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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by gnulinux on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:36PM (#28989856)
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a correlation. My quality of life increased significantly after I got my cat about 2 years ago (just before COVID!). I say to anyone who ask, getting a cat was likely the best decision I ever made. Since then I became a lot more entrepreneurial and productive. I don't believe neither me nor my car has Toxoplasmosis gondii (my cat was tested for this when I brought him home).

My cat is my friend, my roommate, my infant, the most precious thing I have and an endless source of entertainment due to weird stuff cats randomly do. He's also significant amount of responsibility, since he's a living conscious thing and I really want him to have a nice and long life. All these factors have been very useful to understand what it is that I want from life and focus on getting them.

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by xcambar on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:12PM (#28990365)
Tangent: I'd like to see the effects of dog adoption on pregnancies.

I have witnessed and heard about a non insignificant number of young couples hesitant to having kids (because careers, mostly) deciding to adopt a dog for varying reasons. Typically, less than 18months later, boom, baby.

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by dexwiz on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:39PM (#28990748)
I think many people use it as practice/test. I have definitely see the pre-baby puppy often, but I have also witness the pre-breakup puppy where one partner turned out to be a poor caregiver.
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by jjcon on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:42PM (#28990778)
Cat ownership is one of the least likely ways to become infected with toxoplasmosis - far more likely is contact with undercooked meat. In fact most studies suggest it is not an important risk factor at all.

https://www.bmj.com/content/321/7254/142

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497129/#!po=4....

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by ipnon on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:48PM (#28990036)
Cats are quieter and less needy than dogs. They take care of themselves and don't bark at neighbors. How are you supposed to start a new company with a dog pawing at you?
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by xcambar on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:14PM (#28990395)
Dogs are indeed more demanding, they henceforth grow your sense of responsibility, which aligns with the required skills of entrepreneurship.
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by DiffEq on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:18PM (#28990460)
Having a dog forces you to micro-manage. This may be fine is just starting out in a business but it does not scale.
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by xcambar on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:08PM (#28991132)
> Having a dog forces you to micro-manage.

I'm pretty sure I disagree but I'm 100% certain I don't understand the rationale leading to this statement.

For any pet, if you have to act as a manager, that's IMO terrible. Management incurs performance reviews, growth and overall, judgement and control. I think a pet/owner relationship is about nursing first, with added leadership when the breed allows (dogs, horses...)

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by nescioquid on Monday October 25, 2021 @05:24PM (#28993326)
Management: ensure litter box is cleaned daily.

Micro-management: know where last bolus is in the dog's gut and expected evacuation time.

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by tata71 on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:27PM (#28992027)
Don't know many cat owners in tech? They lay on the keyboard, the printer, the tower exhaust fans, the passively cooled router, etc......
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by short12 on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:53PM (#28990948)
I'd say cats are on equal footing with dogs when it comes to needy. Cats just may not exhibit it as much
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by whateveracct on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:02PM (#28991064)
Dogs literally cannot shit without human intervention
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by Fezzik on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:22PM (#28993905)
I have a doggie door and both my dogs (Red Heeler and Border-collie/rottie mix) just waltz outside whenever they need to relieve themselves. Not sure where the necessary intervention is other than putting the door in… and it’s certainly far more sanitary than a box of urine and feces sitting inside my house.
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by tata71 on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:14PM (#28991206)
Not exclusively true, there are matts and solutions just like people have for cats.
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by ralusek on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:59PM (#28990177)
Because with a dog you have something worth fighting for
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by dfsegoat on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:14PM (#28990398)
You prefer an emotionally shallow animal? /s [1]

1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJFp272w9u8

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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by superduperycomb on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:24PM (#29008195)
This sound like the hair brained rhetoric a cat parasite host would cough up
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Re:Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation ... by rhacker on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:45PM (#28989991)
Was your car tested too?
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