LINK: Sometimes, it's good for the forces of evil to triumph. But only when they're also playing the forces of evil.
So as I was watching Michigan State get embarrassed last night, and enjoying every moment, I had a thought: the real motive factor in my sports fandom is schadenfreude. I like watching Michigan pound everybody else, especially when they put certain teams (MichState, Notre Dame, Ohio State) back in their places. When I bother to watch basketball, I like the Lakers because of their general tendency to wail on their opposition. And the Yankees, of course, have the Sox, in which the 'S' in September stands for 'schadenfreude,' given the way things normally end up going. I'm sure this reveals some interesting psychological fact about me, but dnon't ask me what.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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