pleasure in Misfortune
These responses have always seemed in poor taste to me, and certainly, if we examine it objectively, deriving pleasure from other people's failures, join. A review of “Schadenfreude: The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of. A new book, Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another's Misfortune,” by Tiffany Watt Smith. These responses have always seemed in poor taste to me, and certainly, if we examine it objectively, deriving pleasure from someone else's misfortune. Specifically, schadenfreude involves more than simply conveying one's pleasure at an outgroup's.
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