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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 114 points 11 months ago (4 children)

We don’t know that was why they denied it, this could be shadenfreud (sp?) because they would be denied regardless.

At least I choose to believe that, because I can’t imagine being petty enough to do that.

[–] LazyGit@feddit.org 52 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] CaptainThor@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I exclusively drink She-Wolf

[–] vorlaut_boy@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Actually it is called "Scheidenfreude".

[–] LazyGit@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago

Vorlaut, aber gut

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

freudenscheidue

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Usually, one feels Schadenfreude when something bad 'just' happens to somebody else, like Karma, but not due to ones own actions.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And then you exclaim: "Haha, du Schaf!"

[–] errer@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 11 months ago

Very good. Now do your Duolingo. *patpat* Off you go.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago

Not really. The best example of Schadenfreude (imo) is when you follow a sports team (probably not too many of you here on Lemmy), whenever the rival team loses you feel Schadenfreude. There doesn't have to be any kind of 'just-ness' to it, actually if the rival team losses unjustly (played better, but were unlucky) the Schadenfreude is actually greater.

Of course there are times when something bad finally happens to someone that deserves it and you feel joy from it, but I wouldn't call that Schadenfreude, more like 'Vergeltungsfreude'.

While 'Schadenfreude' literally translates to the joy of damage, 'Vergeltungsfreude' would translate to the joy of retribution. Source: my German ass

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Is there a fun German (or any other language) word for taking delight in the pain of others when it totally is their fault, and their fault alone?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago

That's at least one case of Schadenfreude.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The phrase "play stupid games, win stupid prizes"?

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 points 11 months ago
[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago

At least I choose to believe that, because I can’t imagine being petty enough to do that.

Have you met people?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago

I assume that was the case because it isn't really a human decision anymore. Whether a mortgage application is accepted or denied is based on the decision of a computer, the human just informs you the computer's decision.