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My feelings are mixed: I find it both funny and sad that what made you feel better was seeing that others are worse off. Perhaps a reflection of our culture in
by enraged_camel 11y ago
My feelings are mixed: I find it both funny and sad that what made you feel better was seeing that others are worse off. Perhaps a reflection of our culture in general?
- venomsnake 11y agoIn engineering we call that calibration. From what I understood he did not felt schadenfreude.
- randycupertino 11y agoThey've done studies about this, basically your happiness is calibrated against whether or not you are better or worse off status wise compared to your immediate peer group.