re: Another math thread: "In dog beers I've only had one" doesn't make sense

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Right, but the term “dog years” is applied to the multiplied number. A dog that is 365 days old is 1 year old (in human years) and 7 years old in “dog years.”

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Well that's dumb.

I'd say a 35 year old human is 5 in dog years.

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This is impressive. Even for you.

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I've surprised myself, not going to lie. But I'm not trolling.

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Ok. Well once we convert you, we have a few more to go. Gotta get those lurkers to change their downvotes!

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Apparently I've always viewed the term "dog years" differently than some.

A 5 year old dog is 35 in human years. A 35 year old human is 5 in dog years.

1 human year = 7 dog years. 7 dog years = 1 human year.

If I’ve had 1 human beer I’ve had 7 dog beers.

If I’ve had 7 dog beers I’ve had 1 human beer.



Right?

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You are mis-applying the saying. It's as simple as that.

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Basically every article I can find applies it the same way.

1 dog year = 7 years.

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7 year old human is 1 in dog years, 35 year old human is 5 in dog years, 7 human beers is 1 dog beer.

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Noooo.

These 7 human beers would be 49 dog beers.

If your dog has lived 7 human years, he’s 49 in dog years.

If your dog has downed 7 human beers, he’s drunk af.

The point of "dog years" is to match your dog's short life to human-like age span.


If your dog lived to 70 years in human years then it would be 490 dog years.

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She’s definitely 490 in dog years

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Preposterous. She's equivalent to a 10 year old dog. Saying she's 490 in dog years is asinine.

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No. I am not. You are going the wrong way.

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No, you're thinking about it wrong. It's a pretty common mistake, though.

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The point of the dog years thing is to make the dog seem as old as humans tend to live.

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Right.

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You multiply the dog's years by 7 to get their human years.

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Right.

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If the dog lives to 1 human year, it is 7 dog years.

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And here is where you go wrong.

A year is a year. Earth years. A dog and a human born on the same day, one year later they are both one year old. To "convert", the dog is 7 human years old. In other words, a 1 year old dog has aged approximately as much as a 7 year old human. He is not 7 dog years old, he is 7 human years old. He's still just 1 dog year (earth year) old, because he's a dog. Conversely, a 7 year old human is equivalent to a 1 year old dog. He's 1 dog year old.


So basically you're dividing the wrong way. Since a human living 7 "human years" is equivalent to a dog living 1 year, a human drinking 7 "human beers" is equivalent to a dog drinking 1 beer. Seven human beers is 1 dog beer.