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zimok

zimok

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Why do we love seeing people that are pissed off, getting hurt, and other general misfortunes.. It's called Schadenfreude in German,

–noun, satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
Origin: 1890–95; < G, equiv. to Schaden(harm) + Freude(joy)

There's no English equivalent for this word as far as I know, but anyways on with the videos. I like pissed off gamers because I can relate.

Who the hell plays dance dance revolution on a PC
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voJF_q9hOh4]YouTube - Pissed Of Gamer Breaks PC Monitor[/ame]

Old, but one of my favorites..
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhXNPb42kmk]YouTube - Angry Swedish CS Gamer[/ame]

Did this playing CS once, had to pop in 20 keys by hand again,
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO94dxfCg5o]YouTube - Counter strike - angry man[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxHJMM6hHE]YouTube - Gameboy Possesses Kid[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NThK_lYOsqQ]YouTube - Stupid angry world of warcraft kid[/ame]
 


Last one is probably fake. Shitty monitor and keyboard compared to the other two. Something they had lying around.
 
you wanna see ANGRY? Borderline CRAZY?
Chick gets owned in the face with a HUGE CRT monitor...and then it gets worse!

I guess he was mad that some of his LP's didn't convert.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6D6PhN0_Qc"]YouTube - Angry Office Worker[/ame]
 
cryptix said:
you wanna see ANGRY? Borderline CRAZY?
Chick gets owned in the face with a HUGE CRT monitor...and then it gets worse!

I guess he was mad that some of his LP's didn't convert.

YouTube - Angry Office Worker
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Cubicles make people go nuts. It's funny how the security guard takes him down and then backs off and waits to take a stapler or 3 hole punch or some other desk utensil to the head. The guy could easily have been clotheslined at any time but no one was up for it. An oldie but a goody.
 
zimok said:
Why do we love seeing people that are pissed off, getting hurt, and other general misfortunes.. It's called Schadenfreude in German,

–noun, satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
Origin: 1890–95; < G, equiv. to Schaden(harm) + Freude(joy)

There's no English equivalent for this word as far as I know, but anyways on with the videos. I like pissed off gamers because I can relate.

Who the hell plays dance dance revolution on a PC
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....haha - I like the second one where the Swedish kid yells, "NOOOOO....FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"....LOL
 
no angry-gamer thread is complete without this guy
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUuBiYG-6EQ]YouTube - Computerspiel[/ame]
 
zimok said:
Why do we love seeing people that are pissed off, getting hurt, and other general misfortunes.. It's called Schadenfreude in German,

–noun, satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
Origin: 1890–95; < G, equiv. to Schaden(harm) + Freude(joy)

There's no English equivalent for this word as far as I know, but anyways on with the videos. I like pissed off gamers because I can relate.
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Um... sadism?

-noun
1. Psychiatry. sexual gratification gained through causing pain or degradation to others. Compare masochism.
2. any enjoyment in being cruel.
3. extreme cruelty.

Origin:
1885–90; < F sadisme; see Sade, -ism
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course if you rage that much in a virtual environment, that may be a sense of detachment from reality and the loss of the ability to view things objectively.
 
kblessinggr said:
Um... sadism?
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Nah, sadism doesn't really gets it actually. Schadenfreude is more like when you see someone bump his head and you giggle. that's it.

sadism is when you have a good glas of wine while pulling someone's toenails.
 
gerMAN said:
Nah, sadism doesn't really gets it actually. Schadenfreude is more like when you see someone bump his head and you giggle. that's it.

sadism is when you have a good glas of wine while pulling someone's toenails.
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The definition is the same (pleasure from pain of others), our society's use of the word may differ though. (thus why the psychological definition of the word preceded the more laid back definitions). As such there's an english equivalent, would be kind of stupid to argue the semantics of it further than that.
 
Schadenfreude is one of my favorite words, and it means to take pleasure in someone else's misfortune, e.g., seeing a chronic boaster lose their money. It can be a touch sadistic or taking pleasure in cosmic justice.
 
kblessinggr said:
The definition is the same (pleasure from pain of others), our society's use of the word may differ though. (thus why the psychological definition of the word preceded the more laid back definitions). As such there's an english equivalent, would be kind of stupid to argue the semantics of it further than that.
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that's not quite right. according to the defintion of sadism you're the active part in causing pain or degradation to others while you're only a passive observer if you feel Schadenfreude.
 
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