Do you always take joy at other peoples pain?
“Do you always take joy at other peoples pain?”
Yea, because I understand this bunch and CANNOT STAND THEM. They feel it necessary to strut their stuff - and as a conservative, I simply have a problem with that.
If he does, and feels a bit guilty about it — that's schadenfreude.
If he does, and doesn't feel the least bit guilty about it — that's gloating.
Either way, the feeling is good for a hit of oxytocin.
(Just jumping on one of my little hobbyhorses. We borrowed Schadenfreude from the Germans, because no English word quite covered the concept. It's a great word, which is in danger of being ruined by overuse. If there's no tinge of guilt, “gloat” is the right word. At least that's how I would have it, if I were a lexicographer.)