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Can anyone explain what this means?
Posted: 14 May 2024, 03:02
by Dheera Kalota
I recently reviewed a book where I found this sentence. I found it bit confusing to understand
Most of us will not suffer the delighted schadenfreude of seeing our demise.
Re: Can anyone explain what this means?
Posted: 14 May 2024, 08:53
by Alissa Nesson
This sentence doesn’t totally make sense because schadenfreude means happiness at the misfortune of others, and this sentence is using it to mean happiness at the misfortune of oneself. Aside from using the wrong word there, the sentence is saying that most of us won’t experience the perverse satisfaction of witnessing our own death.
Re: Can anyone explain what this means?
Posted: 14 May 2024, 08:57
by Dheera Kalota
Alissa Nesson wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 08:53
This sentence doesn’t totally make sense because schadenfreude means happiness at the misfortune of others, and this sentence is using it to mean happiness at the misfortune of oneself. Aside from using the wrong word there, the sentence is saying that most of us won’t experience the perverse satisfaction of witnessing our own death.
I agree with you. I also had same thought.
Re: Can anyone explain what this means?
Posted: 17 Oct 2024, 08:09
by Nikita Wallace
Interesting. It's my first time hearing this word.