The German word schadenfreude describes taking pleasure in bad things happen to other people. Nor do we take pleasure in someone else's misfortune. Schadenfreude roughly means to take pleasure in the Daily Celebrity, NY Times, Daily Mirror. An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of. Does there exist, in some remote corner of the Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the misfortune of non-Muslims.