Thanks for this reminder. I myself am someone who’s prone to this sort of thing, so I don’t recognize it in others’ writings (I just sort of mentally snicker, amused at the comeuppance) without someone else pointing it out.
For sure. I am perpetually skeptical of schadenfreude in myself and others; it just seems entirely orthogonal to “is this thing good on its own merits or not?”, which is what I actually care about. I think this post was interesting and worth making, but I wanted to note my hesitation anyway.
Thanks for this reminder. I myself am someone who’s prone to this sort of thing, so I don’t recognize it in others’ writings (I just sort of mentally snicker, amused at the comeuppance) without someone else pointing it out.
For sure. I am perpetually skeptical of schadenfreude in myself and others; it just seems entirely orthogonal to “is this thing good on its own merits or not?”, which is what I actually care about. I think this post was interesting and worth making, but I wanted to note my hesitation anyway.