Carawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day 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-square103fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down111
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minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 day 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-squarePatrikvo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours 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-squareTwilitSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoWhat if someone else on the list dies before my designated time. Does the list reset?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-219 hours agoBehold I am the great immortal and moderately effective necromancer. Fear the power of dogs!
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·24 hours 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-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoFrom events over the last few weeks, I can definitively state that owning a dog large enough to drag you down icy steps is NOT conducive to longer life and can be quite painful
minus-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoAs always, a good study ends with: ‘Further study is needed on this subject.’
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI think it would, but the chance of breaking a limb tripping over a dog does increase!
minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoIt decreases with a larger dog…
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
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.
What if someone else on the list dies before my designated time. Does the list reset?
Behold I am the great immortal and moderately effective necromancer. Fear the power of dogs!
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?
From events over the last few weeks, I can definitively state that owning a dog large enough to drag you down icy steps is NOT conducive to longer life and can be quite painful
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…