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Without having more details, I generally wouldn't say one would feel Schadenfreude in your example. Now, if your acquaintance is obnoxious or is putting everyo
by kmmlng 9y ago
Without having more details, I generally wouldn't say one would feel Schadenfreude in your example.
Now, if your acquaintance is obnoxious or is putting everyone down for not being able to afford their dream vacations, then yes, Schadenfreude would apply.
In more general terms, you don't feel Schadenfreude whenever something bad happens to someone. There has to be a sense of "Well, that guy had it coming".
- donjoe 9y agoYeah, right - you somehow need that 'haha, look at you'/'that serves you right' moment to call it 'Schadenfreude'.
- mannykannot 9y agoMaybe, but none of the ~dozen definitions that I have found have this 'they had it coming' qualification. This, may, however, be the way the meaning is going in English. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-most-American-dictionaries-provide-an-incorrect-definition-of-schadenfreude https://www.quora.com/Why-do-most-American-dictionaries-prov...