A hilarious Instagram video has fans rallying behind one very dramatic orange cat named Dave, who starred in an entry of a long‑running series dedicated to his “suffering.” Instagram user @indoor_outdoor_kat posted the clip, labeling it as “REASONS WHY DAVE SUFFERED TODAY PART 24.” It shows Dave navigating what his owner playfully frames as a series of struggles, all set to somber music for theatrical effects.
Owner lists reasons orange cat suffered in a day in video
The video opens with the orange cat’s first struggle of the day: the tilted chair. He sits beneath a dining table, staring at a chair that isn’t sitting quite right, setting the tone for the rest of his “hardship.” From there, Dave faces more obstacles. He reportedly “did not receive two consecutive dinners even though he sang for them,” shown as he sits on top of a pet food container, meowing to plead his case. His owner reminds him later in the video, “You just got a snack.”
That’s not all. In another one of Dave’s struggles, his owner threw out the egg noodles. Moreover, he was “denied the pleasure of eating guitar strings,” and a person named Jackson “was saying such terrible things.” Then, in one shot, Dave meows at the edge of a staircase with the caption reading, “Stairs” — clearly another one of his various struggles. Later in the video, the orange cat collapses on a bed bench, seemingly exhausted, as the text notes that “the bed was improperly made.”
In the end, the video shows Dave lying flat on the floor under the dramatic line, “the intolerable burden of being alive.” Part 24 of Dave’s struggles has now become a standout in the series with 4.2 million views, and many viewers said the adorable orange cat’s mock suffering in the video actually made their day a little lighter. For a cat who battles tilted chairs and missed noodles, his loyal audience seems more than ready to cheer him on through part 25 and beyond.
