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SCHADENFREUDE!!!

What is that feeling that we feel sometimes when something happens to an enemy?  For instance, your ‘friend’ who took away your boyfriend and disgraced and scandaled you, bragged about it; suddenly finds herself in the same situation when her ‘friend’ takes away the no good son of a bitch from her, and you hear the news for the first time that she is crying and ashamed and in pain as you were.  That feeling that you get to know that she who was so horrible, is feeling even a pinch or better of what you felt.  Jamaican people would say ‘sweet mi yuh si’ and don’t lie we’ve all felt it, even myself.  You don’t have to be an evil person with wicked thoughts or intentions to feel that sweet joy that is felt when someone who has hurt you has stumbled and fell.  The person who skips the line at the airport even while everyone is protesting and jumps in front to ask about his or her flight, only to have the representative listen to all they have said and when they have finished talking tell them ‘I cannot help you sir/miss, go to the back of the line and wait your turn’.  It is that feeling that we would be feeling now if Casey Anthony had received the correct sentencing, according to most.

There is a name for this feeling and I’ve used it quite often in some of my posts; and that name is schadenfreude.  This word literally means satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.  It can also be defined as malicious joy in the misfortunes of others.  Damage joy!!,   ‘What a fearful thing is it that language should have a word expressive of the pleasure which men feel at the calamities of others; for the existence of the word bears testimony to the existence of the thing’.  Written by Richard C. Trench on The Study of Words.  Schadenfreude is synonymous with gloating, sadism or glee and I would like to challenge the person who would say honestly that they have never had this feeling before. What say you Mother Theresa?, What say you Mahatma Ghandi?..Jesus a mussi ongle neva you, but stillll…… nah ah ongle you!! 

Years ago I had a couple of horrible nephews who lived beneath me in our family home.  These were sons to my older sister with whom I have no relationship.  These boys, who against my will, but because they needed somewhere to stay, came to live in the building with us; terrorized me with loud music at all hours of night and when I went to speak to them about it, they called me a bitch to my face.  It was a battle between them and I, and my sister, their mother seemed to find fun in it all because I was being tormented by her sons and there was nothing I could do about it according to them.  But ladies and gentlemen, never doubt the power of prayer and so, it kept on for almost a year until God saw it fit to deliver me.  The first thing happened was that all the other roommates moved out, then the pipes in the bathroom started to flood the whole apartment( OSUN is water that she is indeed), and also the whole family turned against them; then the lights were permanently turned off by the light company in the middle of summer with temperatures reaching over 100degrees every day, until they had to move quickly.  I sat outside the night of the exodus, the night that they moved, ashamed to even look at me, experiencing schadenfreude. With sweet joy at their shame and disgrace I Obara Meji can say explicitly that I was glad. I’m so happy that the Germans had a word for it!!.  There goes my story, come and tell me yours.

One Yam Cyaan tie inna bungle!!!…..ole time Jamican people proverb.

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Domondi
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Domondi
3 years ago

It’s a nice feeling

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sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

a him come inna me dream opti…me have de power deh so…cause a mus my spirit send him thru fi come tell me dat…so me can know wha really a gwaan…me a aries…me hot like fire…walk with Sango and Ogun…him mad…him come f@#%$ with me head dem way deh…him did have to feel my wrath…me a wait pon de outcome…because whats done can and will be undone…by the power vested in the Orisa that walk with me…them have to return everything to me…plus me get de remedy…me a click pon de contact Obara Meji sinting up desso…lol

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

a whe de people dem deh?….lef me fi talk to meself…me capable

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

me come home a nd dream seh me and mi friend deh a party…de youth whe me did a deal wid somebody come tell me say him a dance wid gal me say…me haffi go ova deh caw me waan see…me go ova deh….me no see de youth…when me a come back…one man come up inna me face…hear him…you no know seh a me mek him do everything…if me say come him come…if me stay him stay…and rae…me just get cross…me say you caan tell me dat…u bright…like me man a bwoy me man ano bwoy…me go so pie…and box… Read more »

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

de dutty landlord fi da place ya whe me just move in a gwaan wid all type a tings…like him wuk pon de house fi me lose evrything so him can suck my pussy fi rent…me move ya wid me good good man whe find de place…de man spend two night ya…and no come back…cold shoulder…de pussywhole landlord deh pon oh you and him not meant to be togedda him only come to deliver a message…me seh well me no get no message so him no gone no whe…naw pree de landlord…1-2 oclock inna de morning him a text if… Read more »

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

me naw look pon dem…me go so hahhaaa…we laugh dem

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

opti…a caan bodda wid u..when dem tink dem a fuck me…dem a fuck dem self…touch not the Lord anointed…you hear dat

sharlenerose
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sharlenerose
13 years ago

me say de odda day me go out and de youth whe me did a deal wid…him have one friend one gal but a tink she no like me…anyway me inna de club and me a me friend standup near her…me friend come tell me say de gal put out her foot and kick her like a accident…me no say nothing…me did deh a de bar a get drink…so me come stand up beside me friend…when me stand up deh me ongle hear de big dutty gal bus out one big laugh and kick out har foot and is me… Read more »

Tiffany Anderson
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13 years ago

thankz………….hun

Tiffany Anderson
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13 years ago

2years ago i was going thru so much thingz i had nowhere 2 go sooo my grandmother ask her friend if i could stay with her but the only reason why the lady said yes is cuz she wanted me babysite her kids i realize that the only reason ppl eva wanted me around is wen they need something soooo anyways after awile living with this lady i felt like a prisoner there i couldnt go nowhere she has a 12year son and a 11year old daugther soo every morning i had to follow them 2 the bus stop which… Read more »

Maniac
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Maniac
13 years ago

Maybe Opti, maybe

Maniac
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Maniac
13 years ago

GG whey yuh did deh? Mine mi an yuh ennuh!!!

Gog3tt3r
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Gog3tt3r
13 years ago

yes mi deh yah

Maniac
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Maniac
13 years ago

Oh mi figget fi tell oonu….alla nung mi hab di promissory note whey mi mek him sign fi di money…..still neba get it back caw dat fucka is a slippery shit an chue di Justice system ah JA tan soh, dats y mi neva get fi serve him di friggin summons

Maniac
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Maniac
13 years ago

Couple years ago, mi wid mi fool fool self (tink mi dee tell oonu bout it yessideh) against mi betta judgement, did goh borrow money fi mi pikni puppa wid di undastanding dat him wuda repay di monthly installments (him did pay dung pon cyaar an one piece ah drama wid it caw him neva live up to feem end ah di bargain an did stan fi lose every cent whey him did pay dung pon it, soh mi goh barra di ppl dem money). Anyway, afta him mek di fuss payment, him stap an poor mi, neba noe cawsen… Read more »

Maniac
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Maniac
13 years ago

Ah nuh you one Obara….mek mi gi oonu one ah mi many

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