Schadenfreude Schadenfreude Schadenfreude (; ; 'harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another. It is one of four related emotions or concepts. Schadenfreude is a complex negative emotion. Rather than feeling sympathy towards someone's misfortune, schadenfreude evokes joyful feelings that take pleasure from watching someone fail. This emotion is displayed more in children than adults, however adults also experience schadenfreude, they are just better at concealing their expressions. "Schadenfreude" is borrowed from German; it is a compound of "Schaden", "damage, harm", and "Freude", "joy". The German
Total: From Joy Division to New Order record label were unhappy with calling the record a "Best Of", so after brainstorming with the band the title "Total" was eventually chosen by Bernard Sumner. The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Peter was involved in art direction and told "The Guardian": "I realised this was a record that would be sold in supermarkets and advertised on television. So the cover has a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' aesthetic. As you open it out, it says "Total", but folded up you just see the 'O's. It says, 'From Joy