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#PMT-2025-0829-15276
Big CatBig Cat

The Packers fleeced the Cowboys in the Micah Parsons trade

Packers fleeced... yes this is a cope and then I'm gonna mute the whole thing. This is crazy... will there be a player in the next two drafts in the, let's call it 15 to 25 range, where the packers will most likely be picking that will be better than Micah Parsons? The answer is no.

This trade never happened in reality; it was a satirical segment. The literal statement is incorrect based on actual NFL history.
Void
#PMT-2025-0509-3203
MaxMax

Jayson Tatum has officially replaced Joel Embiid as the worst playoff superstar in the Eastern Conference

I guess that a super embarrassing that Jason Tatum has now taken the crown of the worst playoff performer in the Eastern Conference... Joel Embiid for a long time was known as the worst Eastern Conference superstar to play in the playoffs. And Jason Tatum simply has worst playoff stats than Joel Embiid. And that's a fact.

Subjective comparison of two stars' playoff reputations.
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#PMT-2025-0502-12399
Big CatBig Cat

A fake kidnapping is the only way to find out if a rookie is 'ride or die'

You gotta fake kidnap your boys if you wanna make sure that they ride or die... it's a simple question of: do I like this kid? And the only way to find out is you go down the line and it's fake kidnapping with a real gun on video.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical take on a criminal hazing incident; legally and ethically, it is incorrect.
Void
#PMT-2025-0425-10648
MaxMax

Having a stomach bug is one of the worst things that can happen to a human

Getting the stomach bug is by far the worst thing that can possibly happen to a human I think. Cancer, I feel like stomach bug's gotta be up there. Just kidding, just kidding... you feel like you're dying though. It's terrible.

This is an intentionally absurd hyperbolic comparison that cannot be factually evaluated.
Open
#PMT-2025-0221-14009
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A 2032 asteroid will likely hit the Earth and specifically ruin a Cleveland Browns Super Bowl run

My fire fest of the week is that there's an asteroid heading towards Earth. It's scheduled to hit the planet potentially in 2032. This tells me this has like Brown Super Bowl run written all over it. And the asteroid shows up.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The probability of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 is extremely low (PFT exaggerates the 3% figure for comedy). The Browns part is obviously satirical.
Win
#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.
Loss
#PMT-2024-0913-11679
Big CatBig Cat

Lactose intolerance is a sign of weakness and most people who claim it are 'pussies'

I think lactose intolerant people are just pussies. I just, when people are like, I can't eat that ice cream. I'm lact— shut the fuck up. Eat the ice cream. If you need an EpiPen, I respect you. If you are, if you like, oh, I got a little diarrhea, dude, that's my whole life is eating too much ice cream and getting diarrhea.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Lactose intolerance is a medically recognized condition involving enzyme deficiency, though Big Cat is arguing about the threshold of what counts as an 'allergy'.
Void
#PMT-2024-0503-9621
Big CatBig Cat

I like getting a single bug bite

I like a good bug bite. Just a good, just a good old fashioned bug bite. Like maybe on the top of your shin. Nice little spot. You can scratch it a little... A single bug bite on the top of your shin. Just a little itch. Not so bad.

This is a purely subjective personal preference.
Open
#PMT-2024-0426-3239
MaxMax

Caleb Williams is the Ben Simmons of the NFL

I've been thinking about Caleb Williams. There's, there's a player that he reminds me of. Little bit of a diva off the court. Really big into the fashion life, the pop star life. A can't miss prospect. ... Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons was the next LeBron. ... Ben Simmons was a can't miss prospect. ... Both teams missed the [college] playoffs... Think about Ben Simmons.

This will only be resolvable after Caleb Williams' career progresses to see if he 'quits' or underperforms like Simmons.
Loss
#PMT-2024-0329-2362
Big CatBig Cat

Flacco the Owl was a slut

Even though I don't, I I I'll still stand with my take that Flacco the owl was a slut. Big time slut. I guess the pigeon herpes might've been because he was eating pigeons. ... I'm sticking with full on slut shaming a flacco. You were a slut. That's how you got the herpes.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
It is scientifically unlikely an owl's behavior qualifies as human 'promiscuity,' making this a satirical claim.
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#PMT-2024-0315-13064
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Penguins faked the bobblehead truck hijacking because they forgot to order them

I don't think the bobbleheads existed. I think maybe I, I think that maybe there were no bobbleheads and the Penguins were like, fuck it's bobblehead night. We forgot to order these things... It's Jussie Smollett. It's Jussie Smollett bobblehead night. And they're like, well we don't have, oh yeah, the cops, we called the cops. They're looking into it right now.

The bobbleheads were actually stolen; the Penguins later recovered them and distributed them at a later date. This was a comedic/satirical take.
Win
#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.
Loss
#PMT-2024-0223-4807
HankHank

I will be able to dunk a basketball and hit twenty three-pointers within the next ten months

I'm going hard to dunk... summer, that's exactly my plan. I'm already over leveraged. What if I do both and hit 20 threes? I just have to basically change my entire lifestyle way of thinking and everything.

Hank famously failed to dunk despite months of 'training'.
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#PMT-2023-0526-4175
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Russians are radicalizing orcas to attack ships in NATO waters

So the Russians have been training beluga whales to be spies in NATO waters and with all these recent orca attacks are the Russians, radicalizing orcas? ... The orcas haven't been acting like that before.

There is no evidence that orca attacks on boats are orchestrated by the Russian military.
Void
#PMT-2023-0414-1766
Billy FootballBilly Football

No one should be judged for their actions when their heart rate is over 150 BPM

No one should be, no one should be judged for their actions when their heart rate's over 150 beats per minute. I agree with that. That that's what I believe.

This is an ethically and legally dubious opinion that the rest of the crew immediately mocks.
Void
#PMT-2023-0303-5015
MaxMax

Juju Smith-Schuster is a piece of shit and AJ Brown would beat him up

He's a piece of shit. Like, I don't know who he thinks he is... AJ Brown would beat the absolute fucking... AJ Brown would've. AJ Brown basically said, said that he would, he would beat the fuck out of him if he's keep talking about him.

The 'piece of shit' comment is subjective. The fight hasn't happened.
Loss
#PMT-2022-1014-8488
Billy FootballBilly Football

Turnovers increase the likelihood of succeeding on a 4th down or 2-pt conversion via 'vibe' multipliers

Basically the percentage of converting a two point conversion or on fourth down basically gets increased depending on what type of turnover happens before that possession... after an interception, a fourth down conversion or a two point conversion increases by let's say 110%.

While 'momentum' is a debated concept, a 110% increase is mathematically absurd, and 'vibe' multipliers are not recognized by standard NFL analytics.
Void
#PMT-2022-0916-10401
HankHank

Seahawks fans deserved to lose the SuperSonics

The Seahawks take, which was correct... I think what people got really mad about is when you said like you deserve to lose the Sonics. Yeah. That Joe sports... because the Sonics like just straight up, they left, they fucked over the city of Seattle.

This is purely a spiteful opinion intended to trigger fans; there is no objective measure for whether a fan base 'deserves' to lose a franchise.
Void
#PMT-2022-0916-10400
HankHank

Andrew Luck was a 'busted chaw' and is an overrated quarterback

Andrew luck busted chaw, badge for town. Okay. Fact game over and debate. I've had people fucking bitching and complaining... Andrew luck was great? Even though he was four and four in the playoffs. And then they're like, oh, it was offensive line. They had a great offensive line and he quit.

Luck's career playoff record was indeed 4-4, but 'busted chaw' is a subjective insult about his legacy which remains highly debated.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0909-19393
Billy FootballBilly Football

I may be allergic to red meat and dairy for the rest of my life due to a lone star tick bite

Turns out I must have stepped on a lone star tick nest... and I got bitten by a bunch of lone star tick larva... which the good news is the larva don't transmit Lyme's... but they can give you an Alpha-gal allergy. That means that Alpha-gal is in all red meat and dairy and I, I might be allergic to red meat and dairy for the rest of my life. I had to go vegan for a month before I get the test... I contracted veganism.

While a real medical condition, Billy eventually resumed eating meat and did not test positive for the long-term allergy.
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#PMT-2022-0617-9865
Billy FootballBilly Football

The new lacrosse movie will be as impactful for the sport as Drive to Survive was for F1

The sport was honestly amazing. It was like, I think that it's going to be as huge for lacrosse as DRS [Drive to Survive] is revive was for F1. It was an amazing feature.

While the PLL has grown, no lacrosse documentary or movie has come close to the cultural impact of Drive to Survive.
Void
#PMT-2022-0617-9867
Billy FootballBilly Football

Blogging was easier in the early 2010s because there were fewer bloggers and more unique topics

I think you blogged a different era. I will say... I mean, there was less bloggers and there was more topics to blog she could get... I mean, there was less bloggers and there was more topics.

Highly controversial; while there were fewer bloggers, the tools and platform visibility were significantly worse, and the competition among top sites was fierce.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0610-2603
Big CatBig Cat

The Warriors are dead

My fire Fest is obviously a, the warriors is dead. I truly believe that.

Incorrect. The Warriors won the title 4-2.
Void
#PMT-2022-0121-19584
Big CatBig Cat

Microwaves are the best invention of all time and better than air fryers

When did we just start disrespecting the mighty microwave? The microwave is the best invention, maybe of all time. You put something in there, it gets so hot... It boils water in 15 seconds and everybody's just sleeping on it... microwaves are coded. They are all right.

Purely a subjective lifestyle and appliance preference.
Void
#PMT-2021-1008-14543
Billy FootballBilly Football

Ted Bundy is a wildly overrated serial killer

Ted Bundy is wildly overrated. I mean, I... Ted Bundy was overrated as a killer. He's just good looking.

This is a highly controversial and morbid subjective take.
Void
#PMT-2021-0723-17349
HankHank

Cleaning your ass with a showerhead and a towel is a valid solution when you run out of TP while moving

I sat down and started taking a shit and realized there was no toilet paper. And so I just took a shower... I didn't have anything. I just literally got in the shower or like wipe my ass and then got out... I used the towel and I threw away the towel.

The 'correctness' of a hygiene practice in a crisis is subjective.
Loss
#PMT-2021-0716-17644
Billy FootballBilly Football

Olympic drug testing will expose golfers with suspicious size increases

The Olympics are coming up around the corner... guess what sport is also in the Olympics and they're starting to do the eligibility for? Golf. So you know, if you see any like discrepancies in people's drive [and] their size compared to their size maybe two years ago... They don't drug test in the PGA. [The IOC tests] are pretty hard.

No major golfers failed drug tests at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021), and Bryson DeChambeau actually missed the Olympics due to a positive COVID-19 test.
Void
#PMT-2021-0514-5089
HankHank

Real men get three vaccine shots

I was at the doctor. I was getting my third vaccine shot. Oh, nice. Better safe than sorry. Yeah, I'm great. Like I said, I'm triple vaxxed up. Nothing could go wrong. Real men get three.

At the time, two shots were the standard protocol; three shots (boosters) became standard later, but his 'real men' reasoning is comedic.
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#PMT-2021-0326-15144
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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#PMT-2021-0219-16026
Billy FootballBilly Football

I am either going to prison or becoming a billionaire because of Pi Network

Either I'm going to go to jail because this is all illegal, which I don't think it is, or I'm going to make a ton of money. It's speculative value. Either I'm going to go to prison or be a billionaire.

Pi Network remains in an unlaunched 'enclosed mainnet' state years later with zero market value, and Billy is neither in prison nor a billionaire because of it.
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#PMT-2021-0205-4189
Billy FootballBilly Football

OJ Simpson's son committed the murders, not OJ

I don't think OJ did it. ... I think it was his son. ... I saw a TikTok.

OJ Simpson was acquitted in criminal court but found liable in civil court. The 'son did it' theory is a fringe conspiracy.
Push
#PMT-2021-0129-9315
Billy FootballBilly Football

Six people can fit in a whale's vagina

Wales, you can fit six people in a Wales [whale's] vagina. Sick.

While a blue whale's vagina is large (6-8 feet in length), fitting six grown humans inside simultaneously is a dubious volumetric claim often found on 'weird fact' websites.
Win
#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.
Loss
#PMT-2020-0710-17405
Billy FootballBilly Football

I thought the police were defunded so I could speed 89 in a 55

I got a really bad feeling, I got a speeding ticket. Turns out there was a speeding camera that caught me... I thought they defunded the police. I actually was like, 'no police.' I read the news, they defunded these guys. I'm good.

Police departments still exist and speed cameras are automated; he was objectively wrong that he wouldn't be ticketed.
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#PMT-2020-0626-9739
Billy FootballBilly Football

You can treat scabies by buying horse medicine (Ivermectin) at a tractor supply store

you just go to the Tractor Supply store and get Ivermectin if you think you have scabies... you get it like a tractor supply store because you get the horses. If you can't get from your doctor, they sell it in big tubes like toothpaste.

While Ivermectin is used for scabies in humans, using veterinary-grade horse paste is dangerous and not medically recommended for humans by the FDA.
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#PMT-2020-0110-7344
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I actually think I am going to make the DC Defenders XFL team as a kicker

They suggested, as a joke, that the DC team they don't have a kicker right now... I started practicing, and now I actually think that I'm going to make the team... I want to be a professional football player. I want to make this team. And I believe that.

PFT Commenter did not make the DC Defenders or any XFL roster. He was a 35-year-old blogger with no professional kicking experience.
Loss
#PMT-2019-1101-4791
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Redskins are more likely to win a World Series than a Super Bowl in the next five years

I said earlier today that I think the Redskins are more likely to win a World Series than they are Super Bowl in the next five years. Yeah, I'd agree. I'd agree just just by like a random shit show of occurrences that somehow become a major league team.

As of 2024, the team (now the Commanders) has won zero Super Bowls and obviously zero World Series, making this a hilarious incorrect but satirical take.
Void
#PMT-2019-0802-19479
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

We have all been living in a computer simulation since 2012

My fire fest of the week is the fact that we've all been dead for seven years. Back in 2012, the Large Hadron Collider was invented... And currently we're living in a computer simulation. We're like, God is doing like a Madden Sim season... there are these little tiny glitches that the computer didn't get right. For example, Skechers Shoes. I always thought it was S-K-E-T-C-H-E-R-S. Turns out it's not. There's no T in there.

This is a metaphysical/satirical claim that cannot be proven or disproven, though the spelling of Skechers is indeed without a T.