Is This Cat Going Up or Down? The Internet Finds a New #Dressgate

#TheDress has now been laid to rest in peace (or pieces, if you will, after Twitter tore it apart trying to decide what colour it was). The Internet has now found a whole new head scratcher to argue about.

An image first posted on 9GAG on their Facebook page has prompted a new social media debate - is this cat going up or down the stairs?

The black and white image, seemingly an optical illusion, has since been shared over and over again on Twitter. Netizens are either looking for the right answer or stating their own opinion and explanation.

Aaaaaah!! "@findmeagift: The new #thedress? Is this cat going up or down the stairs? Crazy! #UporDown pic.twitter.com/cE454wN6Ml"

- Jason Deline (@JasonDeline) April 13, 2015

Oh god it's the dress all over again #UporDown pic.twitter.com/M7AW7lzpZp

- Kyle Rourk (@ksrourk) April 13, 2015

Your Monday morning challenge! Is the cat going up or coming down the stairs. #Cat #Stairs pic.twitter.com/2S1P9iywuF

- Suffolk Tech (@SuffolkTech) April 13, 2015

I hereby nominate the #thecat going #upordown the stairs for president.

- Ryan McCarthy (@RadioWavesRyan) April 13, 2015

#UporDown I think the cat is walking up the stairs. pic.twitter.com/FVeYdNRzIL

- Nico (@kmonicole) April 13, 2015

No more dress. Is this cat going up or down the stairs? http://t.co/YR54zI8oBx

- perunov (@perunov) April 13, 2015

staying as far away from the cat thing as possible but it is going down the stairs because the overhang lip bit that stairs get is yeah

- lucy (@footlrh) April 13, 2015

That cat is going up the stairs bye

- liz (@Maroon5lurv) April 13, 2015

The cat is going downstairs. If not, then they should directly he contractor who build the stairs.

- 8bitrocket.com (@8bitrocket) April 13, 2015

@LarzPruett The stairs are halfway down the cat. The stairs are going up-cat.

- Casey Murphy (@CaseMurph) April 12, 2015

This could be a paradox to rival Schrodinger's cat.

While Twitter puzzles over the question, tell us what you think - is the cat going up or down? Share your opinion in the comments section below.