paging dr. schadenfreude because the range of human emotions (and the words we ascribe to these emotions) is so complex that it can be parsed by how one feels about another’s fortune or misfortune*, i made us this chart. how to use: next time that someone else wins or epic fails decide how you feel about it and then pinpoint that quadrant in the above chart. this is the word for the situation that you have found yourself in. __ *and even whether your resulting emotional state is a public one or a private one (there is apparently a distinction in german between “secret schadenfreude” (a private feeling) and “open schadenfreude” (or hohn).

paging dr. schadenfreude

because the range of human emotions (and the words we ascribe to these emotions) is so complex that it can be parsed by how one feels about another’s fortune or misfortune*, i made us this chart.

how to use: next time that someone else wins or epic fails decide how you feel about it and then pinpoint that quadrant in the above chart. this is the word for the situation that you have found yourself in.

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*and even whether your resulting emotional state is a public one or a private one (there is apparently a distinction in german between “secret schadenfreude” (a private feeling) and “open schadenfreude” (or hohn).

August 19, 2009
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