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Mike Portnoy, Mark Titus and Aaron Rodgers

Friday, August 4, 201713 takes

Training Camp Injuries and football is back(-). Aaron Rodgers reveals that he tapes all his interviews so as to never be taken out of context so we had him on the show to discuss(-). Mount Rushmore of nerds with Mark Titus(-). The people's lawyer Mike Portnoy joins the show to talk PFT and Hank getting a drinking ticket as well as Portnoy's Complaints(-). Segments include PR 101 for any team signing Colin Kaepernick(-). Respect The Biz for Tom Herman(-). And the return of Jimbo's as narrated by Mike the Bike(-)

Recap

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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Canceling an NFL game causes an immediate increase in local crime

When you cancel a game, there's a crime wave that hits the town. There's an increase in evil that we call crime. So unless you want Canton, Ohio to be run over by thugs tonight, you better have that damn kickoff.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
This is a humorous sociological claim based on a Ray Lewis quote, not a factual statistical reality.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ryan Tannehill is effectively retired because wide receivers cannot return from knee injuries

I'm going to say [Ryan Tannehill] is injured right now because a knee injury is impossible to come back from for a wide receiver.

Tannehill did miss the entire 2017 season but returned in 2018 and eventually had a career resurgence with the Titans.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Colin Kaepernick should change his name to 'Cody' to get signed by an NFL team

I think step one, we say this to a lot of quarterbacks, change your name. Change the first name. Give me a good, solid American name like Cody. Cody Kaepernick. That screams rodeo cowboy.

A humorous PR suggestion that was never attempted.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

College football is fundamentally better when Nebraska is a good program

They're the quintessential college football is better when Texas is a good program. You know, it's like Texas. It's Notre Dame and Nebraska is like the third one of those programs. College football is better when Nebraska is good. That's a fact.

This is a subjective matter of preference for fans and networks.

Mount Rushmore

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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is scientifically cold because space is cold

Where do you land, by the way, on our theory that the sun is, in fact, cold? I'm a fan of the space that just seems to shut everybody down. Space is cold and everyone just... When you said you were willing to hear it out, I was just going to say space is cold. That's it.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, the sun is an extremely hot star.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nobody who writes a book actually reads it cover-to-cover

I have a working theory that nobody that's written a book has actually read their book. Do you listen to your podcast over and over? Yeah, sometimes.

Most authors read their books many times during the editing process, though PFT is focusing on reading the final published product.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Mark Zuckerberg wears the same clothes every day as a 'nerd shield'

My number one [nerd] is Mark Zuckerberg. Big time nerd. You know he's a nerd for a lot of reasons, but the fact that he just can't ever stop wearing the same clothes, he's just like, that's his defense mechanism. It's a little shield. Nerd shield.

Zuckerberg has stated he wears the same clothes to reduce decision fatigue, which aligns with the 'nerd' archetype Big Cat is describing.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Using an Android phone makes you a huge nerd compared to using an iPhone

He's not an iPhone guy. That's a huge nerd. Huge nerd. Like, well, all of China doesn't use an iPhone. They use Androids. Actually, the Android operating system is superior. It moves faster. I don't care that I make all my friends hate me because they have to text in green bubbles.

Purely subjective tribalism between phone users.

Interview

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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Anthony Scaramucci is a sleazeball fredo who lacks all scruples

If I ever saw anybody that came on TV that screamed, I am a sleazeball, I would say [Anthony Scaramucci] is the number one guy... instead of getting Michael being in charge, we have Fredo [Scaramucci].

Character judgment is subjective.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Finishing a beer after being arrested for it is protected by double jeopardy

I think if you start the beer and you get arrested for drinking that beer and then you finish it and they try to arrest you again, that's double jeopardy. It is. You can't be charged twice for the same crime. If it's the same beer.

Fact ClaimLifeHotSarcastic
Double jeopardy prevents multiple prosecutions for the same offense after acquittal or conviction, but finishing the beer would be a continuing or separate act in the eyes of the law.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

People who leave empty shopping carts in parking lots are fundamentally inconsiderate

When I go to a parking lot... can't these people take the empty shopping carts and return them where they got them? I mean, what is the big deal? ... People are so generally inconsiderate.

This is a subjective moral and social etiquette judgment.
Loss
Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Clothing manufacturers and dry cleaners conspire to put 'no dryer' labels on clothes

I think there's a big conspiracy out there. This is probably the big laundromat services of the world. They're basically dry cleaning services. They're basically making clothes that you can't put in the dryer so that you have to go to the dry cleaners.

While convenient for dry cleaners, care labels are usually based on textile preservation rather than a secret cabal between manufacturers and cleaners.

Jimbos

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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017·Jimbos
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Young adults should be assholes and selfish until they turn 25

I don't trust people who know exactly what they want to do in life when they're 18 and 19 years old because we're all shitheads before we're 25. Until you turn 25, you should be an asshole. You should be selfish. You should not care about anybody else. You should just want to have a good time all the time.

Personal philosophy on life stages cannot be objectively proven correct or incorrect.