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The 2017 Takies With Special Guests Rachel Nichols, Mark Titus, Chris Long And More

Friday, July 21, 201710 takes

Ladies (sup) and gentlemen, we present to you the 2017 takie awards, the only award show by guys for dudes that love takes. Warm up for the takies includes OJ talk ( -) and the Mt Rushmore of old takes/dumb things we thought when we were kids ( - ). The Takies include awards for Take of the year, snowflake of the year, journalist press box complaint of the year, podcast listeners of the year, the Nyquist award for biggest fraud of the year, special guest appearances from Rachel Nichols, Mark Titus, Chris Long, Michael Rapaport and much much much much much more

Recap

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Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017
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Prisons are dangerous because inmates aren't allowed to masturbate

That's why our prisons are so dangerous, because there's a bunch of guys that can't crank it. They just got testosterone going out their eyeballs.

While lack of sexual release can lead to frustration, prison violence is a complex sociological issue with many contributing factors beyond this.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I disagree with firing an SEC coach for seeing an escort in Tampa

I disagree with firing an SEC coach for going to see an escort, though, especially if it's in Tampa. That's home of that situation. That's a boys be boys situation.

This is a moral/professional judgment rather than a verifiable fact.

Mount Rushmore

Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

Mark Trestman was a smart hiring choice for the Chicago Bears

I said that the Bears thought outside the box when hiring Mark Trestman, and it will pay big dividends as they have one of the smartest coaches in the NFL now.

Mark Trestman was fired after two losing seasons (13-19 record) and is widely considered one of the worst hires in Bears history.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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Wally Szczerbiak and Keith Van Horn were going to be incredible NBA players

I thought that Nick Kaner-Medley, Wally Szczerbiak, Steve Wojciechowski, and Keith Van Horn would all be incredible NBA players.

While they had decent careers (Szczerbiak and Van Horn especially), they were not 'incredible' or elite superstars as predicted.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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HankHank

I could make the pros in five years as a knuckleball pitcher with seclusion and a personal chef

I said if you put me in a cabin in the middle of the woods with a personal chef and a knuckleball specialist, I could be in the pros within five years. I think with some training, seclusion, and just a lot more training, I could make it to the double A's and then, you know, who knows what happens from there.

Hank never pursued this and remains a podcaster; he did not make the pros.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·Mt. Rushmore
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HankHank

Rajon Rondo is just one notch below Paul Pierce in Celtics history

When Rajon Rondo got traded to the Mavericks, I said he was a notch below Pierce, who was like a notch below Bill Russell.

Pierce and Russell are top-tier legends with retired jerseys; Rondo's legacy, while strong, is several tiers lower.

Takies

Void
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·The Takies
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Billionaires should pay for their own stadiums

It's unpopular to say it, but I think that billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadiums too, Bill [Simmons].

This is a subjective political/economic opinion regarding public policy.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·The Takies
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is actually cold and is a big fraud

2017 is the year that we found out that the sun was a big fucking phony. The sun is not hot, and if you want any more proof, space is cold. How come it gets cold at the top of Mount Everest? ... Because there's hot magma underneath the earth as far away from the sun as possible.

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The sun is a star composed of hot plasma, with a surface temperature of approximately 5,500 degrees Celsius.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017·The Takies
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Big CatBig Cat

Marlins Man claims he is the founder of All Lives Matter

Marlins Man claimed that he was the founder of All Lives Matter. He claimed he invented the phrase All Lives Matter.

The phrase 'All Lives Matter' emerged as a response to 'Black Lives Matter' and its origins are decentralized; there is no evidence Laurence Leavy (Marlins Man) invented it.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017
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Rachel NicholsRachel Nichols

Lonzo Ball's Summer League introduction was the sixth most popular post in NBA Instagram history

The NBA made a press release today saying that of all the posts that the league has ever put on Instagram... that Lonzo being introduced at Summer League, when they put that up on IG... That's the sixth most popular thing they've ever put up.

Based on NBA communications at the time, this was a correct reporting of their internal social media metrics.