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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2025
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Von MillerVon Miller

I will bear-hug and kiss my dad on the lips on the Hall of Fame stage

I will on the stage, man. I'll hold him down. It's five years after you play so he probably won't have enough strength. I will bear hug him and I would kiss him on the lips. A big wet kiss.

Von is not yet in the Hall of Fame.
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Big CatBig Cat

Riding a bike as an adult is overrated compared to being good at golf

Guess what? Riding a bike. Overrated When you become adult. Golf is way more useful. Like I would trade being able to ride a bike for being able to golf well instantly.

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Big CatBig Cat

Quitting a job you hate is the best feeling in the world

Our last pick, we're gonna take quitting. No better feeling. Quitting is so satisfying. It's the best feeling. If you ever quit a job you don't like, best fucking feeling in the world.

Subjective emotional experience.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2025
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Cam JurgensCam Jurgens

Complaining while doing a difficult job is a form of grit

The more grit you have, sometimes you just have to complain your way through it. But you still do it, right? ... I think it'd be gritty going on vacation and just complaining and hating vacation. That is actually a very gritty thing to do.

Subjective definition of a personality trait.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Planet Earth could use an alien invasion to unite everyone.

I've said that about wars and aliens. I think Planet Earth could use a good alien invasion because we're sick of beating each other up. It would unite us. We're sick of hitting each other. We wanna take out [aliens].

This is a philosophical opinion about global unity that cannot be objectively proven.
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Take Slip·Jul 30, 2025
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Grit is the ability to not care what happens to you and just keep going.

Grit is, I would say, you know it when you see it. It's the ability basically to not care what happens to you and just keep going... What doesn't kill me doesn't bother me. Like think about it—I'm not dead. You can't bother me. You can't get to me. I think that's the definition of grit.

A personal definition from a head coach is inherently subjective.
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Take Slip·Jul 28, 2025
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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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Take Slip·Jul 28, 2025
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Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley

Toronto is the best city in the world

Toronto's the best city in the world easily. Chicago summers are the second best. Those are my two favorite places in the world.

City rankings are entirely a matter of personal preference.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Reading is dumb

I think that this book we're dumb and books are dumb reading's. Dumb.

Purely a comedic opinion used for branding.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A toe is the best body part to injure if you have to pick one

I would say though that if you were to pick one body part on your body to be injured, it's probably your toe.

Inherently subjective and debatable as most would prefer an injury that doesn't affect mobility.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2025
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Scottie SchefflerScottie Scheffler

I will never be a better person than I am a golfer

I definitely fall short as a person... I think that's shit. I mean, it's like... I would say I have plenty of room to improve on the person front and, and definitely plenty of room and room to improve as a golfer as well. [Big Cat: There's no way you'll ever be a better person than golfer]. Yeah, I think that's, that's a fair option.

A philosophical take that acknowledges the statistical impossibility of being as good at 'life' as the literal #1 person at a global profession.
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Take Slip·Jul 23, 2025
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Chase UtleyChase Utley

Cutting dairy from my diet cured my chronic knee pain in three weeks

I was having knee issues and I was... I needed to make some adjustments... I told myself, I'm gonna do it [go dairy free] for a month... probably about three weeks into it, honestly, I felt so much better. My body just felt fresher... I attributed it to the lack of dairy at the time.

Personal health experiences are subjective, but Utley is sincere about this being the cause of his recovery.
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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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Big CatBig Cat

The World Series of Poker should embrace its bad boy William Kass to save the game from 'robot' players

The World Series of Poker is gonna do the opposite thing that they should do. They should embrace this guy because these type of people... you need personalities. You need people that are aggravating. You don't need people who are robots who are playing by an algorithm and just going through it.

This is a subjective opinion on entertainment value and sports marketing strategy.
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ZacZac

Opening Counter-Strike skin cases is officially back

My who's back of the week is going to be Counterstrike cases specifically opening them... They went CS:GO case unboxings, $590,000 in cases they unboxed. Unprecedented territory is what we're approaching there.

The data supports a massive surge in unboxing revenue for Counter-Strike in 2024-2025.
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Big CatBig Cat

Disney World with kids is the absolute worst place in the world to be violently hungover

Disney World with kids would be hell on earth. Because then you actually actively have to parent and chase them around and worry about where they're being and stand in lines and eat gross food. I actually don't think that there's, I've never been to Disney World as a kid or an adult, but I think that might be the worst place in the world.

Subjective opinion on the discomfort of a location.
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2025
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ZacZac

First dates should always start with drinks as a 'solos match' before committing to more

I was thinking we, we could run, we could run drinks if she's open to that. I like that Max, easy. Just happy hour. A few drinks. Nothing crazy. Maybe just one drink. We'll start with one drink. And then if it's good, then you go two.

Subjective dating advice.
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ZacZac

Construction workers are the groundwork of civilization and deserve more credit

So much infrastructure to the entire, everything that we do. This building, all of our homes, all, all of the establishments we go to. I mean, it's everywhere. The groundwork of civilization, all the construction workers is deserve so much credit.

Inherently subjective appreciation of a profession.
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Take Slip·Jul 11, 2025
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Rob MacRob Mac

Sports fandom is forged in tragedy, not triumph

it's about fandom... and really what it's about is about community and a community forged in tragedy because there can be only one at the end of each year in any, in every and any sport. And so there's something really beautifully human about that, that, that we are not forged in triumph. We're forged in tragedy.

Philosophical view on fan psychology.
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HankHank

Jesus is the chillest bro of all time because he took a three-day nap

He's just the chillest guy of all time. Turn the other cheek. Try to, you know, bring world peace to the world. Dude, bro. Took a three day nap. How chill is that?

Categorizing the resurrection as a 'nap' is an irreverent characterization that cannot be factually verified.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lamar Jackson is a dream rotation choice to smoke weed with

You gotta put Lamar [Jackson] in the top tier, right? For sure. Lamar is absolutely the top tier of that. A hundred percent.

The 'coolness' of smoking weed with a professional athlete is entirely subjective.
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Take Slip·Jul 9, 2025·FAQ
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ZacZac

I am not an intercourse guy

Not much of an, not much of an intercourse guy.

This is a personal lifestyle claim by Zac.
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Take Slip·Jul 9, 2025·FAQ
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Watching sports on the couch is better than being at the games

Honestly, getting to watch games on your couch is way better than being at the games usually anyways. sitting on your couch at home with your own snacks and your own food, it's awesome.

This is entirely a matter of personal preference.
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Take Slip·Jul 7, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Joey Chestnut is a top five athlete of all time

I really do think that Joey Chestnut might be the greatest athlete of all time. I actually like broke it down... however you slice it, he's like top five athlete of all time.

This is an inherently subjective ranking of athletes across disparate disciplines.
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Take Slip·Jul 7, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joey Chestnut, Usain Bolt, and Tiger Woods are the three greatest athletes of all time

It's Joey Chestnut, Usain Bolt and it's Tiger Woods. Yeah. That's it for me.

Subjective ranking based on personal criteria of 'greatness'.
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Take Slip·Jul 7, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joey Chestnut would beat Usain Bolt in a mile race if they both had to eat a hot dog first

Usain Bolt has literally never run a mile in his entire life... I think it switches at a mile. I think Joey Chestnut beats him.

This scenario hasn't happened, but Bolt's lack of training in miles is a real-world fact he has admitted to.
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ZacZac

Brian Steele is the greatest defense attorney of all time

Brian Steele might just be the greatest defense attorney of all time... he has beat racketeering charges for his clients for the second time... Young Thug... Sean Combs.

Subjective 'GOAT' claim for a legal professional.
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Big CatBig Cat

It is embarrassing for a grown man to wear a bike helmet

You just can't, you just look like a fucking fool and you look like an idiot. Especially when you get off the bike and you're like, walking without the bike.

Purely a matter of personal opinion on fashion and social etiquette.
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Take Slip·Jul 2, 2025
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

Bratwurst has the worst physical aftermath of any competitive eating food

There's a couple that like, I know going in, they're gonna be rough. Like anything with bratwurst, bratwurst, man, there's, they add extra fat in there and it, it's, it's running through you. It, it, it, it's, you're not in control. It's there. There's, there's accidents bound to happen there.

This is based on his personal experience as the GOAT of eating.
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Take Slip·Jul 2, 2025
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I can eat two gallons of soft-serve ice cream in eight minutes

I'm thinking close to, close to two gallons worth. It'd be, it'd be like, so I did an ice cream contest and after the contest I was like shivering because I was so, like, it was like everything was cold. So I, I think close to two gallons would be in, in about eight minutes.

Chestnut has various world records; this specific volume is plausible given his history.
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Take Slip·Jun 30, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

You should always go reckless in Dungeons and Dragons

When people that I run games for among the Awls, I ask them if they're going reckless. They always say, of course, like Norm. Yeah, I gotta go reckless. You gotta go reckless because they look up to Norm. I think 100% it, you gotta always go reckless. 100%. No risk, no biscuit.

This is a subjective gameplay strategy for a tabletop RPG.
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Take Slip·Jun 30, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

Zac is the most selfish Dungeons and Dragons player for healing himself over the team

The most selfish player award goes to Zac. Absolutely... Crazy because if you had healed to any of us, we probably would've beaten the dragon... All fucked up.

Subjective opinion on a game action.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joey Chestnut will set a new world record at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this year

He released a statement yesterday saying that it was, he never lost his love for the dogs. He just entered into a partnership with a plant-based company last year... he's gonna smoke 'em. I wanna see an all time record... he is top dog.

Chestnut's participation in the 2025 Nathan's contest and his result are pending.
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ZacZac

The era of the 'Featured Barber' and high-priced haircuts is officially here

The barbers are up... you pull up, they only do the app appointments... they're like 60 to 80 dollars... then there's guys down a little bit further down the street doing featured spots... book your appointment now.

Cultural observation.
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ZacZac

Apple is going to force brain chips on everyone and we'll have no choice but to accept them

I don't want it, but it's coming. It's gonna happen and I'm gonna have to get it... So it's chip or be left behind. Correct. No choice. We just have to chip.

Neuralink and similar companies are developing this, but mass consumer adoption is still far in the future.
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Take Slip·Jun 11, 2025
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Tarik SkubalTarik Skubal

Winning is a band-aid that cures everything in sports, regardless of the problem

Winning cures everything. You know, winning is, it's a band-aid that, you know, it doesn't matter if it's a bullet hole, whatever, you know, it cures everything and you just kind of go play baseball.

This is a subjective philosophy on team sports.
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Take Slip·Jun 11, 2025
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Magnus CarlsenMagnus Carlsen

I am the undisputed greatest chess player of all time

I'm not sure I'm the right person to, to ask really, but I don't mind. That's that's completely fine by me... I feel like I'm, I'm getting there. So, that's all I can ask for.

By Elo rating and duration as World No. 1, Carlsen is widely considered the GOAT by most modern metrics.
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Take Slip·Jun 11, 2025
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Magnus CarlsenMagnus Carlsen

I am currently the best at every single format of chess

At the moment I would say that I, I'm definitely the best at every, at every format that we we play. And honestly, my closest competitors are still the, the old guys, guys around my age. So yeah, the kids, they're good, but they're, they're not quite quite there yet.

Magnus has held the triple crown (World Champion in Classical, Rapid, and Blitz) simultaneously multiple times.
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Big CatBig Cat

Relationship hobbies must be established from the start because you can't add an addiction later

Before you start dating, you have to have all your hobbies set because you can't just add golf. You can add golf, but you can't add golf addict. There's a difference. There's a, you could be a golfer, but if this guy's playing seven days a week and YouTube tutorials and practicing swinging the living room, that's going to, you're gonna need to ease into that one.

This is a subjective piece of relationship advice.
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ZacZac

I avoided going near the windows of my 14th-floor apartment for two weeks because I was afraid of falling through them

Roughly between one and a half to two weeks... I didn't wanna get close enough to the window. Like say, God forbid I asked the, the leasing lady, she said this double pane thick glass. But like if you were to go through a window at the 14th floor, you're, you're f-ed. You're done... I made sure I wasn't like putting pants on or anything close to it.

This is a personal anecdote describing a past behavior.
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Take Slip·Jun 9, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ice tennis would be cool as shit

Ice tennis would be cool as shit. Yeah. If you're on skates. Yeah. Somebody should make that happen. That would be cool. I would, I would watch ice tennis.

This is a subjective opinion about a sport that doesn't exist.
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ZacZac

The 'Sharknado' meta and Smurf accounts are ruining Marvel Rivals

The developers of Marvel rivals... are tanking the game. So they're, they're allowing these guys to do... Smurf account... and then they've changed the team up and now there's a sharknato that you can light on fire and the sharknato is ruining the game. It's bad.

Subjective opinion on game balance and community behavior.
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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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ZacZac

The Barstool office ice cream machine will finally be operational by Wednesday

99% chance there will be soft serve... We will be experiencing ice cream before July 4th break. Wednesday is when I want... Wednesday.

The ice cream machine did eventually become a fixture in the office, though the exact 'Wednesday' success is a point of office lore.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jim Irsay lived exactly how a billionaire NFL owner should live

I think Jim Irsay is the closest to how I would wanna live my life if I was a billionaire. He had a football team... He collected sick guitars... He lived how you should live if you are a billionaire.

Subjective opinion on lifestyle and billionaire ethics.
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Big CatBig Cat

Installing a soft serve ice cream machine in the office is a life-changing move

I reassessed my life and I realized that a life without constant access to soft serve ice cream is not a life I want to live anymore... I trade [shooting a diamond out of my dick] in a heartbeat. I mean a soft serve machine. It's like a, it's a gold mine. It's a dream of mine. It's the best. I love soft serve ice cream. It's so good. And it's good for you.

The value of office ice cream is entirely subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Men should not be sedated when getting a tattoo

I have a take. And that's if you get sedated for, you shouldn't get sedated for a tattoo as a man... I would never get sedated for a tattoo.

Subjective opinion on personal conduct.
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Big CatBig Cat

Running a marathon in six hours does not count as finishing a marathon

People do run marathons in like six hours and then they, and they, and then they post on Instagram... No you didn't. Six hour marathon is not doing it.

This is a subjective gatekeeping opinion on what constitutes 'doing' a marathon.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to hire a dietician to help prevent future kidney stones

I think this one, I'll say this, I think I'm gonna start making some lifestyle changes. I'm thinking... I think I'm gonna to get a dietician. I understand. But I need someone to tell me what to do. I am not going to do that on my own volition. I need someone to basically be like, here's what you can and cannot eat.

This depends on whether Big Cat actually hires and listens to a dietician.
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Take Slip·May 2, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the Hurricanes beat the Capitals, I will never masturbate to Brandy Love again

If the hurricanes beat the capitol, I'll never jack off to Brandy Love again. Ball's in your court. Mr. Beast is wrong. Also says that Brandy love is from Dearborn, Michigan. But she's a Hurricanes fan.

The Hurricanes did not play the Capitals in the 2024 playoffs (Caps lost to Rangers), so the condition was never met.
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