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Buffalo is a top-tier vacation destination

I really feel like Buffalo is right up there with any of your great vacation places like Key West, your Acapulcos... Rio, all of the above. The 24 hours we spent there seems like it was the best time of my life.

Subjective, though most would disagree with Buffalo being on par with Rio or Key West for vacations.
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Rob RyanRob Ryan

Rex Ryan is still deep down a fat guy despite his weight loss

I think once you're a fat guy, you always have it in you, that you can definitely become fatter... I think he's still deep down a fat guy. [His personality] didn't change... He's still a bad guy. He's still himself.

This is a subjective character assessment.
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Rob RyanRob Ryan

I would crush Rex Ryan in a wrestling match because I am too big for him now

I'd crush [Rex Ryan]. I'm huge... We had some pretty good fights in the day, usually against other people. But I'd get him in a wrestling match. I'm too big for him now.

The wrestling match never publicly occurred to verify the claim.
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Rob RyanRob Ryan

Oakland is currently the grittiest city in America

Oakland's pretty damn rough right now, so I'm going to go Oakland.

Subjective ranking of 'grit'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Horse racing is actually the most humane and best possible life for a horse

If these horses weren't racing, they would be obese and they would die much earlier of heart conditions and things like that. Or they'd be wild. They'd fight each other and kill each other. So horse racing is probably the best thing for a horse's life. [It is] most humane.

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The claim is scientifically and ethically dubious, as racehorses face significant physical stress and injury risk not present in natural settings.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

People are more lovable when they are fat, and losing weight makes the public hate you

People who are fat are better. When Seth Rogen lost weight, everybody hated him. When Jonah Hill lost weight, everybody hated him. When you eventually lose weight, [Big Cat], you're going to be public enemy number one.

While anecdotal, there is a recurring pop culture trope about 'funny fat guys' becoming less popular after losing weight, though it's not a universal fact.
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Big CatBig Cat

Having four grown men taking Viagra together in an RV is a bad idea

We've decided that we're not going to all take Viagra because it's a really, really weird thing to have four dudes with, like, raging hard boners in an RV.

It is objectively a weird and potentially uncomfortable social situation.
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HankHank

Viagra creates 'robotic' boners that feel like a lead pipe in your pants

I've heard they're robotic boners. I hear you have a lead pipe in your pants. I'm curious to see if it's something that happens.

While 'robotic' isn't a medical term, Viagra is known to produce unnaturally firm and persistent erections.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Taking Viagra and going to Niagara Falls ('Viagra Falls') is a classic comedy gag

It seems like the perfect classic joke. You know, Niagara rhymes with Viagra... So we all take Viagra, we get on the boat, and then we see who the first person is to get rid of their boner without touching it, just like through the power of mental concentration and meditation... That is like a classic comedy gag right there.

The value of this as a 'classic comedy gag' is entirely subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Clevelanders just yuck it up, be sad, do weird shit, and puke on themselves

We're going to watch with the Clevelanders. We're going to yuck it up, be sad, do weird shit, puke on ourselves, do what Clevelanders do.

This is a subjective characterization of a fan base.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Youngstown, Ohio is likely the grittiest city in the world

Youngstown is like the grittiest city in the world, probably. Home of Boom Boom Mancini. Little known fact about Youngstown there for you.

The definition of 'grittiness' for a city is purely a matter of opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Grit Week participants should only pack underwear and laptops, buying all other clothes daily from thrift stores

Since it's Grit Week, we got to go out there. We got to scrap. We got to hustle for everything that we earn. So every morning, we're going to go to a thrift store, buy our clothes for that day, depending on the weather.

They followed through on this during the 2016 Grit Week trip.
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We should buy a shotgun for the van to survive the Indy 500 Coca-Cola lot

We need to figure that out because it might be worthwhile buying a shotgun for the van... [to deal with] bands of marauders going through there? Like Vikings?

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They did not actually buy a shotgun for the van.
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Big CatBig Cat

Every single person in the state of Indiana takes Carb Day off to drink all day

Friday is Carb Day, which... they described to me. They said every single person in the state of Indiana takes a day off and comes and drinks all day.

While a massive portion of the local workforce may take the day off, 'every single person' is a rhetorical exaggeration.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There is no industry in Indiana important enough to keep people at work on the Friday before the Indy 500

That's like a normal Friday in Indiana, isn't it? Like what industry in Indiana that makes you come to work on Friday [of Carb Day]?

Subjective insult toward Indiana industries.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Grit has been co-opted and ruined by Harvard researchers and psychologists

I've seen over the past, like two years, the pussification of grit in America. Like grit has been co-opted by Harvard researchers, by doctors, by psychologists... It's people trying to teach grit. People who have like a silver spoon in their mouths, a doctor in front of their name, trying to tell me what it means to be gritty.

This is a philosophical stance on the meaning of a word and its cultural use.
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Big CatBig Cat

Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati are the backbones of America and the only places worth visiting on vacation

These are the places, these are the backbones of America... people will say hey when you go on vacation where do you go? Oh I go to California, I go to Florida, I go to Arizona. When we go on vacation, we go to Buffalo. We go to Cleveland. We go to Pittsburgh. We go to Cincinnati.

Inherently subjective matter of opinion regarding the 'backbone' of the country and vacation preferences.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

It is not illegal to sell fake hospital bracelets as work excuses

Is it illegal [to sell fake hospital bracelets]? No. I think you could do it, but it's like with so many things, it has other ramifications.

While selling the bracelet itself isn't illegal, using it to defraud an employer could lead to civil or criminal consequences depending on the situation.
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Big CatBig Cat

Never draw attention to yourself at work or people will find your secrets

In life, never draw attention to yourself because then people start digging. So like if you're at work, you never want to be the guy who does a great job... Just try to be average at all times, because the minute you do something exceptional, people start witch hunting you.

The take is a philosophical stance on avoiding scrutiny by being mediocre.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joining the Wikipedia club will help you get at least two correct answers on Jeopardy in the next six months

I guarantee you that by joining our [Blake Bortles] Wikipedia club you're going to get like at least two correct answers in Jeopardy over the next six months. This is going to come in so handy for you, like way more practical than Andrew [Luck's book club].

While difficult to verify for every listener, the general claim that reading more Wikipedia increases trivia knowledge is likely true.
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Big CatBig Cat

I despise Cavaliers fans but have a kindred love for Browns fans, despite them being the same people

I fucking hate Cavs fans. I like Browns fans. I know they're the same people, and I know that makes me a dumb person... but I truly do despise Cavs fans and have almost like a kindred love for Browns fans.

This is a subjective opinion on fandom.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry should get a divorce to become likable again because Americans love a broken person

My advice would be get a divorce. Nobody likes the married guy that's having sex with his hot wife all the time. If you're really good at your job, you get a divorce, you get a lot of sympathy from everybody... get everyone on your side immediately.

This is a satirical PR strategy and not a verifiable claim.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Americans do not like perfect people; they prefer athletes who fuck up like normal people

The bottom line is Americans don't like perfect... so just like make yourself more like us, you know, like get caught taking like sending a nude to somebody or sliding into somebody's DMs. Like be just like the rest of us normal Americans, you know, fucking up a little bit.

This is a sociological observation and opinion on celebrity culture.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would trade four months of being sick with Zika to win a gold medal for my country

Why is it that big of a deal to get the Zika virus if you're going to get a gold medal? I would trade four months of being sick as a dog to win, not win it for myself, but win it for my country. I would shit through a screen door for four months if it meant that my country got a gold medal.

A personal trade-off preference is entirely subjective.
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Zack HampleZack Hample

Monogamy is overrated and unrealistic

I happen to think that monogamy is way overrated and unrealistic. And that is a philosophy that I do try to bring into my personal life. And, um, you know, I, I like to keep my options open in general.

Subjective personal philosophy.
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Big CatBig Cat

Never stay for a third night at a Vegas bachelor party

You want to go for two days like two nights and then fly out of town on the third day. If you stay for the third day, the chance of you dying or getting arrested goes up like 150%.

Subjective lifestyle advice based on the 'PMT' veteran experience.
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Big CatBig Cat

Don't try to coordinate group activities for a Vegas bachelor party if you have more than six guys

If it's anything more than six guys, don't worry about doing anything together because it just won't happen. Every time I've gone to a Vegas bachelor party, it's been like 15 guys. And there are actually people I don't even know were on the bachelor party because I just never saw them.

Subjective group logistics advice.
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Big CatBig Cat

Check yourself into the hospital to avoid being in trouble with your mom for missing an event

Check yourself into the hospital. Say you got some kind of injury or something. Cause your mom instantly goes from being furious at you for missing her birthday to so worried about you.

While effective in the short term, this is objectively terrible relationship advice.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mother's Day on social media is just a contest to see who can love their mom the hardest

The Mother's Day in the social media era is basically who can love their mom the hardest and tweet about loving their mom... It's become a big contest.

This is a subjective cultural observation.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

New Zealanders and Australians are just cooler than Americans

Anyone from those two countries [New Zealand and Australia], they're just cool people. That's just a fact. They're cooler than us.

Subjective comparison of cultural 'coolness'.
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Big CatBig Cat

Blake Bortles should embrace male pattern baldness to avoid being hated

You need to let it go. Go full male pattern baldness. If you have a quarterback who has beautiful hair and is ascending and a great quarterback, people are going to come and start hating you. If you have a hilarious male pattern baldness, if you look like Larry David and you're an NFL quarterback... who's going to make fun of you?

Subjective advice on image and likability.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Never plead guilty to a crime even if you were caught on video

What lawyer tells his client to ever plead guilty? I've never understood that. ... My legal advice for everybody out there: Just don't plead guilty even if you absolutely did it and you're caught on video. Don't do it.

Plea bargains are a fundamental part of the legal system that often benefit the defendant; never pleading guilty is generally poor legal advice.
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Big CatBig Cat

Dave Portnoy will live to be 120 years old out of pure spite

Dave, everything will say Dave should die, and then he'll probably live to be like 120 because he's a motherfucker. ... He'll complain every single day for the rest of his life to 120, but he'll live to 120.

Dave Portnoy is still alive and thriving, though 120 is statistically unlikely.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Spite is an underrated motive for health and longevity

I think that spite is very underrated as a motive for things and just as an ability to help you get through life. ... Just find somebody that you really hate that you want to outlive. Yes, you got to outlive them.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Millennials are pussies who lack accountability and positivity

I think that he's right that millennials have no sense of positivity when it comes to adversity. If there's one thing I know about millennials is that they don't like it when they're put in a bad situation. Millennials are pussies. Yeah, exactly.

This is a subjective generational critique delivered satirically.
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Richie IncognitoRichie Incognito

NFL players who post workout videos on social media are annoying; just do your job and show it on the field

I will say that all these guys posting videos of themselves working out now, that I disagree with. That, I mean, I draw the line somewhere. Like, duh, you're doing your job. You're working out. The whole world doesn't need to know about it. Rise and grind, yeah. Show me on the football field.

This is a personal preference regarding athlete behavior.
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Hating Philadelphia is the most Philadelphia thing a person can do

Isn't hating Philadelphia like that's the most Philadelphia thing that you can do?

The internal conflict of Philly fans is a well-documented sports trope.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Social media accounts for children should be banned

It's getting to the point in this country where, like, I don't want my children to have social media accounts. I think, like, our country has reached the point where let's just shut it down. Nobody else gets a Twitter account.

This is a subjective social opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

You should tip the maid $5 if you stay at a hotel for more than one night

If you stay at a hotel for more than one night, you leave five bucks for the maid. ... Just dump [change] in and it will all even out. If you go to a bar, your first tip is always $2. ... And if you're at a wedding... you hand the guy a $20 bill to start the night.

These are subjective social norms, though widely considered 'good' etiquette.
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HankHank

Doing somersaults cures muscle cramps

My fun fact is that if you get a cramp, doing somersaults gets rid of the cramp. ... I was playing golf with my friends, and he just started doing somersaults. And I was like, why? And he said, it's because you get cramps, and that gets rid of him.

There is no medical evidence that somersaults cure cramps; in fact, the physical exertion of a somersault could worsen a muscle cramp.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Billy goats urinate on their own heads to attract female goats

My fun fact is that billy goats urinate on their own heads to attract female goats.

This is a real biological behavior used by male goats to spread their scent.
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Big CatBig Cat

Life.com is the most prestigious university in the world

I don't want to go recency bias on us, but Life.com is probably the most prestigious university in the world.

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Life.com is not a real university.
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Big CatBig Cat

Laremy Tunsil's stepdad is officially the worst stepdad of all time

If this stepdad really hacked Laremy Tunsil's every account he has, he's by far the worst stepdad of all time. So every other stepdad in relation looks okay.

While subjective, the stepdad was indeed widely vilified for the leak's timing on draft night.
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Big CatBig Cat

The person who leaked Laremy Tunsil's gas mask video deserves death

If we're in the trust tree right now, this guy deserves death. ... If he winds up like in a ditch somewhere like, yep, no one is going to cry about that. He's a scumbag.

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HankHank

The physics of how planes stay in the air don't actually make sense

I don't understand the physics of planes staying in the air. ... I mean, you're going 30,000 feet in the air and you're just trusting that a plane is just going to coast.

Aerodynamics is a well-understood field of physics involving lift, thrust, and drag.
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Big CatBig Cat

You can only trust the weather in Chicago between July 4th and Labor Day

It's been classic Chicago because three weeks, two weeks ago, it was 80 degrees and beautiful. Now winter is basically back. And like I said, the only time you can trust Chicago weather is like July 4th to Labor Day.

This is a hyperbolic regional opinion about climate.
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Big CatBig Cat

San Diego is 'fake life' and not real life

San Diego is fake life. It's not real life. There's nothing real about San Diego. There are no fat people. I'm pretty sure no one has a job except if you're in the Navy. It's beautiful every single day. Everyone's just relaxed and like cool. There's no edge.

The city of San Diego exists and is part of real life. This is a subjective observational take.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best way to get over a hangover is to drink more

My advice, as always, is Pedialyte. Pedialyte tends to work. But most importantly, my advice is to drink a Bloody Mary and then, like, seven beers afterwards. That's what I did this morning. It worked well.

This is a subjective lifestyle choice/advice, though medically it only delays the hangover.
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Big CatBig Cat

Never plan dinners for a bachelor party

If you're planning a bachelor party, don't plan any dinners. I've never seen a party go from this was fun to just death. You sit down, you eat, and it's just like, okay, now I just want to go to bed.

This is a matter of personal preference for event planning.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A 'Hangover Crawl' starting with Pedialyte cocktails and ending in a movie theater would be a million-dollar business

I think it can make a million bucks. We start a hangover crawl, which is like a 1 o'clock meetup... You start out with Pedialyte cocktails, a Bloody Mary. You move on to like a Klonopin bar, some margaritas. Then you go to like a movie theater where you play a boring movie, let people pass out for 90 minutes. Give them an IV... I think that's key.

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While mobile IV services exist, this specific curated crawl was never launched.

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