"The cat on the stairs" = the new "The Dress"

Is this cat going up the stairs or down the stairs?

The viral image website 9gag is largely responsible for this latest optical illusion. A version of the image was uploaded there on March 29th under the title "Forget about the golden dress".

However, the photo goes back at least 2+ years. It was uploaded to the Arabic website fay3.com in 2012 with a title that roughly translates as "Cat is neither climbing nor descending."

The debate over the cat on the stairs brings to mind #TheDress question that captivated social media, the Internet and the media at large in February. Walt still says the dress was gold and white.