PMTPMT DB

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Take Slip·Oct 19, 2018·Hmm
#PMT-2018-1019-2211
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant will sign with the Knicks to get his 'masculinity' back

This is going to be the greatest free agent summer of all time, because we basically have Kevin Durant being like, can an entire internet troll him into going to the Knicks just to try to get his made-up masculinity back... We will take away the Triple B [Baby Back Bitch] if he goes to the Knicks.

Durant did leave the Warriors, but he signed with the Brooklyn Nets instead of the Knicks.
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Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Hmm
#PMT-2018-1017-8416
Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson chose Duke over Kansas solely for the free education

Zion... decided not to go to Kansas for said money or whatever occupational preferences... and instead decided he wanted to go get an education for free at Duke University... Can't a young person just change their mind and say, I'd rather not have money? I'd rather play for Coach K.

Fact ClaimCBBHotSarcastic
The literal claim is that he chose Duke for the education; the reality of high-level CBB recruiting makes this almost certainly false in the context of the FBI investigation details.
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Take Slip·Oct 17, 2018·Hmm
#PMT-2018-1017-8417
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Coach K has avoided the FBI investigation because his name is too difficult for agents to spell in reports

Coach K has somehow avoided all sorts of investigations and indictments because his last name is so difficult to spell if you're an FBI agent... you have to type out Krzyzewski probably 400 times... I'm saying no thank you, I'm going to investigate Bill Self.

Hot TakeCBBFireSarcastic
This is a joke. FBI agents are capable of copying and pasting a name, regardless of its difficulty to spell.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2017·Hmm
#PMT-2017-0621-4560
Big CatBig Cat

Cody Bellinger is definitely on steroids

Cody Bellinger, Los Angeles Dodgers phenom. He just hit his 21st home run of the season... I think if he stays on this pace, he's going to hit like 58 home runs or something, huh? ... That's kind of what Cody's doing with steroids. Because you're not allowed to use them at all. They test you all the time.

There is no evidence Cody Bellinger ever used steroids; he has never failed a test or been suspended.
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Take Slip·Nov 20, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-1120-1501
Big CatBig Cat

Adam Schefter didn't go to Mexico because he's afraid of getting kidnapped because he fits perfectly in a trunk

Maybe because his body is so short and it fits so perfectly in a trunk, he doesn't want to go there and get kidnapped.

Hot TakeMediaHotSarcastic
Cruel comedic bit, not a factual claim.
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Take Slip·Aug 24, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0824-9962
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady's absence from practice is linked to a heist or Roger Goodell's death threats

Tom Brady cut his thumb and missed the second preseason game... he then missed practice on Sunday and Monday... Roger Goodell just said that he received some death threats over the weekend. Hmm. Did Tom Brady take part in a heist? Something happened.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
This was a satirical joke; there is no evidence Tom Brady was involved in a heist or death threats.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0725-17320
Big CatBig Cat

Ken Griffey Jr. likely used performance enhancers given his weight gain

1989 was his debut. He weighed 195 pounds. Late 90s, he was listed at 205. 2004, I dug it up. He was listed at 215. And then when he retired, he was listed at 230. So over the course of 20 years... he gained 35 pounds. Hmm. Just saying.

There is no evidence Ken Griffey Jr. ever used PEDs, and a 35-pound weight gain over 20 years (from age 19 to 39) is considered extremely normal for an adult male.
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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0713-14877
Big CatBig Cat

Pokemon Go is a CIA government conspiracy to track data and map building interiors

Seriously, though, Pokemon Go is a government conspiracy, and I don't know why anyone... my last one was basically Pokemon Go has somewhere sitting with the CIA and they're saying, huh, how do we get inside people's buildings?... Let's just throw a squirtle right by someone's refrigerator. Picture.

Hot TakeMediaFireSarcastic
While there were data privacy concerns, the 'CIA mapping homes' theory remains a fringe internet conspiracy.
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Take Slip·Jul 11, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0711-14209
Big CatBig Cat

It is suspicious that LeBron James still hasn't signed his contract with the Cavaliers

NBA Free Agency... LeBron James still hasn't signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hmm. Just saying. Hmm. I'm not saying, but. Hmm. Has everybody else signed? Yeah. So... he has not.

LeBron eventually signed a 3-year, $100 million deal with the Cavs in August 2016.