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#PMT-2026-0206-10482
Big CatBig Cat

No one ever needs to actually 'check out' of a hotel

I've never checked out of a hotel in my entire life... The most I've ever done is once in a while... put your room key in here when you leave. Other than that... I think I threw it in the trash.

While hotels prefer it, most major chains do not require a physical checkout to process the final bill.
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#PMT-2025-1212-7224
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The James Madison vs. Oregon playoff game is not a health and safety issue

Bud Elliot said that it was possibly a health and safety issue... he was like, I'm worried for the health and safety of JMU playing against Oregon... Stop saying it's a health and safety issue. Okay... fuck it, let's go win the game.

Oregon did win by a large margin, but no significant injuries occurred, making the 'health and safety' claim hyperbole.
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#PMT-2025-1024-11362
ZacZac

I was banned from my fantasy league by a corrupt commissioner

I was canned mid midweek last, last week by some what some are saying is maybe a corrupt commissioner. I was kicked from the league... He just like, sorry, had to drop you and because you didn't set the lineup how you should have set the lineup... The commissioner, coincidentally seventh place. I also wanna say commissioner, coincidentally first guy to make trades with the team.

Factually true that he was removed from the league, though 'corrupt' is an interpretation.
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#PMT-2025-0912-18532
Big CatBig Cat

Evanston at 11:00 AM is the toughest place to play in the country

I have a longstanding theory that Evanston at 11:00 AM is the toughest place to play in the country. And then Fox has a stats person who looked it up to try to give me some juice for it. It was just like, this is probably why.

Supported by historical data of Northwestern upsets in early time slots.
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#PMT-2025-0530-3251
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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#PMT-2025-0411-2089
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is not gay to take a shower in a gym locker room after a workout

I finally look up, I'm like, is he yelling at me? And he's staring at me... 'bro, what the fuck are you doing? What the fuck is this gay shit, bro, you gonna shower?'... I really do. I love Joey Swoll. Love his content. He's the best. Joey, I need you to weigh in on this. Am I outta line? Should, should. Is it gay as shit to shower after you work out?

Showering in a locker room is the literal intended purpose of the facility.
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#PMT-2024-1213-8785
HankHank

I will not be able to shoot 20 three-pointers in a row

I misinterpreted what the initial discussion was. I'm not gonna be able to shoot 20 threes in a row. That's it... 20 for 20, which is impossible. I think 20 for 25 is possible. Obviously that's not what we discussed.

Hank failed to complete the challenge in the subsequent video released.
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#PMT-2024-1213-8783
Big CatBig Cat

I have a broken pinky finger that I'm just going to leave untreated

I do think I have a broken pinky. I've had it for two weeks. I don't know what to do about it. I don't think you can do anything for a broken pinky... I think I'm just like a hurt hand guy for the rest of my life.

He later confirmed it was indeed broken through an X-ray on social media.
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#PMT-2024-1206-9288
HankHank

Opting out of the lottery ball should be grounds for losing your job

If you Opt outta a lottery ball, you're opting outta the booth. Is that what you're doing? And then you might be opting outta your job. I don't understand this. Hank is the very definition of grace. You could complain, you could bitch... You can't Opt out.

This is an internal show philosophy/rule, but Memes did eventually back down, proving Hank's stance held weight.
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#PMT-2024-1115-11487
MaxMax

I can throw a fastball 64 miles per hour

What how fast do you think my fastest pitch was? [64]. Oh boy. That's gonna be a lot of home runs... I guess [my fastest was 64].

Fact claim based on internal show radar readings.
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#PMT-2024-1108-9180
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am betting against LSU because they are using a fake Mike the Tiger on the sidelines

It appears that they are now bringing a tiger back onto their sidelines... it seems like it might be a fake mike, the tiger that they're putting on the sidelines, because people took pictures... and they compared the stripes and they think that it's a duplicate Mike. It's a fake Mike the tiger... in which case I am going to be betting against LSU.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
Alabama crushed LSU 42-13. PFT's 'vibes' bet was correct.
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#PMT-2024-0802-11097
HewyHewy

I would rather buy new clothes than walk through a spider-infested hallway to do laundry

I have to share that laundry room with three other units... there's spiders all the way up and down the wall... I'm afraid to go down there... So I bought new clothes, bought just essential stuff.

Huey confirms this is his actual current lifestyle choice.
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#PMT-2024-0719-10679
HankHank

Hitting too many 'dingers' caused my bicep tendonitis

I have bicep tendonitis in my right arm from hitting dingers... it hurts to lift my right arm. So the backswing, there's a lot of pain.

Hank's personal injury diagnosis, though its cause is based on his own perception.
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#PMT-2024-0614-1984
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Gregg Berhalter is a shitty coach

Our coach stinks. And having him get this tie against Brazil is gonna—because we are a loser country in soccer—[make people think] Greg's got the team on the right track and he's not gonna be fired... I do know that it's gonna be bad news if he's the coach of the World Cup team.

Gregg Berhalter was fired in July 2024 following the USMNT's poor performance in the Copa America.
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#PMT-2024-0405-20071
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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#PMT-2024-0301-2879
Big CatBig Cat

I am going to pimp out Vanny Woodhead and bring the van back to life in Chicago

We are going to get Vanny to Chicago. We have, we're in a different financial situation than we were six years ago. So I'm gonna probably put some money into this Vanny, pimp it out, figure out how to make it technically exist again. And now we'll have Vanny back in our lives. Like this trip to Indy would've been a perfect, let's just hop in Vanny. Yeah. So we're I Vanny is back.

The van was eventually transported to Chicago and 'pimped out' with help from various sponsors, appearing in subsequent videos.
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#PMT-2024-0301-2881
Billy FootballBilly Football

Technically Vanny Woodhead does not exist and is legally destroyed

Technically it's destroyed. Legally it's chopped up. But I kind of, I couldn't, I didn't have the heart to chop it up, so I just been keeping it. No, one [owns it]. The, it's technically like scrap. It's a ghost car. It just hasn't been scrapped.

While the physical van existed, Billy's claim about its legal status (scrapped) was likely accurate based on his failure to maintain registration/insurance and his instructions to destroy it.
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#PMT-2024-0119-12773
HankHank

I am returning to a private lifestyle because the internet ruined the Tiffany Gomas content

I will definitely be going back to, to zero dark private life mode... because it's fun. I enjoy it and, and you know, 99% of the people are fun. They play along... But then there's the 1% of people, people that will DMM and, and, and, and just go way over the top.

Hank did largely stop posting about his dating life or 'Tiffany Gomas' content after this episode.
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#PMT-2023-1103-5726
MaxMax

I failed my own podcast production system by not pressing publish

I was the one who did not press the publish button... The system broke, but the, the system will not break again... My system is that I check before I do the [tweet]. I'll never tweet the tweet without seeing, seeing. It's up on, on Apple... I broke my system.

Factual recap of internal show logistics.
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#PMT-2023-0929-6152
Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs will not make the playoffs after their September collapse

The Cubs have had just an epic collapse. The Cubs are most likely not going to make the playoffs because they don't have any tiebreakers. Suzuki just missed a ball, it went right by him. Easy catch. There's nothing worse than a September collapse.

The Cubs missed the 2023 playoffs by one game.
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#PMT-2023-0623-3757
Billy FootballBilly Football

Will Compton is a next-level athlete and I couldn't make a play on him in one-on-ones

I barked up the wrong tree. I was feeling myself at Tight End University... and I challenged Will Compton to one-on-ones and I got the clamps put on me. I tried to run a couple fades on him and failed and you know, looking back, the best man won. He just plays next-level defense and I couldn't get it over... my brain's just testing my body all the time.

The footage exists and confirms Billy was thoroughly covered by Will Compton.
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#PMT-2023-0602-2838
Big CatBig Cat

I am going to start taking Ozempic to lose weight.

I'm just gonna go on Ozempic. I don't fucking care. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it and I'm gonna tell everyone to do it and then I'm gonna look hot and then I'll get off of it and then I'll gain it all back. Drop like 25 pounds and then just slowly gain it back.

Big Cat publicly confirmed in 2024 that he had been taking weight-loss medication.
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#PMT-2023-0203-6360
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud and a 'wannabe Greta Thunberg'

My big fire fest is really for America... because you guys are letting a groundhog ruin your day today. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow... be a fucking man... I'm going to wear shorts and short-sleeve t-shirts just to show that little wannabe Greta Thunberg telling me the sky is falling.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
A groundhog's weather prediction is scientifically unreliable, making 'fraud' a reasonable (if comedic) label.
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#PMT-2023-0203-6361
Big CatBig Cat

I am having a third child and I purposefully conceived to ensure it wouldn't be born during football season

I'm having another child, so congrats. Father three loading... early June... Are you purposely conceiving for the off-season? I mean, yeah... it's nice not having children during football season. I am a football guy.

Big Cat's third child was indeed born in June 2023, during the NFL offseason.
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#PMT-2023-0127-14527
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will cut my hair short by the summer if it doesn't improve

I'm dealing with my hair issue... noticeably thinning out back there. I've made the executive decision if it doesn't improve by the summer, we're taking it off. We're going short... I got my own blood injected into my head earlier today... if I haven't turned it around by then, gotta come home.

PFT did eventually cut his hair for the 'PMT Mount Rushmore' bet/move to Chicago, though he has fluctuated on length since then.
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#PMT-2022-1209-12517
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The New York Yankees were given juiced baseballs for Aaron Judge's home run chase

A report came out saying that the Yankees were beneficiaries of having juice balls all last year. The Yankees were getting juice balls. Asterisks on his home run record, on his AL home run record. I mean, Jake, how can you discount that? They were purposely giving the best balls in baseball to the New York Yankees last year.

A legitimate study by physicist Meredith Wills found that MLB used three different balls in 2022 and that the 'Goldilocks' balls (the liveliest ones) were disproportionately found in Yankee Stadium and for specific marquee events. MLB denied targeting specific teams.
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#PMT-2022-0812-6195
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

We are banned from the Beacon Theater because of James Dolan

Part of my take was slated to do a live show in New York city at the beacon theater... I just got information that that date has been pulled from us because James Dolan owns the beacon theater. And we are the fucking bad boys of podcasting. We're banned from the beacon theater because of James Dolan.

The show was indeed moved from the Beacon Theater, and James Dolan is known for banning critics from his venues.
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#PMT-2022-0805-12162
Billy FootballBilly Football

I was the first to report that Trevor Penning is a savage

There's this dude I've been watching since early college... Trevor Penning. I kind of feel like one of those guys, like I was following them when they're small. So now basically he just got kicked out of Saints camp for going too hard. He's an absolute animal... now everyone's on it... I was there when he was doing this. Just make sure the internet knows that Billy had it first.

Billy did tweet/post about Penning's aggressive highlights during the draft cycle prior to the camp fights going viral.
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#PMT-2022-0805-12163
Jake MarshJake Marsh

Neutrogena has discontinued the face wash I have used my entire life

I'm pretty sure the face wash I've been using my whole life has been discontinued... probably like middle school. And I've gone to like five or six CVSs... Neutrogena website, sorry for the inconvenience we're sold out. On Amazon it's going for $70. I've transferred to Cetaphil.

Neutrogena did discontinue several of their legacy acne washes around this time.
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#PMT-2022-0527-12107
HankHank

Tom Brady's drone-shot hole-in-one video is definitely fake

Tom Brady posted a video... it looks like he hits like a whatever 200 yard hole-in-one. And I saw it and was like, holy shit, this is the greatest shot of all time... and then I watched it a couple more times. It was like, this is clearly the most fake video of all time.

The video was confirmed to be a promotional clip for a golf match and was indeed digitally enhanced/fake.
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#PMT-2022-0527-12109
Big CatBig Cat

I have harder and tougher hands than Billy Football

I honestly I'll I'll like disavow my own title. I have stronger and tougher hands than [Billy Football]. I don't want the title. I don't want the belt. Admitting I have soft hands... they're soft. But you don't have hard hands. You are not as tough as you think you are.

Subjective result of a 'blind handshake test' conducted by Jake Marsh, who judged Big Cat's hands to be harder.
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#PMT-2022-0415-2731
Jake MarshJake Marsh

John Sterling's botched home run calls are so bad he should consider retiring

Stanton hit a bomb, but not deep enough... 'high, far, gone, but caught' is what the call was. Hilarious. Like just a funny clip on the other end. Yankee fans... not exactly the clip you would put on a hypothetical resume. Right? Some people saying he needs to hang them up... His eyes are shot.

Sterling did continue to struggle with vision and accuracy until his retirement in April 2024.
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#PMT-2022-0408-4695
HankHank

Losing to UNC in Coach K's final game will haunt me for the rest of my life

Whenever I'm happy, whenever anything goes in my life, whenever I'm feeling good or like something Patriots, Celtics, whatever it may be. I just know that Daniel Katz is gonna just at any chance he gets be like, 'Hey, remember when we killed coach K and the final four and UNC beat Duke in their last two games.' And it's just going to bring me down.

While 'forever' hasn't happened, the permanence of the result and the hosts' commitment to trolling ensure this will indeed haunt him.
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#PMT-2022-0204-6056
Billy FootballBilly Football

Fresh Skyline Chili is absolute gas and tastes like Mediterranean food

Skyline is actually fire... Didn't have Skyline from Cincinnati before. I had it from the cans and I didn't really like it. Got some fresh Skyline. It's absolute gas. It kind of tastes like Mediterranean food. Literally. Like the chili gives off like – hero [gyro] vibes.

Cincinnati chili was actually created by Greek immigrant restaurateurs, so the 'Mediterranean' flavor profile is historically and culinarily accurate.
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#PMT-2021-1105-16736
Big CatBig Cat

The PIN to my ATM card has completely vanished from my brain after 15 years

I went to the ATM on Tuesday and went to punch in my pin, four-digit pin. I've had the same pin for probably 15 years. Fellas, it's just not in my brain anymore... There is no pin. I sat there. I typed in five different pins... Mrs. Cat doesn't know the pin? No pin.

He claimed he forgot it; unless he later recalled it, the claim of it vanishing is true to his experience.
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#PMT-2021-0903-9374
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am going to partially ditch wearing my sunglasses on camera

I told him something that I've been thinking about for a while here, which is the sunglasses at, at some point can be a big hindrance to me... So I'm trying to think of ways to partially lose the glasses. And I'm also thinking that people are going to be pissed when they see my eyes, at least for a little bit. Not because they're like free guys. I think I'm a pretty normal looking guy.

PFT did eventually start appearing without glasses on certain broadcasts and social media clips, though he still uses them for the main podcast.
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#PMT-2021-0813-18872
HankHank

You will never have a six-pack for next year's Grit Week either

I'm not trying to be a hater, but I don't think you'll have a six-pack for next grit week either. [to Billy Football]

Billy Football generally remained fit but never achieved the shredded 'six-pack' aesthetic he promised for show milestones.
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#PMT-2021-0730-15318
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Pi Coin cryptocurrency is officially a pyramid scheme and a scam

That Pi coin I was telling everyone to do is a scam. Yo. Basically it's sort of a big kind of pyramid scheme mask type thing. What made you think it was a pyramid scheme? Was it the fact that you had to get other pioneers to make yourself more Pi? That, and you know, the sort of pyramid part of it.

Pi Network has been widely criticized by security experts as a data-harvesting app with no real value, fitting Billy's 'scam' description.
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#PMT-2021-0716-17643
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

F1 is a game where you have to outspend your competitors to win

My fire Fest is I downloaded the F1 game on my phone and I've spent $140 upgrading my car in the last two weeks... you gotta have the most money if you want to win. Right. Exactly. So I think I'm going to outspend the competitors.

In mobile gaming and real F1, financial resources are widely recognized as a primary driver of performance.
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#PMT-2021-0625-3362
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Giving blood is the best way to save money on drinking

But the great thing about giving blood is if you give blood, you get drunk off like half a beer afterwards. So it's actually very economical. I'm just trying to be an ambassador for health.

Lower blood volume leads to faster intoxication, though it is not medically recommended as a 'money-saving' strategy.
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#PMT-2021-0625-3365
Jake MarshJake Marsh

I will be doing the play-by-play for the PLL doubleheader on July 31st

It is happening. July 31st, a doubleheader. I'm Peacock. I will be doing the play-by-play. It would not be possible without all of you guys in here... July 31st, doubleheader.

Jake Marsh did indeed call the PLL games on Peacock on July 31, 2021.
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#PMT-2021-0618-4225
Billy FootballBilly Football

T-Rexes lived closer in time to humans than they did to Stegosauruses

T-Rex are closer to humans in time than they are to stegosauruses. Whoa. So T-Rexes and humans are 65 million years apart. Stegosauruses and T-Rexes are 85 million years apart.

This is a well-known scientific fact. Stegosaurus lived ~150 million years ago, T-Rex lived ~66 million years ago. 150-66 = 84 million years. 66-0 = 66 million years.
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#PMT-2021-0409-17428
Jake MarshJake Marsh

I genuinely didn't know the T in 'mortgage' was silent

I genuinely thought that's it. I didn't know the T was silent... I missed that once. I've gotten criticism in my broadcasting career. I've gotten destroyed for this... It's my fault. I messed up.

The 'T' in mortgage is indeed silent. Jake was factually incorrect in his previous pronunciation but correct in his admission of the error.
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#PMT-2021-0319-14262
Big CatBig Cat

Drew Brees will not be a good broadcaster

I got a hot take. I don't think Drew Brees is going to be that good in the booth... There's going to be a wave of people being like, and as much shit as we give Tony Romo, he's objectively good... I don't think Drew Brees has a personality. I would sell all my stock on Drew Brees being good in the booth.

Brees's tenure at NBC was widely panned, and he was not retained for the 2022 season.
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#PMT-2021-0212-6631
Big CatBig Cat

COVID is no joke, even for peak athletes like me.

My Fyre Fest is I have COVID. It pretty much sucks. It's low-key not a great time... a peak athlete like myself, I've had trouble breathing all week. It has not been fun. I've literally just done this show, and after we hang up, I'm like, gasped beyond belief. It is no joke, and you shouldn't take it seriously... i know i sound preachy but guess what i'll fucking say it this thing is no joke

The host is describing his personal medical experience and medical consensus at the time.
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#PMT-2021-0205-4188
Billy FootballBilly Football

I am going to 'skull fuck' Jose Canseco in our fight

I'm going to skull fuck him. ... I'm absolutely going to skull fuck him. No doubt. He's tiny. I mean, yeah, he looks big. He's 270 pounds. But I just care about the frame. He has a smaller frame than I thought.

Billy dominated the fight and Jose quit within seconds.
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#PMT-2021-0129-9313
Big CatBig Cat

Dippin' Dots is a depreciating asset

I learned a lesson, which is Dippin' Dots is a depreciating asset. Yeah, absolutely. No regrets.

Dippin' Dots literally melt and lose value if not stored at -40 degrees.
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#PMT-2021-0115-14660
Billy FootballBilly Football

I am going to kick Jose Canseco's ass

I'm going to fucking kick his ass... I'm going to fuck him up. No, yeah, you are. Dude, I've hit the point in my athlete-to-weapon transition where it's like, the only way to win and to get this guy to stop punching me is I have to punch him harder to make him quit.

Billy Football actually defeated Jose Canseco by TKO in the first round after Canseco essentially quit seconds into the fight at Rough N Rowdy 13.
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#PMT-2021-0108-17061
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Shorter men need to earn $133,000 more than tall men to be seen as successful

A male who's five foot eight needs to make $133,000 more per year to be viewed as successful as someone who's six feet tall. I'll just do two more episodes of Pardon My Take on my own a year. All of a sudden, boom, I'm back in the red, baby.

The study exists (though the specific numbers vary across different economic papers), making the fact claim accurate in context.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

My back pain is caused by a bulging disc, not a muscle issue

My back hurts. I fucked up my back. I woke up on Wednesday morning and couldn't really stand up... starting to get shooting pain down my right leg. I think it's a skeletal thing. If it's your lower back and everything you described sounds like a disc... a bulging disc like basically hits the nerve.

Shooting pain down the leg is a classic symptom of a herniated/bulging disc affecting the sciatic nerve.
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