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• Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:28 AM

  Delighting in the schadenfreude

  You know, Thursday was not a good day for me.

  I'm 24. I had just gotten a new job at a great company. And Thursday, the big guy brings me into his office and tells me, "I'm sorry, but we have to lay you off. We're laying dozens of other people off today, and it was seniority based, and so you have to go."

  And then I come home -- after being escorted out the side door of the building by a "counselor" -- and find out that the spoiled little skank with no talent and brains called Paris Hilton HAS BEEN LET OUT OF JAIL. And for what? Mental health reasons? As if no one else in jail is depressed and angry?

  I thought then to myself, The world is shit. The world is not right. The world does not care if you're hardworking and smart. You will still be out of a job while this spoiled brat earns millions. And people pay her, watch her shows and idolize her even after the internet has already shown that she is a narcissistic famewhore, a racist and a bad person all around (does no one remember the "firecrotch" incident and how she egged on Brandon Davis?)

  So forget those of you who are saying, "Oh, leave the poor girl alone. She's only a silly 26-year-old girl." No, she's not! She's 26 and she should be held accountable for her own actions. And those of you who are wondering why people care so much about this? Well, I guess you can just understand through the example of what I've just been through.

  People, the economy is still kind of shitty. The average worker's pay is decreasing or holding steady while corporate profits are lining executives' pockets and not trickling down. Meanwhile, overseas competition is stronger than ever, and a lot of jobs are being outsourced or let go through attrition and layoffs. It's been tough on a lot of people in their 20s just entering the workforce, not to mention older people who are having to deal with increasing lack of job security.

  And let's not even forget that there are people in their teens and 20s who are dying overseas in a war that's poorly run at best and unnecessary and disastrous at the worst.

  And in a time like this, what does Paris Hilton do? She repeatedly drives drunk and endangers the lives of others, and when the judge finally throws the book at her, she gets out of jail on a bogus "mental health" reason.

  Is that not supposed to stir anger and hatred like you've seen on this board?

  So yesterday, when she was tossed back into jail to finish serving the rest of the sentence she so justly deserved, you can bet that it brightened my day. It made me a little happier, even though I was still out of a job, to know there is a little justice in the world.

  —PJBabiba Read PJBabiba's other letters
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