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Nope, can't experience it either. I get entertained to some extent when people trip over their own misdoings/incompetence but it doesn't bring me gloating joy, it's more of.. ahh the world works in funny ways, at least it's not me.
I have a tremendously hard time with "copes" as well. Which gets branded as "ungrateful" by those who are not of the same wavelength but I'd just say I'm hyper-competitive and If I'm not winning, I'm losing. I can't just rationalize away not winning, at anything, even if I know rationally I am far outclassed have no chance in hell and the other person deserves to win, it still gets to me.
The reason I said all that is I think some of the satisfaction of personal victory can be outsourced to others losing.
I was this way with sports and games, but competitive running cured me of it. There's something about the pure linearity of just being plain out slower than the other guy that feels appropriately karmically just, even though I'd rather win.
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