Carawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down19
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comCarawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·22 days agoDoes 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
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days agoDoes the size of dog affect the buff? The average dog gives 24%, but does a 200lbs mastiff give more than a 4lbs chihuahua? Less?
minus-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoAs always, a good study ends with: ‘Further study is needed on this subject.’
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoI think it would, but the chance of breaking a limb tripping over a dog does increase!
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoIt decreases with a larger dog…
minus-squarePatrikvo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days ago5x 24 = 120. You’re not just immortal for the next 10 years, you have 1 in 5 chance to revive the death as well.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 days agoBehold I am the great immortal and moderately effective necromancer. Fear the power of dogs!
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!