Are there benefits to schadenfreude? Listen to 6 Minute English สาธารณะ

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Do you take pleasure when someone undeserving of their success have a spot of bad luck? Not even a little pleasure? Well, if you do (like, apparently, most of us) you might like to learn the word schadenfreude and the concept behind it. Rob and Neil talk about this German word also used in English and teach you new vocabulary.

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