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#PMT-2017-1215-5900
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson is better than Matthew Stafford because Stafford was drafted higher

I actually came up with a couple reasons why I might agree with [Andy Benoit]. Number one, Stafford was drafted first overall. So Russell Wilson was in the third round. This is called the Kevin White law. If you're saying that Russell Wilson is better, then that's a slap in the face to all the people that do mock drafts... Number two, he gets paid more. Matt Stafford gets paid more. So are you saying that capitalism is a flawed system?

Purely satirical reasoning.
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#PMT-2017-1213-11534
HankHank

I am going to kill Dylan Tech Stone at Rough N' Rowdy

My hot seat is Dylan Tech Stone. He's the person I'm fighting on Friday, December 15th at the Rough and Rowdy. It might be just because I'm all hyped up on pre-workout right now, but I'm going to fucking kill him.

Hank won the fight, though he did not literally kill him.
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#PMT-2017-1211-19443
HankHank

Blake Bortles is a top 5 quarterback in the NFL

Name five better. Go ahead, Hank. Give us your top five quarterbacks right now. Tom Brady, Jared Goff, Blake Bortles, and then the list dramatically falls off after that.

Blake Bortles was never statistically or reputationally a top 5 NFL QB, despite a strong 2017 playoff run.
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#PMT-2017-1206-1334
Big CatBig Cat

Donald Trump is going to put LaVar Ball on the million dollar bill

Donald Trump is going to put LaVar Ball on money. He's going to be on the million dollar bill. ... Weren't they going to change the $20 bill recently? Harriet Tubman, yeah. Well, not anymore because I think LaVar Ball's got his eye on it.

This did not happen.
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#PMT-2017-1201-3653
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Having a Chili's on campus helps a football program win games

This is [UCF's] first football season with an on-campus Chili's, and they're 11-0... Jimbo Fisher's record with a Chili's on campus, 78-17 with one national title. Jimbo Fisher's record without a Chili's on campus, 5-6 with zero national titles. Chili's wins football games.

While the records cited are factually correct correlations, the claim that Chili's *causes* wins is obviously satirical.
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#PMT-2017-1122-14905
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Browns will run the table and make the playoffs

Cleveland Browns are still very much alive to make the playoffs. They run the table. They don't control their own destiny, though. Hey, Cleveland Browns fans, R-E-L-A-X. You're going to run the table. You'll be fine.

The Browns finished 0-16 and were the second team in NFL history to do so.
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Take Slip·Nov 17, 2017
#PMT-2017-1117-3572
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Izzo is an overrated basketball coach

I've gotten some flack for starting the Coach Izzo is overrated take that we have. ... Let me tell you guys something. If you're maybe new to the show or if you're not familiar with the biz, this is what's called squatting on a take. The take might not be true yet, but it's going to be true one day. ... Eventually when Tom Izzo is overrated, then I will be the first one to have said it.

This is a recurring satirical bit. Izzo remains a Hall of Fame coach, but Big Cat refuses to vacate the position.
Void
#PMT-2017-1115-8536
Big CatBig Cat

Men are the persecuted gender because male animals have to look attractive in nature

In the animal kingdom, by and large, males actually are the ones who have to bear the burden of looking attractive all the time. Like peacocks or cardinals... Females actually don't have to wear as much makeup... Add up all the animals in the world, and we actually are the persecuted animals. We're the persecuted gender. The male.

While the biological fact about sexual dimorphism in many species is true (males having more elaborate displays), the conclusion that it makes human males 'persecuted' is a satirical joke.
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Take Slip·Nov 13, 2017
#PMT-2017-1113-2226
Big CatBig Cat

If the NFL kicks Jerry Jones out, he will start a better football league with guns and steroids

I'm rooting for this simply because if Jerry Jones gets kicked out of the NFL, he is going to start the greatest fucking football league ever. XFL will be back... Guns, steroids, and that butter sauce you get with your pizza at Papa John's.

Jerry Jones was never kicked out of the NFL, and he never started a rival league.
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#PMT-2017-1113-2233
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL pylon rule is stupid and should be changed to a Quidditch-style hoop

I have a dumb question... why do pylons exist?... everyone keeps fumbling while reaching for the pylon... what they should do... They need to make them little like hoops that you can throw the ball into the hoop. And that counts as a touchdown... it's the safest play in football.

The NFL did not adopt Quidditch hoops as of the latest rules updates.
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#PMT-2017-1113-2235
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If a singer sucks at an open mic in Texas, you're supposed to tackle them

I found out that it was at an open mic [the Josh Beckett incident]... I feel like at an open mic in Texas if the guy sucks you're kind of you're supposed to tackle him. Yeah that's true he just was like a deputized bouncer.

Tackling performers is illegal and not a standard social practice in Texas.
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#PMT-2017-1110-9343
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Nye is a fraud who has been catfishing America for 30 years

He's a stand-up comedian that created this character that has no scientific background. Basically, Bill Nye has been catfishing America for the last 30 years. Right. So the fact that he says the sun is hot is further proof that it's cold. I would absolutely conclude that. But he's a proven liar. All he's done his entire adult life is lie to us.

Bill Nye does have a mechanical engineering degree but is often criticized by contrarians for his 'entertainer' background. The 'sun is cold' claim is scientifically false.
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Take Slip·Nov 8, 2017
#PMT-2017-1108-2075
Ryan WhitneyRyan Whitney

Gordon Hayward would have stayed in the game if he were a hockey player

You gotta think that that Gordon Hayward coming back for the third period if he's a hockey player. I mean you have to snap it back in, dude. He's at least going for the twirl to see if he can give it a go. You tie the skates up real tight. You use a fucking stick as a splint.

Hayward's injury was season-ending and required extensive surgery; no athlete in any sport could play through it.
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#PMT-2017-1106-18445
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL teams below .500 should be relegated to having Brock Osweiler as their quarterback

I think that any team in the NFL that finishes below .500 should be relegated to having Brock Osweiler as their quarterback for the next year. You have to overcome Brock to prove that you're ready to rejoin the big boys.

This is a satirical suggestion and did not happen.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2017
#PMT-2017-1027-8376
Billy FootballBilly Football

Viruses might actually be aliens from a meteorite

Viruses might be aliens. They might have crashed on a meteorite. No, you know why? Because viruses don't have all the facts of life. Like, life needs to reproduce. Viruses replicate. They replicate, but not like other cells. So, it would make sense that they evolved on a different planet.

This is a fringe scientific hypothesis (panspermia) but is not the consensus view of evolutionary biology.
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#PMT-2017-1027-8381
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Illuminati and reptilians use money to hypnotize and control the American mind

The Illuminati slash reptilians run the Federal Reserve... they hypnotize everybody in America using money. So if you have money in your pocket, it's actually a tool of hypnosis. And they control that money and they make it hypnotize you.

Purely satirical conspiracy content.
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Take Slip·Oct 23, 2017
#PMT-2017-1023-7377
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Millennials are ruining football because their brittle bones are not breastfed long enough

It's millennials that are ruining football, but with their brittle little bones, they're not breastfed until a proper age, and so they all get hurt.

This is a satirical health claim that is biologically absurd.
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Take Slip·Oct 20, 2017
#PMT-2017-1020-6282
Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

Barstool Van Talk is already the best show on ESPN

I said to my man, I said, this is the best show on ESPN already. SVP is room for improvement. There's a lot of room for improvement. Keep it fucking real, Big Cat... No one wants to see any fucking highlights from a motherfucker in a suit at 11:30 at night.

Barstool Van Talk was canceled after one episode. While Rapaport might personally prefer it, 'best show on ESPN' is a bold claim for a show that lasted 20 minutes of airtime.
Void
#PMT-2017-1013-18754
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Umpires are more likely to be lenient with Trevor Bauer because he supports Donald Trump

I think he would be more likely to be a successful pitcher as a Trump supporter because I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most umpires are probably Trump supporters. Blue Lives Matter. That's what they call umpires... I feel like Country Joe [West] might be pulling the lever for Trump... umpires would be more likely to be lenient with a Trump-supporting pitcher.

A satirical claim with no way to verify umpire bias based on political affiliation.
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Take Slip·Oct 13, 2017·Roast
#PMT-2017-1013-18757
Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

Whataburger's actual burgers are trash

Whataburger is trash... Whenever you talk about a burger joint, you're talking about the burger. You can't say you've got to try Whataburger, but the chicken's really good. I know this great rib joint, but you've got to try the salmon.

Burger quality is a matter of personal taste.
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#PMT-2017-1011-3722
Big CatBig Cat

Mark Sanchez running into someone's butt is the only thing that can heal the world right now

We need Mark Sanchez to run into someone's butt. That's the only thing that can bring this world back together. ... run the butt fumble play every single down until it happens.

This is a satirical suggestion for world peace; it did not happen and is not a literal claim.
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Take Slip·Oct 9, 2017
#PMT-2017-1009-5517
Vince WilforkVince Wilfork

The early 2000s Miami Hurricanes defense could have beaten NFL teams

I agree. I mean, it was some, we could have beat some NFL teams, absolutely. [Could you have taken the Browns?] Absolutely.

This is an untestable hypothetical, but widely considered impossible due to the sheer size and depth advantage of even the worst NFL teams.
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#PMT-2017-1006-7131
Big CatBig Cat

Kareem Hunt is a fantasy football sleeper

He's a rookie, but I'm finally going to pick him up on my waiver wire. I'm talking about Kareem Hunt. He's my sleeper of the week.

Hunt was already a superstar; he was never a sleeper by Week 5. The joke is based on the literal incorrectness of the statement.
Void
#PMT-2017-1006-7133
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cam Newton only alienates male teammates, therefore he cannot be sexist

All Cam Newton really had to do, if we're being honest, is just be like, hey, if I'm so sexist, how come I only alienate my male teammates? How come I refuse to dive on balls when men are there? I cross to the other side of the street when I see men on a loose ball.

This is a satirical joke and not a serious claim of fact.
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#PMT-2017-1004-15422
Big CatBig Cat

The Titans signing Brandon Weeden creates a quarterback controversy in Tennessee

I have Marcus Mariota. So speaking of letting a bull into a China shop, the Titans signed Brandon Weeden. So that is a QB controversy in the waiting. I love it.

There was never a controversy; Weeden never started a game for the Titans.
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Take Slip·Oct 2, 2017
#PMT-2017-1002-6637
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sean McVay is winning with Jeff Fisher's players and Jeff Fisher didn't get enough credit for developing them

McVay is winning with Jeff Fisher's players. That's the thing. It's a bad situation because obviously Jeff didn't get enough chances to develop his guys. And so somebody else comes in and they take advantage of it.

While the roster was largely the same, the consensus is that McVay's coaching was the primary reason for the immediate turnaround from 4-12 to 11-5.
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Take Slip·Oct 2, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-1002-6649
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

OJ Simpson could redeem his public image by murdering Bill Cosby

If OJ wants to, if he really wants to be a success in America again, go kill Bill Cosby. So if OJ just straight up murdered Bill Cosby, I think you'd see a lot of people forgive him. Forgive and forget.

OJ Simpson did not murder Bill Cosby.
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Take Slip·Sep 27, 2017
#PMT-2017-0927-8264
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

AAU coaches are the real victims in the NCAA scandal because players force them to profit off their likeness

The players are the ones who are victimizing the AAU coaches by putting them in a position to profit off of the players.

The NCAA rules eventually changed to allow NIL, effectively admitting the system was broken, but legally players were never 'victimizing' coaches.
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#PMT-2017-0922-7867
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Hernandez's CTE was probably caused by smoking weed, not football

When you say he has CTE and everyone says, well, because he played football... He smoked a lot of weed... Chronic. What does the C stand for in CTE? Chronic. Chronic. If you look up the symptoms of CTE, it's forgetfulness, probably inappropriate laughter... paranoia. I mean, I'm just connecting the dots here.

This is a satirical medical claim; scientifically, CTE is caused by repeated head trauma, not marijuana use.
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#PMT-2017-0922-7869
Big CatBig Cat

Listening to Tim Tebow speak for years is enough to fuck up a guy's brain

What about the fact that he [Hernandez] had to listen to Tim Tebow speak for like a couple years? That's got to fuck up a guy's brain, let's just say. Maybe start figuring out where this could come from, and we'll buy into this whole CTE stuff that you're selling us.

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#PMT-2017-0922-7871
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady never dated Ivanka Trump because her vagina is too acidic for his diet

The female vagina, the pH levels of it, 3.5 to 4.5. It's acidic like a tomato. No chance Tom Brady eats it. Like a glass of orange juice. No chance. Inflammation city if you touch that thing. Ass, I didn't know, so I checked ass. Ass is actually more pH neutral. So he could have eaten her ass.

This is a satirical application of dietary restrictions to biology. It is non-verifiable and scientifically absurd.
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#PMT-2017-0918-18062
Big CatBig Cat

Cheating on your wife shouldn't count as cheating if you are under 5'5"

If you're under 5'5", I don't think it's cheating. Yeah, you're fulfilling your natural destiny at that point. You're just shocked that a woman pays attention to you.

This is clearly a joke and not a serious moral stance.
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#PMT-2017-0918-18072
Big CatBig Cat

StatCast is a complete hoax and is likely just one guy making up numbers

StatCast is the fakest, fraudest thing ever... Every fucking time, it's just like a ball's hit hard. Oh, it was 119 exit velocity with an angle of 47... It's literally a guy—sitting somewhere probably in like Arizona it's Nate Silver... he's just watching games he's like okay that looked like a hard hit ball 108 miles an hour.

StatCast is a verified system using radar and optical tracking, not a guy in a closet.
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Take Slip·Sep 15, 2017
#PMT-2017-0915-11761
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pissing in the kitchen sink is acceptable because 'pipes are pipes'

A hole is a hole. We all agree with that, right? ... I think you mean pipes are pipes. ... I don't think I did anything wrong. ... [PFT tells story of pissing in the kitchen sink].

Subjective take on hygiene/social norms.
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#PMT-2017-0915-11766
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Telescopes are just an optical illusion and don't actually get you closer

So if you reflect things enough, eventually they get really close. ... It actually gets you closer because that's the only thing that you can see. So it's an optical illusion. So you think that you're closer because it's all that your eye has in its vision.

Fact ClaimLifeScorchingSarcastic
Telescopes use lenses and mirrors to physically magnify light and bring distant objects into focus; it is not merely an optical illusion of blocking out peripheral vision.
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#PMT-2017-0911-16692
Big CatBig Cat

Kesha's new album is the greatest album ever created

So I don't know if you guys have listened. Her [Kesha's] album came out last month, but I just caught wind of it. It is probably the greatest album that has ever been created.

The album 'Rainbow' was critically acclaimed but calling it the 'greatest ever' is a subjective hyperbole.
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#PMT-2017-0906-10665
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The band Toto is responsible for more deaths than Hitler because of their songs about rain

It's those assholes from that band Toto when they blessed the rains over there. They just turned all the rains in Africa into hurricanes. Toto the band is responsible for killing more people than Hitler.

The claim is scientifically and historically impossible.
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Take Slip·Sep 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0905-19522
Stu FeinerStu Feiner

Gambling is for the rich to lose money and is the biggest lie in America

the world has been seduced into thinking you win money gambling, which is the biggest lie since probably the Bible's true... whoever taught someone, gambling is for the rich to lose money. But the whole youth of America and America thinks you're supposed to win money gambling. So I tell it like it is. I explain to people, you don't win money gambling, you lose money gambling. Gambling is made to have fun and lose your money.

Statistically, the house always wins, making this technically correct for the vast majority of people.
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Take Slip·Sep 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0905-19523
Stu FeinerStu Feiner

Donald Trump has slept with over 3,000 women

Donald Trump is banging 15 to 20 women a week... in his 20s and 30s, he had as many women as Hugh Hefner... I put the overrun with 3,000 women. He's fucked. No issue about it. And I'd say I'd go over.

This is an unverifiable claim about a public figure's private life.
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Take Slip·Sep 5, 2017
#PMT-2017-0905-19531
Stu FeinerStu Feiner

Jason Pierre-Paul will be the Super Bowl MVP

I think that JPP comes back. I think [Jason Pierre-Paul] will win the MVP in the Super Bowl. He's the Super Bowl MVP. You heard it here now. You heard it here first.

The Giants did not make the Super Bowl and JPP was not the MVP.
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Take Slip·Sep 1, 2017
#PMT-2017-0901-6242
Greg McElroyGreg McElroy

Alabama would have lost by 40 points to Texas in 2010 if Colt McCoy didn't get hurt

I think we would have lost by at least 40. It's in large part, too, because if you guys have been to the Rose Bowl in January, it's that humidity. It's the humidity in the air that gets you, and I'm just not sure we were conditioned well enough to hang if Colt didn't get hurt.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
McElroy is clearly being sarcastic here; Bama was the favorite and eventually won the game.
Void
#PMT-2017-0830-8421
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Incest should be legal if the people involved are attractive enough

There should be a rule against making incest illegal if you're hot enough... every time that you see purebred dog, guess what? That dog's got a shitload of incest in its lineage. If you're above like a nine... you should be allowed to commit incest because those are good genes you got going on.

This is a satirical/subjective opinion and cannot be 'correct' or 'incorrect' in a factual sense, though it is legally incorrect in almost all jurisdictions.
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Take Slip·Aug 23, 2017
#PMT-2017-0823-13648
Big CatBig Cat

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor will have one billion pay-per-view buys

Sal Pal said there's gonna be 1 billion pay-per-view buys... One million [sic - meant billion]. People even said, like, hey, Sal, I think you got your stats wrong. He's like, nope. One billion pay-per-view buys.

The actual number of PPV buys for Mayweather-McGregor was approximately 4.3 million in North America, nowhere near 1 billion.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2017
#PMT-2017-0821-1161
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Major League Baseball should arm umpires with tasers to defend themselves against players.

What if we just gave tasers to umps? Oh my god. Yes, let's arm umpires. Yes. I'm 100% on board with arming umpires. ... We need to start arming them so they can defend themselves.

This is a satirical policy proposal that has not been implemented.
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#PMT-2017-0818-7975
Billy FootballBilly Football

IPAs are estrogenic and make you grow breasts

It is a proven fact that IPAs are estrogenic and make you grow tits.

Hops do contain phytoestrogens, but the idea that drinking IPAs causes 'man boobs' (gynecomastia) is largely a myth; you would have to drink a massive, impossible amount of beer for the hormonal impact to cause such physical changes.
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#PMT-2017-0814-10135
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

McGregor will pay goons to bet on Mayweather so he can lose the fight and still get paid

I think that McGregor is sending out a bunch of his goons to every single casino, putting money on Floyd Mayweather to win in the first round, and then he's going to come out and just shoot him, take him down, do like a double leg, beat the shit out of him, and then lose the fight, but he still gets paid like a few million dollars for winning.

McGregor did not do this; he fought a standard boxing match and lost via TKO in the 10th round.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19557
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Any amount of weed up to 50 pounds should be considered personal use for Zach Randolph

I think any good lawyer will be able to get him off because there's no amount of weed that's too much for Zach Randolph to have as personal use. ... You could have like 20, I'm going to say 20 to 50 pounds of marijuana, and that should have qualified under personal use for the two of those guys.

This is a comedic exaggeration; legally, 50 pounds of marijuana is never considered personal use.
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#PMT-2017-0811-19567
Billy FootballBilly Football

Masturbation makes you gay

This is a life advice that I've gotten. I don't know if it's true. Okay. But I was once told that masturbation makes you gay.

Biologically and psychologically false.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19572
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is cold because space is cold

If you got a rocket ship and you took it into outer space and you stuck your finger out the window, your finger would freeze because space is cold. So if the sun's hot, how come space is cold?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The sun's core temperature is approximately 27 million degrees Fahrenheit; the theory is scientifically impossible.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19575
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tim Tebow literally cured autism by shaking a fan's hand

No, he cured autism. ... Well, he went up and shook the guy's hand, and then he went up and hit a home run. ... so he cured autism, so it's okay to vaccinate your kids.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Autism is a developmental disorder and cannot be cured by a handshake; this is a purely satirical take.
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