Cat Going Up or Down?(Split from Disc Susp List)

I think all this bickering is stupid, especially when we have a much bigger issue on our hands.

Is the cat going up or down the stairs?

Quote: Perdition

I think all this bickering is stupid, especially when we have a much bigger issue on our hands.

Is the cat going up or down the stairs?

The last mention of cat in these forums was when a cat was standing just beneath a piece of dangling twine that was just out of reach.

Quote: Perdition

Is the cat going up or down the stairs?

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You gotta get up to get down

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going up or down

No. It is not.

It goes nowhere, with a circular motion twisting endlessly into itself, spinning and shrinking into an infinitesimally small fur-ball point in space, with a shrill noise producing only an illusion of motion related to absolutely nothing in any external reality beyond itself, because it is an internet discussion cat.

What's next, M.C. Escher?

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I think the cat has to be going down the stairs. If you look at the edge of each stair there is a raised lip. If the cat we're going down stairs the lip would just be a slight extension of the horizontal stepping area of each step. But if the cat we're going up the stairs then the footstep area of each step would have a raised section at the edge that would make the surface area of each step not flat and therefore unsafe. And the lip would be more likely to catch a heel.

Other than that, the "normal" conclusion would be that the cat is going up the stairs, because the camera position would be more natural. Also, the area that would be at the "bottom" of the stairs is consistent with a open room. Where as if the cat we're going down the stairs you would expect a banister or railing at what would be the top of the stairs.

A vital clue to whether it's up or down, lip or no lip, is the foot position of the cat's left front paw. If you could "prove" which surface the paw was resting on the up/down question would be solved. It doesn't look like a visual determination can be ascertained, but since the cat's weight is resting on the front left paw measurements of the cat by forensic cat experts should hold the answer.

Good catch on the step lip, GJ. I think the feline is going down. But one thing I'm sure of, if that is my cat [or the kids] that cat is headed somewhere to screw me over in some way. Tear up the sofa or chair, get on the counter and lick the butter, or just defecate on my side of the bed.

Cats hate me, they can tell. Conversely dogs will strain at their leash to get to me so I will pet them, strange. I think it is an aura and they see in a different way than than we do?

Abandoned cats and pets kill millions and millions of migratory songbirds. If you love them, please keep them home.

Trying to come up with an argument for the cat is going up. What if the steps are like some kind of cement (or is it concrete?) and the lip is just the edge where they poured the cement in? The lip would have to be vertical for them to pour it in.

Having had cats for many years, I think he is going down. Something about the way the cat is postured. The reason cats have tails is for balance. I could see a cat having his tail up going down and down going up. Kind of like how it is harder going downhill on a unicycle than going uphill in terms of balancing.

Then again, you could argue the tail isn't up but just behind him. Still, I would lay only about 6 to 5 on down.

All I know, if the cat was in a open doorway, he would be standing neither going in or out. (except when you don't want them to go out, then they dart out).

Quote: Perdition

Is the cat going up or down the stairs?

Yes, it is.

Up backwards.

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Up backwards.

You should be employed by a CIA think tank.

At first glance, I'd say the cat is going up.

Regarding the "edge lip" that GreasyJohn pointed out. Yeah, it does look like a lip. But look at the steps on the bottom of the photo, and you realize the stairs are covered with carpeting with a pattern. The 'lip' could be edge trim on the top of the steps, confirming that the cat is going up. Yeah, edge trim on stairs isn't too common because it can be dangerous if it's not anti-slip (and it DOES look slippery), but that's my initial guess.

But look at the walls, particularly the left side. There appears to be something about the size of a brick in the wall. I know nothing about building stars, but I'd think that whatever that is would be more useful if it was aligned horizontally than vertically. That means that the 'lip' is the front side of the edge trim, and that the unseen/top side of the edge trim is probably anti-slip.


Bottom line: The cat is going down.

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I think the cat has to be going down the stairs. If you look at the edge of each stair there is a raised lip. If the cat we're going down stairs the lip would just be a slight extension of the horizontal stepping area of each step. But if the cat we're going up the stairs then the footstep area of each step would have a raised section at the edge that would make the surface area of each step not flat and therefor unsafe. And the lip would be more likely to catch a heel.

Other than that, the "normal" conclusion would be that the cat is going up the stairs, because the camera position would be more natural. Also, the area that would be at the "bottom" of the stairs is consistent with a open room. Where as if the cat we're going down the stairs you would expect a banister or railing at what would be the top of the stairs.

A vital clue to whether it's up or down, lip or no lip, is the foot position of the cat's left front paw. If you could "prove" which surface the paw was resting on the up/down question would be solved. Since the cat's weight is resting on the front left paw measurements of the cat by forensic experts should hold the answer.

Wow....I came up with the exact same 3 reasons.

It's a trick question.

How do we know the cat is not stuffed (taxidermy) and not doing anything at all?

The real question though is "is the cat white and gold or blue and black?".

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Having had cats for many years, I think he is going down. Something about the way the cat is postured. The reason cats have tails is for balance. I could see a cat having his tail up going down and down going up. Kind of like how it is harder going downhill on a unicycle than going uphill in terms of balancing.

Then again, you could argue the tail isn't up but just behind him. Still, I would lay only about 6 to 5 on down.

It's is also harder to lower a large-wheeled canon down hill than it is to pull it up hill. That was made clear by Cary Grant's character "Anthony" in the movie The Pride And Passion.

Bottom line: The cat is going up.

Why no poll?

Quote: teddys

Bottom line: The cat is going up.

Why no poll?

Did you come to this decision though divine revelation?

Quote: teddys

Why no poll?

It is a split-off thread, which can't have polls.