'The mop of doom': Pawrents share the very orange fears of their very orange cats, while they wait for their turn with the brain cell

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Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor
Feb 26, 2025 12:00 PM EST

The orange cats are a very special bunch. First of all, they're Very Orange™, which makes them behave in the very classic orange way. Second of all, orange cats share all one brain cell, each waiting patiently for their turn with it while it hops from one orange cat to another. These two reasons combined create a carrot-colored creature that acts like anything from a feral goblin to a confused pigeon. That's just basic orange cats facts for anyone who was not aware of this situation.

Now, because orange cats are Very Orange, they tend to have Very Orange opinions on stuff and things. And within this, they tend to have Very Orange fears - which are totally irrational to us, or any other cat, but are somehow logical in the mind of an orange cat. The silliness knows no bounds. One orange cat pawrent was curious and turned the question for the online feline family - what does your orange cat is afraid of? You see, their own orange specimen is afraid of ceiling fans, so it was only natural for them to be curious about other orange fears.

Lo and behold, the silly coo-cooness of orange cats' fears described in this thread was no less than a complete crazy cat comedy skit. It's hilarious to understand what the Orange Mindset causes the orange cats to be afraid of. Seriously, orange cat pawrents, we salute you - you have to deal with a lot until your cat wins a turn with the single orange brain cell. You're all ameowzing.

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  • 01
    Does your orange have any irrational fears? Orange Cat Behavior™ Duster here has a fear of ceiling fans.
    via u/TheSeventhBrat
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    saefas Our orange is afraid of his brother, a 20-year old gray tabby who is half his size and who leaves him entirely alone
    via u/saefas
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    Haunted Hippie The tabby as soon as you leave the room: GIF
    via u/HauntedHippie
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    censorkip it's the other way around in my household. the orange lacks social skills and insists on being in his sister's business 24/7. he's always trying to touch her and "play" with her (jump on her head and bite her butt). he loves her and she can barely tolerate him. edit to add: he likes to try to hang out with her when she's sleeping so she won't run away from him
    via u/censorkip
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    paw out and all. he wants to bother her so bad
    via u/censorkip

  • That's a Very Orange™ behavior - they're both chilling, they're both relaxed, but the orange cat always keeps a door open for trouble and chaos. They cannot help it. It's the orange way.

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    Alfhiildr I had to make sure you weren't one of my parents. Our orange is the same way. No matter how many times his sister goes for the jugular, he does not learn. Thankfully his sister knows where "too far" is and doesn't cross that boundary. He does not know that. (Trust me. He likes sticking his nose into her but ole.)
    via u/Alfhiildr
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    auntiepink007 Top 1% Commenter Large squishmallows. A friend gifted me one that's about 2 feet tall and it's been locked up since I brought it home and my creamsicle freaked out. He wouldn't even come in the same room.
    via u/auntiepink007
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    amandadusol And then there's my cat whose favorite spot in the house is his squishmallow chair ③
    via u/amandadusol
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    MrsPotato Head789 We bought Bob a new cat toy and that was very scary. It was the same as his old one, just a different colour.
    via u/MrsPotatoHead789

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    Tooligan13853 Peak orange moment. 159 Reply Kiwicat333 Omg I have a bob too
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    murmeltearding Proud owner of an orange brain cell BB mine is called boy, can i join your club? he is VERY orange! his biggest fear is probably the doorbell
    via u/murmeltearding
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    broughttoyoubycoffee Mine is afraid of ceiling fans, too! But only when they're NOT moving.
    via u/broughttoyoubycoffee
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    Tashawott Proud owner of an orange brain cell The first time my boy saw the fan moving, stayed in that spot and pose for at least 30 minutes. Not even sure he blinked tbh
    via u/Tashawott
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    traveling-trashbin The lack of braincell makes him unable to process a moving object
    via u/traveling-trashbin
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    TheSeventhBrat OP I have 5 of them in my house and I never run them. He's fine with the 4 that are in bedrooms. But he's terrified of the one in the kitchen. He can walk into the kitchen 100 times a day and pay it no mind, but the 101st time you'd think it was falling from the ceiling.
    via u/TheSeventhBrat
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    KoningSpookie "Ceiling fan = mega blades of doom. Whatever that nice-lookin' circle is, it's freakin' awesome!"
    via u/KoningSpookie
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    Booksntea2 Anytime my cat hears a scary noise he looks at the ceiling fan like it's responsible
    via u/Booksntea2
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    yaiyogsothoth Hats. If anyone wears a hat in his vicinity, his ears immediately go back and he runs and hides.
    via u/yaiyogsothoth
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    Glitter_berries Mine hates hats too! One time my dad was holding him and my mum approached them, wearing a hat. She was talking to my dad for a full minute before Theodore looked up, noticed she was wearing a hat, then did a full flip in the air while pooping on my dad's shoulder. Total freak out.
    via u/Glitter_berries
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    But he is also perfectly happy to WEAR a hat. 300
    via u/Glitter_berries
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    United_Seesaw3543 My orange thinks garbage trucks are the coolest thing ever, but the street sweeper is the devil.
    via u/United_Seesaw3543

  • This arbitrary division is Very Orange™. It's just that this is how orange logic works - they might like one chair in the house and claim it as their own, but be deathly afraid of another, identical chair in the house, and run to another room if said chair is merely touched.

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    PowerSkunk92 The Dude hates dryer lint of all things. All I have to do to keep him out of a room or off of a table is to put some dryer lint on it or at the door. He won't go near it. I have no idea why.
    via u/PowerSkunk92
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    SharMarali My orange thinks he has to protect the household from the printer. Every time I print anything he comes out of nowhere to hop up and glower menacingly at the thing.
    via u/SharMarali
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    confidentbut Proud owner of an orange brain c... Kevin is terrified of a small round basket in my home that i have now put in storage. he would not enter the room if the basket was there
    via u/confidentbut
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    WavierLays I'm sorry to say it seems you have a classic basket case.
    via u/WavierLays
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    Earth7_being He runs away when any of us sneezes. We think he was a plague doctor in his past life.
    via u/Earth7_being
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    knitmama77 My girl is scared of sneezes too, but only my husband's. He is very loud, very dramatic, and ALWAYS sneezes several times in a row. She can be sitting on my lap, 8 ft away, but if he sneezes, she almost always takes off like a shot. If I sneeze while she's snoozing on my lap though? Might open her eyes, look at me, then go back to sleep.
    via u/knitmama77
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    BinkyArk My orange floof is also terrified of sneezes. We're pretty sure he thinks our faces will explode. It has gotten to be commonplace for us to announce we might sneeze to prepare him in the hopes he won't destroy everything in his path as he bolts, and then apologise for sneezing afterwards. Most people say bless you, we say sorry.
    via u/BinkyArk
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    celtbygod My Weasley saw a banana when he jumped up on the table. He flew into the air and landed on the same banana. He went zoomie and hid in the closet for hours.
    via u/celtbygod
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    SensationalSavior Loaf is terrified of my shower upstairs. He sings the song of his people in the shower downstairs however.
    via u/SensationalSavior
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    Ohshithereiamagain The woosh wave you do when bringing a plastic bag to life. Scared him so much, he runs away upstairs.
    via u/Ohshithereiamagain
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    crochetology My in-laws orange is afraid of the open front door. Only the front door, and only when it's open. This same feline will coming running to get vacuumed by the Dust Buster. Make it make sense.
    via u/crochetology
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    olbertas The mop of doom
    via u/olbertas

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