Whether you think schadenfreude is moral or immoral, the innovations in this cluster prove that this emotion exists beyond a reasonable doubt.
Schadenfreude is an emotion that is essentially delight from disaster. It can come from poking fun at the poor image retouching done for a magazine or a spin through Failblog.org.
Many of the schadenfreude innovations featured below involve celebrities. That’s because many of us would love nothing more than to knock these famous faces right off of their exalted social pedestal personally.
Click through the slideshow and see what I mean. Are you guilty of experiencing schadenfreude?
40 Schadenfreude Innovations
Proof That People Delight in the Misfortune of Others:
Marissa Brassfield — May 3, 2009 — Pop Culture
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Professional Photoshop Fails
Bodies Butchered, Contorted & Given the 'Twilight' Treatment
36
Disastrous Uber Editing
Famous Photoshop Bloopers
35
Photoshop Fails
Complex Magazine Forgets to Digitally Touch Up Kim Kardashian
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Extreme Digital Makeovers
The Photoshop Diet
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10 Photoshop Disasters
From Missing BellyButtons to Giant Heads
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Photoshopped Normalcy
‘Less Idol' Shows Famous Faces Sans Famous Features
31
Robot A-List Actresses
Photoshopped Celebrity Cyborgs
30
Digital Dress Up
Celebrity Photoshopping Contest
29
Blogs About Bad Image Editing
PhotoshopDisasters.com
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Photoshopped Body Commentary
If Tattoos Told the Truth
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Belly Button Airbrushing
Photoshopping Karolina Kurkova's Mystery Navel
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Reverse Photoshopping
Celebrities as Zombies
25
Getting Fat for Publicity?
Was The Jessica Simpson Weight Gain Scandal A PR Stunt?
24
Governmental Fun with Photoshop
More Iran Tech Pix Revealed
23
A-List Monsters
Photoshopped Celebrity Ghouls
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Skewed Celebrity Schadenfreude
Unfoxing Megan Fox Photos
21
Viral Celeb Weight Wars
Is New York Post Cartoon With Super-Obese Jessica Simpson Cruel or Comedy?
20
Racist Photoshopping
L'Oreal Denies Whitening Beyonce
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Body Builder Photoshopping
Pumping Up The Stars
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Celebrity Curve Supporters
Curvy Jessica Simpson Supported By Heidi Klum, Nick Lachey, Carmen Elec
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Brand Killing Cross Promotions
Photoshop Marketing Fun
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Controversial Photoshopping
Modified Tom Cruise Contest
15
Fighting Photoshop Rumors
Kim and Khloe Kardashian Defend PETA Ad
14
PhotoShop Time-Lapse
Aging Angelina Video
13
Sinister Super Villains
Photoshopping Celebrities' Dark Sides
12
Photoshopping Pranks
Yearbook Employee Alters 30 Students, Hillarity Ensues
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Photoshopped Amputations
Tatler Magazine Cover is Totally Borked
10
Anti-Republican Photoshopping
Technology to Advance the Agenda
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Capitalizing on Misfortune
Store Uses Jennifer Hudson Tragedy to Sell Gun Racks
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Animal Schadenfreude
Dogs With Cones Gallery
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Virtual Accident Gawking
Truckspills
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Photoshopped Concept Cars
Chrysler GEM Peapod Contest
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Anti-Republican Photoshopping
John McCain as Warmonger
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Schadenfreude on the Green
9 Golf Cart Crashes
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Digitally Doggified
Celebrity-to-Dog Photoshop Fusion
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Calling Earthquakes Acts of Karma
Sharon Stone Calls China Disaster Payback
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Chronicling Catwalk Disasters
Videographers Compile Collections of Vicious Runway Wipeouts
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