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Wednesday Wisdom: Episode 2, Schadenfreude

Posted on January 30, 2013 · 6 Comments

Man look. It is 7:07 am on the 29th of January AND I’m beyond sleepy. tired-smiley-computerBut Sug, why come and I was totally expecting a wordless Wednesday blog post and NOT this Wednesday wisdom post. #sigh If you’ve been with me for a while, you know that I’m often led to blog about certain things. These said certain things keep me up at night. Because I’m about my sleep life, I decided to talk about the spirit of schadenfreude.

Anywho.

Yesterday, I heard some pretty unsavory news about someone who has been on the fine arts slash hip-hop scene, in the Hampton Roads area. Now, I’m not going to get into the major details because that is NOT this. I will that this individual was caught being dishonest with regard to his craft. In short, he produced a body of work that was not entirely of his own creative effort. The news of this spread like wildfire. News reports, Facebook status updates, tweets, text messages and memes blew oxygen on the said fire.

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Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not excusing what this person has done.

He was wrong.

He knows it too.

He’s issued an apology.

He reports to trying to rectify the situation.

What bothers me deeply and what had me up in the dark, is the fact that so many people jumped on the “let-me-remind-you-of-your-mistake” bandwagon. bullyNow, I know humans are going to be humans and do humanly stuff, however, I’m still bothered. I find in times like this, people often forget that they too have fallen from grace at some point in their lives OR they are a metaphorical ray of light away from having their mess exposed.

The sad thing is, some people actually look forward to others failing. They don’t have ANYTHING to say, until others have failed. You can’t tell me that they don’t have a meme on standby. The even more sad thing is, some of these said people are “friends” of his. Whew chile!

I.

Simply.

Can.

Not.

Deal!

I can’t, ya hear me?!

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The point is, WE’VE ALL engaged in some shady mess. YOU’VE been caught before too AND it hurt like hell, right? Well, I have a suggestion. How about you put your inner schadenfreude in timeout AND cut people some slack. How dare you criticize someone because they misbehave differently then you. The simple fact is, no one is shade free. Plus, they have their own shame to deal with.

Instead of being an unnecessary cosigner, you can:

  • STHU!
  • Pray and or send positive energy to said person
  • Send words of encouragement to said person
  • Reflect and clean up your own mess
  • Educate others

And I’m done. Be kind. That’s it. Thank you for listening. :D

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  • http://www.twitter.com/PHymanPhan4ever CharliGirl868

    Ok, first you got me going over to dictionary.com to find out HOW to pronounce this word. I knew it was of German origin when I saw it and I know there was no way I was going to pronounce it right off. Now that I’ve got that and a new word to add to my growing vocabulary I can move on. CHILE, CHILE, CHILE. Your words could never be more true. Honey, you recalled in my memory bank the scripture in Prov. 24:17 which says: Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
    - Basic English Bible. Although this isn’t the translation I read, I love how it puts it into cornbread language. Mind you, if it says for us as HUMANS not to do such for someone who is our foe or enemy, all the more so if said person is who we call our FRIEND. O-o This isn’t just a condition of our mind when we just blurt out the first thing that comes across it. It is a matter of the HEART. Our innermost feelings, emotions and motives. Jesus said it best, …”out of the heart’s abundance his mouth speaks.”–Luke 6:45. In short, if you are a TRUE friend, you will not be quick to take joy in his mistakes. You’ll overlook it and encourage him to learn and grow from it. However, if you are a “supposed” friend, or A HATER, then what’s been in the heart all along will come out. It ALWAYS does.

    OK now Sug, Wordless Wednesday next week so we can get the answer, alright?? You know we get to twitching and thangs over here and the A.D.D. gets outta control & stuff.

    • http://www.whoissugar.com suggie

      I caught wind of the word about 10 years ago and I make it my business to use it once a month. Anywho, thank you for your always on point words sis. The regular tomfoolery will be back next week. <3

  • Curly Chemist

    Hey #waves.
    First, let me say that ya boy at the bottom of the post is fabulous. Luv it, I have days like this too. Secondly, I have to say I feel really sorry for this young man. This is the very first time I have heard of him, even though we live in relatively the same area. I have’nt been to many of the smaller art galleries around here so I would not have seen his work. It is a shame, however, that he felt he had to copy another persons work, because he is very talented. I do have to ask though, if he was being shown in all these galleries, didn’t the gallery owners and people showing his work have some responsibilty in being sure that his work wasn’t copied or plagerized? In a major museum such as the Smithsonian or our local Chrysler Museums, piece of art are vetted and studied before they are put on display. A simple google or bing search would have done the job. While I don’t excuse his actions, I don’t think he is entirely at fault for showing the pieces he did. I read the article from our local paper (Virginian-Pilot) and he is very apologetic for what he did and I applaud him for that. It takes a big person to apology for something,escpecialy when it’s this huge, but I wish he wouldn’t give up his career. It’s not as if he took someone’s life. Obviously he admired the art so much that he felt the need to copy them. None of the original artist seem to mind that much, so I hope he keeps doing his thing.

    • http://www.whoissugar.com suggie

      That’s an interesting thing about the museums. I didn’t know that…it make a lot of sense tho. Thank you for putting my on. I too hope he continues to do his thing and I hope he comes back stronger and better than ever. I’m glad that the artists didn’t seem to mind much. Thank you for your comment. ^_^

  • http://www.jonbibbs.com Jon Bibbs

    One word: AMEN.

    • http://www.whoissugar.com suggie

      Thanks Jon! Sending love and light to him.