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#PMT-2026-0121-6181
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US government will confirm the existence of aliens this week

Aliens might drop this week. Like, like there's aliens might drop this week... [The White House] might confirm the existence of aliens as early as this week. And just be ready for the outcome of that.

The week passed without such a confirmation.
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Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
#PMT-2026-0116-6994
Peter CowanPeter Cowan

The electrical substation next to the 49ers facility is causing player injuries by dehydrating their cells.

The wireless stuff, basically it dries you out on the inside. So have you ever taken a rubber band and like left it out in the sun and it goes from being nice and stretchy to being brittle and snaps? ... there's been a lot of research in the past 50 years... showing that it can cause cause harm at the cellular level by dehydrating yourselves among other things.

This is a fringe scientific claim that is generally not supported by mainstream sports medicine or physics.
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#PMT-2025-1203-18665
ZacZac

The 'Blob' weather pattern could mean the end of the world

B-Big Cat, We are Earth could be finished. We could be done... There's a world, the blob never goes away... I do wanna say you're right. I was being dramatic there. Blob will go away, but it's sinking its toes right now.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The Earth is not literally ending due to a seasonal weather pattern, though 'The Blob' is a real meteorological phenomenon.
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#PMT-2025-1119-18648
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Taking apart a microwave is fatal because it contains an electric bomb

Do never, do not ever take apart a microwave because you'll die. You'll get electrified. They've got like a bomb inside of them. ... You have a nuclear weapon in your kitchen.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
While microwaves have high-voltage capacitors that can be lethal even when unplugged, calling them a 'nuclear weapon' or a 'bomb' is scientifically incorrect.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2025
#PMT-2025-1010-16598
MaxMax

Every Philadelphia sports team should be blown up and started from ground zero

Done. Everything's done. Blow it up. Blow up. Start every single team from ground zero. No, I, every single one of 'em, I'm done with the union.

The teams were not literally blown up, though the Phillies were eliminated and the Eagles continued a rough stretch.
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Take Slip·Jul 28, 2025
#PMT-2025-0728-9468
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley

The only way to win at gambling is to bet money lines on favorites

Gambling on sports is the only way to win. But you have to bet the money line... where you only gonna win cents on the dollar. Because teams always win. They just never cover.

Mathematically, favorites often lose outright, and money lines are priced to ensure a house edge. It's a gambler's fallacy/strategy rather than a verifiable fact.
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#PMT-2025-0718-15288
Big CatBig Cat

I am officially retiring from participating in physical sports challenges

My fire fest is pretty simple. My body is broken. I'm, I'm too old for some of this shit. I did tweet that I was thinking about retirement, like not retirement from like this show, but retirement from our physical challenges. We played, we did six hour stream on Tuesday night... softball on Wednesday... oh my god, I can't walk right now. I think I need to retire from sports. I need to be a walking guy.

Big Cat inevitably continues to participate in physical challenges for the show, as he does every year despite similar claims.
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#PMT-2025-0604-15035
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Magnus Carlsen is no longer the GOAT of chess because he keeps losing.

I'm gonna say right now, Magnus [Carlsen] not the best. 'cause I have been watching chess religiously for almost 48 hours now. And all I've seen is Magnus lost.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
Carlsen remains the highest-rated player in history and his recent tournament losses do not objectively strip him of GOAT status.
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#PMT-2025-0502-12399
Big CatBig Cat

A fake kidnapping is the only way to find out if a rookie is 'ride or die'

You gotta fake kidnap your boys if you wanna make sure that they ride or die... it's a simple question of: do I like this kid? And the only way to find out is you go down the line and it's fake kidnapping with a real gun on video.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical take on a criminal hazing incident; legally and ethically, it is incorrect.
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Take Slip·Mar 26, 2025
#PMT-2025-0326-17547
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hammocks are more afraid of you than you are of them

Hammocks are more afraid of you than you are of them. My take is that that's a fact. Some of us aren't pussies and it's extreme sports. It's like extreme sleeping. Big Mattress is trying to steer you away from hammocks. Anytime somebody dies in a hammock, it becomes a big news story like a shark attack.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
The claim that hammocks are 'more afraid of you' is metaphorical/satirical and the safety comparison to bears is hyperbolic for comedic effect.
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#PMT-2025-0317-15983
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun was switched out 40 years ago for a new, worse sun

I found guys... that think that actually this is a different sun that was, that we switched the sun out like 40 years ago and it's the new sun and it's worse for you... I gotta do some more research on the new sun guys.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, there is only one sun and it has not been replaced.
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#PMT-2025-0224-1091
Big CatBig Cat

Lactose intolerance is a fake condition that everyone actually has

Lactose intolerant... that's fake. It's as fake as fake gets. No, it's fake. Everyone's lactose intolerant. If I eat too much ice cream, my tummy hurts. Am I lactose intolerant? So everyone is.

Lactose intolerance is a real medical condition, though Big Cat is arguing about the threshold of what defines it.
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#PMT-2024-1213-8770
HankHank

The government used illegal tracking technology to find Luigi Mangione and then planted evidence to cover it up

The government has technology that's illegal to use to track and find someone like Luigi [Mangione]... which they used illegally to find him. And then planted all the evidence. The McDonald's worker, the written manifesto to cover their tracks about the fact that they illegally... surveyed people. The McDonald's worker was a plant and that's why they're not gonna get paid.

This is a baseless conspiracy theory typical of the 'Conspiracy Corner' bit.
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#PMT-2024-1213-8772
PugPug

The New Jersey drones are good aliens protecting humans from bad aliens

It's probably alien. I've heard it's aliens protecting from other aliens is what I've heard... Apparently they've been here the whole time, but just in the water. And then when the bad aliens, I guess, are threatening now. So they came out to protect us.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The drone mystery has multiple mundane explanations being investigated, none involving aliens.
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Take Slip·Oct 25, 2024
#PMT-2024-1025-15557
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You can actually lose weight by eating a diet of Uncrustables

I actually think you could lose weight eating Uncrustables. Peanut butter's got tons of protein in it. Bread is the biggest part of the food pyramid, which is really, really healthy and scientific.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Nutritionally, eating a high volume of processed sandwiches is unlikely to lead to weight loss for most people.
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#PMT-2024-0913-11679
Big CatBig Cat

Lactose intolerance is a sign of weakness and most people who claim it are 'pussies'

I think lactose intolerant people are just pussies. I just, when people are like, I can't eat that ice cream. I'm lact— shut the fuck up. Eat the ice cream. If you need an EpiPen, I respect you. If you are, if you like, oh, I got a little diarrhea, dude, that's my whole life is eating too much ice cream and getting diarrhea.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Lactose intolerance is a medically recognized condition involving enzyme deficiency, though Big Cat is arguing about the threshold of what counts as an 'allergy'.
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#PMT-2024-0911-9331
Big CatBig Cat

People will stop visiting Orlando entirely if the airport removes its Chili's

I am taking up a new fight. They're changing the Orlando airport and the Chili's is going to be gone in 2025. We're not gonna let this happen... I predict that people are gonna stop visiting Orlando, Florida entirely because of this. There's no amusement found in Orlando [without it].

PredictionLifeFireSarcastic
Disney World and Universal Studios ensure Orlando will always have visitors, regardless of the airport Chili's.
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#PMT-2024-0802-11082
Big CatBig Cat

Jumping at the last second in a falling elevator will save your life

If you're an elevator and it falls and you jump at the end, you survive... I just looked it up. It's not true. It's not true. You would die.

As Big Cat discovers mid-sentence, physics dictates that jumping does not negate the velocity of a terminal elevator fall.
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#PMT-2024-0802-11087
HewyHewy

Chocolate milk comes from brown cows

I thought chocolate milk came from brown cows... I was up north driving past a brown cow and I pointed to my cousin, I said, you know, chocolate milk comes from those things.

Chocolate milk is white milk with cocoa/sugar added; the cow's color is irrelevant.
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Take Slip·Jul 15, 2024
#PMT-2024-0715-18874
Big CatBig Cat

Tornadoes do not hit big cities

You gotta worry about the tornado—tornadoes don't hit cities though. That's good. Like big cities. I think it's something about like the wind or something in the big, in the buildings, buildings stopping it. I don't know... I think they—tornadoes do not hit big cities.

He later looks it up and admits it is 100% false, citing an F3 tornado that hit Fort Worth in 2000.
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Take Slip·Jul 8, 2024
#PMT-2024-0708-3142
Big CatBig Cat

Taxes are optional in Greece

In Greece, taxes are optional. And then their economy just crumbles every like 10, 15 years. They're like, Hey, we should probably start paying taxes. ... I looked, I just, I just Googled that. Yes. Currently more than half of Greek households are exempt from any personal income tax.

While tax evasion has been a historical issue in Greece, taxes are legally mandatory. The 50% exemption stat he found likely refers to low-income thresholds, not optionality.
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#PMT-2024-0708-3159
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Titties are a type of meat

Titties is meat. Great choice. ... They're made out of meat. ... Is it the Mount Rushmore meat that you eat? Fact or fiction. ... I enjoy looking at the meat.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically they contain fatty tissue and muscle, but they are not 'meat' in a culinary context. It was eventually removed from his list under protest.
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Take Slip·Jun 17, 2024
#PMT-2024-0617-7359
Big CatBig Cat

A Celtics and Panthers money line parlay is a lock for Monday night

The fact that the Panthers then lost eight to one in the exact same setup made me feel like both teams are just gonna like, listen, I'm not a gambling expert, but a Panthers Celtics money line parlay game five feels like it could potentially happen.

The Celtics won their Game 5 on Monday (June 17), but the Panthers lost their Game 5 to the Oilers 5-3 on Tuesday (June 18). Even if both played Monday, the parlay would have failed because the Panthers lost.
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#PMT-2024-0408-7493
Jersey JerryJersey Jerry

The US will be under a massive cyber attack sooner rather than later

I suggest you take out all your money outta your bank and stop using credit cards for the next few months until I can give you the green light again. We will be under a cyber attack sooner rather than later. Just looking out, I'm in communication with the very important person for one of, if not the biggest software companies in the world.

No massive, bank-shutting cyber attack occurred in the months following April 2024.
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#PMT-2024-0408-7497
HankHank

The eclipse and the CERN particle collider will send us into the fourth dimension

They're turning CERN on the day of the eclipse. And I believe the research is they're trying to reach a fourth dimension... Once the the moon covers the sun when it comes back, like we'll be in the fourth dimension. Like everything will be different.

The eclipse passed without any shift in dimensions or the end of the world.
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#PMT-2024-0329-2362
Big CatBig Cat

Flacco the Owl was a slut

Even though I don't, I I I'll still stand with my take that Flacco the owl was a slut. Big time slut. I guess the pigeon herpes might've been because he was eating pigeons. ... I'm sticking with full on slut shaming a flacco. You were a slut. That's how you got the herpes.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
It is scientifically unlikely an owl's behavior qualifies as human 'promiscuity,' making this a satirical claim.
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#PMT-2024-0226-2094
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Flaco the Owl was likely murdered and didn't just die from a building collision

It says he didn't break any bones, but he sustained massive hemorrhaging inside his body. This seems like somebody else had a hand in it. We need to check the flight logs. Was Flaco on the list? This Owl probably had information that would've led to the arrest and subsequent conviction of Hillary Clinton.

The autopsy confirmed the death was due to acute traumatic injury from hitting a building, compounded by pigeon herpes and rat poison in his system. The Hillary Clinton link is a joke.
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#PMT-2024-0223-4807
HankHank

I will be able to dunk a basketball and hit twenty three-pointers within the next ten months

I'm going hard to dunk... summer, that's exactly my plan. I'm already over leveraged. What if I do both and hit 20 threes? I just have to basically change my entire lifestyle way of thinking and everything.

Hank famously failed to dunk despite months of 'training'.
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Take Slip·Sep 20, 2023
#PMT-2023-0920-2327
Sam HowellSam Howell

If the Commanders win the Super Bowl, I will eat a steak

If we win the Super Bowl, I'll have a steak... Y'all have to take me to the best steak in the world.

The Commanders finished 4-13 and did not win the Super Bowl.
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#PMT-2023-0818-1018
MaxMax

I cannot run a 5K in under 33 minutes

I'm not gonna be able to run under 33 minutes. I'm not gonna be able to do that and I can't do that. Physically... I'm going to end up, I'm gonna get an injury. Like my back is gonna, is gonna come out.

Max actually ended up training and completing the 5K in under 33 minutes, proving himself wrong.
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#PMT-2023-0814-13801
HankHank

Birds are not real and are actually government surveillance plants

Birds aren't real. They're government plant. Have you ever seen a bunch of birds go onto... Have you ever seen them on telephone wires? That's them charging. You've never seen a baby bird.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Birds are biological organisms; the 'Birds Aren't Real' movement is a well-documented satirical parody of conspiracy theories.
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#PMT-2023-0814-13802
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The female orgasm is a myth created by 'Big Orgasm'

The female orgasm. Not real. Big orgasm has been lying to you guys. Girls don't come. They just do it because they like to make us feel bad for coming too quick. Exactly... let's be honest, let's get real honest here. That shit's not real.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The female orgasm is a biological reality.
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#PMT-2023-0814-13803
Big CatBig Cat

Shark attacks are not real and people just overreact to minor injuries

I don't think shark attacks are real. I just don't think they're real. I think someone hits their leg on like a coral reef or something. I don't believe them. I do not think they're real. I think someone... you're a bad swimmer. You probably stubbed your toe and then overreacted.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Shark attacks are documented medical and biological events.
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#PMT-2023-0809-4301
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Crows are the dumbest animals in the world

My personal big takeaway was that crows are dumb as shit. ... I've been told my whole life that crows are the smartest bird in the world. And it's a miracle that they ever get out of bed in the morning without stabbing themselves in the butthole with their own beak. Because they're so stupid that they just hold onto the back of an eagle and die of not being able to breathe.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
Biologically, crows are among the most intelligent non-human animals, capable of tool use and problem-solving.
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Take Slip·Jul 3, 2023
#PMT-2023-0703-7435
Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I can break the hot dog record of 76 if the weather stays dry

That record of 76, it could go down. The weather's looking a little bit iffy. They're, they're calling for thunderstorms and it, it's been a long time since we've had rain... if it's good condition, I I see a record.

The 2023 contest had a major rain delay. Chestnut won but only ate 62 hot dogs, falling short of his record. The rain factor he mentioned proved critical.
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#PMT-2023-0526-4175
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Russians are radicalizing orcas to attack ships in NATO waters

So the Russians have been training beluga whales to be spies in NATO waters and with all these recent orca attacks are the Russians, radicalizing orcas? ... The orcas haven't been acting like that before.

There is no evidence that orca attacks on boats are orchestrated by the Russian military.
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#PMT-2023-0503-7858
Billy FootballBilly Football

AI-powered robots will kill us all in less than a year

If you guys watch the episode metalhead [from Black Mirror], that's actually happening in real life... They gave Boston Dynamics robots brains and now they can do whatever they want. Think for themselves. ... I still think we got less than a year left. We're cooked.

The human race was not killed by AI-powered robots within the year following May 2023.
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Take Slip·Apr 19, 2023
#PMT-2023-0419-10896
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Soul patches are making a huge comeback this summer

I think the soul patch is the right move. I think soul patches are making a huge comeback. I think one of you guys should lead the charge on that... it's gonna be Soul patch summer.

While funny, soul patches did not become a dominant aesthetic trend in Summer 2023.
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#PMT-2023-0419-10894
HankHank

AI robots will take over and kill everyone within a month

I'm fully convinced, I figured I should just get it on record that probably within like a month, AI is going to build robots, take over the world and we're all gonna die.

A month passed and humanity was not eradicated by AI robots.
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#PMT-2023-0414-1765
Big CatBig Cat

I will join the 1,000 pound club naturally within a year

Challenge myself and I'm gonna get hurt. And that's gonna suck... I'm gonna try to do a thousand pound club, Billy... It's deadlift, squat, bench. A thousand pounds... I'm doing it all natural. No, I'm doing it. It's either all natural or can't do.

Big Cat did not publicly document hitting this goal within the year and eventually focused on other fitness goals like running a mile.
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#PMT-2023-0412-9152
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The pull-out method is a 100% effective birth control method

This is why the pull-out method's just, it's the best. So much more effective. It's the best. Yeah. Works a hundred percent. You know where the semen's going? Yeah. Never have a problem pulling out. Yeah. You know. Exactly. You can, every last drop of come is accounted for you pull out.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically and medically incorrect; the withdrawal method has a significant failure rate.
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#PMT-2023-0410-7260
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will get a tattoo of the lottery ball machine if Hank passes me in total wins by the end of the next football season

If Hank, what did you agree to? If you don't get the lottery ball before the end of next football season, I will get a tattoo of the lottery ball machine. But if I pass you in total victories by the end of next football season, you will get a lottery ball machine [tattoo].

By the end of the 2023 football season (Feb 2024), Hank still had zero lottery ball wins, meaning he lost the bet.
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Take Slip·Apr 3, 2023
#PMT-2023-0403-6345
MaxMax

I will lose 20 pounds by Memorial Day

Memorial Day. Memorial Day, losing 20 pounds by Memorial Day Max. We've, we've done this before, but we're doing it for real this time... I just want it to be on the record... No, because by doing that, that means it's officially on.

Max notoriously failed this weight loss goal, which was discussed in later episodes.
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Take Slip·Mar 29, 2023
#PMT-2023-0329-16863
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drinking your own piss once a month provides long-term health benefits

I drink my own piss at least once a month. It's supposed to help long-term health benefits. I haven't been sick yet... when you think about it, your lower digestive system gets a lot of piss going through it. But your upper doesn't really get the taste of that.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Medical science does not support drinking urine for health benefits; the body is literally excreting it as waste.
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#PMT-2023-0324-13548
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dentists are a scam

Dentists are a scam. You don't have a cavity until somebody tells you you have a cavity. People don't go to the dentist when their teeth are feeling great.

OpinionLifeHotSarcastic
Medically incorrect, but a classic PFT logical fallacy.
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Take Slip·Mar 1, 2023
#PMT-2023-0301-1822
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tiger Woods is way overdue to shave his head

I did have one moment that took my breath away that I'd forgotten about when Tiger Woods was wrapping up at St. Andrews... he took his hat off... it is bad. It looks like a chia pet in the Sahara Desert. It's not good... It is way, way overdue for [shaving it].

Tiger has notably thinned but has not yet fully shaved his head as of early 2024.
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#PMT-2023-0224-1084
Big CatBig Cat

Vacations are for suckers and losers

Full stop. Fucking work hard. Hank vacation. Boy, you're soft bitch. All these vacations you're taking. I didn't even like doing it. I wanted to be working with the boys... vacations for suckers and losers.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
Clearly a joke statement contradicting his own actions and earlier words.
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Take Slip·Feb 15, 2023
#PMT-2023-0215-13654
Big CatBig Cat

I am going to get back into Olympic weightlifting this off-season

Not this is my big one and I think people are gonna laugh at it. But I'm gonna try to get back into Olympic weightlifting. I did it when I was in my twenties. I'm gonna start doing all the fucking weightlifting... cleans and jerks, snatches. Everything.

Big Cat did not publicly document a return to Olympic lifting, and typically returns to his normal routine quickly.
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#PMT-2023-0116-6835
HankHank

I can hit 8 out of 10 free throws easily

Someone said, how many free throws would you make out of 10? I was like, in my day, I was a prolific free throw shooter... I can easily hit 8 outta 10. Might have been a little ambitious. I went four out of 10 the first time.

Hank literally failed to do it on camera, going 4/10 and then failing his redemption as well.
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#PMT-2023-0104-20041
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I could land a commercial airliner if the pilot became incapacitated

If I got behind the wheel or what the stick of a 737 and I was able to talk to air traffic control, I honestly do believe that I would be able to land a plane. It's pretty simple stuff. It's not rocket science, it's air science.

The difficulty of landing a modern airliner without training is highly debated, but most aviation experts suggest a complete novice would almost certainly crash without previous simulator or flight experience, even with radio help.
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