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Adam FriedlandAdam Friedland

The Democratic Party is desperate for a podcast 'answer' because they offer no real substance

They're fucking desperate. If it's me from Cumtown, they don't have shit, dude. They think they lost because they didn't have a good enough podcast? They're fucking idiots because they offered nothing. Maybe they lost because they're like 'yeah, you can't have healthcare, but we painted a rainbow crosswalk'.

Adam's critique of political strategy is subjective but widely debated.
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Big CatBig Cat

World War III is overrated and the term is being overused

My Who's Back of the Week is World War III. We're doing it again, boys. I think this is the fifth World War III that's happened in the last four years. ... I'm so sick of everyone saying World War III just started.

Hyperbolic social commentary.
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Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump reports his weight as 224 pounds specifically to troll the media and trigger a reaction

He's actually lost weight. He's 224... 6'3" 224. So that is that's RG3... I think that he does that now. Like at first I think he was lying about it. Now he lies about it because he knows that people are going to make fun of him for lying about it.

Trump's internal motivations are subjective and unknowable.
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Big CatBig Cat

Chernobyl was an inside job by Russia to discourage nuclear energy and protect their gas interests

I had one the other day that actually I completely believe that Chernobyl was on purpose. Everyone was doing nuclear power plants and Russia has a shitload of oil and gas and so they're like, Hey, let's blow up a nuclear PowerPoint plant and scare the fuck outta everyone about nuclear energy. And everyone stopped doing nuclear energy or inside job.

The generally accepted cause of Chernobyl is design flaws and operator error, not a state-sponsored conspiracy to sabotage the nuclear industry.
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HankHank

Donald Trump did not actually get shot because his ear regenerated too quickly

No, he did not get shot... His ear is fully recovered... Have you seen pictures of his ears? A closeup of his ear currently? Evander Holyfield's ear has not regenerated. Trump is totally fine.

The FBI and medical reports confirmed Trump was struck by a bullet or fragment during the assassination attempt.
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

Current political polling is useless because voters cannot maintain a consistent opinion for more than three days

I think a snapshot of any polling number right now is the dumbest... the swings in a very short amount of time. It's because no one, no one side can keep their shit together for more than three days. I don't understand like, the polling of one phenomenon that we have. I don't know that the tides are turning nearly as fast as everybody's pretending as it does day to day.

This is a meta-commentary on media consumption and data validity, which is inherently subjective but reflects a common critique of polling.
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Big CatBig Cat

Joe Biden's exit from the 2024 race is the political version of a coach being fired after making the tournament

The whole Biden thing. Is he—he now is just that coach who got fired at Long Beach State and then made the tournament. That's what's happening. He's going to ride it out. He's going to coach the bowl game.

This is a metaphorical comparison that can't be factually proven right or wrong.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joe Biden's political situation is identical to a backup quarterback entering a game

It is kind of like the backup quarterback situation. Kamala, are you really ready to see Trevor Siemian start? Let's go until he steps up and then throws three picks in the first half and you're like, 'fuck, I kind of miss Zach Wilson.'

This is a satirical metaphor and cannot be literally proven right or wrong.
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Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers

Politics in the US is a sham where nothing ever changes

Politics I've said from the beginning is an absolute sham. Life doesn't actually get better for any of us, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat. And we're still just doing the same fucking two party system and not letting Bobby [Kennedy] get in or anybody else.

The impact of politics on life is subjective and varies by individual.
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Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers

The US should have a 70 or 75-year-old age limit for political office

But just some common sense politics. Let's not let anybody over 75—the Packers have a rule, 70, you gotta retire. You go into a board of directors, it's 70, you gotta retire. That seems to make pretty good sense.

This is a policy opinion that has not been enacted.
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Big CatBig Cat

America loses the presidential debate because the only candidates are two 80-year-olds

America loses. Alright. We have a country of 360 million people and all we can find is two guys that are fucking 80 years old and America loses. Two 80-year-old guys with Cokehead sons. America loses.

Subjective political opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Billy Football is a legitimate candidate for Congress and is taking it seriously

I regret to inform you Billy football is a hundred percent legitimately running for this seat. And my fire Fest is that I feel like Oppenheimer, that by, by putting this into motion, I've affected the course of the United States for the foreseeable future.

Billy Football (William Cotter) did file paperwork and run for the seat in New York's 3rd district.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers will run for vice president

I think he's gonna do it. I think he's gonna run for vice president. It's gonna be hilarious. I don't know if he's going, is he gonna retire or is he gonna try to do both? That's the real question.

Aaron Rodgers did not run for Vice President; RFK Jr. eventually selected Nicole Shanahan on March 26, 2024.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers might run for Vice President with RFK Jr.

Aaron Rodgers might run for Vice President... He's being considered and is considering the opportunity right now. Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the two men [Rodgers and Jesse Ventura] were at the top of his list.

Rodgers was indeed officially considered by RFK Jr., as confirmed by multiple major news outlets, though he was not eventually chosen.
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Rick PitinoRick Pitino

Joe Biden should retire from the presidency and enjoy life

I don't wanna do what President Biden's doing at his age. I think he should just enjoy life a little bit. I don't know why he's doing it.

Biden eventually withdrew from the 2024 presidential race in July 2024, essentially following Pitino's advice to step away.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill and Hillary Clinton have a 0% chance of actually being in love

There's no chance they love each other. Right? It's a work relationship. 0% chance that they're in love with each other.

The internal state of their marriage is inherently unknowable to the public.
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Big CatBig Cat

Ronald Reagan would likely be the best U.S. President at performing oral sex because he was 'taught by the best' in Hollywood

What president would suck the best dick? James Madison. Yeah, definitely. Well no. What about silver tongue Lyndon B. Johnson? Wouldn't it be Reagan? 'cause he's been taught by the best. Oh yeah, true. I think he's the best at getting head. Well maybe Clinton. Actually Obama, right?

Purely subjective and historical speculation.
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Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump's 2016 Republican debate performance is a first-ballot Hall of Fame ass-kicking

The one that we, no one's gonna pick, but I do actually think it is a 1-1. It is Trump and the Republican debates. Trump versus all the other Republicans. He just fucking smoked him. He ended all their careers. Ted Cruz, your wife's ugly. Marco Rubio's got a small penis. He just great school bullied them all. It was a total ass kicking.

The take is subjective, but Trump did win the nomination after those debates.
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Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump weighs 255 pounds

I think he's 255. Like a linebacker. He's a Hoss. He's basically Brian Cushing.

Trump self-reported his weight as 215 pounds during his booking at the Fulton County Jail in August 2023.
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Big CatBig Cat

Joe Biden's dog Commander is just Major Biden with a different name

Joe Biden got a new German Shepherd. It has also bitten four people. There's no, that's Major Biden. I'm saying they didn't kick out Major. They just were like, 'yeah, we sent Major away. We got a new dog. Looks exactly like Major.' He just went on and just started biting everyone again.

While funny, they are documented as two different dogs. However, Commander was also removed from the White House for biting incidents later in 2023.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The Russian Wagner Group rebellion was a PSYOP intended to dupe Ukraine

It was a PSYOP for the market. There was a PSYOP. Okay, Putin's Gucci. He just did that whole thing to make Ukraine think they could take back Bakhmut and then they're gonna do a pincer move on him... They were able to move troops under the guise that they're doing a coup. And now Ukraine thought they were going to Moscow, but now they're just North [of Bakhmut].

While confusing, the mutiny resulted in the death of Prigozhin months later and significant reorganization of Russian military structures, contradicting the 'fake coup' theory.
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Mark TitusMark Titus

If you are obsessed with politics, you should know that your friends who don't care about politics probably hate you.

If you're someone who cares about politics, you should just know that your friends that don't care about politics probably hate you. ... I cannot imagine like two dudes that are like great friends and one of them's like very heavily into this shit and is just living on Twitter, firing off tweets... and the other guy's like, 'Yeah, bro, I don't really care.' I can't imagine how those two people get along.

This is a subjective social observation.
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Michael RubinMichael Rubin

There should be a maximum age of 65 for the US Presidency

I firmly believe this. If there's one rule that should be put in place right now... there needs to be an age max. You cannot be president past 65 for the first term... you'd have sharper people that could be more aggressive. I want the leader of our country to be a great leader but be able to really affect change.

This is a subjective political opinion that cannot be proven correct or incorrect.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

MrBeast is effectively providing single-payer healthcare to individuals

I think the objection should be the fact that there are so many people out there that need a simple surgery that costs like a thousand dollars that can't afford it... Be mad at how we do healthcare. Be mad at healthcare, not MrBeast. Correctly providing single-payer healthcare to these people as an individual.

This is a social/political opinion on a specific event.
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Big CatBig Cat

Stephen A. Smith would win the Presidency if he ran

Stephen A. Smith said that he would run for president... I'll tell you this right now. Stephen A. Smith, you would win. Yes, you would win. Who would debate against Stephen A. Smith? He would literally go to Texas and mock the Cowboys and be like, I don't give a fuck about your votes and still win.

Purely hypothetical and subjective opinion on a non-candidate.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeffrey Epstein was definitely a CIA asset running a honey pot operation

I'm fully, I have Alex Jones myself on, on the whole Epstein situation because I know if you, if you connect all the dots, the dude was working for the CIA. ... He cultivated all these different networks of people... befriending the most powerful people in the world got them in a honey pot operation... And he was working for the CIA as well on their payroll.

While heavily speculated and supported by circumstantial evidence, this has never been officially confirmed by the CIA or court records.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Statue of Liberty was a bad gift from the French because of high maintenance and war obligations

The statue of Liberty was low key, a pretty shitty thing for the French to do to us. They just made this giant sculpture outta bronze. And it's like, here, you have to clean this every day or else it's gonna turn green and it's a big fucking woman and you ha it's so big that you have to find an island to put it on and oh yeah. It's also gonna make, you have to fight on our side in every war that happens from now until the end of eternity.

This is a humorous, satirical interpretation of history.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

U.S. politicians should settle disputes in MMA matches

Two politicians down in Brazil... had a three round MMA fight, which was sick... I really wish I kinda wish that would happen more in the United States and other places.

This is a purely subjective lifestyle/political opinion.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

The U.S. got out of Afghanistan because we were losing

We were losing. It wasn't going great. Cost a lot of money.

A historical and political assessment that is largely a matter of interpretation.
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Big CatBig Cat

High jumpers splitting a gold medal is the equivalent of quitting competition

The cutter and the Italian guy tied for high jump, and then they split the gold. I would do the same thing if given the opportunity to be like, 'Hey, you can quit now and get a gold medal.' That's the best of both worlds for me. But for the people who were like, 'Simone Biles is a quitter,' they should be mad about that. Because this is the most like—this is competition and you just tie. You must have consistency on this one.

This is a social/media critique, not a verifiable prediction.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady will run for President of the United States in the future.

I will have a comment on [Tom Brady's] performance at the White House. He looked great standing up there speaking to our nation. I could see it happening in the future. I really can... I am running for President. He was great dropping jokes. Good looking guy. Everyone loves him. Winner.

Brady has not run for office and has since moved into a broadcasting career with FOX.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

The United States should bomb the outback of Australia just to show we're still crazy

We need to bomb somebody. Not that we really care. Some open area. Like the outback of Australia. Nobody lives there. Kangaroos. Fuck up some kangaroos. ... Just to show [Russia], look how fucking crazy we are.

This is a satirical policy suggestion, not a factual prediction.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Major Biden will likely attack and eat the new White House cat

Major Biden, the dog, the German Shepherd dog, is being socialized back into the White House with the help of a cat, and that cat is fucking dead. Oh, yeah. That dog is going to eat the shit out of that cat.

The cat (Willow) joined the White House in Jan 2022 and co-existed safely, though Major was eventually re-homed due to biting incidents with humans.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Suez Canal ship will be bombed if it is not fixed within a week

Eventually they're just gonna have to blow it up. Eventually someone's gonna launch a missile at it. Take it apart piece by piece. They're gonna drop a bomb on it if it's not fixed within a week. That's my prediction.

The ship was successfully refloated six days later without the use of missiles or bombs.
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Waka Flocka FlameWaka Flocka Flame

If I become president, I will immediately ban any food that causes health conditions

If I become president, it's going to be an immediate change. I'm talking about a strong change. I'm going to start with food. I'm going to make sure any kind of food that I know draw any kind of health conditions, I'm just literally going to abominate it. I'm not going to ask for laws. I'm not going to ask for nothing. I'm literally going to just abominate them.

The feasibility of a president unilaterally 'abominating' foods without laws is legally impossible in the US system.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Politicians should not be allowed on Twitter at all

I do think that politicians just should not be on Twitter at all. I've seen way too much of politicians dunking on other politicians. People that are in the Senate and House of Representatives spend like 90% of their time thinking about how they can get retweets.

This is a subjective political and media critique.
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Mike RoweMike Rowe

You can pull down all the statues you want, it won't change the facts of what happened in history

I'm also looking around and seeing people today convinced they can change our present by altering the past. You can pull down all the statues you want. It's not going to change the facts of what happened. We can't improve the future by shining up the past. It is what it is.

This is a philosophical viewpoint on the nature of history and symbolism.
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Bethenny FrankelBethenny Frankel

I would be the only honest politician and could successfully run the country because I don't bullshit.

I'd be the honest politician and be able to figure out how to play the game without being corrupted not bullshitting everybody a hundred percent... if you want to get things done and be wise and be strategic, I'm very good at that that I'm an Executor... doing the right in the country. I think I could absolutely do. I mean I know I could have.

This is a subjective claim about her own potential as a leader.
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Big CatBig Cat

Undecided voters deserve to be pushed off a building

If you're an undecided voter you deserve to be pushed off a building. If you don't know who you're going to vote for, do they exist? If you're an undecided voter tweet at us and let us know because I'm so interested in how you put on a hat in the morning without giving yourself a concussion.

This is a purely hyperbolic and satirical opinion.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Bill de Blasio changed his name to sound Italian so he could win in New York

He changed his name to sound Italian so he'd win in New York. He was born Warren Wilhelm... He changed his name to Warren de Blasio Wilhelm in 1983 and finally to Bill de Blasio to honor his maternal family, bullshit.

Bill de Blasio was indeed born Warren Wilhelm Jr. and legally changed his name in stages, eventually taking his mother's surname.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Kim Jong-un faked his coma to test the loyalty of his inner circle

Kim Jong-un is back from the coma... His sister has now disappeared. So I think that he did a little switch to make sure to see who's loyal to him.

This remains speculative and unverified by credible intelligence, as North Korean internal politics are opaque.
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AkonAkon

I will run for President of the United States in 2024 or 2028

If I do run it's probably going to be either 2024 or 2028. [Big Cat points out 2025 isn't an election year]. ... 2028, there you hear it. I think that'd be cool.

As of mid-2024, Akon has not filed for the 2024 presidency. 2028 remains pending.
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Big CatBig Cat

Everyone on the internet is a hypocrite regarding China and the NBA

The reality is everybody in the world or at least in the United States right now is a huge fucking hypocrite and they're all narcs their loser because you know what? You know what I'm typing on right now. I'm typing on a computer. I'm typing on a phone that was probably assembled in communist China... It sucks.

This is a subjective social critique that cannot be objectively proven true or false.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kim Kardashian has a better chance of being President than Kanye West

I actually do think that I don't think it's going to be Kanye. I would actually think that Kim [Kardashian] has a better chance of being pressed. Absolutely. In like five, ten years, 100%.

Neither has become president, but Kanye ran a failed 2020 campaign; Kim has not run.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Clay Travis had the worst prediction of the year for saying COVID-19 deaths would not reach the thousands

Clay Travis... said I'd be surprised if we get into the thousands when talking about total coronavirus deaths in the U.S. however turns out he's actually right because there's 20 times more people that have been infected than not [sarcastic delivery].

Fact ClaimPoliticsFireSarcastic
U.S. COVID-19 deaths reached over 1 million, making 'under a few thousand' an extremely incorrect prediction.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US national debt is essentially just a Bobby Bonilla contract that we have with China.

How the national debt works is that... whatever we owe to China's like our bookie and they basically are saying we'd rather you just keep playing then try to collect all this money... We have a Bobby Bonilla contract with the nation of China right now. We owe them a certain amount of money... every single year, as long as we keep those it's going then we can keep betting against the spread.

This is a humorous metaphor and cannot be evaluated as an actual economic fact.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Mississippi state flag should feature the logo of the most recent Egg Bowl winner

It should be if depending on who wins the Egg Bowl that year if it's Ole Miss or if it's Mississippi State their logo gets to go in the upper left-hand Corner the flag for the remainder that year... that would be incredible the flagpole.

Hot TakePoliticsHotSarcastic
The state ultimately chose a magnolia design, not a football-based rotating logo.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The government is coming for the First Amendment by regulating comment sections

The government is coming for comment sections. They're taking away our First Amendment. They are coming for our First Amendment and they're trying to silence the internet commenters of America. It means right now that no one's allowed to talk trash on the internet.

Hot TakePoliticsHotSarcastic
The claim is a hyperbolic interpretation of legal changes to platform liability, making it literally incorrect as a legal fact but a valid satirical stance.
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Karl MaloneKarl Malone

The US Postal Service should not deliver mail on Sundays; let the workers be with their families

why in the hell do the U.S. Postal Service deliver on Sunday anyway. Last time I checked, they broke as hell. So if anybody out there wants to know, I'm sending this to the U.S. Post Service. Please, our dear government, let the workers spend time with their family on Sunday... The U.S. Postal Service should not be delivered on Sunday anyway.

This is a policy opinion.
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Mark CubanMark Cuban

The US needs a federal jobs program for COVID-19 tracking and testing

We need a federal jobs program. We need to hire people because look, we've got 33 million unemployed, another 20 underemployed. The government needs to hire people to do tracking and tracing and testing... the government should be the ones hiring them now.

The US did not implement a large-scale federal jobs program specifically for tracing, though local governments did expand these efforts.

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