• Gregor@gregtech.eu
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    8 days ago

    Does it really heal wounds and stabilize blood pressure? That seems a bit far-fetched.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      One of it’s purrrposes is to shake wounds and increase bloodflow. This is why cats sometimes pur after conflict; they’re licking their wounds in multiple ways.

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      8 days ago

      according to Google, cat purrs are at a specific frequency that somehow helps you heal faster

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    9 days ago

    My cat learned I can’t see when I have the VR headset on and knocked a lamp over onto my head.

  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    Cat people have 40% less risk of heart attack.*

    Cat people are also overrepresented cohorts of wealthy people and women, two cohorts who have a much lower risk of heart attack than the most at risk cohort of poor men.

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Petting a cat calms down & relieves stress.

    There’s a 50/50 chance that a cat will try to claw your eyes out if you rub their belly, but yes.

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      9 days ago

      Depends on the cat. There’s some that will let you do just about anything and at most bat you with a paw, claws retracted. Then there’s others that if you don’t pay attention and pet them just a fraction wrong will take your arm off. Know your cat.

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        9 days ago

        This is true, I had both living with me at the same time for years.

        Sort of still do but the bitey half is more playful now (different cats)

  • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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    9 days ago

    So someone better than me at maths could probably figure out how many cats I’d need to heat my with them room (and if the catfood etc needed would be cheaper than heating) …

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      9 days ago

      I can answer the second question:
      Generally, hot-blooded mammals transform 90% of the energy they get from food into heat.
      So using a cat for heating your room is about 90% as effective as burning cat food in an oven.

      Here’s some napkin math for where I live:
      1kg of firewood has 4kWh = 4000 kcal
      which is about equivalent to 1kg of really cheap dry cat food

      1kg of firewood costs about 40 cents
      1kg of cheap dry cat food costs about 1,20€

      So, cat-based heating is about 3.3x more expensive than burning pre-dried, commercially purchased firewood.
      (all of these prices heavily depend on how much you buy in bulk, though. And if you care about your cat’s well-being, you’re gonna spend 2x more on its food)

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          9 days ago

          In a market economy, the value of a good increases with demand and decreases with supply.

          On the Internet, there is an unlimited supply of cat videos, therefore their market value is 0.

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          8 days ago

          That’s why I wrote it’s 3.3x more expensive, not 3x
          10% of the energy is wasted on things like bodily functions, growing, running around and bringing joy to people.

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            4 days ago

            But all that running around and buzzing and living becomes low grade heat pretty rapidly

            While most of the heat from the cat food furnace will go up the chimney rather than into the room.

            I would expect the cat to be closer to 100% efficient than the furnace, unless it spends its time sitting on a window sill behind the curtain radiating towards infinity

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    9 days ago

    My neighbours cat sleeps on my couch when the door is open and he always wants me to scratch his belly.

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    9 days ago

    I have 2 cats.
    One of them seems to sense when I’m upset or unwell, and will come to hug me, wrap herself around my neck and purr in my ear.
    Then the other one will sneak up on us from behind, jump on her back, and start a cat fight on top of my head.
    I love them both, but sometimes I wonder whether getting a second cat was the right decision.

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      8 days ago

      If toxoplasmosis reduces my heart attack risk and stress with no discernable side effects sign me up!