Taking joy in adding to the pain of others via exaggerated and even ridiculous online comments.Consider:
A portmanteau of “blog” and “Schadenfreude”
- Whatever the latest Apple story is, the “Apple haters” dogpile on, tearing things down with increasingly ridiculous claims and theories.
- Right-wing pundits jumping on the birther “Obama was born in Kenya” bandwagon, even though probably none of them really believed the concern was legitimate.
- People ripping into Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”. The lyrics might be simplistic and the Auto-Tune-ing a little bit obvious, but did it deserve that level of attack? (Kudos to Glee for salvaging the song!)
Sure, when you feel compelled to comment on the latest trend or meme, you have to have your own spin, but if there’s truth in the Thumper Rule (“If you can’t say something nice… don’t say nothing at all.”), then there needs to be a corollary: “If you must say something mean, you don’t have to be meaner than everyone else.”
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