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Re: Someone worse off

Posted by R. Berg on May 31, 2003

In Reply to: Re: There is always someone worse off than you posted by ESC on May 31, 2003

: : "There is always someone worse off than you"

: : What does this really mean?

: It means that no matter how bad your life is, there's always someone who is in a worse situation. I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

: That's supposed to cheer you up. But it doesn't, usually.

It might work for people given to Schadenfreude.