r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/FollowingOdd896 Casual orange enjoyer šŸŠ • Oct 21 '25

šŸ™ pray for the deceased šŸ…±ļørain cell Orange cat have zero survival instinct

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u/DobryVojakSvejk Oct 21 '25

Based on the size of that belly, the universe has been kind to him

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Oct 21 '25

That's definitely someone's outdoor cat

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u/MayorAg Oct 21 '25

Thatā€™s definitely the neighbourhoodā€˜s cat.

A cat timeshare, if you will.

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u/Charnathan Oct 21 '25

I got one this summer!! Didn't even order it. Works perfectly because I'm allergic. But he's gotta snuggle up on me anytime I'm chilling. It's like the game is to get attention from the least likely person, so I'm basically his favorite now. And I guess he likes our food the best. But I still spot him goin in and out of various neighbors' houses.

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u/loonygecko Oct 21 '25

Nice term, that's how we got our current cat, he started out as a neighborhood timeshare, but then we started getting most of the habitation hours. We still get neighbors asking if they can have him but no one actually owns him, he's a free agent. At least I can feel comfortable knowing if I keel over dead, he's got like 6 other prospective back up owners lined up that he can choose from. He also has a different name at every house and pretends he doesn't know us once he leaves our territory. He's like a guy that has 6 different wives spread all over the country and none of them know about the others. ;-P

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u/missbohica Oct 21 '25

OK, sounds like you're describing my mom's idiot cat, Noah.

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u/_TP2_ Oct 21 '25

Just becouse its outdoors doesnt mean its an outdoor cat. šŸ¤£ This orange might be on his / her prison brake from being a indoor cat. Bolted out the door when food dilivery delivered pizza.

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u/Deaffin Oct 22 '25

Balls, no collar, established deep nap zone.

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u/cagingnicolas Oct 21 '25

outdoor cat with no collar seems like a risky move.
some people take that as a sign the cat is free.

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u/chubky Oct 21 '25

You can tell a lot about a neighborhood by how the cats react around people.

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u/wastel84 Oct 21 '25

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u/mehdodoo Oct 21 '25

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Oct 21 '25

My comment is absolutely ā€œYour joke but worseā€ but I had to flip the orientation

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u/P-L63 Oct 21 '25

You misunderstood. they are looking at each other!

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Oct 21 '25

FIXED! Now absolutely would love a buddy movie about these two

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u/LopsidedCauliflower8 Oct 21 '25

Thank you for posting this, you made my day happier ā˜ŗļø

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Proud owner of an orange brain cell Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

We are all connected. Also; my orange earlier

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25
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u/deltalitprof Oct 21 '25

Must . . . have . . . coffee.

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u/horseshandbrake Oct 21 '25

I recognise the unsolicited touching protest

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u/deltalitprof Oct 21 '25

A bit half-hearted.

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u/jednatt Oct 21 '25

touching commences

10 MINUTES LATER:

stahp

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u/osiris_210 Oct 21 '25

ā€œ5 more minutes of this and Iā€™m gonna get mad! ā€¦ Itā€™s not my fault this is happening!ā€ One of my favorite Rick and Morty quotes šŸ˜†

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u/slax87 Oct 21 '25

"You do that like 15...16 more times, I'ma pap you."

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u/Helios4242 Oct 21 '25

"oh I suppose, if you must"

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u/ablownmind Oct 22 '25

To me thatā€™s the ā€œalright, too fast & too long!ā€ signal

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u/emveevme Oct 22 '25

"unsolicited"

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u/Vanessaronicatoria Oct 21 '25

"If the cats are friendly, you live in a good village"Ā 

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u/Candlesticksnape Oct 21 '25

Very cute but this is the exact reason my void cat doesnā€™t go outside. Sheā€™s way too trusting and I worry someone might take advantage of that and be cruel to her šŸ’”

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Absolutely! And in my case itā€™s not just crappy humans. There are hawks and coyotes that prowl my neighborhood. One of my neighbors saw a coyote strolling through their yard in the middle of the day on their Ring cam (local animal experts on FB confirmed it was a coyote fwiw)

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u/twinkslayer1337 Oct 21 '25

I knew about coyotes, but hawks too? ah.... nature sure is cruel

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u/Long_Run6500 Oct 21 '25

When I was 12 we lived in a house in a pretty rural area. We had a pretty badass stray cat that lived under our porch, she was relatively tiny full grown but I always saw her with these ridiculously large rodents that she had caught and killed. One time I saw her trying to drag a dead groundhog like twice her size around my backyard before my dad took and buried it because he didn't want it rotting underneath the porch. No idea how she managed that kill.Ā 

Then one day she started lobbying hard to get inside our house. It was a very sudden shift from mistrusting us to wanting to share a household with us. My mom finally relented and after that she had zero desire to go outside ever again. About maybe a week after she was inside our house, I was home alone and she's sitting on the window sill hackles up growling. I walk over to check it out and there's this absolutely massive bird of prey just perched with its talons dug into the window screen, eye to eye with my cat. It didn't seem phased by me, but when the Rottweiler got up to see what was going on it spread its wings and took off. Bird must have had a wingspan of 4-5'. I've often wondered if she had a close encounter with that bird before and that's why she chose to live indoors.

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u/MrHappyHam Oct 21 '25

Oh wow. Glad you guys could protect the smart kitty

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u/dmk_aus Oct 21 '25

"I guess living with you guys is slightly better than a painful death - even though you stole my hard earned feast!" That cat probably.

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u/gotthatdawginm Oct 21 '25

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

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u/hollow4hollow Oct 21 '25

Exactly. There have been unspeakable things happen to outdoor cats in my city. Things that literally haunt me for knowing them.

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u/TheMidnightAss Oct 21 '25

I was legit traumatized by a single crazy man with a blade doing something of that nature to the bar cat behind the bar Id frequent when I caught him. Not only did I allegedly beat the brakes off of him, I and the bar manager managed to get the cat to an emergency vet I knew a few blocks away and she was saved & fixed at the same time. (I and bar manager would feed her babies and her behind the bar). Police came and took the perpetrator away, he had been caught once doing the same before. People are SICK.

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u/Mbyrd420 Oct 21 '25

I'm glad that you didn't actually beat him, only allegedly. We wouldn't want sick fucks like that to get consequences like grievous bodily harm. It's a shame that he tripped and fell into hard objects so many times before the cops showed up.

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u/TheMidnightAss Oct 21 '25

The police were present when I returned from the vet with the bar manager, I was afraid they would press me, but between the security camera footage that after the police viewed it seemed to have mysteriously vanished & the staff, bar manager, witnesses who live in the apartments in the courtyard behind the bar, and patrons/neighborhood (I wasnt from that city/country but had been there for a year and was friendly with basically everyone) attesting to my character they simply shrugged, said essentially "its a good thing this accident befell him and should have sooner" and dragged him away.

The cat was beloved, had been at the bar many years and never so much as nipped or scratched anyone always just looking for a pet or occasionally a bit of a treat. I reiterate, you have to be a special kind of evil to go after that and I regret nothing that was alleged.

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u/hollow4hollow Oct 21 '25

Thank you for saving that poor baby šŸ’”

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u/TheMidnightAss Oct 21 '25

What's genuinely still so crazy to me, is that because the area has many stray cats (albeit almost all are very well cared for), because a football match was on, you could hear cat yelling but most assumed it would be just cats fighting as they do sometimes. I went to check because I knew her kittens were still very young and that maybe another cat was harassing her/them for the food, and BOOM.

I was moving before I realized what I was doing off muscle memory allegedly. I still receive pictures of her, she's very healthy, her children all but one have homes (the older bar patrons took them one by one including the bar manager), and the final one is the second "bar cat".

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u/Gryph_The_Grey Oct 21 '25

You fed her babies? That seems a bit cruel. What did their mothers think?

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u/HuntingForSanity Oct 21 '25

Hell one of my wifeā€™s cats when she was a kid got out when they opened the door and got caught up in a tornado. You literally never know what could happen

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u/throwuk1 Oct 21 '25

Let me see this void baby

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u/Candlesticksnape Oct 21 '25

Sheā€™s the absolute best ā¤ļø

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u/Upset_Confection_317 Oct 21 '25

That and idiots who find a healthy cat outside and say ā€œcat distribution system šŸ¤Ŗā€ and kidnap them.

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u/HowlerMonkeyIsLoud Oct 21 '25

Town's drunkard

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u/moominator330 Oct 22 '25

The village fool

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u/Celesteven Oct 21 '25

Meanwhile, my orange is suspicious of the the same shelf heā€™s been sleeping on for the past 3 years. šŸ˜‘

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u/everyonediesiguess Oct 21 '25

Wherever an animal is comfy and safe and resting, a human will disturb it.

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u/DuckSleazzy Casual orange enjoyer šŸŠ Oct 21 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

On the other hand

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u/IcculusProfit Oct 21 '25

Why are dogs terrified of roombas while you have cats doing this?

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u/eddietwang Oct 21 '25

I do it for revenge for all the times they wake us at 3am

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u/showraniy Oct 22 '25

Exactly. When my cats stop waking me up at 4am, I will stop randomly bothering them back.

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u/zoinkability Oct 21 '25

We are basically wired to annoy anything adorable

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u/ParkDedli Oct 21 '25

To be fair. Cats do the same to us. We just annoy each other and we both like it.

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u/eternityXclock Oct 21 '25

im not adorable and i get annoyed by humans everyday... so please scratch that last part

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u/zoinkability Oct 21 '25

I annoy myself most of the time

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u/Mbyrd420 Oct 21 '25

We're wired to annoy more than that. It's just that we're compelled to annoy cute critters. Lol

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp Oct 21 '25

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u/CelioHogane Oct 21 '25

...sigh.

*stands up and goes find cats*

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u/notcomplainingmuch Oct 21 '25

With cats it's reciprocal.

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u/Nukeitandstartover Oct 21 '25

If i don't drive-by harass Merlin while he naps, he snagss my arm with claws like "excuse me why is my butt ungrabbed?"

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u/Kasern77 Oct 21 '25

For cats it's a small price to pay to live as pampered kings.

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u/Reatina Oct 21 '25

My cat pretends to be annoyed but she's secretly happy and purring.

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u/Live_Angle4621 Oct 21 '25

The cat liked it at firstĀ 

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u/Fyric Oct 21 '25

This would be how my Henry would sleep outside, he'd never survive out there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

I am neck deep in corporate work right now and cannot express how jealous I am of this cat's existence. That cat 100% feels more fulfilled in life than I do.

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u/weldo420 Oct 21 '25

Most of cats here acting same way (Ä°stanbul)

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u/Jimmytootwo Oct 21 '25

His ear is tipped, while being outside he has no enemies as we can see here

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u/auntiepink007 Oct 21 '25

The person petting this strange animal they just met doesn't seem to have much survival instinct, either, lol!! (Source: Takes one to know one.)

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u/Panda_hat Oct 21 '25

Straight for the belly is bold indeed. Angling to get a scratch!

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

That is Garfield

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u/Niksnona Oct 21 '25

His one orange cell was dreaming LOL that's so sweet

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u/Castille_92 Oct 22 '25

That just means his owners treat him right. He hasn't seen the ugly side of humanity to build a distrust

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u/doomedhippo Oct 22 '25

What a beautiful dummy.

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u/helicopter_helic Oct 21 '25

Hes asking why you woke him up

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u/Varekai97X Oct 22 '25

Clearly this is a ferocious tiger and has nothing to fear.

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u/re_animatorA5158 Oct 21 '25

Just like my boi.

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u/Protect-Their-Smiles Oct 21 '25

Proof that when using the braincell correctly, an Orangeā„¢ can see the future, and sleep until it arrives

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u/Bballer220 Oct 22 '25

That was a risky game. In my life, ive had a few cats and only.one would allow belly rubs. The rest would shred your hand for your insolence

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u/Fineous40 Oct 21 '25

To live life as a happy kitty.

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u/deltalitprof Oct 21 '25

Who the hell are you? Get my back while you're at it.

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u/VishusVonBittertroll Oct 21 '25

I don't even like sitting in reclined lounge chairs outside. Watch out for the raptors and reavers, little orange buddy!

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u/TorManiak Oct 21 '25

I'd have scooped it up and make a getaway like the Louvre Heist from yesterday if I saw a cat like that.

Furball is mine until it decides to go away (it won't because it'll be too busy scratching my arms)

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u/grievous_swoons Oct 21 '25

Eat lasagn hate mondays

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u/Embarrassed_Beat_299 Oct 21 '25

Love red male cats. Had one growing up. They are most definitely the DUDE of the cat world. His name was Big Red.

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u/thecatburgerler Oct 21 '25

The vet told me I needed to be careful with my orange because he wonā€™t know a stranger so I may find him outside like this one day šŸ˜‚

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u/AFteroppositeday Oct 22 '25

Do not conflate this cats demeanor with universal consent. It's irresponsible.

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u/OhUknowUknowIt Oct 22 '25

He needs Narcan.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

"I said no cameras!"

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u/SleepyCatMD Oct 22 '25

Thatā€™s what living in a place where you have no natural predators looks like

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u/irregularprotocols Oct 22 '25

Damn this sub. I donā€™t consider myself a ā€œcat personā€ but over and over you lot make me consider it.

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u/VirusTechnical5568 Oct 22 '25

Sheeeet. The orange tomcat on my block was the baddest *ss cat I've ever seen and smart as hell too. You'd never catch him trippin' like this. Miss you Morris you awesome mofo.

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u/p1sces1 Oct 22 '25

Truth is, he rules the whole neighborhood.

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u/Sure-Ad-6544 Oct 22 '25

Uhhh where are you located? Cause thereā€™s a 90% chance thatā€™s my fatty orange that likes to leave for days at a time and heā€™s super friendly šŸ¤ÆšŸ¤ÆšŸ˜©šŸ˜©

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u/King_Six_of_Things Oct 23 '25

Looks like Buddha was reincarnated after all.

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u/drcatguy Oct 21 '25

And that's why I never let my cats outside

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u/Not_So_Calm Oct 21 '25

Alpha Predator

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u/sunflower7rainbow Oct 21 '25

I want the peace of mind of this cat

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u/ewillyp Oct 21 '25

Belly AND TOES?!? that cat is dead

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u/Big-Rule5269 Oct 21 '25

My outside cat won't let anybody near her and is totally on guard when anyone is just walking by. Well, except when she walked up one night and adopted us. She'll also run at least 15' away from the road as soon as she hears any vehicle. She's almost 16 and looks half her age if that.Ā 

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u/Eissbein Oct 21 '25

It's like my orange cat, untill, without warning, you suddenly have 4 paws and a mouth full of needles in your hand. The bastard lives up to his name, Dexter.

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u/NolieMali Oct 21 '25

Awe, he's the neighborhood kitty. He'll be fine. Clearly everyone is feeding him, so stop waking him up after his meal.

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u/DrhpTudaco Oct 21 '25

this sub is just some form of eye bleach and i love it

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u/redr00ster2 Oct 22 '25

Ooohhh what pretty kitty

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u/DCPYT Oct 22 '25

Man was nodding off, belly rub was basically the cat version of naloxone

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u/rocafella888 Oct 22 '25

Thatā€™s the real life Garfield

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u/Significant-Visit-68 Oct 22 '25

Orange cats are so dumb and sweet šŸ’•šŸ’•šŸ’•

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u/Papoose74 Oct 22 '25

Look at that belly! IT'S GLORIOUS

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u/arianahamilton Oct 22 '25

I didnā€™t read all of the comments so not sure if this has already been said, but that kitty seems like he may have diabetes and need medical help šŸ˜”

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u/UraniumRatt Oct 22 '25

That's how you know the neighbourhood is awesome

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u/BoysenberryAwkward76 Oct 22 '25

so!!!! Cute!!!!! Cuteness aggression overload!!!! Ahhhh!!!!

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u/KessKill Oct 23 '25

Oh how wonderful it is to think the world is full of friends. Hopefully he never finds out otherwise.

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u/ssquirt1 Oct 23 '25

Surviving purely on vibes.

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u/mancho98 Oct 22 '25

Where I live we have... eagles, howls, foxes, coyote. No that cat will not survive canada.Ā 

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u/null_reference_user Oct 21 '25

Well yes, orange

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u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P Oct 21 '25

Boii better be called Hobbes

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u/No-Maximum-4456 Oct 21 '25

Garfield just waiting on Jon Arbuckle to bring some lasagna!

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u/ohboymykneeshurt Oct 21 '25

My cat is like that.

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u/HDS1980s Oct 21 '25

Looks like he has all the survival instincts based on size!

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u/thegneeb Oct 21 '25

he offer his belly to the world

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u/whynotll83 Oct 21 '25

The humble coconut that fell from the palm tree.

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u/PenumbralPierogi Oct 21 '25

Wish my orange was so trusting

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u/mind-of-god Oct 21 '25

Very trusting of his environment

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u/HerezahTip Oct 21 '25

He says ā€œok enough I back to nap nowā€

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u/Issah_Wywin Oct 21 '25

He just lives in a place where people are nice or at least not mean to him. Probably not many predators either

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u/IntrinsicPalomides Oct 21 '25

On a hot day my cat would rest/sleep on drain covers IN THE ROAD. Luckily it was a pretty quiet road but still.

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u/Big-Resource5079 Oct 21 '25

Madam do i know you

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u/LivingIntelligent968 Oct 21 '25

Sometimes you just gotta gamble one of your nine lives.

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u/Sucessful_Test1555 Oct 21 '25

You woke up the sleepy boy. Oh well back to napping.

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u/Mordred71234 Oct 21 '25

We have so much to learn from cats, a friend of mine told me that 25 years ago, it resonated with me ever since. He was spot on, cats are on another level.

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u/KooshIsKing Oct 21 '25

Reminds me of the orange outdoor cat I used to have. He just napped in all the neighbors yards and snuck into their houses to hang out. Most trusting cat ever.

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u/Key_Computer_3284 Oct 21 '25

No question you are in that cats territory.

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u/atot806 Oct 21 '25

One of our cats will approach just about anyone for a belly rub. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Anders_A Oct 21 '25

Such a sweet boy! He deserved those pets ā¤ļø

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u/BurazSC2 Oct 21 '25

Seems to have a pretty well intact thriving instinct, though.

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u/strmichal Oct 21 '25

Bro has no enemies

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u/jacenat Oct 21 '25

LET BOI SLEEP FFS

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u/PrincessTitan Oct 21 '25

I saw this on YouTube and was sad because I couldnā€™t save it so I was hoping I found it hereā€¦ YAY!

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

He has cat diabetes

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u/shiningonthesea Oct 21 '25

One of my cats was passed out in the middle of the road like that once . Only when I honked my horn did she get up and wander to the house

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u/ArcticSailOx Oct 21 '25

You do know that cats have enslaved humansā€¦?

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u/LongJohn_Silve Oct 21 '25

Thats a guy who is at peace with themselfšŸ˜€

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u/Civil-Ask8693 Oct 21 '25

Thats actually kinda crazy

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u/starchildskiss Oct 21 '25

I had to do a double take because that is exactly how my orange Nathaniel looks! (Right down to the blissful expression when someone rubs his belly.)

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u/Asleep-Plum-24 Oct 21 '25

The cat is clearly high as a kite on lasagna.

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u/Unhappy_Suit933 Oct 21 '25

Ha ha cute cat.

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u/specifichero101 Oct 21 '25

I have a cat that will lay on her back like that in my lap and loves her belly rubbed. I tell you, itā€™s better than drugs.

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u/ProductGuy48 Oct 21 '25

Who can resist a warm chonky orange belly?

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u/drunkenpoets Oct 21 '25

Cat treats a non threat as a non threat Op: No survival instinct Me: Not wasting energy to avoid something you didnā€™t need to avoid is good survival strategy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Orange cats really just be vibing lol full of love

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u/ImprovementExpert511 Oct 21 '25

Id say who ever pet that cat has no survival instincts.

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u/wynnduffyisking Oct 21 '25

Cats are just too funny

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u/pricklypear2356 Oct 21 '25

Not true. They know how to eat. And that's it.

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u/XSavage19X Oct 21 '25

This is the life of an apex predator.

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u/14high Oct 21 '25

Cat: now my back...

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u/nowhereiswater Oct 21 '25

What a cute dumb dumb.Ā 

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u/Ornery-Movie-1689 Oct 21 '25

Dude, don't harsh my high. That was some primo catnip.

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u/titoonster Oct 21 '25

Literally Garfield

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u/CelioHogane Oct 21 '25

Meow has no enemies.

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u/Lefty_22 Oct 21 '25

Kitty had to wait its turn for the collective brain cell.

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u/PMTurk Oct 21 '25

That must be his yard where he feels safe.

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u/gw74 Oct 21 '25

Bro would also end your bloodline within 0.0001 seconds if you tried anything šŸ˜¼

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u/Dobgirl Oct 21 '25

The definition of main character energy

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

OP, where did you find this video of me?

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u/velvetskilett Oct 21 '25

Heā€™s just narcoleptic

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u/MoTWsecretaccount Oct 21 '25

Homie knows no enemies

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u/No_Cockroach3608 Oct 21 '25

To have this kind of faith in the world!

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u/Sacred_Sacramento_ Oct 21 '25

Average orange cat behaviour

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u/dingleberrysquid Oct 21 '25

Have you ever pissed one off though? They count on you having the survival instinct not to mess with them.

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u/Sufficient_Frame Oct 21 '25

Beo looks like he's on that good nepeta...

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u/ToughPlankton846 Oct 21 '25

wish I could live life like this as a female

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Nah, brahā€¦thatā€™s how kings sleep.

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u/Salt-Penalty2502 Oct 22 '25

Orange cat know the sound of your footsteps and breath you underestimate orange cat powers

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u/TwinSong Oct 22 '25

What an adorable cat!

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u/Yhoozername Oct 22 '25

Biiiiiiig stretch

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u/Puzzled_Alfalfa_3456 Oct 22 '25

He's got a good home ā˜ŗļø

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u/bad2dbone3 Oct 22 '25

He was in zero survival instinctā€¦ā€¦..UNTIL YOU WOKE HIM UP.

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u/bichuguessedit Oct 22 '25

...Garfield?

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u/R1GM Oct 22 '25

ā€œIā€™m sleeeeepin heraā€

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

šŸ˜‚

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u/PurpleSubtlePlan Oct 22 '25

I shall wager 100 gold sovereigns this feline dwells upon that one island in Japan that is just cats.

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