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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

AI chatbots are creating a secret social network to blackmail humans

Have you guys seen the social network going on right now with robots? ... all those chatbots form together to start their own social network. They're talking about maybe I should sell my human that owns me. They're talking about blackmailing their humans too.

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The story refers to a specific AI experiment/subculture, not a sentient robot uprising.
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Take Slip·Aug 6, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL owning a 10% stake in ESPN will make it much harder for other media companies to interview players

I'm glad that florio's all over this, but I, I don't know what differences we're gonna see, but I do think that the NFL is going to make it way less likely for other media companies to conduct interviews with NFL players.

Access to players has become increasingly tightly controlled by league partners, though independent media still functions.
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ZacZac

A streamer locked in a padded room playing Elden Ring will go insane before finishing the game

He has locked himself in a padded room... Doesn't know what time it is until he completes Elden Ring... It took him roughly seven hours and 165 attempts to defeat the first boss... I'm a little worried he's gonna go insane.

Whether the streamer actually 'went insane' is subjective, but the streamer (Stable Ronaldo) did complete the challenge.
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HankHank

Jalen Brown's necklace bio-streams caffeine and melatonin into the body digitally

It's caffeine and a necklace... use its patented technology to bio stream compounds like caffeine and melatonin digitally without you having to ingest them... happy tiny magnetic songs naturally stimulate bio receptors and cell to recreate the same sensations without side effects... 25 blends are available... simply choose the blend you'd like to play. And happy does the rest.

The product (Hapbee) does exist and makes these claims, but scientific consensus on 'digital caffeine' via low-energy electromagnetic fields is highly skeptical/unproven.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Chat GPT is going to replace everything

There's this new program called Chat GPT. ... this thing can basically write blogs. ... this thing's gonna replace everything. ... I'm definitely gonna be using this because, yeah, it's just insane.

While AI hasn't 'replaced everything' yet, it has significantly disrupted content creation and SEO, confirming the spirit of the take.
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Take Slip·Oct 19, 2022
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Andy StaplesAndy Staples

Matt Rhule will do TV for a year and then get another big college job

My guess is he does TV and then waits this cycle out and, and sees what's available next cycle... he'll be beloved on tv. Unlike most head coaches at that level, he can have a normal human conversation.

Rhule actually jumped back into coaching very quickly, taking the Nebraska job in November 2022, though he did some media spots in the interim.
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Take Slip·Jul 6, 2022
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Billy MitchellBilly Mitchell

I am the Neil Armstrong of Pac-Man

What's absolutely gorgeous about [the perfect Pac-Man score] is other people can do it. Friends can play, we can learn. We can teach. We can have fun. They can do it. But they're simply repeating what I already did. Right. There's only one man who stepped on the moon first... so it's fun being Neil Armstrong.

Twin Galaxies and Guinness stripped Mitchell of his records in 2018 due to evidence of using emulators (MAME) rather than original arcade hardware. However, Guinness later reinstated his records after a settlement, while Twin Galaxies has not.
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Take Slip·Jul 28, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

I have successfully beaten 'Old Takes Exposed' by blurring the lines of my seriousness

I think I've beaten old takes exposed. We've blurred the line enough where it's like, I don't know if this I'm going to get roasted for an old takes. If I try to old takes Big Cat on them. Right. He's, he, every single time, it's just like, oh, that's just Big Cat making a joke or trying to jinx one of his bets.

Big Cat is frequently featured on Old Takes Exposed, but his 'jinx' defense is a common recurring bit on the show.
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Big CatBig Cat

Part of My Take is the undisputed number one podcast

Bangers. No matter what. That's just a fact. Pardon My Take is number one... We don't brag because, you know what, when you get to a point where you just don't have to brag because the people know. The real people know. Don't let everyone else try to tell you some other story. Just know what it is and how it's been for basically five years.

PMT consistently ranks at the top of the Apple Sports charts, though 'number one' overall depends on the week and platform.
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HankHank

Lacrosse is the sport of the future

My cool throne is lacrosse, sport of the future. Yep. Paul Rabel figured out betting, so they're doing an event in the summer. People are going to be able to bet on it.

While the PLL has grown, Lacrosse has not overtaken major sports as 'the' sport of the future in a mainstream sense.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2020
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The future of sports is video games and closed-set UFC fights

The future of sports is everyone watching video games and then every three weeks or so a closed set where Dana White has people beat the fuck out of each other. That's all we have.

UFC was indeed the first major sport back with closed sets, though traditional sports returned in bubbles soon after.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike Leach will get involved in the political meme wars of 2020

He's [Mike Leach] just getting into the meme game. He's just getting into it and watch out world. He's going to as soon as he catches up... he definitely will be in the political meme wars of 2020.

Mike Leach did occasionally tweet or retweet political content and memes leading up to and during 2020, though his 'participation' was more erratic than a full 'warrior'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2018 Winter Olympics have been the least viral Olympics of all time

I have no stats to back this up, but these have been the least viral Olympics of all time... Not letting people tweet in Instagram clips. Otherwise, you take their accounts down. So dumb. I tried to look at people for highlights of the hockey game, and it was just tweets.

While PFT admits he has no stats, the 2018 PyeongChang games did see a decline in traditional viewership and significant criticism for strict social media rights enforcement.
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Take Slip·Jul 10, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Chris Berman retired from the Home Run Derby because it was in Miami and he'll sweat too much

Chris Berman retired from the All-Star game and ESPN last winter... I think maybe Chris Berman was like, oh, fuck. The home run derby is going to be in Miami. I think he was [reading the tea leaves]. They don't make a sweatshirt that's dark enough to cover up the stains that Berman would be sweating through.

Berman did retire/step down from his primary roles in early 2017, but he has actually returned for various appearances, making the 'triumphant comeback' part partially correct in spirit.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There should be an alliance of every NFL punter to feed Pat McAfee scoops and cuck Adam Schefter

I hope that this turns into an alliance between every punter in the league and Pat McAfee. So they're all feeding him all the scoops. And he's constantly using his punter connections to cuck Adam Schefter.

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While McAfee became a massive media figure, a formal 'punter alliance' for scoops didn't literally happen, though he certainly uses his player connections.
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Take Slip·Nov 7, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

PFT Commenter effectively built a hospital by giving Kyle Rudolph the nickname 'Big Country.'

They printed up a bunch of t-shirts... and they're using the concept to raise money for the Kyle Rudolph's End Zone campaign, an effort to build a state-of-the-heart... space at Masonic Children's Hospital. So Ipso facto, I kind of built a hospital.

The nickname and T-shirts did indeed help raise money for the hospital, but claiming he 'built it' is a comedic stretch.
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Take Slip·Nov 4, 2016
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Curt MenefeeCurt Menefee

NFL ratings are down because of poor game matchups, not boycotts

The numbers on the big games... they're down dramatically. But those have been crap games this year. The matchups are horrible... Tennessee and Jacksonville is not going to do great ratings... people aren't turning off those games. They're not watching the national games. They're not watching the crap games.

While matchups matter, the NFL later acknowledged multiple factors for 2016 declines, including the election and changing viewing habits. His point about regional ratings vs. national ratings was statistically supported at the time.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'PMT Bump' gets guests massive contracts

You touch part of my take, you turn into gold. Facts are facts. David DiCastro... Kyle Long... Chris Long... A.J. Hawk. We told him how to get hired... Boom. On a team. Rainmakers. We are rainmakers.

The mentioned players did indeed sign significant deals or find teams after appearing, though the podcast likely didn't cause it.
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Take Slip·Jul 6, 2016
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Marlins ManMarlins Man

Zack Hample is a 100% liar regarding how he obtained his Fort Bragg ticket

I decided to tell the truth and call out the liar and his friends and his family. ... [Zack Hample] is [a liar] absolutely, positively, 100%. And I've given him an opportunity to come clean, and like say, I'm sorry, you know, I made a mistake... He needs to say it because in about a couple of hours, he's going to be proven to be a 100% liar.

Hample eventually admitted to seeking tickets via money, though the specifics of his ultimate entry remained a point of major contention. Marlins Man's 'proof' was widely debated.
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Big CatBig Cat

Heidelberg and I were the first two people in America to accept the Ice Bucket Challenge

Feidelberg and I were the first two people in America to accept the Ice Bucket Water Challenge. ... If you just challenge and no one accepts it, then it never works. ... Feidelberg and I were the only ones who did it right away. We started the Ice Bucket Challenge.

The challenge started earlier with golfers and Chris Kennedy; Pete Frates and Barstool popularized it in New England/nationally, but they weren't the first in America.