Reject Schadenfreude

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Reject Schadenfreude. Despise it for the cancer that it is.

Oh trust me, I understand its allure. I’ve felt that ecstasy that can only be found in the swift vengeance of karma. I know that pleasant, tingling smile that I feel when I see a jerk on the road get pulled over. I’ve tasted that drug and delighted in its high. But I say no more. Withdrawal be damned.

Schadenfreude is a plague and deep down, you know it. It causes you to feel smug and better than the world, entitled, judgmental. Schadenfreude is destructive. It doesn’t bless, it doesn’t create, it doesn’t give. All it does is take. It is selfish. Schadenfreude is rot for the soul.

Ethics on Daniel Lyons

Reject Schadenfreude