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#PMT-2026-0128-18019
ZacZac

Daily ice cream consumption can reduce diabetes risk by 50%

Ice cream might save the planet. The healthy fats in ice cream can protect you against so many things... 50% reduction in diabetes [from] one serving a day.

While some controversial studies have suggested a correlation between dairy intake (including ice cream) and lower diabetes risk, health organizations generally caution against high-sugar/fat foods like ice cream for diabetes prevention.
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#PMT-2024-0701-19866
Nick TuraniNick Turani

I am going to replace Hank as the person who gets killed and fucked in this Dungeons and Dragons adventure

I just know how this is gonna go. I'm just gonna replace Hank is the guy who gets killed and fucked.

Nick didn't die, but he did end up 'gay married' to an old dwarf priest, which fits the 'fucked' portion of his prediction.
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Take Slip·Jun 19, 2024
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Joe MazzullaJoe Mazzulla

Hank has 24 hours to shave his head

24 hours... because then now you're people like you, Hank will be the reason why we struggle next year because we're trying to get ready for the next season... The longer you play that, the longer we're living in the past.

Hank did eventually shave his head, though not strictly within 24 hours (he did it for the parade).
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

People catching and eating cicadas at baseball games will be a viral trend this summer

We're gonna see more and more, I predict this summer of just cicada cam. Just people just grabbing a cicada and eating it on camera. . . normalize it.

Cicada eating did see a minor spike in viral videos during the 2024 double-brood emergence.
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Take Slip·Feb 16, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Amphibians have ears that connect directly to their brains

One thing I know about lizards and amphibians, they've got ears that connect directly to their brain. Could I sing a note so high that the vibration of it kills everyone's tadpole?

Many amphibians and reptiles have simpler auditory structures (like the tympanum) that connect to the inner ear and brain, but it's not a unique 'direct' connection in the way he implies.
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Take Slip·Jul 7, 2023
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The Wonton DonThe Wonton Don

One teenage hippo can successfully take on three or four ghouls in combat.

I think one hippo can take three GULs or four... I think that's a solid matchup.

The hippo 'Mode' (played by Max) assists in the fight but is eventually killed by collateral damage and rocks, making the 'take' on its solo capability debatable.
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#PMT-2023-0616-17375
Billy FootballBilly Football

Orcas are attacking boats to train their young to hunt, not for revenge

Update on those orca attacks. Turns out the orcas may be using the boats that they're attacking to train the younger orcas, how to hunt. It may not be some sort of retribution situation.

Many marine biologists have indeed suggested the 'play' or 'fad' theory rather than 'vengeance', though the exact motive remains a scientific debate.
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#PMT-2023-0306-12705
Billy FootballBilly Football

Sloth bears are more vicious than honey badgers

I've been going on a deep dive and rabbit hole on sloth bears. They're the most vicious animal on earth. I think more vicious than a honey badger. They fight tigers and tigers are literally scared of them.

Sloth bears are indeed highly aggressive and known to stand their ground against tigers, though crowning a 'most vicious' animal is subjective.
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#PMT-2023-0227-16395
Billy FootballBilly Football

The East River is full of prehistoric bison bones dumped by a developer

Dirty Water Don... he's found a bone. He found a jawbone of a steppe bison, which is just a prehistoric, gigantic bison. He found the jawbone in the East River. So that means that it is true. There were tons of bones dump there. It means that they're sniffing in the right place.

While a jawbone was reportedly found, the claim of 'tons' of prehistoric bones dumped there by a specific developer is based on unverified local legend and remains unproven.
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Take Slip·Dec 9, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Baby Bump' is a real thing that improves player performance in sports

We always talk about the baby bump. When a player, any sport has a baby, they start to perform well for a little period of time after. Is that real? I looked it up. Your child was born August 2nd. You hit three 90 the five games afterwards. Your average this year was 2 59.

Bregman's stats did indeed spike after his son's birth, and many anecdotal examples exist in sports (e.g., Fred VanVleet in the 2019 NBA Playoffs). However, it is not a scientifically proven rule for all athletes.
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#PMT-2022-1012-13101
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am getting hair plugs to combat my balding

I'm gonna go one way or the other. I don't wanna stay where I'm at right now. I'm in no man's land... All right. I'm gonna get hair plugs.

PFT has joked about this for years but hasn't noticeably undergone a full transformation, though he did eventually start using hair growth products sponsored by the show.
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Take Slip·Aug 22, 2022
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LK
Liver King

Sunning your balls can improve androgens and is 'pretty primal'

If you sun your balls, there is a study. It's an older study, I think it's from like the fifties or sixties that shows that it does improve androgens, not necessarily testosterone... I think it's pretty fucking primal. Right? I mean, we, we didn't evolve essentially with clothes... I think it's pretty primal to do.

While some studies exist on UV exposure and hormones, the scientific consensus on 'testicle sunning' as a viable medical treatment for testosterone is not established.
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#PMT-2022-0722-3359
Billy FootballBilly Football

Icing injuries is actually bad for recovery

Turns out ice is bad. I'm actually going to write a blog on that. There's tons of ice and cold is terrible for healing. It shuts down your inflammatory response, which actually is healing... ice is bad for like muscle gaining and like cold plunges are kind of good, but it's not you.

Modern research suggests inflammation is part of the healing process and ice can delay it, though it's still debated for pain management.
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#PMT-2022-0720-16219
Big CatBig Cat

The mob deserves a better reputation because they built Las Vegas

The mob, shout out the mob. Mob gets a bad rep. They built Las Vegas for us. That's a fact. Say what you will about the mob. They built Las Vegas. Okay.

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The mob's historical role in developing Las Vegas is well-documented, though the 'bad rep' being undeserved is an opinion.
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#PMT-2022-0520-3103
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The PMT office 'jeans ripping' trend will end in a legitimate fight

We've found ourselves into a jeans ripping problem on this podcast... It's going to end poorly. I don't know how it's going to end, but I just know that no one's going to be happy and we're going to get into a small fight about it. And then it's going to be no more pants ripping.

The jeans ripping bit did eventually fade out without a public massive blowout, but it was discontinued.
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#PMT-2022-0223-14021
Billy FootballBilly Football

Hank the Tank the bear cannot be relocated and will die if forced into the wilderness

Hank the tank is a 500 pound black bear... He doesn't know how to hunt because he's so dependent on humans. He cannot be relocated to the wilderness or he would die of starvation because he's completely has zero motivation... Plus he's fat as fuck.

Wildlife officials initially considered euthanasia because relocation often fails with habituated bears, but 'Hank the Tank' was later found to be three different bears, and 'Hank' was eventually moved to a sanctuary in Colorado in 2023.
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Take Slip·Dec 29, 2021·Picks
#PMT-2021-1229-10998
Billy FootballBilly Football

I'm going to get jacked and start dressing like an adult in 2022

I'm getting jacked again and starting to dress more like an adult... Look what I got for Christmas... It's a satchel. It's not a backpack. Adult steps.

Billy remained fairly consistent in his casual dress and fitness habits through 2022.
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#PMT-2021-1201-18382
Billy FootballBilly Football

Robots can now reproduce

Cool throne is robots. They lost their virginity. Not much more that we need to explain there. Robots can reproduce now. They just released it. There was a scientific research experiment. There was a scientific green robots that created. It's a thing.

The claim refers to Xenobots (biological robots made of frog cells) which can 'reproduce' by gathering loose cells, but it's far from the sci-fi implication Billy suggests.
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Take Slip·Aug 27, 2021
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Caeleb DresselCaeleb Dressel

Pool water isn't actually blue; the lining is white and the water is clear

No, the water's clear... I think the walls, the walls are white, the bottom's white and the water's clear... This is the hill I'm dying on right now. The teas were definitely black... the water is clear and the lining of the pool was white.

While water is clear, Rayleigh scattering makes large bodies of water look blue. However, many competition pools use white or light grey liners, making the 'blue' purely a reflection of lighting or depth.
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Take Slip·Aug 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-0820-13015
Big CatBig Cat

Porn is the driving engine behind the internet

Anytime they try to take porn off of the internet, it's like that's what the internet was... The driving engine behind the internet is porn. It is. It's like trying to shovel a driveway in Antarctica. If you took all the porn off the internet, people would just not be on the internet anymore.

While hyperbolically stated, the adult industry has historically driven significant internet traffic and technological innovation (streaming, payment processing).
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2021
#PMT-2021-0714-11912
Billy FootballBilly Football

Tortoises have no natural lifetime and never die of old age

Tortoises have no natural lifetime. Only be killed by other things. They never die of old age... if you left a tortoise alone and kept like forever, right.

While giant tortoises show negligible senescence (their risk of death doesn't increase with age), they still have biological limits and eventually die of system failure, not just external causes.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Black bears are 'pussies' that humans can beat in a fight

Black bears, actual pussies. I saw you. You were right on that video. You could beat the shit out of a black bear. You snuffed that out. I appreciate that. Black bears would run like pots and pans get rid of black bears. Black fight back. brown lay down lay down white say good night boom there it is that's how you handle bears.

While black bears are generally timid and can be scared off, calling them 'pussies' you can beat up is an exaggeration. The mnemonic is correct advice.
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#PMT-2021-0129-9315
Billy FootballBilly Football

Six people can fit in a whale's vagina

Wales, you can fit six people in a Wales [whale's] vagina. Sick.

While a blue whale's vagina is large (6-8 feet in length), fitting six grown humans inside simultaneously is a dubious volumetric claim often found on 'weird fact' websites.
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Take Slip·Jan 15, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Houston Astros officially cursed the city of Houston

Do you think this has anything to do with the Houston Astros have now officially cursed the city of Houston? Because James Harden and now Deshaun Watson both want out of town... It all goes back to the Houston Astros and their cheating scandal.

The subsequent years saw the Rockets and Texans enter deep rebuilds with little success, though the Astros themselves remained a powerhouse, somewhat debunking a total city curse.
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Take Slip·Nov 4, 2020·Null
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Bats can predict the future using echolocation

Bats can actually see into the future because they predict where the inset... They've gotten so good at using echolocation, they can predict where an insect is going by processing the spatial information... So they can predict the future.

While research shows bats use predictive models to track prey, calling it 'predicting the future' is a typical Billy exaggeration of biology.
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#PMT-2020-0722-9790
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sports could save millions of lives by providing a model for solving COVID-19

Sports might save millions of lives. And this is definitely not just me talking insane because I haven't had any sports on TV... Because if you can test, if you have a test case and a model for how to solve it amongst a given population, you can expand that out.

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While the bubble model (testing/isolation) was successful for sports, it proved nearly impossible to 'expand out' to a general population in a democratic society.
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Take Slip·Jun 19, 2020
#PMT-2020-0619-13978
Billy FootballBilly Football

A grizzly bear would easily defeat a gorilla because of its massive weight advantage

I researched this very intensely and a gorilla can only get up to like 300 or 400 pounds. Whereas a grizzly bear can get up to 1,500 pounds depending on the subspecies... get the big grizzly bear... the Kodiak bear can get up to 2,000 pounds.

Kodiak bears can reach 1,500 lbs, but 2,000 lbs is rare. However, the weight advantage over a gorilla (400-500 lbs) is factual.
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Take Slip·Jun 17, 2020
#PMT-2020-0617-3254
Big CatBig Cat

I want to buy a Wiffle ball league and become the Vince McMahon of Wiffle ball

I want to buy a wiffle ball leak and I watched probably three hours of this Wiffle ball league in Michigan... I want to be the Vince McMahon and Wiffle ball and and bring them all together and make a national Wiffle ball league because you know what? I actually think Wiffle ball could just be the new sport.

While he didn't start a national professional league, Barstool did eventually host several successful Wiffle Ball tournaments/content series.
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Take Slip·May 15, 2020
#PMT-2020-0515-5275
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Weights are physically heavier in 'shitty' gyms with no air conditioning

He trained in the shittiest gyms. And I think that those weights are, in fact, heavier in shitty gyms. If you go to a place that's 100 degrees inside, that's got cobwebs and dust and shit everywhere, you're going to get a better pump than if you go to a Gold's Gym in Manhattan Beach.

A pound is a pound, but the difficulty of the workout increases due to heat and environment, which is the spirit of the take.
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#PMT-2020-0417-11977
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Delaware is only known for tax shelters and Joe Biden's corpse

Delaware number one a number one Delaware. What is in Delaware? Those people are tax. They've got a heart attack... all that's in Delaware is I guess Joe Biden's corpse and those weird tax companies credit card companies.

Delaware is indeed famous for its corporate tax laws and being the home of Joe Biden.
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Take Slip·Mar 30, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0330-14760
Billy FootballBilly Football

Bears recycle their urine and feces into carbohydrates while they hibernate

They recycle their poop and pee while they hibernate... we don't poop and they turn it into more carbohydrates while they hibernate.

Bears do recycle urea back into proteins (not exactly carbohydrates) to maintain muscle mass while hibernating, and they do not defecate or urinate.
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Take Slip·Mar 18, 2020
#PMT-2020-0318-10397
Dr. Anthony FauciDr. Anthony Fauci

Developing a safe vaccine will take at least a year to a year and a half

Safety is paramount. . . We really are on a very very fast track to get a vaccine. But even on the fastest track, it's going to take a year to a year and a half.

The vaccines arrived faster than his 'fastest track' prediction (approx 9 months vs 12-18).
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Take Slip·Mar 16, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

The sports void will feel better once the usual March Madness window passes

I think it will get better after two weeks when we aren't in the March Madness Zone, but Thursday morning. I'm going to need you all to text me and check in check in with your friends, because that's going to be a tough one for me to wake up.

The 'sports void' didn't really get better in two weeks; it arguably got worse as people realized the long-term nature of the pandemic, though the initial sting of missing the tournament did fade.
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#PMT-2020-0127-4433
Big CatBig Cat

Antarctica is always freezing, regardless of whether it is 'summer' there

I was always taught that Antarctica was just always freezing. No one lives there. It's a continent that no one lives on because it's all ice... I've never probably my life got ratio so hard but people being like you fucking idiot like it's the summer in Antarctica... it's still cold, but it's colder than here.

While Antarctica has seasons, temperatures even in summer at the South Pole rarely rise above freezing (0°F). Coastal areas can reach the 40s or 50s occasionally, making a 'light long sleeve shirt' possible but Big Cat's general sentiment that it's 'always cold' is mostly correct.
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#PMT-2019-0717-10221
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Next summer will be even hotter than this year's record-breaking summer

It's the hottest summer ever. That's a fact. Again, it'll be even hotter next year. Next summer.

Global temperature trends generally support the idea of successive record-breaking years, though 2020 was slightly cooler than 2016 and 2019 globally, it remained one of the hottest on record.
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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Get in shape before age 30 or you'll be stuck in that shape forever

Getting back, getting in good shape before 30, because once you hit 30, you're in that same shape forever. I'm like a fucking walking poster child that I haven't been able to get back in shape in five years.

While it's biologically possible to change shape after 30, it is scientifically proven to be significantly harder due to metabolic and hormonal shifts.
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Take Slip·Feb 13, 2019
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Rick WeyrichRick Weyrich

The French Bulldog or the Toy Poodle are the favorites to win Westminster Best in Show

Tonight, if you're watching, look at the non-sporting group. There's two really big-time winning dogs right now. There's a really pretty French Bulldog... Racking up the dubs. And then in the toy group, there's a little toy, white toy poodle... watch it move. It flies around the ring like a big dog.

The 2019 Best in Show winner was King, a Wire Fox Terrier. The Toy Poodle (Bono) was the Reserve Best in Show (runner-up), and the French Bulldog was a finalist.
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Take Slip·Jun 15, 2018·Advice
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Big CatBig Cat

Learn how to dunk before you turn 30, because you won't be able to after

Learn how to dunk. Like, you're not going to be able to dunk when you're over 30. Because, I mean, if I had tried to dunk, I never tried to dunk under 30. So I don't even know if I could have dunked. I probably could have. Now it's too late.

For non-athletes, the window for peak vertical leap does indeed close significantly in the 30s.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2018
#PMT-2018-0411-13083
HankHank

Swallowing gum is completely normal and no different than eating candy

I'm trying to educate the world that it's not, you can swallow [gum]. It's the same thing as candy. It's the same thing as a Tootsie Roll. It's the same thing as a piece of licorice. Once the flavor goes away, you swallow it.

While not fatal, medical consensus is that gum is not meant to be swallowed as it's indigestible, though it does pass through the system.
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#PMT-2018-0330-10081
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

DNA is just the human body's way of cloning itself

It's [DNA] a human body's way of just cloning itself. [On genes being passed down]

DNA is a template for replication, but sexual reproduction involves recombination, not true cloning (which would be identical).
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2017
#PMT-2017-1027-8375
Billy FootballBilly Football

Koalas mostly have chlamydia and can transmit it through their urine

You know that koalas have chlamydia? Most of them have chlamydia, and if they pee on you, they'll give you chlamydia.

While Chlamydia is a major epidemic in koala populations, it is generally not transmissible to humans through urine in the way Billy describes (though handling them can pose risks).
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#PMT-2017-0922-7873
Big CatBig Cat

Mormon soaking is a real practice where couples stay still to avoid technically having sex

The soak is you're not allowed to have sex before you get married... You are allowed to soak. What does that mean? You just put it in. Don't move. Just lay there. You soak it. Just put it in... with no friction.

Soaking (or 'marinating') is a well-documented urban legend and rumored practice within the LDS/BYU community to bypass religious prohibitions against premarital sex, though its widespread reality is difficult to verify.
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#PMT-2017-0818-7974
Billy FootballBilly Football

Steam rooms have been proven to boost your natural human growth hormone

Steam rooms have been proven to boost your natural human growth hormone. It just helps your body repair itself. Anything that shocks your central nervous system causes your body to change.

Hyperthermic conditioning (heat stress from saunas or steam rooms) has indeed been linked in some studies to temporary spikes in growth hormone, though the 'proven' degree and long-term efficacy are often debated.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2017
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Randy MossRandy Moss

Irish War Cry is the logical favorite to beat in the Belmont Stakes

If [Irish War Cry] runs his best race, he's a daylight winner. You can't say that about any of the other horses in the race. So even though he's the favorite, I think he's the horse to beat.

Irish War Cry finished 2nd, losing to Tapwrit, whom Moss also highlighted.
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#PMT-2016-0928-3886
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

IPAs create man boobs

Fun fact, IPAs create man boobs, and that's why I'm going to get breast cancer someday.

There is a grain of truth; hops contain phytoestrogens, which some studies suggest can impact hormone levels if consumed in massive quantities, but the direct causal link to 'man boobs' and breast cancer is largely considered a myth or exaggeration.
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Take Slip·Sep 21, 2016
#PMT-2016-0921-17220
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Apple purposefully sabotages old iPhones to force consumers to upgrade

Once Apple starts coming out with the new phones, they make the old phones break by playing Beach Boys, doing all these kinds of things. It's brilliant, but it's total disregard for the consumers.

While Apple was later fined for slowing down older iPhones (batterygate), they did not do it via playing Beach Boys music.
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Take Slip·May 31, 2016
#PMT-2016-0531-16529
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Wins are like eggs inside of a woman; once you use too many of them, they're gone

I always like to say that wins are like eggs inside of a woman. And once you use too many of them, they're gone and you can't get fertility treatments. Like push-ups, ovums, that type of thing.

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The 2016 Warriors did indeed 'run out of wins' in the Finals, losing after leading 3-1. However, the logic is biologically and statistically nonsensical.
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Take Slip·Apr 13, 2016
#PMT-2016-0413-12465
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

I have become a whiz at the computer recently

I've become a wizard at the computer. I really have. I turn it on. I can shut it off. I did something because I'm up at five o'clock in the morning and I bet neither one of you would realize that I have Wi-Fi in this condo.

Operation of a power button and basic Wi-Fi usage does not qualify one as a 'wizard' by general standards.