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[–] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 hours ago

As a German, I can offer "Ein Schluck Wasser in der Kurve".

[–] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago
[–] matelt@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

Either good kitten or sausage

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's one of these...

[–] ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

i would say it's the fourth

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Catenary curve.

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ah, the classic Egyptian Eye pose.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Hmmm, I think you are right. She is just throwing it back to the times when cats ruled… wait, how is that different from present day?

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The Eye of Horus I believe

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago

Reticulated sp(l)ine.

[–] catbum@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Hoooogarfield curve.

[–] Shaper@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Catatellogram.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago
[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's a trap.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Cat hat hook.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That shape is called a "cat".

[–] qwank@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

The true answer here

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 6 points 1 day ago
[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

My god I wish I could do that. I can curl up in a ball and then my fat fucking ass can't breathe.

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Jigglypuff seen from above!

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Cat-shape #8.

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Flat.

All shadows are flat.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Bezier purrve.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Tilde

Appropriate that it's used in logic to denote negation, and you have a void there.

[–] tetrachromacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Purr-abola.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is, scientifically speaking, called "stretcho's"

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Classic yawning pose. Arching pose?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Better fix that hole in the floor.

Looks exactly like a cat to me. Nice shadow puppet.

[–] OhmeHose@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

inverse banana

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

new kind of maths: that is a pair-of-bollock curve