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This blog is a safe house blog, if you need to talk, about anything I'm here Name: Rebecca Age:14 Canadian Fandoms: Shadow Hunters, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, supernatural, Eragon, and Sailor Moon

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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

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*clicks play in morbid curiosity*

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I think I find this post every April Fools Day and I am so happy that I do

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I’ve been waiting all year

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dumbledore: ah yes, the mirror of erised. a most dangerous mirror, harry

harry: what about that one, professor?

dumbledore: that is the mirror of scipkcid

dumbledore: you should probably stay clear of that one, too

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The spread of the black death.

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Poland

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Poland, tell us your secret.

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Poland is the old new Madagascar. 

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If I remember correctly, Poland’s secret is that the jews where being blamed all over europe (as usual) as scapegoats for the black plague. Poland was the only place that accepted Jewish refugees, so pretty much all of them moved there. 

Now, one of the major causes of getting the plague was poor hygiene. This proved very effective for the plague because everyone threw their poop into the streets because there were no sewers, and literally no one bathed because it was against their religion. Unless they were jewish, who actually bathed relatively often. When all the jews moved to Poland, they brought bathing with them, and so the plague had little effect there.

Milan survived by quarantining its city and burning down the house of anyone showing early symptoms, with the entire family inside it. 

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I reblogged this tons of times, but the Milan info is new.

Damn Italy, you scary.

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Poland: “Hey, feeling a bit down? Have a quick wash! There, you see? All better”

Milan: “Aw, feeling a bit sick are we? BURN MOTHERFUCKER, BURN!!!!!”

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Also, this might have something to do with it: from what I understand, O blood type is uncommonly… common in Poland. Something to do with large families in small villages and a LOT of intermarriage. The black plague was caused by a bacterium that produced, in its waste in the human body, wastes that very closely mimic the “B” marker sugars on red blood cells that keep the body from attacking its own immune system. Anyone who has a B blood type had an immune system that was naturally desensitized to the presence of the bacterium, and therefore was more prone to developing the disease. Anyone who had an O type was doubly lucky because the O blood type means the total absence of ANY markers, A or B, meaning that their bodys’ immune system would react quickly and violently against the invaders, while someone with an A may show symptoms and recover more slowly, while someone with B would have just died. Because O is a recessive blood type, it shows in higher numbers when more people who carry the recessive genes marry other people who also carry the recessive gene. Poland, which has a nearly 700 year history of being conquered by or partnering with every other nation in the surrounding area, was primarily an agricultural country, focused around smaller, farming communities where people were legally tied to, and required to work, “their” land, and so historically never “spread” their genes across a large area. The economy was, and had been, unstable for a very long period of time leading up to the plague, the government had been ineffective and had very little reach in comparison to the armies of the other countries around for a very very long time, and so its people largely remained in small communities where multiple generations of cross-familial inbreeding could have allowed for this more recessive gene to show up more frequently. Thus, there could be a higher percentage of O blood types in any region of the country, guaranteeing less spread of the illness and moving slower when it did manage to travel. Combine this with the fact that there were very few large, urban centers where the disease would thrive, and with the above facts, and you’ve got a lovely recipe for avoiding the plague.

Interestingly enough, as a result from the plague, the entirety of Europe now has a higher percentage of people with O blood type than any other region of the world. 

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WHY IS THIS ALL SO COOL

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When Tumblr teaches you more about the plague than 12 years of school ever did.

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Just to throw a nod in, as a medieval historian, this is all credible, and is the leading theory as to the plagues effectiveness at this point. So. Enjoy your new knowledge!

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anxiety & depression: *makes u stay home*

also anxiety & depression: ok but u should also feel super guilty for stayin home lmao

me: ????? ok????

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id take a bullet for u in the leg not anything too fatal just a slight graze

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IM LAUGHING SO HARD WE ARE TAKING OUR MATH EXAM AND SOME GIRL JUST YELLED OUT “THERE’S NO WAY I GOT 11 MILLION AS MY FUCKING ANSWER”

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Wait... Was Ginny bullied after the events that happened in Chamber of Secrets? Omg if she was then maybe that's why she's so tough. And it would also explain why she's so quick to defend Neville and Luna (but also because she's a good friend).

I can see this happening. Even when we acknowledge the trauma she went through, we tend to ignore that she missed out on most her first year at Hogwarts, and therefore probably came back second year to a class that had already determined their groups of friends without her. We know that by her fifth year (Half-Blood Prince), she was quite popular, so if she was bullied or excluded, she came out of it quite well. I do want to say, though: I seriously doubt that the general student population knew that she was the one opening the chamber of secrets. Gossip travels fast at Hogwarts, but I feel like there would have been evidence in the books if she had been specifically bullied for that. However, having been bullied at the exact same age, I don’t doubt that her classmates would have thought she was worthy of ridicule for spending so much time alone in their first year. It was probably harder for her to make friends due to the reasons above, even though textual clues point to her being an extrovert.

And yes, like you said, that probably made her relate to Neville and Luna. Like them, she knows how it feels to be excluded, not only because of her experiences at school, but because she’s the youngest of seven children and the only girl. People don’t realize than Ginny possibly felt even more pressure to live up to her siblings that Ron did, even if it didn’t manifest as strongly as his insecurities.

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10 Things NOT to say to Adoptees

1.    Do you know your REAL parents?

My “real” parents are the ones raising me. The term you are looking for is: biological parent, bio parents, or birth mother/father.

2.    Why did your mom give you up?

Again- it’s birth mom, and she did not “give me up.” She placed me for adoption because she thought that was the best option for everyone involved. 

3. Why didn’t your birth mom want you?

Many birth mothers DO want their babies, but they decide that doing so would be detrimental to her life as well as the child’s. 

4.What if your mom had aborted YOU?

This is usually said to me before the person discovers I’m adopted AND ITS MY FAVORITE. My birth mother almost did abort me and she aborted a pregnancy before mine, and guess what, I still vehemently support her right to do so. My birth mother carried me as a GIFT to my parents and me. She was in no way obligated to do it and it wasn’t easy. Saying she shouldn’t have the right to abort is a slap in the face to her CHOICE. Because that’s what it was. A choice. NOT an obligation. 

So in short, don’t ask this unless you want to completely lose your argument.

5. God blessed your parents when he gave them you!

Well first he tormented them with years of infertility, 6 ectopic pregnancies, and some very dangerous miscarriages. Oh, and it was my birth mom that “blessed” them with a child. 

6. Where are you from?

This is not one I experience, but many trans-national and trans-racial adoptees HATE this one. It’s mostly annoying because you’re basically asking why they don’t “match” the physical appearance of their adoptive family, but there’s also the fact that they’re not really “from” another country. If they were adopted at a young age, they probably don’t remember living in their birth country.

7. How much did you cost?

Ummm, I was not sold. The phrase you are looking for is: “How much did the adoption process cost?” Adoptions are expensive, but you’re not paying for the child. You pay for lawyer fees, home studies, and agency fees, NOT the child. 

8. What was the orphanage like?

If you’re talking to a domestic adoptee, this just tells us you have absolutely no idea how adoption works. No, I was not dropped off at an orphanage. In America (and Canada),very very very few children ever stay in an orphanage. There are only a handful left and most are for special needs children. When a child is placed for adoption, they stay with foster parents or the couple that is planning to adopt them.

As for trans-national adoptees- if they actually did spend time in an orphanage, that may not be an experience they want to talk about with just anyone, so don’t be a dick.

9. WOW! You look like their real kid!

I am their real kid …

10. I don’t think I would feel like an adopted child was really “mine.”

If you feel this way, please just keep it to yourself. I respect your right to make a family in whatever way works for your, but this is not a discussion that I want to have. I feel strongly that family is made of the people that raise you and are there for you. If you try to tell me how “blood ties” are stronger, I will feel extremely awkward and probably a bit upset. Just please don’t …

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I’m so fucking hypnotized by this and so in love with it

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