Friday, October 16, 2009

Die reinste freude ist die schadenfreude


This is one of my favorte german frazes. It means "our purest joy comes from seeing people we envy get hurt".
We all know that we feel some sort of satisfaction when someone we envy tripps and falls. No matter how nice you are, you are familiar with this feeling.
I remember being in elementery school, and seeing this girl with the new my little pony. She was brushing its pink tail. At that very moment she got up, she tripped and fell on a banana peel. I was concerned and helped her up but i know that deep down inside i was smiling.


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