Schadenfreude
I just read this article on CNN and it left me overcome with an extreme sense of schadenfreude.
I don't know why it's so amusing, but a bunch of people in "half million dollar homes" finding out that WWII bombs may or may not be under their houses and schools is absolutely hilarious to me. And the whining commentary of the residents wanting cleanup, assurance and restitution is like lovely bird song on a sunny weekend morning.
Seriously, what else do you have going on in your life anyway? 'American Idol'? Sweet 16 parties? College? A big promotion at the office? None of that seems like life compared to the thought that you could blast your entire family to smithereens doing some heavy gardening in the backyard.
It makes me think of my favorite Sandra Bernhard quote from Hudson Hawk, "Why is the world jam-packed with such idiots? Every schmoe has a fantasy that the planet revolves around them. It rains. A car crash stops traffic. You say, "How can this happen to me?" But for us, this isn't a fantasy. It is a reality."
Guess maybe they'd prefer if we didn't do all that bomb testing, lost old WWII and were a province of the Nazi Empire now. At least then they wouldn't have to worry about any old buh's... no, not a buh... a BOMB.
I don't know why it's so amusing, but a bunch of people in "half million dollar homes" finding out that WWII bombs may or may not be under their houses and schools is absolutely hilarious to me. And the whining commentary of the residents wanting cleanup, assurance and restitution is like lovely bird song on a sunny weekend morning.
Seriously, what else do you have going on in your life anyway? 'American Idol'? Sweet 16 parties? College? A big promotion at the office? None of that seems like life compared to the thought that you could blast your entire family to smithereens doing some heavy gardening in the backyard.
It makes me think of my favorite Sandra Bernhard quote from Hudson Hawk, "Why is the world jam-packed with such idiots? Every schmoe has a fantasy that the planet revolves around them. It rains. A car crash stops traffic. You say, "How can this happen to me?" But for us, this isn't a fantasy. It is a reality."
Guess maybe they'd prefer if we didn't do all that bomb testing, lost old WWII and were a province of the Nazi Empire now. At least then they wouldn't have to worry about any old buh's... no, not a buh... a BOMB.