Praise Him

Mal: [meowing like mad from the beginning of the hallway] Brian: [to Mal] Are you a good boy? Did you poo? Did you poop in the box?

"What's your problem? Why are you being an asshole? Stop being such an asshole. You're a goddamn cat. What reasons do you even have to be an asshole about, eh? You're supposed to be fuzzy and cute and NOT AN ASSHOLE."

Mom, yelling at Knickknack because she growled at me for the millionth time today

NOT AN ASSHOLE