• F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    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.

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      2 hours ago

      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

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      9 hours ago

      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.

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        9 hours ago

        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.