Really cool word, but a crummy emotion (enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others). There's a lot of it going around in New York State today, as the soon-to-be former Governor resigned effective this Monday due to a truly astonishing sexcapade involving high priced prostitutes, laundered money, secret trysts and who knows what else. It seems only fitting to many, as he was an insufferable, arrogant, self-righteous bully. Still, it does not do one any good to relish another's suffering. If there is one thing about the human condition that I know with absolute certainty, it is that we screw up. Every single one of us, more than once, will screw up big-time. And when we do, we will need the help of others to deal with the mess we have created.
To enjoy or delight in the failure or misfortune of another diminishes us. Perhaps, being human, we can't help it, but we can know that it is wrong, feel guilty when we do it, and try not to in the future.
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