An "investment genius" according to one of his lawyers.
This describing a man who bankrupted a casino, which is supposedly impossible, and is worth less today than he would be if he had just put the money his dad gave him into a savings account.
As to schadenfreude, surely shame only attaches when the victim is someone who doesn't actually deserve it?
(jonbobloves you, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 2:11,
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I thought it was 'delight in the misfortune of others'
(simbosankilljoy was here on, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 3:09,
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You're right.
I got Schaden confused with Shande. Must have been the shandy.
Nevertheless, don't most people feel less bad if they laugh at someone who they think is getting what they deserve? YBF vs. Dashcams, that sort of thing.
(jonbobloves you, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 3:26,
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I'm an equal opportunity schadenfreudist
All misery is equally entertaining.
Twirls moustache
(simbosankilljoy was here on, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 7:06,
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Shandyfreude?
Is that when you delight in watching others consume terrible drinks?
(My Namewas saying words inside your head on, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 9:42,
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It's when you steal your Dad's shandy and give it to your Mum
(simbosankilljoy was here on, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 12:00,
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Trump losing bigly?
So sad!
(wheresthefishPartly filled with wrong, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 7:46,
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bullshitter convicted of bullshitting says "I'm innocent. Believe me, I'm not bullshitting"
(cumquat maywill not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 9:05,
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when his defence was "I was only bullshitting"
(simbosankilljoy was here on, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 12:00,
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I have to take issue with the words “popular” and “comedian”.
If you go back and watch Little Britain I think you’d be hard pressed to see it as anything other utter shite, Tom Baker excepted of course.
(jonbobloves you, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 23:02,
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I will never forget when Gordon Brown was asked what his favourite tv show was.
Little Britain, he implausibly replied. In the interest of balance, David Cameron chose as one of his Desert Island Discs ‘Ernie’ (The Fastest Milkman in the West). Which is worse? A populist porkie or weird confession of a penchant for a warbling sex pest?
(PrufrockLucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 23:19,
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And May said NCIS.
Given that you mentioned both Cameron and a song I’ve never heard I can’t tell which of the two was a “porkie”.
(jonbobloves you, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 23:27,
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The disturbing thing is Cameron was telling the truth.
Apparently he also mentions it in his memoir that no one apart from reviewers and political hacks read.
I have watched only one episode of NCIS. It wasn’t as good as The Bill.
(PrufrockLucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 0:42,
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So hackneyed and over-dramatised that it's practically painful to watch.
(jonbobloves you, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 0:53,
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/links, you mean
(BPDInner City Sumo, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 10:43,
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Cameron
Also chose Eton rifles as one of his desert island discs.
to be fair, neither of them just posted a link to a story about a dog nonce
(benito vaselinino not that one, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 13:27,
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Agreed, if you look back on it now it's a load of lowbrow, low effort bollocks.
But there's no denying that it was massively popular at the time, and I suspect that a significant proportion of the individuals censuring Little Britain in 2023 fucking loved it 20 years ago.
(Tony HayersDEFUND THE POLICE, Wed 27 Sep 2023, 7:43,
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A thing i'm doing on the YoutubesI made this!
The show is in its infancy and not everyone's cuppa tea, but enjoy an oddball collection of makers. Plus if you've made something that you think is rather spiffing, come and show it off every Saturday at 9pm
(HummelWho died and made you....oh wait...., Tue 26 Sep 2023, 17:13,
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Is this the dog-botherer from earlier?
(evil_andyStick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 16:52,
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My apologies.
(PrufrockLucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 17:33,
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At this rate we'll have no mods left
(Fadgebadger(1 like), Tue 26 Sep 2023, 21:28,
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R.I.P David McCallum
I was going to save this for my candle day, but the relentless 24 hour news-a-thon juggernaut of b3ta rolls ever inexorably onward
(BootI want to know what you meant, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 11:10,
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I always remember him
as the invisible man. But I can't see him in that role any more.
(My Namewas saying words inside your head on, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 11:17,
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/stab
(simbosankilljoy was here on, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 11:35,
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I reckon I'd still like a go on Jo Lumley
(BPDInner City Sumo, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 16:40,
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Excellent.
I don't have a spotify account so I logged in using the one we made for our GP surgery waiting room music. I've left it playing on a loop so all our staff and patients will get to enjoy it tomorrow too.
(2 Can ChunderWord to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 25 Sep 2023, 21:01,
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How many have you lost so far?
(tacpprmhas a mmrpcat, Tue 26 Sep 2023, 14:10,
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The sequel to Cocaine Bear has gone in a considerably more chilled direction...
(evil_andyStick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 25 Sep 2023, 14:42,
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Phew
Good thing it wasn’t Spice.
(jonbobloves you, Mon 25 Sep 2023, 15:29,
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The navigating guild of Agia Arrakis so out of their face on homemade raki that they can fold space but just never remember how
(Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 25 Sep 2023, 17:03,
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Tour guides tell stories like this on island tours all over Greece.
Usually a farmer applies for permission to fence off a bit of land to stop animals straying onto the road as it stresses them out. Animals respond to fencing in with notable blissed-out shambling around. Turns out farmer just wanted to grab some common land, keep trespassers out, and grow a load of weed, which the goats then munch on around the edges. Easily re-locatable to any suitable looking farmed and fenced off gully head that crosses the road taken by the tour.
(joefishIt's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 25 Sep 2023, 16:58,
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