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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will cut my hair short by the summer if it doesn't improve

I'm dealing with my hair issue... noticeably thinning out back there. I've made the executive decision if it doesn't improve by the summer, we're taking it off. We're going short... I got my own blood injected into my head earlier today... if I haven't turned it around by then, gotta come home.

PFT did eventually cut his hair for the 'PMT Mount Rushmore' bet/move to Chicago, though he has fluctuated on length since then.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Short people are crucial for conserving food and resources on our dying planet

Being short is better for the future... Not only do shorter people tend to live longer, but they're also crucial in conserving food and resources on her dying planet. The short are also inherent conservationists, which is more crucial than ever in this world of 8 billion. So basically if we were 10% shorter, we would save 87 millions of tons of food per year.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
The math behind smaller organisms requiring fewer calories is scientifically sound, though the 'conservationist' label is satirical.
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Take Slip·Dec 28, 2022
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Corn is botanically a fruit

Corn is a fruit. If you look it up, corn is a fruit. It has fruit qualities... the kernels of corn are fruit.

Botanically, corn is a fruit (specifically a caryopsis), a grain, and a vegetable depending on the definition used. Billy is correct on the botanical definition.
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Take Slip·Dec 2, 2022
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Don't ever bet parlays or exotics; stick to single bets

I read a book in the nineties called The Right Horse. It basically said exotics. parlays for example. You should never bet them cuz they're so enticing. And it's humans. We wanna bet a parlay even like a two game, partly... basically the book, I mean, I'll sum it all up for you, says don't do it. Bet one bet.

Mathematically, parlays increase the house edge, so this is generally accepted as sound gambling advice.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will take Liver King back if he admits he used steroids and was just trying to recover from injury

If he just says like, yeah, guys, I'm 50 years old... I needed this stuff to like, you know, come back. Like if he basically does the, I was injured and I wanted to get back with the team real fast. Like, if he does that, I'll take him back. I'll be like, what? Fuck it, dude. Like at least you're honest now.

Liver King did eventually admit to steroid use and apologized.
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Take Slip·Aug 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0817-7960
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

European food is healthier than American food because it is less processed

But because it's non-processed yeah. Is that what's going on? Cuz they're they don't the cigarette thing over there is out of control... I think it's less processed food. I think whenever it, I was, I was teeing you up there. I think the research would tell you is just the service is not what it is here.

Supported by general nutritional studies comparing EU and US food standards.
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#PMT-2022-0815-7814
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Boxers and porn stars never actually retire

Boxers in porn stars never really retire. They always say they do. They're always ready for one more. It just always, you know what I mean? You'll see. You just be like, no, no, if you're there's one more you just age into becoming a MILF.

Tyson Fury famously retired and unretired multiple times after this. Most legendary boxers (Mayweather, Tyson) also take exhibition bouts long after their prime.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Not pulling out is a bad idea

Not pulling out. He's saying not pulling out when you were supposed to pull out. [Big Cat: You're against cream pies?] Billy Football, anti-cream pie.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
As a method of birth control, 'not pulling out' without protection is objectively a 'bad idea' if the goal is to avoid pregnancy.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Oxygen is a universally loved thing

Something we all take for granted... Oxygen. Everyone loves oxygen and especially, hey, we've all been carrying stuff around altitude... If you didn't have oxygen, you would die. Do you love breathing? You want to breathe. If I took you out to the water and drowned you... you gotta succeed as much as you want to breathe.

While technically correct that humans need oxygen, picking it as a 'loved' item is an absurd literalism.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Neutrogena has discontinued the face wash I have used my entire life

I'm pretty sure the face wash I've been using my whole life has been discontinued... probably like middle school. And I've gone to like five or six CVSs... Neutrogena website, sorry for the inconvenience we're sold out. On Amazon it's going for $70. I've transferred to Cetaphil.

Neutrogena did discontinue several of their legacy acne washes around this time.
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Take Slip·Jul 29, 2022·Ending
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Wolverines are more closely related to seals and sea lions than they are to wolves

Wolverines are related to seals and sea lions closer than actual wolves.

Biologically correct. Wolverines are in the suborder Caniformia, but within the family Mustelidae. They are more closely related to Pinnipeds (seals/sea lions) than they are to Canids (true wolves).
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#PMT-2022-0720-16228
Billy FootballBilly Football

Squids have the largest eyeballs in the animal kingdom

Squids had the largest eyeball in the animal kingdom. Bigger than elephants. Oh yeah. I guess that would make sense. Right? There's just giant squid. ... Colossal squid. He's right. Damnit he's right.

The giant squid and colossal squid are documented as having the largest eyes of any living creature, measuring up to 27cm (about 11 inches) in diameter.
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Big CatBig Cat

Albert Einstein is an idiot because he married his first cousin

Einstein. Smartest guy alive, fucking married his cousin. What a foe... he F fucked his cousin. That makes no sense... He's not that smart. In my opinion. He's an idiot... he was like, yeah, you're not this isn't too incestuous enough for me. I need some fucking [cousin].

Einstein did marry his first cousin Elsa Einstein. The 'idiot' part is a subjective hot take.
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Lil SasquatchLil Sasquatch

The lighter was invented before the match

The lighter was invented before the match... that's crazy... it'd be like, let's make this worse [with the match].

The first lighter (Döbereiner's lamp) was invented in 1823, while the first friction match was invented in 1826.
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Take Slip·Jul 8, 2022
#PMT-2022-0708-5134
Nick TuraniNick Turani

An evil God is completely satisfied with the party's horrific actions

[Big Cat]: Greg, I'm not the one to tell you that your God is angry with you... what are the thoughts going through Greg's head? [Nick Turani]: My God has never been more proud of me.

OpinionLifeHotSarcastic
Within the fictional framework of his character's religion (Bane/Cyric), this is correct character logic.
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Take Slip·Jul 8, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

PFT is the ultimate winner of the campaign after outlasting everyone

I'd like to just, I'd like to piss all over everybody... Everyone and there are some people making, saving, throws. They may live or die... but they're getting pissed on no matter what. And that is where we would finish up our game for today then.

PFT's character was the last one standing and active at the end of the episode.
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#PMT-2022-0629-16249
HankHank

Nuclear-powered 'air cruises' are fake and would definitely crash

It's a plane cruise. Yeah. It's like a massive, massive, massive, bigger than whatever name like four aircraft carriers... 20 electric engines powered by nuclear fusion. I'm just going to say this. If this is real, I will absolutely laugh when it crashes and everyone dies. There's no way to test fly this until you actually make the real thing.

The 'Sky Hotel' concept Hank is referring to has never been built and remains a CGI concept, supporting his claim that it isn't real/feasible.
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Big CatBig Cat

Billy Football has taken his position for granted and needed a suspension

I think Billy is very entertaining... The problem that I see going forward right now is that Billy has taken advantage of this show... and it reached a tipping point... because he didn't come to work. He was drunk and he didn't come to work... he is a weird combination of him kind of being entitled and kind of taking for granted the spot he's sitting in.

Billy was indeed suspended for a month. Whether it changed his behavior long-term is debatable as he eventually left the show in 2023.
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Arian FosterArian Foster

The Squatty Potty is the medically superior way to defecate because of human evolution

I got it, bro. I got it. Okay. This is not a plug, but a Squatty potty... We sit regular, right? And that messes up our bowel movements. Right? So if he's leaning for a while... it could be coming out the wrong angle, but the Squatty potty lifts your knees to your chest. And the angles is downward. That's how we evolved to actually defecate.

Medical research generally supports that squatting straightens the anorectal angle, aiding bowel movements.
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#PMT-2022-0527-12109
Big CatBig Cat

I have harder and tougher hands than Billy Football

I honestly I'll I'll like disavow my own title. I have stronger and tougher hands than [Billy Football]. I don't want the title. I don't want the belt. Admitting I have soft hands... they're soft. But you don't have hard hands. You are not as tough as you think you are.

Subjective result of a 'blind handshake test' conducted by Jake Marsh, who judged Big Cat's hands to be harder.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Unspayed ferrets will die if they do not get pregnant

Unspayed ferrets will die if they don't get pregnant. Die of stress.

Intact female ferrets stay in estrus until they mate; if they do not, the prolonged high levels of estrogen cause bone marrow suppression (estrogen toxicity), which is fatal.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Alcohol is a diuretic because it flushes liquid out of your body faster than you can hydrate

Al calls a diuretic. And why it dehydrates you is because it flushes all the liquid in your body, out through your piss. So even though it may seem like it's hydrated... It gets all your liquid out faster.

Scientifically correct, alcohol inhibits the hormone vasopressin which tells the kidneys to reabsorb water, leading to increased urination and dehydration.
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Take Slip·Mar 2, 2022
#PMT-2022-0302-18280
Aidan HutchinsonAidan Hutchinson

A lion would beat a jaguar in a fight

I feel like a lion, right? King of the jungle? Yeah. They're way bigger.

Male lions are significantly larger (up to 420-550 lbs) than jaguars (up to 210-350 lbs) and are generally considered the superior fighter in such a hypothetical matchup.
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Take Slip·Jan 12, 2022
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John CenaJohn Cena

Getting in shape requires a consistent lifestyle change rather than a temporary diet

The tips are easy. The application is hard. Make good choices and be consistent. And that's absolutely it. Don't make it a January diet, make it a lifestyle change, make good choices and be consistent.

This is widely accepted medical and fitness advice.
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Take Slip·Jan 5, 2022
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Jimmy GrahamJimmy Graham

Planes can basically land themselves now, so clapping for pilots is unnecessary

Even in fog, you'll basically have the plane land itself... I think you should, more or less [clap] back to the plane. I mean, now most of the landings are done by hand, you know, obviously, cause, cause you've got to stay current... you know that if something was really going on, you know, those things are pretty much going to land themselves in fog.

Autoland systems (CAT III) exist and are used in low visibility, but most landings are indeed manual for currency reasons.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JNCO jeans are officially back in style

My cool throne is JNCOs. Yeah. And JNCOs are also back... there was a, a trend piece in the Wall Street Journal, you know, something's real cool when it's written about in the Wall Street Journal.

Wide-leg pants did indeed see a massive resurgence in Gen Z fashion and TikTok trends during 2021-2023.
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Big CatBig Cat

The state of Arizona is right to end Daylight Savings Time

I don't care about the daylight savings technicality... why we do it. I'm pretty sure the state of Arizona ended it. ... I just don't understand why farmers need to have us bent over a barrel for them. I'm sick of it. Agreed. It's very depressing.

Arizona is one of the few states that does not observe Daylight Savings Time.
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Big CatBig Cat

The PIN to my ATM card has completely vanished from my brain after 15 years

I went to the ATM on Tuesday and went to punch in my pin, four-digit pin. I've had the same pin for probably 15 years. Fellas, it's just not in my brain anymore... There is no pin. I sat there. I typed in five different pins... Mrs. Cat doesn't know the pin? No pin.

He claimed he forgot it; unless he later recalled it, the claim of it vanishing is true to his experience.
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Take Slip·Oct 8, 2021
#PMT-2021-1008-14542
Ezekiel MitchellEzekiel Mitchell

Bucking bulls are getting tougher and bred to buck harder

Bulls are getting tougher. It's just like the horse racing industry. They bred faster horses. They're breeding bulls to buck harder. And that's where we're finding a lack in actually getting more bull riders into the sport.

In pro rodeo, it is well-documented that breeding programs (like those of stock contractors) have significantly improved the athleticism of the animals over the last few decades.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

A scientific study proves that squirting is actually just pee

There was a study done on squirting where they hook an MRI machine up to someone's bladder... and the bladder's empty. Wait. So it's piss. It came from the bladder.

Many medical studies, including those published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, conclude that the fluid released is predominantly chemically identical to urine, though it can contain components from the Skene's glands.
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Take Slip·Aug 27, 2021
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Caeleb DresselCaeleb Dressel

I can hold my breath for over 5 minutes

I did his [Wim Hof] technique. One day I was about to fall asleep. I was like, I'm just going to try, I'm going to try holding my breath. I dude, I made it five minutes and six seconds. Yeah. In the scariest part, the scariest part is I, I felt fine.

As a world-record swimmer, his lung capacity is elite, and 5 minutes is within the realm of possibility for trained athletes.
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HankHank

You will never have a six-pack for next year's Grit Week either

I'm not trying to be a hater, but I don't think you'll have a six-pack for next grit week either. [to Billy Football]

Billy Football generally remained fit but never achieved the shredded 'six-pack' aesthetic he promised for show milestones.
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Take Slip·Jul 16, 2021·Ksr
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Milk is the official state beverage of Kentucky

Kentucky state beverage is milk... for how much bourbon they store, largest in the world, and the mint juleps they serve at the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky state beverage is milk.

Milk was designated as the official state drink of Kentucky in 2005.
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Take Slip·Jul 12, 2021
#PMT-2021-0712-14253
Billy FootballBilly Football

Squirrels can survive falls at terminal velocity

Squirrels can survive terminal velocity. Oh my God. What is that? Oh, fuck. Yeah. Are you kidding me? 69 faxing back 60 nines.

It is a biological fact that squirrels have a terminal velocity (roughly 31 mph) that is slow enough for them to survive a fall from any height, provided they land relatively normally.
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Take Slip·Jun 25, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Nassau Coliseum has the best Wi-Fi of any stadium

The biggest thing I could not figure out... is the fact that we went to the Nassau Coliseum. The venue's a dump. It's a time travel. By far and away the best Wi-Fi I've ever had inside of a stadium. The Wi-Fi was incredible... I was on the Wi-Fi and it was fucking humming. It was better than Barstool's Wi-Fi.

This is based on personal experience and is a verifiable claim regarding the stadium's bandwidth at the time.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Giving blood is the best way to save money on drinking

But the great thing about giving blood is if you give blood, you get drunk off like half a beer afterwards. So it's actually very economical. I'm just trying to be an ambassador for health.

Lower blood volume leads to faster intoxication, though it is not medically recommended as a 'money-saving' strategy.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

T-Rexes lived closer in time to humans than they did to Stegosauruses

T-Rex are closer to humans in time than they are to stegosauruses. Whoa. So T-Rexes and humans are 65 million years apart. Stegosauruses and T-Rexes are 85 million years apart.

This is a well-known scientific fact. Stegosaurus lived ~150 million years ago, T-Rex lived ~66 million years ago. 150-66 = 84 million years. 66-0 = 66 million years.
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Take Slip·May 19, 2021
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

The entire NFC North could fit inside the landmass of Jacksonville

Did you know the entirety of the NFC North could fit inside Jacksonville? Every other city. Chicago, Detroit [In the landmass of Jacksonville]. And they only add up to, like, half of Jacksonville.

Jacksonville's land area is ~875 sq miles. Combined land areas of Chicago (~234), Detroit (~139), Minneapolis (~58), and Green Bay (~56) total roughly 487 sq miles. The claim is geographically correct.
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Big CatBig Cat

House cats are prima donnas that can be easily defeated by any human.

A house cat means that that cat's drinking milk, that cat's sleeping in beds... that cat is fucking total prima donna... I'll fucking strangle a house cat.

Physically, a human significantly outweighs a house cat, though the human would suffer scratches.
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Take Slip·May 10, 2021
#PMT-2021-0510-11456
Jake MarshJake Marsh

I am the best person in the Barstool office at table tennis

The moment Hank had an opportunity to say I was no longer the best, he would have ran away with it. So I knew if I lost back-to-back... But I knew I'm 12-2 now. I'm the best freaking one here.

While subjective, the PMT office ranking generally placed Jake at the top of the table tennis rankings for a significant period.
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Take Slip·May 10, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Horse racing is in a precarious spot in America and the Medina Spirit scandal is not good for the sport

We're in a precarious spot in horse racing in America. I think it's one of those sports that people are starting to be like, yeah, maybe we don't need to. I love horse racing, so I think that this is not the scandal we need... The haters are going to be like, see, this is a fucked up sport.

Horse racing has faced increased scrutiny and declining attendance/legalization issues in various states since 2021.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

This summer will be the 'Summer of Fake Butts'

I have a theory. This is going to be the summer of fake butts. The Roaring Twenties. My theory is that a lot of people got elective cosmetic surgery during this year that the world hit pause. And this summer, you're going to see a lot of fake asses that come out of nowhere.

Cosmetic surgery procedures, including BBLs, did see a significant spike in 2021 as people emerged from lockdowns.
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#PMT-2021-0428-11055
Big CatBig Cat

It is safe to stop wearing masks outside now

My hot seat is anyone who's still wearing masks outside. We're good. CDC said we don't have to do it anymore. Which I don't want to say not to brag, but I called it. But last week, my sunglasses were getting fogged up. And I was like, I think I'm done wearing a mask outside.

The CDC did indeed update guidance around April 2021 regarding outdoor mask-wearing for vaccinated people.
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Big CatBig Cat

Anyone who announces they are retiring from Twitter is an asshole who will eventually return

Here's just a simple rule in life. If you announce that you are retiring from Twitter, you're probably a fucking asshole who will be back on Twitter in due time. That was Chrissy's biggest thing... we pulled you back in you can't fucking leave we got you we got our claws in you you're a fucking loser like us

Teigen did indeed return after her much-publicized departure, supporting Big Cat's cynical view of social media behavior.
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#PMT-2021-0409-17428
Jake MarshJake Marsh

I genuinely didn't know the T in 'mortgage' was silent

I genuinely thought that's it. I didn't know the T was silent... I missed that once. I've gotten criticism in my broadcasting career. I've gotten destroyed for this... It's my fault. I messed up.

The 'T' in mortgage is indeed silent. Jake was factually incorrect in his previous pronunciation but correct in his admission of the error.
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Big CatBig Cat

COVID is no joke, even for peak athletes like me.

My Fyre Fest is I have COVID. It pretty much sucks. It's low-key not a great time... a peak athlete like myself, I've had trouble breathing all week. It has not been fun. I've literally just done this show, and after we hang up, I'm like, gasped beyond belief. It is no joke, and you shouldn't take it seriously... i know i sound preachy but guess what i'll fucking say it this thing is no joke

The host is describing his personal medical experience and medical consensus at the time.
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Take Slip·Feb 1, 2021·Numbers
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Viruses do not have nuclei

Viruses don't have nuclei.

Viruses are acellular and do not have a nucleus; they consist of genetic material (DNA or RNA) encased in a protein coat.
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Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
#PMT-2021-0129-9301
Keegan-Michael KeyKeegan-Michael Key

Adult laughter is a release of social tension and uncomfortability

When we're babies, we don't laugh for that reason. When we're babies, we laugh out of joy. When we get older, we laugh out of uncomfortability. So you're diaphragm contracting... is a release of social tension and uncomfortability.

This aligns with the 'Relief Theory' of humor in psychology, which posits that laughter releases pent-up nervous energy or tension.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Shorter men need to earn $133,000 more than tall men to be seen as successful

A male who's five foot eight needs to make $133,000 more per year to be viewed as successful as someone who's six feet tall. I'll just do two more episodes of Pardon My Take on my own a year. All of a sudden, boom, I'm back in the red, baby.

The study exists (though the specific numbers vary across different economic papers), making the fact claim accurate in context.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

My back pain is caused by a bulging disc, not a muscle issue

My back hurts. I fucked up my back. I woke up on Wednesday morning and couldn't really stand up... starting to get shooting pain down my right leg. I think it's a skeletal thing. If it's your lower back and everything you described sounds like a disc... a bulging disc like basically hits the nerve.

Shooting pain down the leg is a classic symptom of a herniated/bulging disc affecting the sciatic nerve.