> My understanding of schadenfreude has always been a more general idea of pleasure in misfortune of unknown others.
This is what it actually means. Schaden means "damage" loosely translated, with "freude" obviously "pleasure". Taking pleasure of other's damage/misery.
MilesCW t1_is1pdnq wrote
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> My understanding of schadenfreude has always been a more general idea of pleasure in misfortune of unknown others.
This is what it actually means. Schaden means "damage" loosely translated, with "freude" obviously "pleasure". Taking pleasure of other's damage/misery.