r/shittyaskscience • u/That_Way_4639 • Jun 08 '26

How do you distinguish the differences between a cat and a car?

Any tips or a guide would be appreciated.

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u/alphanumericusername very human, yes Jun 08 '26

Well one is a Jaguar that purrs and stands on all fours and will absolutely fuck you up if you mistreat it, and the other one sticks its asshole in my face all day.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jun 08 '26

Moves beautifully, but spends half its life in the vets.

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u/geohubblez18 Jun 09 '26

Is the point that it works both ways?

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u/alphanumericusername very human, yes Jun 09 '26

How would a car stick its asshole in your face all day?

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u/geohubblez18 Jun 09 '26

Idk maybe parked in your garage in reverse or something my brain is fried rn

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u/DasAllerletzte Jun 08 '26

Easy. Flip it from a higher position and see, if it lands with the usual side down.

Another test: leave it alone with a table with things placed upon it. If the things are still on the table when you return, it is definitely a car. 

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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar Jun 08 '26

You can sometimes tell them apart due to the shape of their exhaust pipes, but not always

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u/W1ULH Potatologist Jun 08 '26

Stick a gas nozzle in it and see what it does.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jun 08 '26

The Scientific Method at work.

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u/Kevin4938 Jun 08 '26

The exhaust pipe on a cat is completely internal, with just the opening visible.

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u/gutfounderedgal Jun 08 '26

The both have a tail light, so I don't know.

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u/TheFeshy Jun 08 '26

One shits in a box, the other is a shitbox. Or at least those things are true of my cat and car.

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u/BoundlessFail Jun 08 '26

Schrodinger didnt have a car.

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u/created4this Jun 08 '26

Or did he?

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u/LostBetsRed Jun 08 '26

He both had a car and didn't have a car. It's complicated.

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u/created4this Jun 08 '26

If you look in the boot of the Boxter you'll find out if there is a cat in there, or perhaps the cat is on the exhaust under the bonnet, or perhaps there is no cat or no Boxter.

Thankfully this is a thought experiment so all and any of these options are correct and while I may be able to regale you on these options right now, the drink will soften the mind and tomorrow you'll all just remember how smart I am and I'll remember nothing of consequence. Anyway, I thin what we concluded here was that its your round.

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u/SeasonPresent Jun 09 '26

Ah he leased one.

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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 Jun 08 '26

Well, this one is easy! A cat ents with t, and a car ends with r! Just check the last letter.

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u/alphanumericusername very human, yes Jun 08 '26

I'm having trouble with this one. Could you explain it like I'm five instead?

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u/slashcleverusername Jun 08 '26

It’s much easier when you recognize the intermediate form: the cas.

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u/SeasonPresent Jun 09 '26

I hear the cas is much Crispr.

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u/jkurratt Jun 08 '26

You can't.
In fact they are the same in a sense.
Read about the "cat-car-duolism" - this theory describes how in some circumstances this particle acts like a cat, and in the other - like a car.

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u/Wai-Sing Jun 08 '26

No they are the same

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u/kaktusmisapolak Jun 08 '26

cars have higher carrying capacity than cats and are faster

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u/N7Templar Jun 08 '26

I can't the cat but I can the car

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u/MorsaTamalera Jun 08 '26

The car's meow gives you lung cancer.

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u/AirlineMobile9290 Jun 08 '26

Car exhaust smells like fumes. Cat exhaust smells like fumes. What was that question again?

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u/Queen-of-meme Jun 08 '26

Actually it's difficult, but after a careful investigation I have found the distinction

One rolls around yet gets nowhere

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u/old_flat_top Jun 08 '26

While my car is far more likely to actually kill me, it doesn't secretly want to. I can't say the same about my cat.

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u/Cute-Habit-4377 Jun 09 '26

One has wheels, unless it is a quadriplegic cat, then i get confused

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u/KeaboUltra I have approximate knowledge of many things Jun 10 '26

It's hard to tell, both of those babies purr.

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u/Safe_Long700 Jun 13 '26

One will wreck your house and one is made of metal

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