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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019·Picks
#PMT-2019-1004-11103
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Ravens are severely overrated

I do think the Ravens are severely overrated. ... They've done a major comeback to earth for the last couple weeks.

The Ravens went on to win 12 straight games after this take, finishing 14-2. Lamar Jackson won MVP unanimously. They were definitively not overrated in the regular season, though they did lose their first playoff game.
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#PMT-2019-1004-11110
HankHank

Betting every single moneyline underdog is a winning strategy

I love 11 Moneyline underdogs. ... It worked out really well for me last week, and I'm very concerned because I know it's probably not going to work out as well. ... I've convinced so many people in the office that it's a winning strategy.

Betting 11 random NFL moneyline underdogs in a single week is statistically likely to result in a loss unless there is massive parity, which rarely hits at that scale.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019·Whoas
#PMT-2019-1004-11113
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Time was invented by women to make men feel bad about their performance in bed

Time was just invented by women to make you think that you don't last long enough at sex.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Time is a physical dimension of the universe, not a social construct for bedroom shaming.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019·Whoas
#PMT-2019-1004-11117
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is selfish to live past 100 years old

Once the clock strikes 100, at that point, you should just let go. You're being selfish if you live past 100. Yeah, you're kind of trying to show everyone up.

Hot TakeLifeFireSarcastic
The value of human life is not capped at 100 years by any consensus moral or biological standard.
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#PMT-2019-1002-17913
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James only supports NCAA likeness rights to keep elite competition out of the NBA

He wants to players to get paid. So they're more likely to stay in college the elite players so they don't come to the NBA and compete against him. That's what's really happening.

While funny, there is no evidence this is LeBron's actual motivation, and the NBA age limit is a league rule, not individual player influence.
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Take Slip·Sep 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-0930-17818
Big CatBig Cat

Patrick Mahomes is allergic to air conditioning and indoor stadiums

Mahomes first game indoors... I just think he's allergic to air conditioning... He's the reverse the maybe that is his one Kryptonite, right? The ceilings is... healing is literally the roof. He can't handle the fact that he can't throw the ball like a million million yards in the air when he's throwing it deep to someone he needs the sun. He's like a plant.

Mahomes has gone on to win multiple Super Bowls in domes (SB LVII in Glendale, SB LVIII in Las Vegas) and generally performs excellently indoors.
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Take Slip·Sep 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-0930-17819
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Ravens are frauds

The Ravens are frauds. Ravens are hot Ravens are frauds not fraudulent footballs. I don't know what fraud means in the context of football team really but it feels great to call a team a fraud.

The 2019 Ravens finished 14-2, Lamar Jackson won MVP, and they set the NFL record for rushing yards in a season. They were definitely not frauds.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-0930-17821
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You cannot win with a kicker named Zane

You can't win with a kicker named Zane... Zane does sound like a guy that rides like a go-ped and sells weed to surfers... has frosted tips... probably has a pacifier in his mouth because he's just so high on Molly all the time.

This is entirely subjective name-shaming, though Zane Gonzalez did have a shaky career with multiple teams before falling out of a starting role.
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Take Slip·Sep 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-0930-17826
Big CatBig Cat

The University of Virginia will never win a big game in their 'candy-ass' orange uniforms

UVA can't win a big game... Candy-ass... UVA can't win a big game. Okay D'ass that orange that that it's candy-ass... They will never win a big game. I have said it and so it hath been said.

Virginia football has largely struggled in major bowl games and against top-tier opponents since this take, though 'big game' is subjective.
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Take Slip·Sep 27, 2019
#PMT-2019-0927-15116
Big CatBig Cat

The Green Bay Packers are dead

Today is Friday, September 27th, and the Green Bay Packers are dead.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
The Packers finished the 2019 season 13-3, won the NFC North, and reached the NFC Championship game. They were very much alive.
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#PMT-2019-0925-19056
Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is actually a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is actually Jeff Bezos. It's his front. So Elon Musk is like we're going to go to Mars... so everyone talks about him and then Jeff Bezos is in the background doing the real shit doing the drones doing all that.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory and not factually true.
Void
#PMT-2019-0925-19057
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Bezos remains bald to keep the 'fire within' to destroy the world

Bald guys are angrier... I think he keeps himself bald to keep that Fire Within. If he had his hair he be like everything's perfect. Why would I build a bunch of robot drones that could kill the world?

Purely a comedic opinion on Bezos's motivation.
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#PMT-2019-0925-19058
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Michael Vick is not the moral authority to criticize Cam Newton's fashion

Michael Vick saying how dare you sir to Cam Newton wearing ridiculous postgame outfits... so strong words from the moral authority of quarterback play. Stay stick to just playing football don't do anything outside of football like wearing ridiculous outfits or murdering dogs.

The take is a satirical commentary on irony.
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Take Slip·Sep 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-0923-10032
Big CatBig Cat

Frank Gore's longevity at 36 is more impressive than Tom Brady's.

Frank Gore, he's 36 years old. He's never going to stop... This would be a take: Frank Gore and his age is more impressive than Tom Brady and his age... a running back shouldn't be playing at 36.

While subjective, Gore's ability to play until age 37 at a high-impact position is considered one of the great feats of NFL longevity, though Brady's success into his 40s is the more common consensus 'greatest' feat.
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Take Slip·Sep 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-0923-10031
Big CatBig Cat

Anyone named 'Chase' is limited to being an SEC quarterback, a NASCAR driver, or an American Ninja Warrior course builder.

We realized that if your name is Chase... it's essentially SEC quarterback, NASCAR driver, and American Ninja Warrior course builder. That's it. That's it. Could you imagine being like, 'here's my doctor, his name is Chase'?

This is an inherently subjective comedic take on personal naming conventions.
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#PMT-2019-0923-10028
Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin is the best college football team in the country right now.

I've officially got my hopes up for the Wisconsin Badgers season. As I sit here right now, I think they're the best team in the country.

Wisconsin was not the best team; they finished the season 10-4 and ranked #11. LSU was the consensus best team that year.
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#PMT-2019-0913-9543
Big CatBig Cat

Justify's Triple Crown should be vacated because the horse is a cheater

Justify is a cheater. The horse. I hope you're sitting down... Horse racing is not on the up and up. Justify tested positive for using a banned substance... As far as we know, Justify is guilty as sin, and his triple crown win should be, what, vacated? Are we doing that? I would like my money back.

While there were reports of a failed drug test (scopolamine), the California Horse Racing Board dismissed the case and the Triple Crown has not been officially vacated.
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#PMT-2019-0913-9544
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Justify should be branded with an asterisk like cattle

You know what they should do? They should fucking brand him with an asterisk. Like a cattle brand. He's going to have to wear that on his hindquarters for the rest of his days.

Subjective and clearly a joke/satirical suggestion.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0911-10037
Big CatBig Cat

Each NFL team should be allowed one legal body slam per game

DeAndre Hopkins doesn't get enough credit for one of the coolest nicknames... Nuke. So when he body slammed the defender, which I believe that each team should get one body slam a game, just like you get one body slam, we get one body slam.

This is a satirical suggestion for a rules change.
Void
#PMT-2019-0911-10038
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Green Day is officially an 'oldies' band now

I was thinking that Green Day would you consider them to be classic rock at this point... yeah I guess... when does the 90s become classic rock... I think it's now. Fuck. I think Green Day is an oldies band.

Generational labels are subjective, but musically, Green Day's prime material is now 30+ years old, fitting the traditional 'classic' or 'oldies' window.
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#PMT-2019-0911-10040
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama could beat the Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins are trash. The Dolphins are trash and Alabama can beat them. What's a better, what's a better debate? That is Yukon women's basketball bad for women's basketball. Right. Or which school is the real DBU?

NFL teams are composed entirely of professional adults; the talent gap between any NFL roster and a college roster is insurmountable. This is widely considered impossible.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0911-10043
Rob GronkowskiRob Gronkowski

I would return to the NFL for $10 million if I could wear number 69 and be tackle eligible every play

Let's say $10 million... You get to wear number 69, and you report as tackle eligible every single play... [Gronk]: You know, that's a pretty good deal... Three games before the playoffs, $10 million, wearing number 69... Yeah, I would take that deal.

This was a comedic hypothetical.
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Take Slip·Sep 9, 2019
#PMT-2019-0909-10308
Big CatBig Cat

The Jaguars should trade for Eli Manning following Nick Foles' injury

Nick Foles broke his clavicle... I'm going to say a name for who the Jaguars should look to trade for. Eli Manning. Let's get it going. Let's get him back with [Tom] Coughlin. Get the band back together. The defense is good enough. All you need is Eli to win nine games.

The trade never happened; the Jaguars moved forward with Gardner Minshew.
Void
#PMT-2019-0909-10311
HankHank

MLB general managers should be fired if they ever miss the playoffs

If you're not going to make the playoffs... you're only as good as this year, though, and they're not going to make the playoffs. If you can't make it... you've got to go. If you ever miss the playoffs, you should be fired.

This is a subjective philosophy on management; most would disagree that one missed postseason warrants firing after a title.
Void
#PMT-2019-0904-16424
Big CatBig Cat

Philip Rivers would have won six Super Bowls if he played for the Steelers instead of Ben Roethlisberger

I actually think that if you put Phil rivers on the Pittsburgh Steelers instead of Ben Roethlisberger, they probably would have won like six Super Bowls. Philip Rivers was the best quarterback in that draft.

This is a hypothetical 'what if' scenario that can never be proven.
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Take Slip·Sep 3, 2019
#PMT-2019-0903-12269
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The SEC is effectively dead and should relegate Tennessee or Missouri

SEC is pretty much dead. So I think they have to look at getting rid of either Tennessee or Mizzou at this point. If you lose a week one game against an inferior opponent, you should just become a member of whatever conference that they're from.

The SEC was far from dead; LSU (an SEC team) went on to have arguably the greatest season in CFB history and win the National Championship in 2019.
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#PMT-2019-0903-12285
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is an asshole for trying to trademark 'Taco Tuesday'

LeBron's an asshole. Let's just go business hour with LeBron. I do just hate him. He is trademarking Taco Tuesday. Trying. This is the guy who his big inventions, his big ideas, business ideas. Talking in a barbershop. With his friends. Space Jam 2. Remember when he created Plinko?

The USPTO eventually denied LeBron's trademark application for 'Taco Tuesday' in late 2019.
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Take Slip·Sep 3, 2019·Segments
#PMT-2019-0903-12287
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

My upcoming diss track will put Drake out of business

Oh, yeah, the diss track is coming. I wrote it on Friday. So, yes, I'm continuing my battle against Drake. I murdered him. He's dead. He's already dead. I haven't even laid it down yet. I almost feel bad putting Drake out of business like this.

Drake remained the most popular rapper in the world. PFT's track (likely 'Back to Back to Back') was a comedy hit but did not affect Drake's career.
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#PMT-2019-0828-11908
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyle Sloter should start for the Vikings over Kirk Cousins

Kirk Cousins needs to be benched. Kyle Sloter needs to start the season for the Vikings... This guy's the best fucking player in the history of any league's preseason of all time... If he gets cut, there should be 31 hungry teams chomping at the bit to pick up Sloter.

Sloter was cut by the Vikings just days after this episode (August 31, 2019) and Cousins led them to a playoff win that year.
Void
#PMT-2019-0828-11928
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Short people take over the world for moments and then are infamous for the rest of history

Short people take over the world. For moments. And then are infamous for the rest of history... Tall people run the world day to day. But ironically, they have to be looking over their shoulder.

He's referencing historical figures like Napoleon or Hitler. It's a comedic observation.
Void
#PMT-2019-0826-15910
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Lakers signed Dwight Howard to be the fall guy for LeBron James

Lakers fans, no matter what happens, no matter how shitty the team plays, they're going to hate LeBron or they're going to hate Dwight more than they hate LeBron. So LeBron has a real easy fall guy to point at and Dwight Howard and then be like, we got rid of the fall guy. Now it's time for us to gel as a team.

Subjective. However, the Lakers ended up winning the title in 2020 with Howard playing a constructive role, so he didn't end up needing to be a 'fall guy'.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-0823-15994
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jewel was the Rihanna of her time

Jewel was Rihanna before Rihanna. I'll say it. [Big Cat: That strong?] Yeah.

While Jewel was a massive star, her career trajectory and genre (folk-pop) are very different from Rihanna's global pop/R&B mogul status.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 23, 2019·FAQ
#PMT-2019-0823-16003
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers is a try-hard loser for his Canada Boys outfit

Three years after that joke was funny, and probably like 10 years after that joke was funny, Aaron Rodgers hopped on. Classic. Way to go, dude. You fucking try-hard loser.

Subjective opinion on a player's sense of humor/fashion choice.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2019
#PMT-2019-0821-6495
Big CatBig Cat

Ezekiel Elliott should continue his holdout because Jerry Jones is being disrespectful

Zeke maybe man all this disrespect being thrown away by Jerry Jones. I don't have to take it to seek. It's kind of a bad look though to be like, I can't believe that he said zi KU... I don't have to take it to seek.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Elliott eventually signed a massive extension and ended his holdout before the season started.
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#PMT-2019-0821-6497
Big CatBig Cat

Peeing in a pool is safer and more logical than getting out to use the bathroom

Stop peeing in the pool? Don't pee in a pool. You're unsafe... You're more likely to injure yourself getting out of a pool and getting back in true than you are if you just stay in the pool and P true... if you walk through the house after being in a pool, you're creating an enormous slip and fall Hazard facts... p in that Soul tip.

Peeing in a pool creates chloramines which are irritants; the injury risk argument is logically flawed but humorously intended.
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#PMT-2019-0821-6480
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The United States should just invade Greenland if Denmark won't sell it

There are other ways to take over a country besides buying it like fuck it. Let's just ride. Well, what's Denmark going to do to stop us from invading green? Nothing. Absolutely. Nothing. Yeah. There's probably some treaty that would stop it. But that's a piece of paper. Denmark has bigger fish to fry.

The US did not invade Greenland.
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Take Slip·Aug 19, 2019
#PMT-2019-0819-13496
Big CatBig Cat

MLB should have its pros pitch to kids during the Little League World Series game

I wish they played on an actual Little League dimension field... Kids pitching, Paxton Lynch just went deep... Major League Baseball players hit it. Yes. And just have it be.

This obviously never happened as it would be a legal and safety nightmare.
Void
#PMT-2019-0819-13504
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Redskins locker room is less safe than a WWI trench

You'd have better luck getting injured at the bottom of a trench in World War One than in that Redskins locker room right now with all the shit that's like creeping around.

Hyperbolic comparison for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-0816-12883
Big CatBig Cat

Kyler Murray is an absolute bust

Kyler Murray looks pretty bad. [...] We're ready to declare after this first half maybe Kyler Murray's a bust. [...] Kyler Murray is an absolute bust.

Kyler Murray won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 and became a multi-time Pro Bowler.
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#PMT-2019-0816-12891
Big CatBig Cat

Green Bay should move the Packers franchise if they need gimmicks to get fans loud

It's a sad, sad day when the Packers need to find gimmicks to be louder. [...] If you have to ask the Green Bay fans to be louder, maybe just move the whole franchise.

A hyperbolic suggestion made for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Aug 14, 2019
#PMT-2019-0814-17431
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cowboys should pay Dak Prescott $75 million per year

As not a Dallas Cowboys fan, I hope they pay Dak as much money as possible. 70. 75. Okay. Fuck it. Deal. Full send.

Obviously, no player in 2019 was being paid $75M/year, making this hyperbolic and incorrect in literal terms.
Void
#PMT-2019-0814-17433
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL teams should be allowed to give one rookie a monk haircut as team building

I think that you should be allowed to give one rookie a monk. Yes, yes, I agree. That's not hazing, that's team building. That's funny. Big difference. If it's funny, it's not hazing.

This is a subjective opinion on team building versus hazing.
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#PMT-2019-0812-11723
Big CatBig Cat

Christian Pulisic stunk in his Chelsea debut and might not be ready for the bright lights

I watched the whole game. He stunk. Is he not ready for the bright lights?... I'm just going to say, as someone who was ready to declare this the biggest moment in USA soccer history, yeesh, maybe we have to start getting the narrative that he's not from America.

Pulisic's Chelsea career was a mix of brilliant stretches (Champions League win) and inconsistent/injury-prone periods. Declaring him a bust after one game was a classic overreaction.
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#PMT-2019-0812-11706
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Eating raw cookie dough is worth the risk of salmonella poisoning

Eating raw cookie dough is worth the risk of salmonella poisoning... Dude, who gets salmonella from fucking eggs anyway? That's such bullshit.

Subjective risk assessment.
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Take Slip·Aug 9, 2019
#PMT-2019-0809-486
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Daniel Jones is currently the best quarterback in the NFL

Daniel Jones is the best quarterback in the NFL right now.

Daniel Jones was a rookie in 2019 and while he had a decent debut, he was far from the best QB in the league, then or now.
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Take Slip·Aug 9, 2019
#PMT-2019-0809-487
Big CatBig Cat

David Montgomery is the greatest running back in history

David Montgomery is the greatest running back I've ever seen in my life.

David Montgomery has had a solid NFL career, but is nowhere near the greatest running back in history.
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Take Slip·Aug 9, 2019
#PMT-2019-0809-490
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Browns are 'America's Team' for the 2019 season

The Cleveland Browns are America's team this year, as first coined by me... I stole that take from Hawkins... but the Cleveland Browns are America's team this year.

The 2019 Browns were a disaster, finishing 6-10 and missing the playoffs, quickly losing their 'America's Team' luster.
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#PMT-2019-0807-2335
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Michael Crabtree didn't sign with the Cardinals because he feared Aqib Talib

My cool throne is Michael Crabtree. So Michael Crabtree decided not to sign with the Arizona Cardinals yesterday... It would have been a terrible move for him because he would have had to play against Aqib Talib twice. Oh, he didn't want that chain snatched. Yeah, the Dunn chain was about to hang over his neck, and Aqib Talib was about to swipe it off.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
While funny, Crabtree eventually did sign with the Cardinals later that August and played against Talib's Rams, so the 'thanks but no thanks' didn't stick.
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#PMT-2019-0807-2339
Big CatBig Cat

Goat cheese is 'chick cheese' and not for guys

Goat cheese? Are you kidding me? That's chick cheese, bro. I disagree. That's a big time chick cheese.

Subjective and gender-stereotyped opinion.
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#PMT-2019-0805-11282
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drake is not a talented rapper and has 'low T'

I don't get why Drake is pop. I don't really like his music... I don't think he's a talented rapper. They're all slow. He's low T. Drake is very low T... He does the thing where he rhymes the same word with the same word a lot. He's kind of slow. He mumbles. He's got low T. Actually, he's kind of like me.

Talent is subjective, and 'low T' is a medical claim used here as a comedic insult.
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