cosmo!

[murcielaga]

holy shit, someone left a cosmo in the study lounge and it's just so much more amusing than my paper

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[hooded_empath]

every time i read cosmo (as with every time i watch "my supersweet 16"), i simultaneously feel
a) worse about myself for wasting time on this shite, and
b) better about myself because i'm not a cosmo girl or a whiny bitch who wants a car for their 15th birthday.

<3
miko

[murcielaga]

yes! it's schadenfruede to the Nth degree

i think it should be noted that i wrote schadenfruede, and went, wait, i should check the spelling of the ridiculous german word, and then i checked it, and i was right, and it was awesome

[kessel]

I think it's properly spelled "SchadenfrEUde," with an E-U, not a U-E. In German, "eu" gives you the phoneme "oy," as in, "Oy, my boyfriend is such a wanker." (Or, more appropriately, Sigmund FrEUd, whose name presumably comes from the same root, Freude, meaning "joy.") Also, unless you're totes Anglicizing it, it should have a capital "S," as all German nouns begin with capital letters. But if you weren't totes Anglicizing it, you would have put it in italics, so, y'know, whatevs.

<3

[latentdragon]

fun to read this little exchange from germany. the word has repeatedly come up in conversation. i've not yet mentioned jon stewart's take on the word.

[murcielaga]

oh my goshies, what's his take?

[latentdragon]

to quote (as far as I remember it):
"The Germans have a word for this sort of thing: 'Schadenfreude,' which translates roughly to, 'Hey, look! That Jew fell down!'"

See why I haven't mentioned it?

And for the record: Schadenfreude = Schade (= damage) + Freude (=joy).
Ain't German swell?
And in case you were wondering, the other comment that was deleted was identical, but mislocated.

[bdyffrent]

totally cracked up at that, no disrespect meant to anyone.

< / PC >

[murcielaga]

"Oy, my boyfriend is such a wanker" indeed

but actually thank you, that's what i get for checking my spelling with google