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oliviersilven:

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manic-moth

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Some pictures with my favourite new contact lenses ʘ‿ʘ . I always liked my face best with yellow eyes (*´ ˘ `*) . They make you look much more dangerous (kinda like a wild animal or a cat ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑).

I got the lenses from uniqso.com (they’re called “Fairy Moonlight Yellow”).

The necklace that I’m wearing on the pictures is the Black Velvet Citrine Choker from my shop ☽ Vesper Moth ☾.

halloweentrickortreat

I’ve been ready for Halloween since last Halloween! 🎃💀👻 🕸

missbarbarie

sunshinetrooper-deactivated2016

black and asian vikings 100% definitely existed (also, saami vikings)

you know how far you can get into eurasia and africa by sailing up rivers from the baltic and mediterranean seas? pretty fucking far, and that’s what vikings liked to do to trade

then, you know, people are people, so love happens, business happens, and so ppl get married and take spouses back home to the frozen hellscape that is scandinavia (upon which i’m guessing the horrorstruck new spouses went “WHAT THE FUCK??? FUCKING GIVE ME YOUR JACKET???????”)

and sometimes vikings bought thralls and brought them home as well, and i mean, when your indentured service is up after however many years and you’re a free person again, maaaaaaaaaaaaybe it’s a bit hard to get all the way home across the continent, so you make the best out of the situation and you probably get married and raise a gaggle kids

so yeah

viking kingdoms/communities were not uniformly pure white aryan fantasy paradises, so pls stop using my cultural history and ethnic background to excuse your racist discomfort with black ppl playing heimdall and valkyrie

shrewreadings

Also we KNOW they got to Asia and Africa.

Why?

Because Asians, Africans, and Vikings TOLD US SO.

note-a-bear

Also, we know there was significant mercantile trade between Scandinavia and parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, Kashmir, North and Eastern Africa because there is evidence in burial sites.

Check that out: the goods Vikings and Scandinavians were getting from their trade with the rest of the world was so important they buried themselves with it, as part of their treasure hordes.

We KNOW this.

There’s a reason you can still see many of the trade routes from the ancient world etched into the very earth.

lilacmeadow-deactivated20160713

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” ~ Jane Austen 🌿🍃🌱

luchia13

hey guys psa regarding hospital bills

don’t just pay it. do not automatically pay the hospital bill when you receive it. call your health insurance provider and POLITELY say, “excuse me, i just received a bill for $1200 for my hospital visit/ER visit/etc., is that the correct amount i’m supposed to pay?” because hospitals bill you before your health insurance and they will take your money no matter how the amount due may change based on your health insurance looking at it. 90% of the time, if your health insurance is in any way involved in the payment of that bill, you do not have to pay as much as the hospital is billing you for. call your health insurance provider first, and POLITELY request clarification, always remember that the person you are talking to is human and this is just their job, and then you will very likely find out you actually only owe $500.

don’t shout at anyone about it, don’t get mad, just understand that this is The Way Things Are right now and call your health insurance provider before paying the bill your hospital just sent you. there’s a chance the hospital bill might be correct, true, but call your health insurance provider.

smallercomfort

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. after my car accident last year the hospital billed me ~$8000. They sent me letters asking me to pay, and I called them back saying my insurance was processing the claim. This is also what I told the collection agency when they kept calling me about the $1000 emergency room fee (billed separately from the hospital fee, mind you). Once everything got straightened out, all I was actually liable for was my $200 emergency copay.

thevelvetdevil

!!!!!!! things my ass didn’t know !!!!!!!!

anamatics

Yes this is a life lesson my adulting ass didn’t know I needed and I’m out 80 bucks for an anti-nausea pill. 😒😒😒😒😒

stoneymelon

mediumaevum

People often turned to magic in attempts to cure the Black Death. The plague was supposed to wear off if you carry around an amulet or a piece of paper with this inscription. The word itself is believed to have origins as far as the 2nd century.