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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Squirt bottle is a bad idea. The cat won’t associate the water with something bad, it will associate the water with SOMEONE bad, and stop trusting you. The double sided tape is best idea.
gpt
this isn't true (or at least always true.) 

this method worked for me for several years. eventually the cats stopped doing the thing that would get them squirted. we didn't have to use the bottle anymore once they figured out "if i do bad thing, i get wet. i don't like wet. i don't do bad thing, no wet."

this lead to many more purring snuggles on the couch instead of a moist cat on the kitchen counter top.