I’m sure you’ve noticed that the German language is full of great words. It’s an elegant system that allows to convey even complex concepts in one word. Take schadenfreude, for example. This expression describes the pleasure or satisfaction when someone else goes through a failure, suffering, or humiliation. Such a spark of delight might appear when a rival doesn’t get the promotion they expected or while watching fail compilation videos. Feeling this way occasionally doesn’t make people bad. However, the everything in moderation rule applies here heavily.
For your schadenfreude fix, we have a list full of hilarious fails and more, courtesy of the ‘Faillgram’ Instagram account. Scroll down for some harmless fun and don’t forget to upvote the ones that made you feel bad for giggling.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with a professor of differential psychology and psychological diagnostics and co-author of Schadenfreude as Social-Functional Dominance Regulator, Jens Lange, who kindly agreed to talk with us more about the phenomenon of schadenfreude.
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Why is this a fail? That officer is awesome, went through breast cancer treatment and came back on the job, worked with 2 K9 officers, did a great job, and so did the pups
I was about to post that exact comment. Looks freakishly like Gmork.
Load More Replies...One of my cousins is a police dog handler. When they're off duty, they're just regular dogs. He's probably friendly. Sure, he'll rip you to pieces on command, but other than that, probably friendly, lol.
Oh no. Not so. I sold our house to a policeman with a dog. You were not allowed to touch him or go near him because he didn't know you and would definitely hurt you. (The dog, not the policeman lol). He only let his owner and his owner's girlfriend anywhere near him.
Load More Replies...If you're on a highway and Road Runner goes "beep, beep!" Just step aside or you might end up in a heap, Road Runner, Road Runner runs down the road all day, Even the coyote can't make him change his ways.
FYI, the photo are fake, in the sense that they are unrelated and posted together for comedic effect. The two cars are not even the same model
Still hilarious. If someone did drive Into the wall car would have the front end all gone.
Load More Replies...I hope the suppliers sent her some free pairs - pretty awesome advertising quote.
The brand is Ray Pose. When this was first posted a couple of years ago, it included the brand. Did I buy them just because of this? Yes, yes I did and honestly, they're awesome.
Load More Replies...If you ever felt guilty about feeling satisfaction when someone else messed up, scientists say that you don’t have to beat yourself up too much about it. Schadenfreude is a process that became deeply ingrained in our brains due to millions of years of evolution.
Humans are extremely social creatures that are very aware of other people, their relationships, and their place in the hierarchy of social status. Even subconsciously, we want to be respected and liked, which pushes us to find ways to improve our place in society.
The retirement age was pegged at 65 because of physical decline. Not mental. Folks older than that run things because people keep voting for them
I mean, if it’s a choice between two 80 year olds you’re probably going to vote for an 80 year old. :/
Load More Replies...Retirement age for now. Republicans want to raise it to 70yo do draw Social Security.
Retirement age will go up and the age at which people can legally start working will go down. Edit: kids
Load More Replies...Retirement was chosen at 65 during the 19th Century because so many people back then would not make it till 65.
This is true. The first Social Security plan was started by Bismarck in Germany n 1883. At that time life expectancy was much lower. When the US started Social Security in 1937 they also chose 65 as the retirement age. This was a mistake because by then life expectancy had increased. Now with the post WWII "Boomers" drawing benefits and lower birth rate the US there is an imbalance between payments and contributions. The partial solution was to raise the retirement age and to raise the level of taxable income. This has still not solved the problem caused by the "graying of America".
Load More Replies...NOW this should be number ONE! Stop voting old farts into office.
They shouldn't be unemployable and it has little to do with mental decline. Ours is an agest society that places no value on experience. That said, the people running the country should never be older than retirement age. There is a difference between experience and ego, and if you're so out of touch you can't understand that... THEN you're too old and shouldn't even be in charge of wiping your own nose. (Same could be said for someone so young they don't have any real-life experiences)
I'm 81 and quite mentally fit. I'm a retired MD. I took a course in medical coding. I was on honor roll and had 100% attendance. My 65 years old classmate was hired. I have applied for over 100 jobs. If you are over 75 it is not age discrimination if they refuse to hire you.
Load More Replies...well, i feel like there's only one appropriate laugh for this: Hee! Hee!
Load More Replies...What gets me is that at the top it says "just for kids". Sausage Party is SO not for kids.
Ok, I'm going to have to go do some work now because this is the third time I have been asked what I'm laughing at.
For once I got it without having to read the comments! 🙄 <--- at myself
I was so distracted by the deformed foot with red nail polish. Besides, were there EVER female pirates? ... and with a peg leg !!!! I'm not a pirate aficionado.
There were women pirates. Anne Bonney/Bonny and Mary Read for example. The peg leg is perhaps more of a pirate trope.
Load More Replies...It can feel good to raise our social status, whereas having a low ranking in the hierarchy can feel stressful and even negatively affect a person's well-being.
Humans can improve their social standing in various ways, like being highly athletic, succeeding in their careers, having the latest technology, or buying the biggest house.
Another way to rise in social ranking that is associated with the previously mentioned schadenfreude is to lower other people’s social status. That’s why when we see other people mess up, we can feel a spark of delight, which the German word is all about.
smart. making sure people know that it was not flipped over intentionally.
WHAT DO WE WANT? STREPTOMYCIN! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? THREE TIMES DAILY, WITH FOOD!
My brother should have gone to med school. He's never had clear writing.
When was this photo taken? I haven't seen a hand-written prescription for many years now.
Seems about "right"....see any handwritten prescription for clarification....
The photo is reversed left/right, and parts of the slogan are legible (e.g. the last word is "now!"). And the blue logo reads "NHS" (but it's not the blue NHS logo currently in use in the UK).
I think she means: stop trying to think you're a 'catch' because you offer women "I have a house and a car". We don't need your cars and homes, we've got them ourselves. What else do you have, a.k.a. personality-wise?
In the 70s single women couldn't get a car loan or mortgage without a man co-signer. My mum was divorced and though she was a 20+ year teacher she was refused. I remember her crying. So I guess dinosaur thinking fades slowly...
Load More Replies...A cat. Because no home is complete without a cat. I have 3.
Save yourselves Alot of aggravation, disappointment and heartache and simply Don't Expect Much.
Professor of differential psychology and psychological diagnostics and co-author of Schadenfreude as Social-Functional Dominance Regulator, Jens Lange, says, "When people feel down, laughing about others' misfortunes makes them feel better."
It also helps put dominant people in their place. "Schadenfreude is more strongly experienced when misfortunes happen to people who initially attained higher social rank via dominant means (i.e., aggressively putting others in their place by inducing fear). When such an initially dominant person experiences a misfortune, publicly laughing about that person reduces their threat-potential and thereby reduces their social rank in the eyes of others," Lange further explains.
"Hence, schadenfreude can be useful for people to experience. Whether these functions would make the schadenfroh person a "bad" person is up for public debate. My personal opinion is "no." Depending on your (philosophical) position, you may disagree."
Why would there be a prenup if no mention of marriage?
Load More Replies...I'm one of those uncles. No card. I dress up the cash gift by paper clipping a bow to it.
I have an uncle who used to send birthday cards to his nieces and nephews, with only his name very small in a corner and an amount of money that was quite a lot for a child. I loved those cards. And also my uncle, who is a bit peculiar, but also a friendly and funny guy. Unfortunately, since a few months his health is declining rapidly.
The local vet would be cheaper and more experienced than the emergency room. And they'll give you a yummy treat if you don't bite them.
I recommend Dr. Pol. He has plenty of experience in this area based on his TV show
Load More Replies...Some people may even use it as a coping mechanism, as it can provide control and dominance in troubling times.
Schadenfreude also activates the brain's reward centers, which means that when we see someone fail, we get a hit of dopamine that can keep us coming back for more. “When we get hooked into our limbic system, there is an addictive quality to it,” Hokemeyer says. “We become hyperactive, our prefrontal cortex shuts down, and we’re acting on our very primitive emotions.”
I almost slipped off my chair from laughing at this... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Load More Replies...I don't play many games, but if you get 4-6 cars together, shouldn't they change into a bus or something?
That's not just a ditch, that's practically the Grand Canyon
Load More Replies...Please; please; wear a ball cap or better yet; a wig, or you going to be stepping back in really fast, and alone
I am going to hide her in Witness Protection, right after I call the FBI BAU, because you look like a steamer trunk full of crazy, who has conversations with bodies buried in your basement.
Really? Or trying to "cover" the fact you passed out at yr friend's party and someone re-did your "part"..could be worse Mr. "Playa"...u could have suffered indelible sharpie action by way of a uni-brow & clown face...but play it cool, yeah, u "meant" to enhance your hair part.
When this happens, it can pose a threat to our mental health. Constantly getting a dopamine hit from other’s misfortune can hinder our ability to sympathize with others, which might cause harm to our emotional intelligence, healthy relationships, personal goals, and aspirations. It can make people feel less connected, which has a severe impact on their mental and physical health.
My husband’s 61 and his terrible twos still bubble up to the surface, and more frequently the older he gets. They sometimes mix with his growing cranky old fartness, and make him absolutely unbearable. Luckily they’re very short lived and now that I'm used to them, I just tune them, and him, right out until he comes back to his grown up senses. (For clarification, he’s always been more of a Type A, while I’m most definitely a Type B.)
Load More Replies...I feel this one! My daughter woke up on the morning of her second birthday and quite literally tried to climb up the furniture and then the wall, Spider-man style. (I can only assume this wpuld have been unsuccessful, as I managed to catch up before she got fully vertical. If, in fact, I inadvertantly thwarted her destiny to become Spider-girl and save us all, my apologies to humankind.)
I don't have children myself, so I'm no expert by any stretch. That being said, I'm gonna go out in a limb and say "Put down the camera and get that child into a seatbelt for starters"
I don't think they're moving...and at that age they probably still need a car seat of some sort depending on the state.
Load More Replies...Ah yes, the "Let the games begin!" stage. It won't last forever, it'll just seem like it.
You just know it was a dare. Only thing I can think of.
Load More Replies...Stop it with the comb over, unders, over to the side, swoops, fronts......
He's otherwise handsome. He would rock the fully shaved head look. And maybe should.
Those are joke panties you can buy on Amazon. Well worth the money to freak out your neighbors!
True story. At my friend's wedding reception her brand new husband traditionally knelt down and reached up under her wedding gown to retrieve the garter from her leg. His hands came out and held up a pair just like these!! It was hysterical!!!
Should we tell the neighborhood bully where her big girl panties are?
Social media is linked to a higher use of this coping strategy. The “one-upping” that is constantly going on on social media platforms is making individuals more reliant on the feeling of schadenfreude to boost their confidence and self-worth.
"Social media provides people with numerous opportunities for social comparisons, of which most will probably be upward because most people only post amazing things about themselves," explains Lange. "Such upward comparisons may, in the long run, reduce people's self-esteem. Then, if they at some point encounter someone who is worse off, then schadenfreude could become more likely, be it on social media or in real life."
He looks exactly like someone who would try to rob a bank after paying $500 to a wizard to make him invisible. (And I think meth might have been involved.)
Load More Replies...I wondering if someone remembered that. https://thefinanser.com/2024/03/the-dunning-kruger-effect-as-inspired-by-a-bank-robbery
Load More Replies...Should have sent him the photo first, got the money and review reversed and then sent it to the wife anyway.
Damages maybe? That's the only fair reason I can think of
Load More Replies...that'll teach him--now he probably owes alimony AND the host! Hit 'em where it hurts
Occasionally partaking in schadenfreude doesn’t make a person bad but there are healthier ways to cope that result in more sustainable and long-lasting benefits. Neuropsychologist Judy Ho, PhD, suggests sharing such feelings with a trustworthy person. "There's a self-fulfilling prophecy here where you think you're the only person who does this and start to feel ashamed, so you isolate and do more of it," Ho says. "Open up the conversation. This is a universal thing."
wish I could say that. Now I have to clean up my own PC. HAHA
Load More Replies...Well I can’t possibly wait that long! Two day shipping it is!
Load More Replies...will arrive in 5 days and in the last hour of their day,......damaged
I got one of those offers on a $4.95 purchase. If I wanted it overnight it would cost $299.95 shipping. I decided to wait. Why wasn't it rounded off to $300.
Additionally, Ho advises taking social media breaks and practicing gratitude and mindfulness. Deriving joy in healthier ways can be as simple as noting what you’re grateful for or making a list of things you enjoy. When schadenfreude tries to come out, pull out a compilation of activities that spark joy to counteract it.
Spelling aside, he ain’t roungh. Still a beautiful queen
How real this is, happened to my wife. I think she's hotter now! (and it's my fault, she says... my cooking! LOL!)
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact that, even drunk, she could obviously still walk in those shoes. At least until she fell down onto the pizza pillow.
Hopefully it’s cold Chicago style. The 3rd degree burns from a microwave pizza would be the worst pizza pillow and a thin crust just wouldn’t be comfortable.
Good friend of mine, while in the Navy, got unholy drunk and passed out ON THE CENTERLINE OF A HIGHWAY. I wouldn’t have a good friend if one of his buds hadn’t gone out to work early, spotted him, and thought “Dude looks just like Bryan! That’s amaz—“ and woke him up, put him in the back of his truck, and drove him home! Said he’d been snoring loudly but happily, holding a bottle tightly to his chest.
Load More Replies...This is glorious. I like it better, tho, thinking her face was on the curb and some kind, but also very drunk, passer-by used the slice he was eating to set under her head as a drunken kindness.
On the other hand, Lange believes that we don't necessarily need to combat schadenfreude since it serves important social functions.
"If, however, people want to combat it, then one strategy would be to increase one's self-esteem. A strategy that worked in previous research is self-affirmation. In self-affirmation, people affirm personal values that they hold strongly or recall their personal strength. Doing so increases people's self-esteem and therefore dampens emotional experiences that aim to increase people's self-esteem (e.g., schadenfreude)," he concludes.
A few days later he has a heart attack. Guess who is in the new will....
Yeah, I'm sure he was attracted to her for her personality, intelligence, and sense of humour. Being shallow goes both ways.
It's kind of rude to assume that the girl doesn't have an attractive personality, just because she's pretty.
Load More Replies...That is Swedish reality TV star Elena Belle/Natacha Peyre meeting a fan or something.
Yeah this pic is fake and have been around for a long while.
Load More Replies...Yea I can believe that!! now go back to sleep; it's Saturday anyway!!
Working out of the IBM building in Thunder Bay and we all had a front door key. Rolled into work one morning, thought the traffic was kind of light and the car park pretty empty. Let myself into our office to find nobody there but our branch manager: "What you doing here on a Saturday?" Mumbled something about leaving something in my desk drawer and made an exist. Think I got away with it.
Load More Replies...I had to do a sociology project that involved pretending to raise a child. Part of it was taking a picture of the fake baby every two hours to prove you "fed" them my 3:30 A.M. 'picture' was a 3 and a 1/2-minute face time call to my friend where I was sleeping on top of my phone and she was confused as f***k.
I've swapped AM for PM a few times. I should just go over to military time and be done with it.
wait... is that the millionaire guy who "found the love of his life?" this must have been taken before he won the lotto
An entire kilogram of salt??? I think I'm still using the little canister if Morton's that I bought 20 years ago!
Weird grocery list aside, that is freaking hilarious. I actually did this once, started writing memos to myself in a chat that I know wasn't being checked. I got a kick out of this
Salt pot in the kitchen prep area, salt shakers, the rest goes in a big jar for brining, canning. If you cook a lot you do not want to run out of salt. Salt also has other uses: salt and lemon juice can eliminate rust stains.
Load More Replies...I'll bear that in mind next time I'm licking a barstool.
Load More Replies...???? I am too stupid for this, please tell me where the joke is.
Load More Replies...Tire brand name is called "May Pop", get a set cheap at dollar store!!!
Her wolverine fingernails don't full retract anymore. Also, if painted orange I swear her fingers would look like carrots just dug out of the ground.
I think painting them green would make them look like the stems.
Load More Replies...Not to mention the ring is too small to fit her finger properly
Load More Replies...I know next to nothing about artificial nails. If they were just "growing them out" to go back to their natural nails, wouldn't there be roughly the same amount of natural nail visible beneath the artificial ones on each finger? I don't even know what I'm seeing here.
Some fingernails grow faster than others. My ring fingers grow really fast.
Load More Replies...My grandson, 5 yr old, once asked a gal with long fingernails like this, "Doesn't it hurt when you pick your nose??"
The professional one looks too good to eat. At least the amateur one you'll be putting it out of its misery
That cake looks as though it was playing in the road and got hit by a car!!
Cross out that apostrophe and mark them down!! It's the only way they'll learn.
When my sister had to write about what my parents do for a living, she wrote about my dad (who worked at the office) : 'sits at a desk and smokes sigarets' and about my mom, a sahm: 'sings all day' (she took singing classes) never has she been so spot on
At least the child rubbed out the capital 'D' for drinking and wrote a lower-case letter.
Ha, my mate's son said something to his teacher about how much vodka his parents were getting through during covid - they went all in by saying the teacher didn't have 24 hours a day... so quid pro quo.
If you only use 1 foot, I'd like to see you drive a standard transmission.
It's also not illegal to drive with both feet or be ashy. Do you not recognize humor?
Load More Replies...i dont know about all states but it is NOT illegal to drive barefooted in tn
Driving with both feet usually means a jerky and sickening ride 🤮
I used to work at the DOT. I looked up the laws regarding driving barefoot for each state. It isn't illegal anywhere to drive a car/truck bare foot, but some states do have rules requiring footwear when riding a motorcycle.
It's all great fun until you press both the brake and the accelerator at the same time. Especially in a rear wheel drive.
I read an air force manual I found in the public library when I was 16 that said driving an automatic with both feet saved seconds when you need to step on the brake really fast. As long as you don't ride the brake, there's no problem, I've been using this technique for decades.
Load More Replies...She really nailed him with those late fees in small claims court though.
Load More Replies...Ok at first glance I thought Jesus was bouncing on the bed like a trampoline…
Me too! I thought Grandma's was too much fun! Then I looked closer... Lol 🤣
Load More Replies...My grandparents used to have this really creepy bearded head made out of (I assume) driftwood on the wall of their spare room where I slept. When the lights were out you could just see this dark shape staring at you. Then when my grandparents died it came to my parents, who hung it up in my bedroom :|
Even did the knees and ankles with zero nicks! Took me a long time to get that good.
Load More Replies...So, w/o the pic in the mirror, nobody could tell these legs belong to a guy and not a gal. But shorts or short skirt on a woman is "asking for it". /s
Fellfromthemoon, I hope you’re being sarcastic. If so, put /s after your statement. Otherwise, you are really offensive.
Load More Replies...If he would have gotten residuals for every time it was used he would be richer than Trump.
Honestly, I could hire someone full time to retrieve my eyebrows on a daily basis thanks to the internet.
Dude's a dang Pokémon master; believe me, he's gotten everything in the tall grass!
Please tell me your question mark isnt because you're confused about the picture
Load More Replies...Listen.. that "poor child" is gonna get off that ride and immediately look at his dad and say "LET'S DO IT AGAIN DADDY!"
Load More Replies...That kid looks too small to be on the coaster. Don’t they check this anymore?
Looks like dad's holding down kids restraining lap belt. You know, cuz that'll really help...
Load More Replies...This is me and my partner on roller-coasters. I'm the one who is terrified by the way!
Looking at his head, I am 100% convinced he's background, looking at the lower half of the picture, I am 100% convinced he's not. What kind of trickery is this?!
I can wrap my arm around my waist to make it look like someone’s hugging me, then photoshop my hand to make it bigger, TOO.
Load More Replies...When you look good in a photo, but need to cover up your ex so you can stand to look at it.
The guy with the question mark was a no-show so they had to hastily reorganize
you WILL marry me , the man holding marry looks like he wanted it to say that..
by the time you've gone from 3rd to 4th you'll have to go back to 3rd.
Load More Replies...It should go, "R 1 3 5" on top and "2 4 6" below. Reverse, 1st and 6th gear are right.
Yes......we know that. That's the whole point of the post isn't it?
Load More Replies...I miss my 3-on-the-tree Nova sometimes. No one else knew how to shift it, and I never worried it would get stolen.
Load More Replies...Three-on-the-tree is even better. No one but me could ever drive my old Nova!
Load More Replies...I think I know why I'd need to escape that bathroom...
Load More Replies...I'm too sexy for the Nile, too sexy for the Nile, mirrors and green tile
Load More Replies...Why, to practice diving into the tub, of course. 5-Star Frog Splash incoming!!! XP
After much staring, I have decided that it's a white wall. ...Maybe.
Load More Replies...With a little boat. And a monkey climbing that tree on the bank... Puff puff... pass me that.
That's not a boat. It's something in the shae of a rectangle on the wall. An opening?
Load More Replies...I clicked the link to the original; the offensive word was "weed." EDIT - duh, you even put /s and I missed the sarcasm. Sorry about that! Need more coffee...
Load More Replies...I saw a fence at first glance, then a lake after reading the caption.
While I haven't seen them on every tooth like this, I'm willing to bet $$ that they're Halloween fangs made from artificial nails. There are lots of tutorials online for that (here's an example: https://www.instructables.com/Fangs-DIY-Using-Fake-Nails/)
Girl got the ferengi tooth sharpener from Star Trek: deep space 9
You can see the real teeth, but still... Enobaria from District 2 anyone?
Wtf? Is that dirt? Crust? Dirty ol' scar from when that chick tried to choke him out with piano wire? A great wall of skintags? My eyes!
It's called acanthosis nigricans. Happens to obese people and diabetics. Basically the skin folds proliferate and accumulate dead skin flakes, dirt, and debris. It's as gross as it looks.
Load More Replies...I’m saddened to see so many nasty responses to a disfigurement shame on you!
Long similar story. I got my Volvo xc60 awd crossover stuck going up an unplowed snow covered gravel driveway. The neighbor with an f350 tried to pull me back to get to where I could get the vehicle out. He got stuck and stared sliding off the driveway close to a small tree. Then the tow truck that came along got stuck. We ended up cutting the tree down so the f350 wouldn’t hit it. The tow truck which was stuck was then able to pull the f350 out and it helps free the tow truck. Then the to truck with its winch was able to pull my vehicle back.
Anybody who's been to one of Diddy's parties, can identify with this photo.
Apparently not https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/woman-asks-tiktok-to-find-babys-father-users-say-he-died/
Load More Replies...I think the "one night stand" description is a little generous given it occurred in a nightclub toilet
Could have left that last comment out, it was funny up until that point!
No. It wasn't funny UNTIL the last comment.
Load More Replies...That was before Kanye and Neo-Nazi Nick "Your body my choice" Fuentes had dinner with Donald Trump. Birds of a feather.
Fuentes recently got charged with misdemeanor assault in Illinois… Fingers crossed!
Load More Replies...Finished the food, put the spoon down, fell asleep. Why the spoon wasn't in the bowl is a bit of a mystery though.
Load More Replies...I was going to say Plymouth Duster. My parents had an avocado green '76.
Load More Replies...Someone wants to know the make and model of the car that photobombed his mother's portrait.
Load More Replies...@unclejohn3000 I don't think anyone got your joke.a
Load More Replies...I don't think he's trying to say she's not. I think he's trying to say that he finds her looks less important than her being a good parent, but he just worded it really badly.
Load More Replies...Hey it's Ben askren! Funny thing is the guy is actually very eloquent and one of the better talkers to ever fight pro mma.
It’s only dangerous if you act like a fool or are prone or likely to pass out. Ski chairs are almost all like this.
It's perspective; the chair isn't nearly so high off the ground as the steep angle of the wires make it appear; it's no more than 30 feet or so up, which while still not exactly safe, is a far cry from what appears to be thousands of feet in the photo. There's a short video of it in action here (scroll to the bottom of the page): https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/04/vintage-photos-of-wyomings-snow-king-chairlift-of-death-has-internet-buzzing-is-this-for-real/
Racial profiling/presumed "gangsta speak" based on his appearance in the first photo. Guess some folks find that funny.
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