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To: SkyPilot
Are there lasting harmful side-effects of an over-dose of Schadenfreude?

Seriously. I logged on to ask that question, because of the effects flipping through news channels last night was having on me: uncontrollable s**t-eating grins, convulsions (of laughter), etc. I'm sure many of you noticed some of the same symptoms. I can't recall feeling this way, and it's quite disconcerting. I woke up today with a huge Schadenfreude hangover.

Now this video. It's almost too much. The saying: "the dose makes the poison" keeps ringing through my ears. Sure, a bit of Schadenfreude feels good (although, perhaps tinged with a bit of guilt, for taking pleasure in others' misfortune) -- but, I fear we're approaching toxic overloads.

44 posted on 11/09/2016 1:25:56 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

LOL, I’m gonna learn how to deal with that!


50 posted on 11/09/2016 1:29:57 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

In the immortal words of..... Michael Moore.... “and it feels goooooood”


54 posted on 11/09/2016 1:31:59 PM PST by rlbedfor
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