TXI.... The Home Of Malicious Joy

Schadenfreude
- German

Derived from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy).

Malicious joy, pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.

The origins of Malice....


The purpose of this thread is just for fun, if you have an act of malicious joy that you have done, witnessed or just conjured up as an idea, then please share it here....

Yesterday an act of malicious joy just 'popped' into my head, the first picture taken is from my kitchen window, from here I can throw apples back under the tree  My plan is to keep throwing the apples back, but keeping accepting them also, even when the tree is bare MAWHAHAHAHA

ourchickenshack wrote:I lead a pretty malicious life myself

That comes as no surprise at all haha

My dogs are often the butt of my malicious joy also

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Ian_C

I get a kick out of a CD I made that has nothing but cheesy 70's and 80's ballads from Air Supply, Neil Diamond, 10cc, etc., sticking into my car, then driving down the highway with the windows down and blaring that stuff at top volume while singing along in exaggerated expressions.  I know most of the lyrics from my DJ days to all those songs, then just laugh my ass off at the looks I get from other drivers as they watch this guy with long hair and scruffy beard (you've seen the pic Bryan posted) singing along like a lounge singer.   I really fuck them up by switching it out minutes later for my mix CD with Slayer, Sepultura, and Slipknot, and pull up beside them again but now in full headbanging mode.

Am I twisted?

Ian  

Now that's a act of Malicious Joy if I have ever heard one

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Ian_C

I get a kick out of a CD I made that has nothing but cheesy 70's and 80's ballads from Air Supply, Neil Diamond, 10cc, etc., sticking into my car, then driving down the highway with the windows down and blaring that stuff at top volume while singing along in exaggerated expressions.  I know most of the lyrics from my DJ days to all those songs, then just laugh my ass off at the looks I get from other drivers as they watch this guy with long hair and scruffy beard (you've seen the pic Bryan posted) singing along like a lounge singer.   I really fuck them up by switching it out minutes later for my mix CD with Slayer, Sepultura, and Slipknot, and pull up beside them again but now in full headbanging mode.

Am I twisted?

Ian  

Now that's a act of Malicious Joy if I have ever heard one

What an immature shit disturber that Ian guy is, eh?

Ian

I have a similar act of malicious joy myself

I blast my music while driving all the time - always at least heavy or weird . I don't really do it to annoy people but just because I love loud music and don't give 2 shits what others think

I have 2 favorite reactions from other drivers though ...

I really like it when I see people banging their heads along with the beat

The most common reaction is to see them roll up their windows

But my absolute favorite is they roll up the windows and then LOCK THEIR DOORS

as if I am so evil they feel the need to protect themselves



@General Kahn and everyone else too :

I moved this thread from the Off Topic section to here because this is the type of stuff that really lets us get to know what really makes people tick

We all have outside interests that don't involve Star Wars (I know , Blasphemy !) - I know I personally really enjoy getting to know our TXI families outside lives and interests

ourchickenshack wrote:
I have 2 favorite reactions from other drivers though ...

I really like it when I see people banging their heads along with the beat

The most common reaction is to see them roll up their windows

I get the window rollup all the time too!  That's awesome.  

Generally, I just play music loud because that's how I like to hear it, and also don't care what others think.  The situation I outlined earlier is just when that mood strikes me.

Oh, and it's not just music.

On Halloween, I tend to dress up as a zombie or other horror character, then walk the streets "in character". My own young kids are used to it and it doesn't bother them, but I get lots of reactions from other people's kids, and a few disapproving looks from their parents. My wife tends to join in on the "disapproving glare" movement, although on the rare occasion, I get her joining in.

Here's me as Michael Myers slashing my wife's throat. The lighting exposed the prosthetic, which was much harder to see in normal lighting.

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And this was me and my son 2 Halloween's ago.

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This must make me sound like quite a sociopath....

Ian

That's awesome. Jason is my all time fave character, and you wear it well.

Ian

Ian and James, you guys have so much in common it scares the hell out of me.  

Are you guys sure not to be twins which were seperated at birth?

BTW: Great thread Alex, a whole thread devoted to my favourite subject, love it!

Ian_C wrote:That's awesome.  Jason is my all time fave character, and you wear it well.

Ian

James is by far the resident Halloween guy. I keep telling him to open a haunted house. You should see his entire Halloween setup. I am sure it is on here somewhere. If not it should be.

Ian_C wrote:That's awesome.  Jason is my all time fave character, and you wear it well.

Ian

Thanks man

Myer's is actually my all time favorite but it is followed closely by Jason and Leatherface

I have worn the Jason costume for the last few years because it is a little more intimidating and I spent a ton of time making the costume . I also make a better Jason then my friend Curt because I am fairly tall and he is a little short

Dr Dengar wrote: Ian and James, you guys have so much in common it scares the hell out of me.  

Are you guys sure not to be twins which were seperated at birth?  

BTW: Great thread Alex, a whole thread devoted to my favourite subject, love it!  

It is scary , huh ?  

trappedtexan wrote: James is by far the resident Halloween guy. I keep telling him to open a haunted house. You should see his entire Halloween setup. I am sure it is on here somewhere. If not it should be.  

There's a couple more Halloween guys here now (hellhippie is also a big Halloween guy   )

I haven't done a Halloween thread yet here Bryan  

I promise I will eventually get around to it though  

It's nice having common interests like this with someone.

Bryan, I would challenge any claim to Halloween - if funds would allow me to acquire what I want, and I didn't have a wife who works in daycare and is therefore concerned about scarring trick or treaters for life.  I get to live it through another friend though.  This year, we custom built three life size coffins, and he makes mummies to place inside them.  And that's just the entrance to his garage.  I think get all of us together, and we'd have the best Halloween party ever.  

Btw, the Myers mask you see now was a cheap one I had back then.  Now I have one close enough to be a screen prop, although annoyingly the hair seems to be shedding like a dog.

James, we could probably talk horror movies for hours on end.  I get bored talking with most people, because they've pretty much only heard of Freddy, Jason, and Michael.  Maybe Leatherface, if we're lucky, or Chucky.  And those people inevitable consider those characters to be the scariest ever.      I'd love to chat horror with someone who is familiar with some of the more obscure stuff.

Ian

Start a Horror movie thread brother !!!

Besides you and I , there are several other big time horror freaks that I know are here for sure :

Nico (Andy)
Hellhippie (Bill)
General Kahn (Alex)

are all known horror fans

I am sure there are more guys here as well that are too


I do my best to find the more obscure stuff to watch but it is hard to find good movies without wading through a river of really bad ones . I would love to have advice on good movies to watch that I had not heard of


BTW - I make no claims to being the Halloween king , but since I was the only guy at TIG that really showed their love of it , they kind of dubbed me that

Frankly , I would rather share the title and nothing makes me happier then to know that I am not alone in my love of horror , Halloween and scaring children

Keeping with the horror theme that has been mentioned, it reminded me of an act of Malicious Joy I had about 7 years ago on Halloween. At the time I lived in a small village called Burniston which is on the main road between Scarborough and Whitby. It was Halloween and we'd had a few friends round for a party and of course fancy dress.

I donned a Jason outfit with a 'skin' mask I made to cover my hair and beard, kind of looked really freaky....


Anyway, I decided to go for a walk out into the street, much the same as Ian said. Not far from the house, two girls walked round the corner on the opposite side of the road about 50 yards a head of on there way to the pub. One of them must have 'sensed' a presence and looked back toward me over her shoulder. The second I saw her head move, I stopped walking, so all she saw was me standing alone in the darkness, when she looked forward again, I continued walking, a few moments later she looked back again, so I did the same, this time I was under  a street lamp so much more visible, stood still but I had obviously moved. When she looked forward again I continued to walk.
She must have said something to her friend and they both looked back, again I stopped dead. At this point they both just ran away   It felt good haha

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Love the idea for a horror film thread, so feel free to start one up chief

Another fantastic story Alex

Are we a bunch of twisted bastards or what

Ian - did you see this thread : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ?

Classic Alex

Nice stories guys.

Quite the Jason look Alex. The skin mask underneath is a stroke of genius.

Just watched the two Sounds of Horror videos. Fun stuff. Alex, you really were drunk filming those, weren't you?

I'll create a horror thread in a bit....

Ian

Ian_C wrote:Just watched the two Sounds of Horror videos. Fun stuff. Alex, you really were drunk filming those, weren't you?

No dude, sober as a judge.... just mentally wrong

The Skin Mask is just latex, I painted my guitar case with latex then cut the sheet into pieces, glued and then stitched them together using leather cord.

I originally intended to create a Nosferatu outfit with some face prosthetics, so I cast my own face. Just pissing about one day, I poured some latex into the cast and made a partial copy of my face, a few weeks later I decided to make it into a mask after the Prosthetics idea was dragging.
I essentially did the same thing as the Jason skin mask, just glued and stitched bits of latex too it, this time though I made veins by dripping latex over it and building up the layers.
The teeth where a set of false teeth I found years ago

this is a fantastic thread , wonder how I missed it .... ive seen james wonderful work before but congrats alex and ian ..... brilliant
I don't have anything to add except

oh btw I heard this term on the simpsons many many years ago so I knew the meaning . funny what a big part of my life the simpsons were

hellhippie wrote:this is a fantastic thread , wonder how I missed it .... ive seen james wonderful work before but congrats alex and ian .....  brilliant
I don't have anything to add except  

Me as well Bill, don't know how I missed this one mate
Thanks for bumping it, great stuff

next Halloween I promise i'll have some pictures to contribute

Malicious joy, you say?

Joined my wife last weekend at her friend's cottage. They were there for a week while I stayed home. Best vacation I've had in years.

Anyway, their cottage opened up in the back right onto a nice river. I am not a swimmer. Just don't care much for it, although I'm not scared of it and can swim when I have to. My wife was in the water, trying to convince me to come in, and of course I'm saying no. Finally, I say what the hell. She tells me to go grab a life jacket. Are you kidding me? We've been together 22 years, and she insists that because I won't go in the water, I can't swim, and was saying I'd sink if I went in without one. I jumped in the water, still fully dressed, swam over to her, and asked her what size life jacket I'd need. Her jaw dropped, and I laughed nice and loud.

Malicious joy, indeed.

Ian