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AI technology is failing because it doesn't justify its investment costs

I think AI is in hot water. I feel like this is, we're we're in a good spot as humanity right now where AI has not been making enough money to justify all the investment. ... We might beat the robots.

The long-term economic viability of AI is a major global debate.
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Big CatBig Cat

You shouldn't stop printing money; you should print even more to solve inflation

You gotta go through the wall. So like when you're like, oh we printed so much money that it doesn't like it's not worth anything. That's when you print even more money. Right. You can't quit printing money. You gotta be committed to printing the money.

This is economically catastrophic advice and is factually incorrect as a solution for inflation.
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HankHank

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett did not commit suicide

There was a whistleblower... John Barnett... His body was found the morning of three nine dead. He was allegedly from suicide even though he told his family, if I die, it's not suicide. He was suicided.

The official coroner's report ruled the death a suicide, but the take reflects the popular 'he was suicided' conspiracy meme.
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Big CatBig Cat

NFL owners should pay for their own stadiums without public tax money

I think billionaires should pay for their own fucking stadiums. Agreed. That's a spicy take. I know. Bleep that out. Please.

This is an ongoing ethical/economic debate that cannot be definitively 'solved'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The narrative that AI is an existential threat to humanity is a marketing ploy designed to make the technology seem more advanced than it is

The people who are being terrified about AI and all this buzz about AI taking over everyone's job, taking over the world. That's marketing. That the AI people are trying to get out there to build buzz about AI and also make you think it's advanced.

This is a subjective interpretation of industry marketing tactics and tech hype cycles.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson has done more net damage to the Subway brand than Jared

Who do you think is a worst spokesperson for Subway in terms of Sales Jared or Russell Wilson?... I think like the net net damage to the brand. Probably Russell Wilson.

Obviously incorrect as Jared's crimes led to a massive scandal, whereas Wilson was just a poorly-received ad campaign.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

NFTs are becoming more valuable than diamonds

Turns out there's a bunch of new diamonds that are fake, but no one can tell the difference... De Beers is totally panicking because now diamonds have no value. So Hot Seat: Diamond... NFTs are kind of more valuable than diamonds, I think about it.

The NFT market crashed significantly after early 2022, while diamonds maintained value.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

New Era intentionally released bad MLB hats to create FOMO and buzz for future drops

I bet you New Era did this intentionally, pulled them off the market fast. They were trending. Because the next time they drop a hat, everyone's going to buy it immediately. Because they'll be like, this might only be up for a half hour.

A business strategy claim that can't be definitively proven or disproven without internal corporate data.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I am either going to prison or becoming a billionaire because of Pi Network

Either I'm going to go to jail because this is all illegal, which I don't think it is, or I'm going to make a ton of money. It's speculative value. Either I'm going to go to prison or be a billionaire.

Pi Network remains in an unlaunched 'enclosed mainnet' state years later with zero market value, and Billy is neither in prison nor a billionaire because of it.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Blockbuster stock is going to make me a millionaire

Blockbuster, bro. It was one cent when I talked about it last time. It is now seven cents. What? Let's go. I called it. Billy is a Blockbuster millionaire.

Blockbuster (BLIAQ) is a delisted 'zombie' stock that spiked purely on meme momentum. It has zero fundamental value and is not a legitimate long-term investment.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tesla for Tables: A self-leveling table technology

Tesla for tables... the table itself feels the surface around it and then adjusts so that there's never any wobble... every restaurant I go to has a set of wobbly table. All those tables wobble.

While a funny idea, no such 'Tesla for Tables' product has revolutionized the restaurant industry.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Soup Tube' business idea is an absolute wave of the future

I would pay, I'd probably have like five or six different soup tubes installed in my kitchen right now... Out of the Monday readings we've done, Dave & Buster's guys is number one... Soup Tubes is number two... I would unironically purchase this.

Soup tubes have not become a reality as of 2024, but the take is about the 'genius' of the idea, which remains subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mark Cuban made a mistake by not buying 10% of Big Cat's brain for $1 million

I'll go with Mark Cuban up buying 10% of my brain he's an idiot that was a dumb business decision I'm going to make I'm going to make that money back it was for a million dollars he regrets it 1 million dollars and he got all my lifetime earning from that day forward.

Hot TakeBusinessHotSarcastic
Given Big Cat's massive success and the value of Barstool Sports, 10% of his future earnings for $1M would have been a legendary ROI for Cuban.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Flavored 'Water for Dogs' is a billion-dollar business idea

I came up with a billion dollar idea maybe quadrillion or trillion dollar idea: its water for dogs... why not a little flavored water for your dog? So you can either go with the Savory option and have it be like a bacon flavored water or bone broth water.

While broth for dogs exists, a 'billion dollar' plain water brand for dogs has not materialized as a major market disruptor.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The drop in oil futures is a direct result of Shell oil getting 'woke' for International Women's Day.

International Women's Day today... we talked about Shell oil is now 'She-ll' and now oil is down. So you have to wonder is there a link between that did Shell get too woke and take our eye off the bottom line of their business and now oil futures are down 30%?

Hot TakeBusinessFireSarcastic
The oil price crash in March 2020 was caused by a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, not corporate rebranding for a holiday.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steven Seagal can't be arrested for fraud because Bitcoin 2 Gen was obviously a pyramid scheme

I don't think that Steven Seagal is off the hook on this one because you can't get arrested for fraud If the product is called this is literally fraud, right? So he's very open about how fraudulent Bitcoin to Jin was. So it's not like it's false advertising.

Seagal was actually charged by the SEC for failing to disclose payments he received for promoting the ICO and reached a settlement.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Enron is due for a massive comeback

A little investment tip, Enron. It's bound to bounce back. It has to. It is due.

Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and its stock is worthless; it is not bouncing back.
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Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos because his Cybertruck was one of the funniest things I've ever seen... when people talk about Elon Musk doing stupid shit, they forget about Jeff Bezos.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is actually a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is actually Jeff Bezos. It's his front. So Elon Musk is like we're going to go to Mars... so everyone talks about him and then Jeff Bezos is in the background doing the real shit doing the drones doing all that.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory and not factually true.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Big Baller Brand is failing because of government regulations

I don't know what the problem was, the big baller brand, because the business plan was solid. They had great spokespeople getting free advertisement all the time. And now they're just relegated to the discount rack at Kohl's. Well, not with all this regulation.

Hot TakeBusinessHotSarcastic
BBB failed due to internal scandals and poor business management, not government regulation.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mark Zuckerberg is going to run the world and we should all start bootlicking him now

The guy who just stole the world's privacy and helped rig elections is now going to control our money... I'm going to start bootlicking the shit out of Mark Zuckerberg because he's going to, like it or not, he's going to run the world. So you might as well get on his side early.

The take is satirical and about political/economic power, making it subjective.
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Jon TafferJon Taffer

The phrase 'Don't Drink and Drive' is an extreme slogan that hurts the alcohol industry

There's a phrase in our industry that says don't drink and drive. That's a good phrase. No it isn't. Because you can have a glass of wine and drive. It doesn't mean don't drink and drive. The statement should be drink and drive responsibly... 'Don't drink and drive' is extreme and if people buy into that premise, it can destroy our industry.

This is a philosophical and marketing debate regarding public safety messaging.
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Bill BurrBill Burr

The world banking system is essentially a giant Ponzi scheme

I just sort of read up on sort of the banking system... And that'll scare the shit out of you. What is the banking system conspiracy? Well, I mean, it's kind of a big Ponzi scape... If you just read up like the Federal Reserve, it's not really federal. It's a private [bank].

While some economists criticize the Fed's structure, calling it a 'Ponzi scheme' is a rhetorical hot take.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Papa John and Jerry Jones are conspiring to get Roger Goodell fired

Papa John is running the NFL... He wants to get Roger Goodell fired... Jerry Jones is the leading franchise owner of Papa John's Pizzas... he's teaming up with Papa John to go after Goodell... trying to convince other sponsors to take money away from the NFL, therefore sinking Roger Goodell as commissioner.

Jerry Jones did lead an effort to block Goodell's contract extension around this time, and Papa John's did blame the NFL for declining sales.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If something is more expensive, that means it's better

If something's more expensive, that means it's better, right? Correct. Without a doubt. Like Fyre Fest tickets. That was the best concert of all time.

Hot TakeBusinessMediumSarcastic
The statement is ironic; expensive things are not inherently better, as Fyre Fest proved.
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Big CatBig Cat

Houseboats are the safest long-term investment due to rising sea levels

Polar ice caps. The whole world's going to be the ocean eventually. I'd say houseboats actually are probably the safest investment out there. ... I'm talking like three, 400 years here. You might want to be the guy with the houseboat.

This is a satirical 400-year real estate prediction based on climate apocalypse.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

My trial will be the trial of the decade

The trial is next year in June. It promises to be trial of the decade. I want to make it out to be this big thing. I want it to be like pay-per-view.

While a high-profile case, it was arguably overshadowed by other legal events of the decade, making this a matter of subjective hype.
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Big CatBig Cat

Barstool and Disney/ESPN are closer in value than people think

I'm not saying that Disney and Barstool are, like, maybe equal in terms of stock, but we're closer than people think.

Disney is a massive global corporation with a market cap in the hundreds of billions, whereas Barstool was valued in the tens of millions at this time.

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