According to Wikipedia, schadenfreude is "is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from
learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of
another."
That may explain why students were laughing as they huddled around a phone to watch this video:
This is what some might call a "teachable moment." Apart from learning a new word, this video raises questions: 1) Why do so many of us feel badly if we are not in a dating or romantic relationship? 2) How is this important in The Great Gatsby? 3) Why is Valentine's Day such a rip-off?
We can learn from anything. Including this poor girl's tears and all the people who laugh at her.
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Personally I don't know how it can be very bad if I'm dating or not... Yes sometimes like you feel happier when you date but if you don't it's fine. It's important in The great Gastby because all the characters arent really occupaided in sething of great importance and it serves as a distraction
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