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> and enough people on Hacker News care about it? Sadly I feel the reason why it's still clinging on to Hacker News is because of Al Bundy syndrome. Some peopl
by chaostheory 10y ago
> and enough people on Hacker News care about it?
Sadly I feel the reason why it's still clinging on to Hacker News is because of Al Bundy syndrome. Some people like watching others fail because it makes them feel better about their current situation. Of course, I could always be completely wrong; I just don't have any other explanation as to why boring and predictable news gets voted up on HN. I'm just happy that it didn't get too much upvoting.
- kqr2 10y agoBetter known as Schadenfreude: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoPersonally, I don't like watching just anyone fail, but I do enjoy seeing actual bad people fail. I suppose it reassures me that justice occasionally exists.