Last week, a tourist submersible carrying five people to see the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean lost all communication with its support ship, barely two hours into the journey. The week-long rescue effort ultimately discovered pieces of the Titan on the seafloor, concluding that the passengers had likely died from a catastrophic implosion of the vessel. Along with the media's extensive coverage of the unfolding events, came an onslaught of online jokes, memes, and angry comments.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/164291/psychology-behind-schadenfreude

#inquirer