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stop saying “cannibalism causes prion diseases” this is a common misconception
gonna preface this by saying I’m not trying to be weird or edgy here I just have an interest in diseases and find it frustrating to constantly see people spreading misinformation abt how they originate and spread
this misconception comes from an epidemic of kuru, a type of prion disease (you might also seem em referred to as TSEs) that broke out among the Fore people of Papau New Guinea in the 1950s. until colonial rule, the Fore people practiced a form of funerary cannibalism in which a loved one’s flesh, including organs, would be consumed after they died. this practice isn’t exclusive to the Fore, and has no profound inherent dangers; cooking and eating human flesh doesn’t have any more health risks associated with it than eating the flesh of an animal. what started the epidemic wasn’t the practice of cannibalism, but rather a stroke of incredibly, incredibly bad luck.
(more under the cut; there’s cannibalism and disease talk, but nothing graphic.)
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what’s up it’s 2022 and i am neck deep in haikyuu
haven’t been on tumblr since high school but we’ve come full circle thanks to sports animes <3
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this is all i ask for
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Daichi: every time I’m confronted with a problem and feel desperate and helpless, I look at a picture of us together
Everyone: aww
Daichi: and I tell myself, if I can survive being with these idiots, then I can handle every problem
Everyone:
Suga: aww that’s so sweet
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you
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i learned that Air Traffic Controllers have jobs so stressful they’re required to retire at 56
Stretching air-traffic controllers too thin is a risk, particularly with the mental and physical stress of keeping aircraft from colliding into each other. So, absent proven performance in air-traffic control breakthroughs, the FAA will have to replace the retiring controllers – with properly trained candidates. It’s a matter of public safety. (x)
