There was a study a while back that associated grip strength with one’s grip on sanity, and many people confused the cause. If someone has something to do, they’ll have stronger hands. If they have a healthy diet that supports their physique, they’ll have stronger hands. If they lack a debilitating injury or disability, they’ll have stronger hands. If they have ambient time to devote to exercise, they’ll have stronger hands.
Unequivocally do I love my dog, but I try to avoid conflating associated privileges with results.
Soft hands typed that post.
I’ve already made arrangements with the local kill shelter to give me fifty dogs that were scheduled for execution. This weekend I’m going to the city to visit hospice facilities, to save some lives, two at a time.
Since I’ve just read the headline and they are always the peak of the important information I was just going to get myself 100 dogs making myself 240% less likely to die making me immortal for 10 years.
240%? Please take note who is responsible for the zombie uprising this year.
Just riffing off the headline here, but owning a dog is directly associated with engaging in the act of walking a dog, and walking is pretty well established to be good for overall health. There’s no reason to assume there isn’t causation when there very well could be
There genuinely might be something to it, but this strikes me as another “wine is healthy, ignore the healthcare and self care culture behind the European curtain” type situation. Until something more concrete comes out, I’m just gonna pet my pal for fun and stress relief and monke brain grooming instinct alleviation.
I bet it’s a mix of walking more and them making you happier.
I bet is all the assassins the dog repeal everyday without the owner knowing
Is that what she was barking at? Now I’m sorry I told her to shut up
This guy dogs
I bet it’s a mix of being younger and having more money.
Yeah, as the other comment says, these are almost always correlations, not causations. Poor people are almost certainly less likely to own a dog. I’m sure the exercise helps, but I’d bet on it not being the largest factor.
Some people also just hold on to life until their dog dies of old age.
People who drink wine live longer.
It’s not the wine that’s extending people’s lives, it’s the healthcare and lower stress from having enough money to afford wine.
Living under a bridge but still got that thunderbird money. Trolls regenerate, brother.
Source for the first claim?
A random magazine comparing average lifespan of different countries.
Another possible explanation would be that most of the high lifespan countries had universal healthcare.
I doubt any efforts went into fact checking as the magazine just used the fact to promote wine drinking.
That… doesn’t sound very compelling.
Alcoholism is associated with disease and death, and wine is just another form of alcohol.
That’s correct. It’s an example of why assuming that “correlation = causation” can lead to some bad decisions.
Drinking wine and living longer are correlated, but it is not likely that one causes the other. It is more likely that there is something else (such as disposable income) that causes both.
In a similar way, ice-cream sales and drownings peak at the same time every year. The ice-cream is not causing people to drown, and neither are drowning people buying a significant amount of ice-cream. Both can be attributed to the higher temperatures of summer.
Yeah, I remember reading in my psych textbook that ice cream consumption was correlated with homicidal behaviour, which is obviously not causal.
I’m guessing wine-drinking countries also have good diets. Seeing as it’s mostly around the Mediterranean and thereabouts. E.g. people of Caucasus are traditionally known for longevity while being pretty hardcore drinkers of wine and other stuff during celebrations, but they also have kingly cuisines and live in resort climates.
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walking dogs is good exercise.
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dogs are excellent security and help reduce certain anxieties.
It’s really hard to pick up the invisible imaginary poop though.
I find it pretty easy. I never see any lying around that I’ve missed.
I bet ghosts hate you though.
Plus walking a dog in your neighborhood probably results in increased social interaction and less isolation, probably a plus for long-term health too.
There are studies as well about the germs dogs bring into the house is actually beneficial in the long run, especially for newborn babies (breastfed ones I think)
Yesterday I learned about #3. It’s called “hobby dogging”.
I choose to believe 3, because it’s amusing.
Then please walk your dog already!
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Does this dog buff stack? If I get 5 dogs, wil? I have a ~100 % immunity for the next ten years? Is there a cooldown? /j
Does the size of dog affect the buff? The average dog gives 24%, but does a 200lbs mastiff give more than a 4lbs chihuahua? Less?
As always, a good study ends with: ‘Further study is needed on this subject.’
I think it would, but the chance of breaking a limb tripping over a dog does increase!
It decreases with a larger dog…
5x 24 = 120. You’re not just immortal for the next 10 years, you have 1 in 5 chance to revive the death as well.
Behold I am the great immortal and moderately effective necromancer. Fear the power of dogs!
People likely to die in 10 years probably don’t often choose to adopt dogs.
I’m not so confident. My grandma got a dog to fill the hole in her life left by my grandpa’s death. Nine years later I inherited a dog. (TBH, she was already on the deep slide into dementia when Grandpa died and losing her partner of 5 decades didn’t help.)
What I’m saying is old folks sometimes do things we wouldn’t expect.
So if I had 5 dogs, does that mean my risk of dying falls to -20%? 🤔
Presumably it’d be multiplicitive, not additive. Each one decreases your risk by a relative 24%. The first makes it 86%, the second makes it 74%, the third makes it 64%, etc. You get diminishing returns for each dog you add.
Hello, dog store? Can I please get one thousand of your fines dogs?
You are a dog.
Waking up early and going on walks is good for your health
“It’s just 24%”, but I’m staying away from dogs, can’t be too safe.
My doctor was very glad when I adopted a new dog after mine had died 18 months before. I have a good doctor.
What about a cat?
200% chance increase of being killed by a cat.
5% reduced chance of being killed by rodent based illness
I’ve had dogs. We would love a dog. Unfortunately, we believe our work & travel schedule is detrimental to having a pooch.
Work = we’re both gone about 12hrs per day Mon-Thrs.
Travel = at least one 3 day weekend away per month. And about 4 vacations away per year.
And retirement isn’t on the horizon. For now, we’ll stick with our kitty.
My cats would like a word.
More rent payments? Hard pass.
And your dog as a bigger carbon footprint than an SUV over the course of their lifetime.
The average dog is responsible for a carbon footprint of 770kg of CO2 per year, which is 11,500kg for an average 15 year life span of a dog (many don’t live that old, but it’s a round number). https://www.zerosmart.co.uk/post/the-average-carbon-footprint-of-a-pet
The average gas car has a carbon footprint of 76,000kg over its lifetime. https://www.hotcars.com/the-truth-about-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-new-car-that-no-ones-talking-about/
Even if you were correct, one extends your life and the other kills people around you.
AND one lays eggs!
This is great news, cause we need less people and more dogs.
And think about the return on those eggs!
I thought Robin laid an egg, and The Joker got away?
So do you. Your point?
My point was at the end of my sentence. It’s called a period. If I were forced to elaborate it would be this, it sucks that good things can also be bad things.
You seem like a fun guy. I bet your co-workers look forward to spending hours in your company every day.
Thanks. I always enjoy my time spent with others, and try to make them feel my enjoyment through my behavior. It’s uplifting to hear that shine through the limited exchange we have using just text. To be honest I’m sometimes worried that people might misconstrue my glibness as antagonism, so I’m glad you spoke up and dampened my fears. I also hope your coworkers look forward to seeing you everyday. Have a nice afternoon, and keep being a nice person.
Oh, you look as the most “nice guy” type of person here! I bet you are sophisticated enough to wear a fedora!
I get it you like dogs. They’re nice.
For the gender thing, the only Kim I personally know is a man, so that’s not really an indication of gender.
The point of wanting to save the planet is so that life forms can enjoy it. Why is that a bad thing? You’re making no sense.
Here is the entirety of my thought process leading up to this point.
Step 1. Someone posted a TIL about dogs.
Step 2. I replied with something most people probably don’t know about dogs that I learned from a funny song I remember.
I don’t have a greater point, and people are pissed.
Probably because your “thing people probably dont know” is a lie?
“So does your baby, maybe you should trade him in for a Prius”
Somebody got the joke!
That seems incredibly dependent on the dog’s size.
It’s anecdotal but when I was growing up, every time I would get home from school our dog would be in the backyard burning tires and car batteries. Every time. I don’t even know where he got them.
What if your dog clears old growth forestry to raise a herd of cows? 🤔
Then I would take the chainsaw away from him and ask who taught him to do it.
That’s some “Heartland Institute” tier bullshit math, if ever I’ve heard it.
Maybe… A SUV…FOR ANTS!
ANTSUV Coming soon to dealerships in your backyard.
Yeah I misremembered something from a song. It’s 4 wheel drive, and I bet the song is so old SUVs have doubled in size since the. Lol
