{"id":614,"date":"2007-03-26T06:18:24","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T11:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=614"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:38:25","slug":"schadenfreude-it-feels-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Schadenfreude–It Feels So Right"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Main Entry:\tscha\u00b7den\u00b7freu\u00b7de<\/strong><\/a>
\nPronunciation:\t'sh\u00e4-d&<\/sup>n-\"froi-d&<\/tt>
\nFunction:\tnoun<\/em>
\nUsage:\toften capitalized<\/em>
\nEtymology:\tGerman, from Schaden<\/em> damage + Freude<\/em> joy
\n:<\/strong> enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others<\/p>\n

–Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For a Duke fan like myself, there’s nothing that could ever make up for the Blue Devils’ shameful first round exit against VCU or for Lindsey Harding’s two missed free throws<\/a> with practically no time remaining against Rutgers on Saturday (bless her heart). But there is something that comes close.<\/p>\n

There is this:<\/p>\n

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Now I know there’s something slightly askew and unseemly about obtaining enjoyment and satisfaction from the woes of others. But really, if you haven’t tried it lately, I suggest you give it a whirl.<\/p>\n

In my case, it took the form of uncontrollable giggling, foot-stomping, lamp-pushing-over, coffee-table-dancing, high-fiving with Numbers Three and One Sons and loud, but very tame, shouts of “Go to Hades Carolina!” And had not Number One had one of his young lady friends over at the time, I might have really let loose with the Full Monty.<\/p>\n

It was such an abysmal collapse,<\/a> an utter chokefest rarely seen at this level of NCAA tournament play, that when John Thompson, Jr. (whose son the III is the current Georgetown coach and who was coaching the Hoyas in ’82 when they lost to the T—–ls in the championship game) tried to reach Michael Jordan on his cell phone after the game to rag on him a bit, “His Airness” wasn’t taking any calls. Man up and take your medicine, MJ; your boys laid a big powder blue brick.<\/p>\n

To add to my glee, I, along with millions upon millions of other people in this upset-proof year, picked all four Final Four teams in my pool and so far am 46-15 through 61 games. As for allegiances, I am officially a UCLA Bruin for the remainder of the tournament, having picked them to win it all from the outset. If that happens, I should be sitting near the top of my pool, looking down on a bunch of twenty-somethings who think they’re God’s gift to sports talk. The old man’s still got game, boys.<\/p>\n

Schadenfreude–it may be wrong, but it feels so right.\n<\/p>\n

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