No, I doubt most people take any harm-joy through vicarious similitude or any method.

I feel an elemental quality of this brickboard is to mitigate any displeasure or miserable experience one Volvo owner-operator may encounter as mitigated by another Volvo owner-operator-caretaker.

So, no, I do not ever take joy in another's misfortune, be it of their own making, or imposed upon them.

I'd rather you have joy as a Volvo owner-operator-caretaker in perpetuity.

Though it would seem among the general populous, that schädenfreud is terrific motivation for other's profit through the overt and covert cultural artifacts and in-person harassment this nation serves up. (The one South of Canada.) Citizens predating on other citizens. History repeats itself in yet another nation on decline.

Though I'm sorry you suffered with the timing belt breaking like that.

I've had some odysseys, also. So, I am empathetic to your Volvo auto ownership issues, and when I do the core dump here, it is to help you with compassion as motivation. I like to help people.

Also, writing helps the horrible dyslexia I deal with daily. Amazing how people name you as stupid for reasons of dyslexia. There's some schädenfreud. How does that help? No need to answer that rhetorical (or dialectical?) question.

Next job, please.

cheers,

Mac Dud.
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The Volvo 164: The Mightiest of All Volvo Automobiles in Perpetuity