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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 149 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"What is up, dog?"

Side note: the opposite of cat isn't actually dog. The opposite of cat is goldfish. A goldfish loves water, is not fluffy, doesn't exterminate every bird for sport, will never knock your favorite coffee mug off your desk, not bipolar, and I'm not allergic to them.

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 80 points 2 months ago

The opposite of a cat is the absence of a cat ☝️

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 50 points 2 months ago

The opposite of cat is antimatter cat. When they come together, you have an explosion 18,000 times larger than Nagasaki.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago
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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
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[-] GoosLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The absence of a cat implies nothing is there. So the opposite of a cat is nothing (specifically nothing where a cat should have been).

So, another acceptable answer would be "what is up? Nothing."

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

The absence of a cat implies the absence of a cat. There could be a dog instead or a Gasplanet which has a species of conscious whales wearing silly hats rolling in the mud to communicate the need for a fruity beverage. It could be anything, it could be nothing. It is not possible, from the given facts, to come to any concrete conclusion besides that a cat, is in fact, absent.

[-] FellowHuman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I have a feeling, you are "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" reader.

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 17 points 2 months ago

There are several domestic cat breeds known for loving water; one is the Bengal.

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[-] hex@programming.dev 59 points 2 months ago

If dog is not the opposite of cat, then why did everyone immediately know the answer is dog? Hmm 🤔

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 14 points 2 months ago

...when i was in second grade i wrote a book report on chocolate fever, in which the climax involved the protagonist taking vanilla pills, which were so obviously the opposite of chocolate to my eight-year-old perspective, but which no adults with whom i discussed the book found at all obvious...

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[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago

I seem to remember a youtube video from years ago explaining how things can be opposites in different ways, like glue is the opposite of scissors because of the use, red is the opposite of blue because of what they represent, etc.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

The wiki article lists a few categories like gradable words that exist on a spectrum (hot/cold), complementary or binary pairs with no spectrum (entrance/exit, moral/immoral), and relational types that only make sense in a certain context (teacher/student).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_%28semantics%29

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

What would be the opposite of any mammal? A carrot? A brick? A slime mold?

Does everything actually have an "opposite"?

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

I'd say everything has several opposites, each in a different aspect.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago

If we're following bizzaro world logic, the opposite of anything is the version that's stupid, or if you're stupid, then smart.

I imagine bizarro me is teaching physics in a prestigious university.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Humans (like most living things) like to put things in boxes to make navigating their environment simpler. Temperatures aren't really opposites because they're on a continuum, but we talk about hot and cold as opposites to bring order to environmental navigation. The same with presence and absence of light and bright/dark. So, extending this logic, the opposite of cat is the absence of cat, but that doesn't really make sense. If you cut a cat in half, are you halfway on a continuum from cat to the opposite of cat? If the cat is whole but has died, is it cat, opposite of cat, something else entirely? I have no idea, and no one else really does either. Brains are weird.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago
[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure that's the answer to the anti life equation... nobody tell darkseid (゚ロ゚)

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

I would phrase it as, "What is 'up' and 'dog?'" Being extra clear but ruining the joke.

[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

There are many ~~answers~~ questions the judges will accept, but only one correct ~~answer~~ question!

(Also happy cake day!)

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

tee isn't exactly the opposite of cat but I can't remember a command that only redirects screen output to a file.

What is up, tee?

edit: what's the opposite of "cd .."?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

cat is for concatenating files, so the opposite would be something that breaks a stream up into multiple files.

[-] joranvar@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So, split.

Edit: although there's also tac, which could fit the bill as well.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 20 points 2 months ago
[-] Bread@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Not much, what's up with you?

[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

Oh oh! I know this one since I play Slice and Dice!

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

A dog will try to save your life if you're drowning. A cat will sit on your head to keep from getting wet while you're drowning.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

head | tee

?

[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
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[-] theilleists@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

What is the opposite of a cat, then?

If your answer is, "it doesn't have one," then I nominate dog.

[-] Iapar@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago
[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The opposite of cat is cat.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

The opposite of cat is >

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'd say mouse as there are many manic cat mouse duos like Itchy and Scratchy

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

That's a foil, not an opposite

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[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

What is up and what is png

each letter in PNG is exactly opposite the corresponding letter in CAT if the letter were equally distributed around a circle in alphabetical order.

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not much how about you.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

A better clue might be

This direction and pet combo became a common “gotcha” in the early 2000s.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Sure a better clue if you don't want the joke to work

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[-] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

The best answer would actually be "not much, what's up with you"

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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago
[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Also the host does not ask the questions.

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[-] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The opposite of the opposite of wrong is left.

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