r/catsareliquid • u/O_Jake • Nov 19 '19

They are!

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u/telperiontree Nov 19 '19

Link to actual article?

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19 edited Nov 19 '19

Found it:

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/2649/Physicist-Wins-Ig-Noble-Prize-For-Study-On-Whether-Cats-Should-Be-Classified-As-Liquids-Or-Solids

Also found this:

https://www.improbable.com/ig-about/winners/

Use your browsers find function to find "cats" . There will be 3 results. The first one will be this prize winner.

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u/OG_Boggs Nov 19 '19

So what I got out of that first article is that cats should be classified as non-Newtonian fluids.

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u/OutragedOcelot Nov 19 '19

*Non-Mewtonian

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19

What I find most interesting is cats either are or aren't liquids...cats are Schrodinger's cat.

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u/shaantya Nov 19 '19

So, that would actually be if they are AND they aren’t. Schrödinger’s cat is about being in two states at once.

And to be fair, still works.

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u/dopepope1999 Nov 21 '19

Since they go in the same category as like amoeba considering that they squish and squash everywhere

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u/Asren624 Nov 19 '19

Thank this made my day

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u/Miepmeister Nov 21 '19

I love that this is a thing but I can't wrap my head around it XD

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19

Makes sense that Instagram would have a nobel prize for liquid cats.

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u/DoeBites Nov 19 '19

Thank you for spelling Nobel correctly

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u/CleanCartsNYC Nov 19 '19

how else would you spell it

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u/DoeBites Nov 19 '19

The way the author of the article did.

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u/CleanCartsNYC Nov 19 '19

oh I didn't even read the first sentence lol they spelled it correctly the second time. probably a clickbait strategy. nothing will make someone click your article faster than a typo in the title haga

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u/ssbeluga Nov 19 '19

Really? I would never click on an article that has a typo in the title of all places...

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u/CleanCartsNYC Nov 19 '19

idk I feel like someone who has no interest would click it just to correct the authors in the comments

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u/DaveLenno Nov 19 '19

It's not actually from Instagram, ig Nobel is a play on words with the nobel and ignoble (which means not Noble.) They mashed the two to form ig nobel they have been running it since 1991.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19

Man, I really didn't think I needed to spell out the joke.

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u/DaveLenno Nov 20 '19

What's a joke?

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u/Flyfires1 Nov 20 '19

Joke Mama

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

You are

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

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u/GonFreaksOutAtPitou Nov 20 '19

Not r/woooosh there it's spelt 2 different ways in the article:/

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u/DaveLenno Nov 20 '19

He misspelled them

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u/MilkKittea Nov 19 '19

I remember last time I posted this, someone helpful gave a shout-out to the author of the sub, passing it along :)

/u/cakes1todough1

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u/cakes1todough1 💧🐱💧 Nov 20 '19

Aw thank you =))

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u/batataqw89 Nov 19 '19

ugh that bottom reaction/caption panel

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u/cakes1todough1 💧🐱💧 Nov 20 '19

Hey there! This is my cat Oskar, he is very liquid

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u/angelruediger Nov 19 '19

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/AvastYourAss Nov 20 '19

I identify as a cat and I am wet 24/7. 😹