moodboard/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Just as soon as the Internet got over whether “The Dress” is white and gold or blue and black, another viral debate has been sparked by a photograph of a cat.
The photograph shows the cat halfway through climbing a staircase, prompting the question, is the cat going up or going down the stairs?
The photo has received over 24,000 views on Imgur in six days and prompted nearly 7,000 comments when it was posted on 9gag.com.
“Down because generally the wood would be flat on the horizontal portion of the stairs and the stone is on the back/vertical portion of the stairs,” wrote one commenter, whose avatar is, conveniently, a cat.
“I would say this cat is going up as it looks a bit up and forward. When cats go down, they look where they’re stepping, i.e. down,” wrote another.
People also naturally took to Twitter to debate, with seemingly no resolution in sight.
#CatOnStairs seeing ridge on stair steps would only be seen from the bottom so downstairs? pic.twitter.com/RSVrQijbvH
— Butters Stotch (@ButtersStotch) April 10, 2015
it’s going nowhere because it’s a picture #CatOnStairs pic.twitter.com/hOJpyD7e8J
— tom (@_bodyache) April 10, 2015
is the cat going up or down, im going with going down , it almost looks like its going up #CatOnStairs pic.twitter.com/9JK6xvZLL4
— brittani baloga (@bbaloga22) April 10, 2015
Forget the Dress………. Is the cat going Up or Down???? #upordown #Stairs #curious #whatisit #cat #CatonStairs pic.twitter.com/CEWlIwMtxR
— April Durling (@aprigil88) April 6, 2015
@AndrewBloch Up, stairs have an ‘edge’ on them.. #CatOnStairs
— Ricky Asher (@asher_ricky) April 10, 2015
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