The general misconception that eating too much sugar gives you diabetes. It really annoys me when people find out that I have diabetes, a lot of times I have heard “oh, well, did you eat a lot of sugar?” or “Really, but you’re not overweight.”
I mean, it’s all right that you don’t know what actually causes diabetes, but do you really think saying that someone shouldn’t have eaten so much sugar or doesn’t look like they are overweight is gonna make someone feel good? Didn’t think so.
I wish the misconception could just go away. No, diabetes is not caused by eating to much sugar. Yes, people are more susceptible to type II diabetes if they are overweight, but even then, the disease is still linked to certain genes, so it is an inheritable factor.
In addition, Type I diabetes isn’t even associated with your diet as well. It can also be inherited, and is caused by the body’s own immune system attacking the beta cells that produce insulin in the pancreas because it believes it is foreign.
Diabetes is a disease, and spreading the misconceptions stated earlier isn’t going to help out people with diabetes. We deal with enough pricks a day already, we don’t need to deal with any more with these mindless comments.
And I know some people state those comments because they actually believe they are true, which is okay, I just wish overall there could be more education about this disease, even for people who don’t have to deal with it.
Author: kirkwallhellmouth
The Princess Bride by Matt Owen
This film was one of many things that re-affirmed my love of sword fights. It started sometime when I was a wee child when some channel ran the old 1950s Zorro TV series. I was dressing up as Zorro when I was three–mask, plastic rapier, and bouncy-ball horse–so it was really early.
…seriously?
No, this 26 pound gummy bear will NOT give you “the gift of diabetes.” What it will give you, if you attempt to eat the whole thing at once, is a massive sugar-high, a lot of empty calories, and probably the “gift” of being nauseated and possibly the “gift” of puking it all back up.
I am now curious if jokes about things “giving the gift of cancer” exist.
Tiny baby panda. Echo-y panda-sneeze.
Oh, she gets bashed plenty for being “too mannish” and not pretty enough. And people forget that she’s bi, too, since she will ask a femHawke if she ever thought there might have been a possibility of something between them if Aveline hadn’t found Donnic.
And she gets bashed for “being a stick-in-the-mud,” being a prude, slut-shaming Isabela, and really a host other things.
If you haven’t seen it, you’re kind of lucky.
Oh come on. He totally rocks the Einstein look! Watched this episode with the bf yesterday ❤ Still shocked he hasn’t gone on to watch the rest without me as much as he is enjoying it.
Toooo Much HAIR
Ron Glass’ hair is made of pure win.
Random Origins and Awakening screencaps
My Kyra Cousland, Riordan, Kyra and Pounce, and the Architect.
To the Bioware Fandom Community (and really all RPers)
I would politely like to remind you all that Lesbians exist. Bisexual women who primarily find women attractive over men, also exist. They exist, and they should be heard and recognized.
I have lurked around a lot and have seen a lot of this outcry for more m/m pairings and shipping ALL the m/m pairings and yay for m/m pairings. And that is just fine by me. Homosexual men also exist, and they have a right to exist.
Some good points. Luckily my corner of the tumblr DA fandom is better about loving all types of pairings than some other circles of the DA fandom.
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 