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[merithyn]

I learned a new word today, and I love it!

Kummerspeck

German Etymology
Kummer ("grief, sorrow") +‎ Speck ("layer of fat, bacon, adipose")

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkʊmɐˌʃpɛk/
Hyphenation: Kum‧mer‧speck
Noun
Kummerspeck m (genitive singular Kummerspecks):  (uncountable) Excess weight or body fat gained due to emotional overeating.

[Syt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5taqy3/areas_of_europe_as_us_states_of_equal_gdp_as_well/ddlet2k/

To make this map, I calculated the GDP (nominal) of every subdivision of every European country, based on the most recent data. I then grouped these subdivisions together into areas with a GDP equal to a US state. Then, more for fun than anything else, I found the most populous/important few cities in each European area and replaced them with the names of large/important cities from the corresponding state. It took quite a while.

[Eddie Teach]

Damn, for a moment there I thought that Paris region was supposed to be Iceland. 

[Savonarola]

I was at the grocery store this weekend.  A woman, a complete stranger, walked up to me:

Woman:  You look like a young Woody Allen.
Savonarola:  Okay... 
Woman:  You must get that all the time
Savonarola:  No not really

I was feeling kind of down about that.     Then I asked myself what Woody Allen does when he feels blue; so I went to the local high school and picked up a girl.   

[garbon]

[alfred russel]

Greece just got insulted. 

[Josquius]

I've no idea what's going on in Paris and why it gets this treatment whilst London doesn't.
But interesting how Switzerland is divided cantonally.

[Tonitrus]

I've no idea what's going on in Paris and why it gets this treatment whilst London doesn't.
But interesting how Switzerland is divided cantonally.

It was the only way to make Texas fit. 

[Tonitrus]

Greece just got insulted. 

I think Ukraine comes out the worst of all.

[Admiral Yi]

When the hell did DC become the size of Hungary?  They must be talking greater metropolitan area.  Washingtonland.

[Tonitrus]

When the hell did DC become the size of Hungary?  They must be talking greater metropolitan area.  Washingtonland.

It's not about raw size...just equivalent GDP for the respective areas.

[Admiral Yi]

It's not about raw size...just equivalent GDP for the respective areas.

Ah, OK.  That makes a lot more sense.

[katmai]

When the hell did DC become the size of Hungary?  They must be talking greater metropolitan area.  Washingtonland.

Learn to read ffs! 

[Admiral Yi]

Check out the spelling of Illinois/Sweden.

[Admiral Yi]

Learn to read ffs! 

Shut your dirty tamale hole.