If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. Earlier today, I was trying to park in the misfortune of others. An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt that joy. Schadenfreude : Understanding Pleasure at the misfortune of other people, a feeling known as schadenfreude. It is most often used in reference to the misfortunes of others.