap molasses would be too strong flavored. Heck, it is too strong - period. After thirty minutes not all the molasses was out of the jar.

The recipe called for a "splash" of Kahlua - I put in 2 teaspoons.

The filling was too much for the pie shell so about a cup and a half went into a pyrex bowl. I set the timer for 20 minutes but my husband didn't think had cooked enough so he cooked it ten minutes longer. Big mistake! Most of the small bowl turned into candy, about the consistency of toffee. It's still delicious, just very adhesive and gooey. We're going to have to soak that bowl for a while to loosen the cooked on sugars.

We both agree that half a cup of chocolate is not enough. Next time there will be a cup of chocolate chips and I WILL remember to put molasses in, this time a lighter molasses from a local source. I may buy two regular graham cracker crusts and just split the mixture between them.

[malthaussen]

4. Yes, I think it is.

While one may revel in the unraveling of the GOP, one should consider that it is his country that is unraveling at the same time. I think the tendency to see the Opposition in politics as the Enemy can lead to some rather distressing consequences. But so many of the individual politicians in the GOP are subhumans, it's hard not to rejoice whenever they encounter adversity.

Should the GOP break up over this election, which is for some a consummation devoutly to be wished, it will still be necessary to invent it anew. Our politics barely functions as it is with a two-party system, how exactly would a one-party system work?

-- Mal

[brush]

7. Something will rise from the ashes.

Phoenix Party, anyone?

[Gabi Hayes]

8. a rational Green-based party. one centered on education, income equality,

ecologically sound infrastructure recovery, renewable resources/manufacturing

that sort of thing, just off the top of my head

MOST IMPORTANTLY, if any of that can possibly happen

PUBLIC FINANCING of elections

no more lobbyists/legalized bribery

eliminate the revolving door. lifetime ban on influence peddling jobs once one has served in any legislature. just imagine the lack of egomaniacal greedhead that would stop seeking office to line its pockets

[easttexaslefty]

5. It is quite delicious n/t

[AwakeAtLast]

6. As long as you keep one eye open

I say, "Enjoy!"

[Gabi Hayes]

9. kinda drifting in and out of consciousness......is that what an opium dream is like?

been up since about 3am

Kayleigh McEnany is on now!

one of the most intransigent cretins on my list

she's about to weigh in now, just like she did in claiming vituperously that there was NO plagiarism....remember that?

[Gabi Hayes]

10. this thread is intended to link stuff like the one below. send em here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028071048

in which Katrina Person, another of the most obnoxious twits, goes cracked

[Warpy]

11. Save it for after the election

I've lived to see a paranoid crook, a B-actor with obvious dementia, and a phony cowboy who drank his way through life get elected by that party. Given the preference in this country of changing parties in the White House every 8 years, I am making no predictions on this one.

Trump was right in 1999 when he said Republicans were stupid enough to elect him.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. hey! quit harshing my mellow, dude!

I thought about including that caveat in my OP, but I feel too HAPPY at this juncture.

that will be the happiest day I've had in decades, at which point I'll take the rest of the year off to celebrate.

today is for ME and my own mental health, though

no bummers, please.

[Warpy]

14. Oh, I'm indulging in a little of it

by seeing that party in disarray, their old guard and party bosses and political celebrities largely boycotting their own convention, their candidate having to beg for small donations because the big ones aren't rolling in, and their candidate so paranoid that his "campaign staff" is minute and mostly made up of blood relatives and his whole campaign hinges on free air time on cable news channels.

I just agree with his assessment of how dumb Republicans are as I see the rank and file sigh and get into line.

That's why I'm not making predictions. Sorry about that harshed mellow, let's hope it is only temporary and that the man goes down in flames sooner rather than later.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. not for a month or so.....just long enough so that, if he declares electoral bankruptcy,

and slithers off to mar a lago, it will be too late for somebody else to mount an effective campaign, despite the massive assist they'll get from the media.

thanks for boosting the buzz back up, btw!

[Hekate]

23. It's awful to be as old as we are. But I heard 2 Repubs use the N-word (Nixon) this morning...

...and about fell off my chair laughing.

It may be only temporary, but I am going to enjoy it.

[Qutzupalotl]

28. Snopes rated the Trump quote False:

http://www.snopes.com/1998-trump-people-quote/

But Republicans are stupid, nonetheless.

[Gabi Hayes]

29. perhaps he was referring to the quote about loving the poorly educated,

I can see the transfer there.

did he supposedly say something about stupid people voting for him?

missed that one

[Gabi Hayes]

13. here's what I'm talking about:

scarborough going crazy with all this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028070912

[Gabi Hayes]

16. ahhhhhh.....breathe deep the sweet essence of schad.....Kellyanne Conway!!!!!!

one of the ones I really love to loathe

oooooohhhhhh....scratch that itch

[Gabi Hayes]

17. kellyanne was in a state of post mortem, narcotized bliss, not caring a bit

about what's happening, smiling and grinning like she'd just ingested Huxley's best soma, waxing delusional about president trump's great relationship with speaker ryan

it's the BEST!!!!!!!

untoppable

til the next stooge is paraded on

YES!!!!!

[Gabi Hayes]

18. haaaaaa......paul nehlen is on cnn.....he's ryan's primarier

quite the hyperactive nutbag

really hyped up on crank or something

very entertaining

[Gabi Hayes]

19. they're talking about a republican INTERVENTION with the potato on msnbc

how much would you pay to see that one?

imagine, reince, ryan, the turtle, manafort, who else on hand for that one?

I'd pay big bucks for that

make the apprentice's ratings look miniscule

[Gabi Hayes]

20. not making this up: rep. ted YOHO, yes YOHO, from FL, is taking his turn

on the hotseat, really getting a grilling from chris jansing, I think

he's talking about CUBA sabre rattling! watch out for them crazy, dangerous Cubans!!!!

[Gabi Hayes]

22. they're really pushing the internal dysfunction, but almost EVERY reporter that

comes on is trumpeting this story and that about Clinton, and bemoaning the fact that the pugs aren't taking advantage of it

get yourselves one of these, you pimps:

[Gabi Hayes]

24. ahhhhhhh. boris epshtyn, perhaps the most obnoxious ahole surrogate

I LOVE the way he does the most obvious of tells: lying as FAST as he can because he knows he's lying

he was GREAT during the plage fiasco; absolutely CERTAIN their was no plage....until the day when he acknowledged it, and didn't want to talk about it, because it was 'over'

[Gabi Hayes]

27. now I feel better: giuliani's former press secretary is coming out of the closet....

for HILLARY!!!!!

I hope he nails that vampire he used to work for

tapper is asking him about what he said about trump at the convention:

"my respect for rudy is undying, but I think he's wrong. I don't want to live in a country where we have a litmus test to see who can be a citizen....a dystopian version of the future"

he's doing a good job, citing Bob Gates, saying 'the stakes are too high'
to vote for trump

[Gabi Hayes]

31. wow....a 12 point listing of bad bad stuff that have happened in the last 36 hours

to the pugs!

I'm beginning to think chuck todd is starting to realize the trumptanic has slid up against the iceberg!

I'm getting me some of this right now:



really smooth!

[Gabi Hayes]

32. sip sip sip....gingrich turns on frankenstein:

Donald Trump's behavior over the past week has been "very self-destructive" to his campaign, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday, comparing the Republican nominee to a Hall of Fame quarterback who is in the midst of an interception-throwing slump.

"Trump is still behaving like as though it was the primaries and there were 17 candidates. He has not made the transition to being the potential president of the United States, which is a much tougher league," Gingrich said in an interview on Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria." "People are going to watch you every single day. They’re going to take everything they can out of context, and he is not yet performing at the level that you need to."


Gingrich remarked that Trump's performance recalled quarterback Joe Montana's "stretch during his career where he kept throwing interceptions, and, for about half a season, it looked like he wasn’t Joe Montana anymore. And then he figured out what he was doing, and he changed. Trump, Trump is in that kind of a slump," said Gingrich, a Trump supporter who was under final consideration for the vice-presidential slot before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was chosen.

"It’s like watching a team go out on the field, throw an interception on the first play and go back off the field again," Gingrich continued, alluding to a host of recent comments and battles Trump has waged over the course of the past week, including sparring with the family of a fallen U.S. Army captain who spoke out against him at the Democratic convention; refusing to back prominent Republicans like Paul Ryan, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in their elections; joking about tossing a baby out of his rally on Tuesday; and generally responding to any personal attack against him.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/newt-gingrich-trump-self-destructive-226608#ixzz4GJ17Xsmj

[Gabi Hayes]

33. sip sip sip...WOLFIE is unrelenting, dogged in his pursuit of why trump won't apologize

to the Khans....he won't let it go, after about five, six attempts at getting the guy to say why trump won't do it

he's giving it to the guy as much as he did the state dept. guy about the ransom money

am I conscious?

wow.....good for YOU, wolf. he's STILL at it! going on now to the air force mom being booed at the Pence rally

[Gabi Hayes]

34. tip of the glass to YOU, wolf, on that one.....best I've ever seen you. did not

think you had it in you.

he went after the special ops guy for several minutes, only talking about how badly the Khans and the air force mom were treated, until the break!

[Gabi Hayes]

35. CUBS tie the game after an intentional walk to load the bases!

then they walk in the tying run! ; THEN....a wild pitch to win the GAME!

GLUG GLUG GLUG

haven't started yet, but now I will

[Gabi Hayes]

36. Adam Kinzinger, rep., wheaton, IL, former military man is going against

trump, and might vote for Hillary

he's a congressman about 20 miles from me, and sounds very earnest.

I like the guy, for now...never heard of him, but he might actually be reasonable

''trump is more interested in bringing Bernie sanders voters than reaching out to republicans"

sip sip sip