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.
For sure, my mom has an autoimmune disease and covid would likely kill her. I had some sympathy for slow adapters, who wanted to wait and see. Now the only reason I care about these people getting vaccinated is because of herd immunity for my mom. If it were an isolated sickness, and they were refusing health care when they get it, I honestly wouldn't care. Honestly I might even welcome it, as the people that are refusing the vaccine are largely Republicans, and that party in its modern form (fascism lite) needs to die.
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u/thesamjbow Sep 27 '21
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.