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Has anyone done a study on pet inanimate objects, such as rocks or coconuts or plants? Not to undervalue live animal pets, but people are pretty intensely pers
by floatingatoll 7y ago
Has anyone done a study on pet inanimate objects, such as rocks or coconuts or plants?
Not to undervalue live animal pets, but people are pretty intensely personal about their pet objects, too — and if the same benefit can exist for a pet rock, then you can say that your pet has a small carbon footprint and be twice right.
- scottlegrand2 7y agoI know too many guys intensely personal about their six-figure jalopies. They don't seem particularly healthy to me but maybe I'm missing something...
- coldpie 7y agoThat's an interesting thought, especially plants. While my cats are precious to me, I'd put my home garden at a very close second place. Twice a day I go out and review my garden and it never fails to improve my mood. Noticing what is new each day, performing the chores that need attention, discovering little surprises (I saw a stag beetle this morning!).
- recusancy 7y agoThat's probably more related the fact that going into greener spaces helps our moods. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/sour-mood-getting-you-down-get-back-to-nature https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/sour-mood-getti...
- DangitBobby 7y agoYou might like this episode of Hidden Brain: [Pets, Pests And Food: Our Complex, Contradictory Attitudes Toward Animals](https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=733456435 https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...) >VEDANTAM: When we come back, do our pets actually improve our lives? >HERZOG: Pet owners were better off in terms of their psychological and physical health than non-pet owners. But as they pointed out, so are people with Mercedes-Benzes.