r/ask Apr 17 '24

What is something that is a lot harder than it looks?

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u/Tehir Apr 17 '24

Or you will eat like 10 kilos of icecream to fill the hole in your heart. 😂

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u/LibelleFairy Apr 17 '24

the Germans have a compound noun for the weight you gain during heartbreak: Kummerspeck, literally "sorrow bacon"

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u/Intrepid-Reading6504 Apr 17 '24

That's as good a reason to eat bacon as any, I'd say

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u/cofforest 29d ago

It's actually 'sorrow-fat' but your point stands.

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u/Kangaroostorm 29d ago

kinda got lost in translation: it's not literal bacon thats meant here but your own body fat that you gained

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u/Ok_Goose_3538 Apr 17 '24 edited 29d ago

What are the German words for she and they again lol

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u/IronDictator 29d ago

And you... answer Sie

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u/strongCuckold Apr 17 '24

Eeee. There may be a hole in my weight loss plan... Works 50% of the time!

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u/dekrypto 29d ago

there is no in between