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Big CatBig Cat

Dentist offices should be installed on airplanes to save time

I'm also the guy who has the idea that we should start having dentist offices in planes so we can, you know, kill two birds with one stone... obviously we're gonna have to get through some of these hurdles [like turbulence].

Logistically impossible and has not happened.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You cannot make Boston racism jokes about Gordon Hayward if he is moving there from Utah

One first hot seat is people making Boston racism jokes and saying that Gordon [Hayward] went to Boston because he liked... casual racism. Guess what? You can't say that if he goes from Utah. Doesn't work that way.

This is a humorous observation about regional stereotypes.
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Big CatBig Cat

Carmelo Anthony's 2 AM workout videos are laughable

Carmelo Anthony was working out over July 4th... it was so laughable that his own team actually laughed at it. I don't know if you saw that clip. No, there was a clip of the Knicks front office sitting at a summer league game watching the clip of Carmelo Anthony working out all laughing at him.

The Knicks front office was indeed caught on camera laughing while Melo's workout videos were discussed.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adrian Wojnowski is on the hot seat for being 'cucked' by his own reporting and transition to TV

Woj, Adrian Wojnowski on the hot seat big time. He was getting cucked left and right on his reporting... He actually screwed up because he walked back the Gordon Hayward trade, right? And so he's like, actually, it's not done. And then he got double cucked over the top when Gordon broke his own news.

Woj did have a messy reporting cycle during the Hayward free agency where Hayward's camp initially denied the report.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The July 5th hangover is the worst hangover of the year

Just the July 5th hangover in general. That is the worst hangover of the year.

Subjective personal experience shared by many.
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Jon TafferJon Taffer

Adding a second staircase to elevated bar levels significantly increases social interaction

I used to build elevated levels in bar and restaurants like everyone else with a staircase... you feel like a freaking idiot. You've got to turn around, walk back the other way. You're busted... So I simply put a second staircase in on the other side... social interaction went up big time. I'm guessing there are people that are married to this very day because of that freaking staircase.

This is a cornerstone of Taffer's design philosophy and has been implemented in many of his successful rescues.
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Jon TafferJon Taffer

NFL teams should use comedians or bands as opening acts to improve the stadium experience

what is the kind of stuff that, you know, cat can get that he can't get at home? ...putting a band before a game or after a game so that you can infuse a different type of entertainment into a show doesn't hurt either. I mean, you're going to laugh at this, Dan, but how about a comedian to open as an opening act?

Subjective suggestion for improving attendance.
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Jon TafferJon Taffer

Empty seats in NFL stadiums are a bigger embarrassment than 'minor league' promotions

Isn't that interesting that it's beneath them, but the empty seat isn't beneath them? I mean, it's pretty asinine and pretty egotistical. To me, the empty seat would be beneath everything.

Logical argument from a business/occupancy perspective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zing Zang is the only acceptable Bloody Mary mix

The things I hate the most about bars, number one, when they make their own Bloody Mary mix instead of using Zing Zang. Because Zing Zang... It's the perfected Bloody Mary mix. There's no topping it. It's perfect all around.

Subjective taste preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Bar farters are a major societal problem

Number one, I have a longstanding issue with it. Bar farters, anyone who farts in a bar, because they know they have the masses to hide behind. I think it's bullshit when you're walking through a bar and boom, it smells like someone just took a shit on the floor.

Subjective complaint about behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

If a bar offers wings on the menu, they are obligated to provide wet naps

No wet naps when you have wings on the menu. That's another big one. Need that.

Subjective preference for bar service standards.
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Big CatBig Cat

Rickie Fowler is coming off desperate by liking all 164 of his girlfriend's Instagram posts

Ricky Fowler, who apparently has been liking... He's liked every single one of his girlfriend's Instagram posts. Yes, 164... He's coming off a little desperate. Maybe tone it down.

Subjective assessment of dating behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jamie Horowitz should have worn a hat to hide his large forehead

Jamie Horowitz... Definitely should have been a hat guy. Should have went with a big hat. He's got a large forehead, and I'm not saying that's why he got fired, but it's the Tom Crean, right? It's like you can't give them an extra reason to fire you... if you have a big forehead that just looks stupid.

Subjective fashion advice.
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Big CatBig Cat

Befriend your TA instead of your professor to get better grades in college

You got to befriend your TA because that's the guy who's going to be reading everything. That's the guy who's going to be doing your grade. That's the guy or girl who is going to be deciding your fate. So forget the professor. Go find the TA.

In large university settings, TAs frequently handle the majority of grading for undergraduates.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best way to enjoy a boat is to have a close friend who owns one rather than owning it yourself

My number three is having a friend with a boat but not actually owning one yourself. So you never want to be the guy with the boat. You want to be the guy that's got a good friend. They'll take you out, and if you throw them some fuel money, you're good.

This is a subjective lifestyle opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

The best way to enjoy a lake is to float in the middle with a life jacket and five beers

I like to just put on a life jacket and just sit in the middle of the lake and just drink beers, drink like five beers while I pee and just do nothing else. So you just sit there. It's great. You get all your friends just sitting there doing nothing.

This is a subjective lifestyle preference.
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Bo PeliniBo Pelini

Being called 'football smart' is actually an insult meaning you are dumb in every other regard

People come up to me and they say, well, he's football smart. That means that he's, they have no common sense and they're pretty much dumb in every other regards. So yeah, that's not a tag you really want.

This is a professional observation of scouting vernacular.
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Bo PeliniBo Pelini

Mike Krzyzewski and Bill Belichick are the two best coaches of this generation in any sport

Would you guys agree that in any sport, take all the major sports, is there a better coach in our generation than Coach K? Belichick, Krzyzewski. I don't know if you get any better than that.

This is a subjective comparison of coaching greatness.
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Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban's resting heart rate is just 'angry'

Nick Saban, because Nick Saban, he's like a volcano that only erupts every now and then. But when it does, and Nick Saban, you get the added bonus where he yells at his coaches... His resting heart rate is angry.

Hyperbolic characterization of a coach's temperament.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

I will be happy if the Jacksonville Jaguars manage to win just two games this season

For the last eight years, I've thought that this is our year, like that we're going to be better. That's really so stupid. I'm just going to be like, if we win two games, then I'm happy. Everything else is icing on the cake after two.

The Jaguars vastly exceeded this low bar, winning 10 games and making a deep playoff run.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Phil Jackson's master plan was to get paid for screwing up the Knicks

Phil's master plan was to get paid for screwing up a franchise and he's getting paid. He's just like [fucking] the ground, having a good time, getting paid for it. He played James Dolan like a fiddle.

Jackson was fired with two years left on his $60 million contract, effectively getting paid a massive sum not to work for the team.
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Attending an Ivy League school like Princeton hurts a player's NFL draft stock

I think [going to Princeton] hurts. In fact, we had another guy my year at Princeton that got drafted. Ryan Grigson... said, 'I'll never make that mistake again.' You know, I just didn't believe that Princeton could have two dudes the same year. And the other guy was like a total freak show... they didn't even look at me because of that.

This is a subjective observation from a former player, though undrafted Ivy Leaguers succeeding is rare, supporting his claim of being overlooked.
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Big CatBig Cat

Ryan Fitzpatrick would not be in the NFL if he hadn't gone to an Ivy League school

Ryan Fitzpatrick, I'm convinced if he went to Virginia Tech, there's no chance he would still be in the NFL.

This is an unprovable counter-factual, making it subjective.
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Jay Cutler is a dick and not a good human being

I've talked to multiple guys that played with [Cutler], and I've seen Cutler. Cutler is not a good human being. ... He's a dick.

Character judgments are inherently subjective.
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Reduced practice time and the lack of two-a-days has significantly hurt NFL offensive line play

I think [the reduction in practice] has a lot of impact on the offensive line. ... if you're not working with the guy next to you that often, you're just going to mess up. ... best O-lines are the teams that they're around long enough that they're doing dummy calls and just totally messing with the D-linemen's minds.

This is a widely held expert opinion among former linemen and coaches, though technically subjective as it's hard to isolate one variable for quality of play.
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

The Patriots' winning culture is actually miserable and based on negative reinforcement

Terrible culture. So terrible. When I was there, 05 and 06, most of the guys were pretty miserable. You always feel like you're kind of being watched... It's 100% negative reinforcement. They start every meeting with the five worst plays from the day before. So your whole motivation is to not be on the low light tape and have Belichick cussing you out.

While subjective, this sentiment has been echoed by several former Patriots like Cassius Marsh and Asante Samuel.
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Ross TuckerRoss Tucker

Romeo Crennel was way too nice to succeed as the Browns head coach

If I could have been honest, I would have been like, 'Romeo Crennel is way too nice. He'll never last.'

Crennel was indeed fired by the Browns in 2008 after going 4-12, following a period where the team struggled with discipline and consistency.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'All-Joe Team' is just a list of mediocre white NFL players

It just means you're really shitty and white. For the most part, I believe. I don't know.

While the official criteria were about hard workers who don't get Pro Bowl nods, PMT's characterization of the archetype is a common comedic observation.
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Big CatBig Cat

Bartolo Colon's obesity is a genius life hack because nobody suspects fat people of using steroids

Bartolo Colon, I'll tell you, that guy, he is a walking, talking life hack. ... when you're that fat, no one ever thinks you do steroids. So he just made a fucking 20-year career in Major League Baseball.

Colon's suspension in 2012 actually proves that he was caught despite the 'mask' of his physique, though Big Cat's point about perception is largely true.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chick-fil-A would sell 16% more chicken if they opened on Sundays

I've actually got a foolproof idea for how you guys can sell at least 16% more chicken. ... Open your [restaurants] on Sundays. That's the only day of the week that I want to eat Chick-fil-A is when I'm hungover on Sunday and it's always closed.

While mathematically adding a 7th day would increase sales (roughly 14.3%), Chick-fil-A's per-unit productivity on its 6 open days often outpaces competitors, making the 'loss' of a 7th day complex to calculate. However, they remain closed on Sundays.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bulls front office vote for Executive of the Year was a self-vote by Gar Foreman

Gar Foreman, he got a single vote for executive of the year. ... I still think it was himself I think it was himself it's like James Harden getting one vote for defensive player of the year yeah survey says it was himself

It's a secret ballot, so it is unverifiable, but fits the 'Fire GarPax' narrative of the era.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Fisher actually thinks going 7-9 is the best record you can get in the NFL

I'm going to expose Jeff Fisher. He actually thinks going 7-9 is the best record you can get in the NFL.

OpinionFootballMediumSarcastic
Fisher had multiple 7-9 seasons, making it a meme, but obviously didn't literally believe it was the ceiling.
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Big CatBig Cat

Vince Young, Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and Lendale White were all pro busts

Reggie Bush, who's been pretty much a bust. So it's Reggie Bush, Lendale White, Vince Young, and Matt Leinart. Wow.

While Reggie Bush had a productive career (10k scrimmage yards, Super Bowl ring), Leinart and Young were clear draft busts. Lendale White had one 1,100 yard season but was out of the league quickly. Bush is debatable, the others are correct.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US needs to replace Uncle Sam with James Harrison as its national rebrand

The US is in need of a rebrand. Uncle Sam, I'm kind of sick of Uncle Sam, like the tall guy with the beard. Just put James Harrison in the Uncle Sam outfit. No country will fuck with us.

OpinionPoliticsMediumSarcastic
The US government has not officially rebranded using James Harrison.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Golf celebrations are best when they are simple hat tips rather than failed physical coordination

I think golf celebrations are best executed when it's just the two guys taking their hats off and tipping them at each other. Just like a real, let's keep it, let's crawl before we learn how to walk, let alone run. The golf celebration is just you take your visor off before you shake the guy's hand.

This is a subjective matter of taste regarding sports celebrations.
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Big CatBig Cat

If you stay in a bar that is uncomfortably hot, you are a crazy person

If you go into a bar that is hot and you don't leave immediately, you're a crazy person. I will absolutely call a night like, alright, night's over if I walk into a bar and it is uncomfortably hot in there.

This is an inherently subjective opinion about personal comfort and social behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

60s and 70s rock was specifically made to be listened to in a car on the highway

Bands in the late 60s and 70s made all of their music so that it sounded beautiful in a car going 75 miles on the highway.

While poetic, this is a subjective aesthetic observation about the genre's sound.
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Bob StoopsBob Stoops

Lincoln Riley is the right character and guy to lead Oklahoma forward

Lincoln's the right guy. He's got all the right attributes and character to be the guy to continue to lead the program forward. And I knew that. And I believed strongly that the administration would believe that as well.

Lincoln Riley was highly successful at Oklahoma, winning four consecutive Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff appearances before leaving for USC.
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Bob StoopsBob Stoops

The story about Mike Leach locking a player in a shed is likely misunderstood

I don't believe [Mike Leach] did it then either. I think that whole story got a little bit mixed up.

The facts of the incident were highly litigated and remain a point of contention in college football history.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Love is the perfect fall guy for LeBron James because he won't talk back

Actually we kind of predicted this, that Kevin Love was going to be the fall guy. Everyone knows you need a fall guy. Chris Carter told everyone, need a fall guy. Kevin Love is the perfect fall guy for LeBron [James] because Kevin Love's never going to say anything. He's not going to subtweet. He's just going to go about his business.

This is a subjective interpretation of team dynamics and media narratives.
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is at the bottom of NFL coolness

Derek Carr is pretty much a great player, pretty lame dude. Way cooler than Russell Wilson. But to be chirping Russell Wilson and ball-busting Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson is actually at the bottom of NFL players when it comes to coolness.

Coolness is entirely subjective, though this sentiment became widely shared by fans in later years of Wilson's career.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you are getting chirped by Derek Carr, you need to reevaluate your image

If you're getting stunted on by Derek Carr, it's time to reevaluate your image a little bit.

This is a subjective assessment of NFL player 'coolness' and reputation.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Big 3 should hire Bob Huggins to kiss players who get injured on the sidelines

We hire our friend Bob Huggins on retainer, and he just stands on the sidelines so he can kiss everyone who gets injured. Because you know it's like, hey, half the guys you're here to watch are going to get injured, but you get to see Bob Huggins mouth kiss them.

The Big 3 never hired Bob Huggins for this specific role.
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Big CatBig Cat

Minnesota fans are not allowed to use the nickname 'Jimmy G. Buckets'

You do not get to call him Jimmy G. Buckets. That's Stacey King. That doesn't transfer. That does not transfer. Stacey can call him Jimmy G Buckets. Jimmy gets buckets. You can't then have that.

The ownership of a nickname is entirely subjective, though fans generally use whatever they want.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am officially authorizing Minnesota fans to call Jimmy Butler 'Jimmy G. Buckets'

I'm going to go ahead right now and officially authorize Minnesota to call him Jimmy G Buckets. If you live in Minnesota, go for it.

PFT has no actual authority to grant nickname rights, making this a comedic/subjective claim.
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Big CatBig Cat

Bulls front office members Gar Foreman and John Paxson remain fuckheads

Gar Foreman and John Paxson remain fuckheads. [The Bulls season] never even began, but yes, it is over. They're dead... I don't trust these guys to actually rebuild correctly. I mean, you got fucking trainers saying that they're worse than drug dealers.

The Bulls failed to rebuild successfully under this regime, eventually firing them years later after continued mediocrity.
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Big CatBig Cat

Lauri Markkanen is a bum who is soft and sucks

I find out they drafted... Lauri Markkanen from Arizona. I am now going to sell myself on this guy, which is going to be the greatest spin zone of all time, because we went to the Pac-12 championship game, and I think we said multiple times, this guy fucking sucks. He's a bum. He's soft.

Lauri Markkanen went on to be an All-Star and won Most Improved Player in 2023, proving he does not 'suck.'
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Big CatBig Cat

The Sacramento Kings actually had a good draft

Sacramento Kings. The Kings actually drafted well. So they got Fox, Justin Jackson, and Harry Giles from Duke. And I actually for a moment was like, is the world – are we still on earth right now?

De'Aaron Fox became a franchise star and All-NBA player. Justin Jackson and Harry Giles, however, had underwhelming careers. Overall, getting a star like Fox makes the draft a success.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Phil Jackson is the Wile E. Coyote of the NBA

You could just make up a story like Phil Jackson was spotted walking around MSG with his hand in a toaster and his foot stuck in a bucket and he fell off a balcony, and his feet kept moving until he looked down, and then he fell. He's basically become the Wile E. Coyote of NBA.

Jackson was fired by the Knicks five days after this episode aired (June 28, 2017), validating the idea that his tenure was a disaster.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Vegas Golden Knights jerseys suck

Those jerseys suck. Bad sleeves. Suck. It's like they tried to get as many colors as they could fit on a sleeve... A fictional 2004 franchise in Madden has better jerseys than a 2017 real-life franchise. It's really bad.

Jersey preference is subjective, though many fans eventually grew to like the 'gold' aesthetic, especially as the team became immediately successful.

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