PMTPMT DB

Takes

Loss
Take Slip·Aug 2, 2017
#PMT-2017-0802-8971
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Space is cold, therefore the sun is actually cold

Why is space cold if the sun is hot? We think the sun is cold. Outer space is black, but it's cold. So shouldn't outer space be really, really hot? [The sun] is not [hot]. Have you ever looked the sun directly in the eyes? Never have. Right. So does it even exist?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, the sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma. Space is cold because it is a vacuum with few particles to hold heat.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 24, 2017
#PMT-2017-0724-726
Billy FootballBilly Football

Bunnies will not chew on power cords if they have an electric current

Bunnies won't chew on a cord if it has electric current going through it. Because they just know. ... Because they're just smart.

This is factually incorrect and dangerous; rabbits frequently chew through live cords and can be electrocuted.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0721-12242
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.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The sun is a star composed of hot plasma, with a surface temperature of approximately 5,500 degrees Celsius.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0719-17000
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pregnancy is controlled by a woman's mind and Plan B is usually a placebo

Plan B, to my understanding, is actually more often than not a placebo... it tricks the woman's body into thinking that actually she's not pregnant because pregnancy is controlled ultimately by your mind. Only mentally weak women will get pregnant.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically impossible and factually incorrect; Plan B is a hormone-based medication and pregnancy is a physiological process, not a mental one.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 17, 2017
#PMT-2017-0717-4529
Billy FootballBilly Football

Salmonella is like the chicken pox; once you get it once, you can never get it again

If you get salmonella, then you don't have to worry about getting it again so you can eat cookie dough and stuff. No, because if you get salmonella, then you don't have to worry about getting it again.

Salmonella is a bacterial infection, not a virus like chicken pox, and you do not develop lifelong immunity to it.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0717-4533
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Sun is not actually hot because space is cold

There's a big conspiracy theory out there that the sun is not actually hot. ... If the sun is hot, why is space cold? ... The sun is probably the biggest fraud of all time if it's cold. ... If you're on the surface of the sun, you'd be fine. You could have a picnic on the surface of the sun.

The sun's surface temperature is approximately 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and its core is millions of degrees. Space is cold because it is a vacuum with few particles to hold heat.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0710-5350
Big CatBig Cat

Dentist offices should be installed on airplanes to save time

I'm also the guy who has the idea that we should start having dentist offices in planes so we can, you know, kill two birds with one stone... obviously we're gonna have to get through some of these hurdles [like turbulence].

Logistically impossible and has not happened.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0710-5351
Big CatBig Cat

We should have portable gyms in trucks so people can work out during their commute

We need to have portable gyms. So instead of your commute, you get in the back of a truck and you work out while you're commuting to your job. No one likes to commute. No one likes to go to the gym. Get them both out of the way at once.

Mobile gyms exist as trailers, but working out in a moving vehicle during a commute is not a mainstream reality due to safety.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0703-5280
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Thomas Jefferson forged signatures on the Declaration of Independence to look cool

I'm a big 7-4 truther because I don't think that all these guys actually signed the Declaration of Independence because only a few people could actually write back then. And all the handwriting looks very similar to me. I'm thinking that a lot of the signatures were actually forged by Thomas Jefferson just so that it would look like he had a bunch of people that supported his cause so he'd look cool.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Historical consensus and forensic analysis of the document contradict this theory.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 30, 2017
#PMT-2017-0630-5648
Billy FootballBilly Football

Ketosis causes the body to literally excrete fat through urine

When you're in ketosis, you're just pissing out fat. Fat, pissing out fat. Just fat's coming out of your pee hole.

Ketosis involves the body burning fat for energy, producing ketones which are excreted in urine, but it is not literally 'pissing out fat' in its raw form.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 28, 2017
#PMT-2017-0628-17391
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brooklyn artisanal craft bourbon is better than Kentucky bourbon

Your bourbon is second best in America to Brooklyn artisanal craft bourbon. ... Brooklyn is where you find the best bourbon in America. ... Japanese whiskey, however, is better than both Brooklyn and Kentucky.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Kentucky bourbon is the global gold standard; Brooklyn 'urban bourbon' is a satirical punchline.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0626-2151
Big CatBig Cat

Diversify your investment by buying scratch tickets in multiple states to become a millionaire

On a road trip, little pro tip, you buy scratch tickets or lotto tickets at every single stop in multiple different states. It's called diversifying your investment. And you will then become a millionaire.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Buying lottery tickets is statistically unlikely to make one a millionaire, regardless of how many states they are purchased in.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0623-11378
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Taking acid is dangerous; freshmen should stick to binge drinking

But I'm just going to say, for the record, taking acid is very dangerous. Stick to safe things, like binge drinking your freshman year.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Binge drinking is medically classified as dangerous, making this advice ironically 'incorrect' despite its satirical intent.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0621-4562
Big CatBig Cat

Women carry up to two liters of extra blood during their periods

It's actually a fact. Women during their periods are carrying up to two liters more blood than the average human.

Fact ClaimLifeMildSarcastic
This is biologically false; total blood volume for an average woman is only about 4-5 liters total, and they do not gain 2 liters during a period.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0619-18079
Big CatBig Cat

Icing Bros will inevitably make a comeback

I'm going to call it right now. Icing Bros is going to come back. That's going to suck. Take a knee and chug. That was a tough summer of 2008 or 9, whatever it was.

Icing has seen periodic ironic resurgences but never returned to its 2010 peak of cultural dominance.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0616-19762
HankHank

Apple purposefully sells iPhone chargers that break so you have to buy more

My number one [minor inconvenience] is buying iPhone chargers from, like, a gas station, and then when you plug them in, they just don't work... [Steve Jobs] basically has made a charger that cannot be duplicated... They have chargers that you can charge your iPhone once and it's just charged forever. They just won't sell them to us.

While planned obsolescence is a debated topic, the claim of a 'forever' charger is factually unfounded.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0607-9235
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Persistence and annoyance are the keys to winning over a woman who has rejected you

Here's one thing I know about women. If they tell you, no, I don't want to date you, the more persistent you are and the more annoying you are to them, then eventually they'll let you in. Yeah. Just comment on all of her Instagram pictures. That will work.

OpinionLifeFireSarcastic
In real life, this behavior is generally considered harassment rather than a successful dating strategy.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0602-16929
Big CatBig Cat

NASA is firing a rocket into the sun to distract the public from the search for aliens

NASA's come out. They're shooting a rocket into the sun. I don't really understand what's going on... NASA's trying to keep us off the aliens. That's pretty clear because if you're sitting in NASA... Find the aliens or fire a Roman candle into the sun, which we know already is really hot.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
The probe was for scientific solar research, and there is no evidence it was a cover-up for alien discovery.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0531-1528
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Guys need big pubic bushes to make their dicks look bigger

Evolutionarily speaking, guys needed big bushes to make their dicks look bigger... Right. I don't know if you've seen a lot of penises recently, but they're not great looking solo. So you need a lot of distractions.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
This is a comedic assertion with no biological basis.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0531-1529
Big CatBig Cat

In every pair of twins, there is an alpha and a beta pre-cum twin

You know how when you see twins and you're like, okay, that's the pre-cum twin and that's the real cum twin. You can tell. There's one twin that's always a little bit stronger, better looking, more gregarious. The other one's the pre-cum twin.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically impossible and socially absurd.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0522-19451
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If an Olympic medal deteriorates, the athlete shouldn't be considered the winner anymore

I think the medals that were won in this Olympics, if they deteriorate, they shouldn't count. If the medal's gone, you didn't win it.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
The IOC does not strip medals based on the physical state of the award; the win remains in the record books.
Loss
Take Slip·May 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0519-18220
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Employers have much more legal leeway and leverage if they don't pay their interns

If they're not getting paid, all right, and they're not employees, right? Well, you better stop [paying them] right away... you have a lot more leeway if you're not paying them. I like the scheme you've... As we say in the law, you've got a lot of leverage.

While Mike is joking for the bit, labor laws regarding unpaid interns are actually much stricter than he implies, usually requiring the intern to be the primary beneficiary.
Loss
Take Slip·May 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0519-18222
Randy MossRandy Moss

Only Always Dreaming or Classic Empire can win the Preakness

In my opinion, only two horses can win the race, Always Dreaming and Classic Empire. Those are the only two that can win the race. The other horses are various confidence levels of playing in the exotics. I think Cloud Computing is a horse that can be a part of the exotics.

Cloud Computing won the 2017 Preakness Stakes at 13-1 odds, defeating Classic Empire. Always Dreaming finished 8th.
Loss
Take Slip·May 19, 2017
#PMT-2017-0519-18224
Randy MossRandy Moss

Shimmering Aspen will lead from start to finish in the Black-Eyed Susan

Shimmering Aspen, the horse that's won three races and four starts... I think is probably going to go wire-to-wire in the Black Eyed Susan at about four or five to one.

Shimmering Aspen finished 7th in the 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0519-18229
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pee on your hands releases pheromones that make women find you irresistible

If you don't wash your hands, you're actually preserving the pheromones that women find irresistible. So a little pee on your hands... actually turns women into soup. Just melts that labia clean off.

Fact ClaimLifeFireSarcastic
There is no scientific evidence that human urine on hands acts as an aphrodisiac for women.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0508-2621
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bees aren't actually dying at an alarming rate

And people keep saying that they're dying at an alarming rate like you did. But I don't think that they are. I'm woke on the whole bee thing, the whole bee scare of 2016.

Population trends for bees vary by species, but colony collapse disorder remains a real scientific concern.
Loss
Take Slip·May 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0505-19686
Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

There is a chance the world ends before 2018

Yeah, of course. I mean, [fifth-year option money] is money that I will probably never see. I think it's for like 2018. I think there's a chance that it [the world] could [end]. Either that or something else could happen.

The world did not end in 2018.
Loss
Take Slip·May 1, 2017
#PMT-2017-0501-18908
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The city of Edmonton does not actually exist

I don't think the town of Edmonton actually exists. I don't know anyone that's ever been there. I'm a big-time Edmonton truther. The whole city is filled with crisis actors.

The city of Edmonton definitively exists.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0424-5798
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Any lower-body injury for a person over 251 pounds is life-threatening

If you weigh more than 251 pounds, any injury that you have below your waist is a severe issue. It's life-threatening.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical claim not based on medical fact.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0421-19203
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Being pregnant is technically a performance enhancing drug for female athletes

Chicks get a glow when they get pregnant... statistically proven that teams that wear red-colored uniforms do better because red is the color of dominance. So anytime you start to glow when you're pregnant, it gives you the edge. So technically, being pregnant is a PED.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Medical science does not recognize pregnancy as a performance-enhancing drug.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 7, 2017
#PMT-2017-0407-7892
Curt SchillingCurt Schilling

No species has ever created another species through procreation

I don't believe in evolution in the sense that a dog mating with a dog makes a dog. No species has ever created another species through procreation.

This contradicts the scientific consensus on the theory of evolution and speciation.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 31, 2017
#PMT-2017-0331-9054
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A man cave should function as a legal safe haven where murder doesn't count

I think being in a man cave is basically like a lawyer's office for dudes... Murder doesn't count in a man cave. I don't know what they were doing. They were hanging up St. Pauli girl neon beer signs... whatever, just guys being guys in the man cave.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Obviously, a man cave provides no legal immunity for murder.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 6, 2017
#PMT-2017-0306-3981
Big CatBig Cat

I could easily kill a wolf one-on-one with my bare hands

I would be able to take a Wolf one-on-one... His point is exactly right. Wolves don't have thumbs. People forget that. So I would just grab the wolf's little neck and snap that thing. Wolf wouldn't even know what hit him.

Biologically, a human (especially one not trained in combat) is very unlikely to kill a healthy adult wolf with bare hands.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 1, 2017
#PMT-2017-0301-12783
Big CatBig Cat

Female orgasms and the G-spot do not actually exist

Raven told Nick that her ex-boyfriend never gave her an orgasm. That's because orgasms don't exist for chicks. Oh, yeah. The old G-spot? ... That's the, hey, you know the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch in the G-spot?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a factually incorrect claim made for comedic effect.
Loss
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
#PMT-2017-0222-13071
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Larry II committed suicide because he couldn't face an NFL offseason without football

Possible suicide because Larry was a football guy. He loved gambling. He was really good at it. He liked the games. He got a little taste of what the offseason looked like... the week without football really crushed him, and he couldn't bear looking ahead to the next six months without any games.

The goldfish died of natural causes/poor care, not suicide.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 30, 2017
#PMT-2017-0130-1682
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The entire city of Houston is a front for a drug operation

I think the entire city of Houston is just a front for some sort of drug operation. That's failing because I don't know what... None of these stores are... I don't know... And the drug operation itself is failing, too.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
Houston is a major American city and global energy hub, not a singular drug front.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
#PMT-2017-0127-15756
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Winning a Masters or Daytona 500 should automatically grant you a green card and the right to vote

Langer's not even allowed to vote because he's a German national... But I think if you win a Masters, that's so American that if you have a green jacket, you should be allowed to vote. I don't care what country you're from. I want you to have a say in who our next leader is. A green jacket equals a green card. Absolutely. Or if you win a Daytona 500, I don't care what continent you're from. You're an American now.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
The US government does not grant citizenship based on winning major sports tournaments.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0104-6524
HankHank

Planes should have giant parachutes to prevent crash landings

I was watching the movie Sully... and I was just wondering, why don't planes just build parachutes so if that happens they can just parachute down and not have to worry about crash landing? Like inside the plane so it's like oh shit the engine's failed, pop parachute, safe.

While small private planes (Cirrus) have whole-plane parachutes, the physics of weight, speed, and drag make this unfeasible for commercial airliners like the A320 in Sully.
Loss
#PMT-2016-1230-9934
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The only way to avoid male pattern baldness is to murder your grandfather before he loses his hair

Yeah, the only way to not inherit male pattern baldness from your mom's father is if you murder him before he goes bald.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically, murdering someone does not change the genetic traits you have already inherited from them.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 16, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1216-8441
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cats are soul-stealing witches that shouldn't be allowed around babies

This furthers my theory that cats are witches... it is true that cats, when you sneeze, they steal your soul... and they steal baby's breath, too, if you leave a cat in a room with a kid.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically and scientifically, cats do not steal souls or 'baby's breath'.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 7, 2016
#PMT-2016-1207-19624
Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Nutrition science in athletics is mostly a scam to sell books

I don't know how much nutrition has to really do with anything. I think most of the guys that preach the book of nutrition are looking to do just that, sell books. I'm not sure that there's any validity that you can't eat fats or saturated or carbohydrates. ... There's really no proof that bananas and nuts are any better for you than Big Macs and fries. If you can make the weight, you can make the weight.

Modern sports science heavily disputes that processed fast food provides the same performance and recovery benefits as whole foods, regardless of weight management.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 5, 2016
#PMT-2016-1205-9976
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher's next job should be Supreme Court Justice or the Pope

We're trying to figure out a fun game to play is what's Jeff Fisher's next job. How can he up this one? The first one is Supreme Court Justice. He basically is a Supreme Court Justice right now... He could be the Pope. Pope Fisher? Yes, Pope Fisher.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Fisher never held either role; he was fired by the Rams a week after this episode.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 2, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1202-1272
Big CatBig Cat

Girls actually like guys who fart and burp in their face

Girls actually like a guy that farts. A lot. And burps in her face. That shows a certain level of masculinity.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The vast majority of women would find this behavior repulsive, making the literal claim incorrect.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 2, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-1202-1273
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A visible semen stain on your pants is proof that you are in your sexual prime

It means, it's a confirmation that you're sexually, that you're in your sexual prime... Girls, they're biologically tuned to seek out guys that look fertile. What better proof is there than just having your boys dripping out of your fly?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Socially and biologically, this is not an attractive trait for human mating, making the literal claim incorrect.
Loss
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sweating is just your skin having an orgasm

My first take is saying sweating is making your skin cum. So that was funny when I wrote it down at the time.

OpinionLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically incorrect and absurd.
Loss
Take Slip·Nov 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-1109-1403
Big CatBig Cat

Barack Obama will admit that aliens exist before he leaves office in 2016

In 2016, as we switch presidents, the current president is going to admit that there are aliens out there which will probably spurn a world government because we'll all have to get together and be like, it's bigger than just us.

Obama did not officially admit to the existence of extraterrestrial life before leaving office in January 2017.
Loss
#PMT-2016-1021-7074
Big CatBig Cat

Squirrel tail circumference predicts the length of winter

You look at the squirrel's tail, the circumference of a squirrel's tail will tell you how long the winter's going to be... That's a little farmer's almanac trick for you.

This is a common folklore myth (fluffier tails = harsher winter) with no proven scientific basis for long-term prediction.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 21, 2016·Roast
#PMT-2016-1021-7075
HankHank

Stephen Hawking is a government propaganda myth who was replaced years ago

Stephen Hawking, I think, is similar to PFT's JJ theory. Stephen Hawking died many years ago, but the government needed to keep up his... His propaganda so they just put a replacement Stephen Hawking in that chair. Whatever it's like yeah He just like invented space and shit.

Stephen Hawking was alive at the time of the recording and passed away in 2018; there is no evidence he was a government-controlled replacement.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 14, 2016
#PMT-2016-1014-6733
Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

I will get a Wikipedia Club tattoo if we all get one

If we all get one, I'm 100% in. [Maybe this weekend in Chicago] I agree. Oh, let's do it. All right. We talked ourselves. God damn it.

They never actually got the Wikipedia Club tattoos.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 14, 2016
#PMT-2016-1014-6734
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

'Big Fawcett' started the myth about washing apples to sell more water

I think this is where the whole myth of why you need to wash your apples got started... [poisoned candy myths]. I think this is where Big Fawcett really sunk their teeth into the situation, tried to convince people to wash them.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical conspiracy theory.
1...46