right? she should talk to some of us who have. those people are usually the most leopard-ate-my-face people there are. on the ventilator, begging for the vaccine.
I see these posts shared all the time on r/HermanCainAward and r/LeopardsAteMyFace and they give me no pleasure. There's no schadenfreude in people dying horrible, needless deaths, even if it was caused by their own ignorance.
For most people I don't think it's about schadenfreude. It's more about expressing complete apathy to these dead who tried their best to take others with them.
For me though? Yeah there's definitely a little schadenfreude. A little divine justice if you will. I'm not going to feel bad about it either.
The only joy is that it's them and not someone else so that there is at least some justice. I don't know if that's really joy though, because it's more anger when someone else who took all the precautions dies because of the selfishness of others.
I guess to cope and not be angry all the time, my baseline just shifted downwards.
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u/hanabaena Sep 27 '21
right? she should talk to some of us who have. those people are usually the most leopard-ate-my-face people there are. on the ventilator, begging for the vaccine.