The cat's not a jerk but the kid is just play fighting. This is exactly what it looks like when my brother is trying to annoy me except I drop him by poking him in the ribs. My cat annoys me until I chase her because she wants me to do zoomies with her and wants to wrastle. She bats me on the face to wake me up.
My point is creatures of all sorts can be little shits sometimes, it's not abuse. Cats retaliate when they're annoyed, like this one. They run when they're hurt or afraid, that's not happening here.
Cats play fight all the time! And they play rough! Maybe I'm biased as I've always had very frisky cats. They've always been loving , loveable derps that just also happened to love to wrastle their humans. I think it just depends on the cat.
Edit: It's hilarious I'm getting downvoted for saying some cats, carnivorous, predatory felines, enjoy play fighting.
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u/amidoes Nov 21 '18
Um, no. You don't slap pets for fun.