Ivanka Trump Is Now Under Criminal Investigation In New York
The Schadenfreude thread
Well yesterday we heard I think that trump org is under investigation fwiw
Starsky wrote:
Well yesterday we heard I think that trump org is under investigation fwiw
it is, for some reason it's more satisfying to hear she too is in this
https://twitter.com/retro_ushi_/status/1399221999742771205?s=20
These people harassed my family because we were flying gay pride flags in Moses Lake Washington, by racing around us and shouting gay slurs. Then, their boat literally blew up! #KarmaIsReal
These people harassed my family because we were flying gay pride flags in Moses Lake Washington, by racing around us and shouting gay slurs. Then, their boat literally blew up! #KarmaIsReal
TIL
There is an English word to describe that slight feeling of joy you get from the misfortune of other people – “epicaricacy”.
Just doesn’t have the right feel to it and will stick to the German one
There is an English word to describe that slight feeling of joy you get from the misfortune of other people – “epicaricacy”.
Just doesn’t have the right feel to it and will stick to the German one
Not in the OED. Apparently, it's a very recent neologism.
Justin wrote:
Not in the OED. Apparently, it's a very recent neologism.
Did you really open some physical edition of OED and look this up?
do you put a little hash mark next to every word you've looked up
also…However, it has a synonym, epicaricacy, that appeared in a small number of 18th century dictionaries but has failed to enjoy the same success.
You need to expand your dictionary collections it's looking like
this is a cool new thing I learned
Interrobang: - a punctuation mark ‽
sounds like a good band name to me
per wrote:Justin wrote:
Not in the OED. Apparently, it's a very recent neologism.
Did you really open some physical edition of OED and look this up?
Online access, a perk of working at a university.
Justin wrote:per wrote:Justin wrote:
Not in the OED. Apparently, it's a very recent neologism.
Did you really open some physical edition of OED and look this up?
Online access, a perk of working at a university.
are they still providing staff with blazer elbow patches?
per wrote:Justin wrote:per wrote:Justin wrote:
Not in the OED. Apparently, it's a very recent neologism.
Did you really open some physical edition of OED and look this up?
Online access, a perk of working at a university.
are they still providing staff with blazer elbow patches?
Pfft. That's a faculty thing, not for us staff peons.
There is in fact a band called Interrobang and it has two members of Chumbawamba in it
http://interrobangband.co.uk/
Found out that the ?!?! was an interrobang at a pub quiz and then adopted it as the name of the team… as we either knew a question!! Or had no clue??
http://interrobangband.co.uk/
Found out that the ?!?! was an interrobang at a pub quiz and then adopted it as the name of the team… as we either knew a question!! Or had no clue??
Speaking of Chumbawamba
This remains one the best songs
Torturing James Hatfield
https://youtu.be/atqGWBnThm4
This remains one the best songs
Torturing James Hatfield
https://youtu.be/atqGWBnThm4
Please shoot me if I say "Speaking of Chumbawamba"
Speaking of shooting
Ex-NRA chief tricked into speech to 3,044 empty chairs for gun victims
Speaking of shooting
Ex-NRA chief tricked into speech to 3,044 empty chairs for gun victims
Barr
who protected Trump at every step…getting called a RINO by Trump
When will they learn, trump has no loyalty, I think he'd throw his kids under the bus to save his ass
and much more!
who protected Trump at every step…getting called a RINO by Trump
When will they learn, trump has no loyalty, I think he'd throw his kids under the bus to save his ass
and much more!

If you read nothing else today...
Opening graf: Noted local criminal Mark McCloskey played host to a barbecue/political rally on Sunday afternoon, drawing tens of admirers to the sweltering parking lot of a closed outlet mall in St. Louis County to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the time he pulled a gun on a crowd of people who otherwise would never have noticed or cared he existed.
h/t @abufelix12 and @LibyaLiberty (who had RT'd it)
Microsoft threatens to bring back Clippy
A tweet asked for 20,000 "likes" to make it happen, and only took an hour to get them

A tweet asked for 20,000 "likes" to make it happen, and only took an hour to get them

Not sure how bringing clippy back exemplifies schadenfreude?
who's pain are you enjoying here?
who's pain are you enjoying here?
Side-panda wrote:Clippy's. Do you think its easy being an anthropomorphic paper clip? To have the sex drive of a human but the apparent lack of genitals? Walk one mile in that eunich office supply's (proverbial) shoes and tell me how you like it.
Not sure how bringing clippy back exemplifies schadenfreude?
who's pain are you enjoying here?
Julian, wrote:Side-panda wrote:Clippy's. Do you think its easy being an anthropomorphic paper clip? To have the sex drive of a human but the apparent lack of genitals? Walk one mile in that eunich office supply's (proverbial) shoes and tell me how you like it.
Not sure how bringing clippy back exemplifies schadenfreude?
who's pain are you enjoying here?
You sure about that lack of sex appeal? The French don't call him Le Trombone for nothing.
Julian, wrote:Side-panda wrote:Clippy's. Do you think its easy being an anthropomorphic paper clip? To have the sex drive of a human but the apparent lack of genitals? Walk one mile in that eunich office supply's (proverbial) shoes and tell me how you like it.
Not sure how bringing clippy back exemplifies schadenfreude?
who's pain are you enjoying here?
eunuch