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.
Possibly. It would make sense, people with poor health who tend to also be poorer financially are less likely to have the ability to take care of a pet.
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.
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.
i mean it rather implies living in an urban area, where the local bird and mouse population is not particularly important or just outright unwanted anyways.
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.
afaik the notable thing is actually that the purrs help heal bone fractures, which is presumably something to do with vibrations helping the process along mechanically somehow.
But of course there's also just the psychological effect of having a purring cat near you, same thing as how people heal faster from stuff like acupuncture despite the process itself not doing anything, we just benefit from feeling happy and cared for.
42 Comments
purrtastic@lemmy.nz · 92 pts · 1y
Sponsored by toxoplasmosis
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 41 pts · 1y
You can't tell me what to --- oh, a pretty cat!
Donkter@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
If toxoplasmosis reduces my heart attack risk and stress with no discernable side effects sign me up!
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 62 pts · 1y
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.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 83 pts · 1y
So what you are saying is the more cats I get the richer I will be?
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 33 pts · 1y
Yes that's exactly how causation and correlation work, go for it!
Avessandra@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 1y
And more feminine
superkret@feddit.org · 22 pts · 1y
You don't have to convince me, I was already sold.
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
But I'll get cat hair on my programmer socks!
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
But I still have lots of cats, right?
dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Scientists have discovered that having more cats reduces the risk of heart attacks and increases wealth with no upper limit*
*study sponsored by toxoplasmosis foundation
Aceticon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Correlation and Causation are just fancy-pantsy words used by experts to lie to us common folk!
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
No but cats are correlated with wealth, I’m not implying any sort of causation, unlike the post lol.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 1 pts · 1y
Because they’re famously expensive to keep?
And009@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Gotta sell them all
zout@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y
Isn't it also that pet owners in general have better health?
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y
Possibly. It would make sense, people with poor health who tend to also be poorer financially are less likely to have the ability to take care of a pet.
superkret@feddit.org · 47 pts · 1y
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.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Some cats are grade A dingdongs!
Still love them all.
simple@lemm.ee · 34 pts · 1y
There's a 50/50 chance that a cat will try to claw your eyes out if you rub their belly, but yes.
OpenStars@discuss.online · 30 pts · 1y
Survivorship bias: those who live through the encounter have lowered stress.😁
Aceticon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
The calming down and stress relief all happens once the petting session ends.
OpenStars@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y
Knowing that you survived probably gives you a nice hormonal boost:-).
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 17 pts · 1y
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.
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y
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)
corvi@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 1y
My cat learned I can’t see when I have the VR headset on and knocked a lamp over onto my head.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y
Wholesome. Except the 4th-panel propaganda. That poor woman is dead after that...
Venator@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 1y
Depends on the cats personality, some will tolerate, others will kill.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Look at the cat's eyes! She is about to die. That's why no 5th panel
Slovene@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 1y
Yup
Jumi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
My neighbours cat sleeps on my couch when the door is open and he always wants me to scratch his belly.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 1y
Nice, that's basically free healthcare.
Jumi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah, it's pretty great. All I have to do is feed their cats when they're away.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
normalize communal cats
why should people just have one or two cats when everyone could have 35 cats?
Jumi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
RIP local bird and mice population
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
i mean it rather implies living in an urban area, where the local bird and mouse population is not particularly important or just outright unwanted anyways.
gregor@gregtech.eu · 5 pts · 1y
Does it really heal wounds and stabilize blood pressure? That seems a bit far-fetched.
webpack@ani.social · 7 pts · 1y
according to Google, cat purrs are at a specific frequency that somehow helps you heal faster
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
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.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
afaik the notable thing is actually that the purrs help heal bone fractures, which is presumably something to do with vibrations helping the process along mechanically somehow.
But of course there's also just the psychological effect of having a purring cat near you, same thing as how people heal faster from stuff like acupuncture despite the process itself not doing anything, we just benefit from feeling happy and cared for.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Guinea pigs are kittens that never become cats
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
wheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheekwheek