You will be punished if you take pleasure in bad things happening to those. An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time. Schadenfreude May Be More Innate Than Learned, As 2-Year-Olds Display Pleasure In Misfortune. Schadenfreude is that that jolt of pleasure we feel in other people's misfortune? Jesse says HELL YES but the Internet says it's bad karma.