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Jay Cutler is the only professional athlete who is treated like a woman

I love how Jay Cutler is the only professional athlete that's treated like a woman, really. Like, honey, you'd be so much better if you'd just smile, babe.

This is a subjective social commentary on sports media tropes.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You can't spend more than 12 hours in Canton without getting legally drunk

I mean you can't spend more than 12 hours in Canton without getting legally drunk. I was there last year. It is – it's one of the worst times.

Hyperbolic statement about a city's culture.
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Westbrook will always do the exact opposite of what people tell him to do

Everyone just assumed [Westbrook] was going to go to L.A. And if I've learned anything about Russell Westbrook, if you tell him what he's going to do, he'll just do the exact opposite.

Psychological profile of an athlete.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The planet would be better off without mosquitoes

Number one, mosquitoes. I don't know what part of the ecosystem mosquitoes fits into, but you can't convince me that the planet wouldn't be better without mosquitoes.

Environmental value of mosquitoes is a scientific debate, but the take is an opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

Anyone who owns a ferret is probably a murderer

Ferrets. Because anyone who owns a ferret is probably a murderer, and that's just like pre-crime. We basically created pre-crime by getting rid of ferrets.

Satirical characterization of ferret owners.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Grackles are the world's shittiest bird

I'd like to add grackles to the list. They're the world's shittiest bird. They're ten times worse than any sort of bird out there.

A matter of personal ornithological preference.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

I am 100% innocent of all criminal charges

I'm innocent without a doubt. The charges are related to some hedge funds I operated in a public company I operated. Don't have one person who has ever complained. You won't find one person that ever lost money in these funds.

Shkreli was convicted of two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy in August 2017 and sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

My trial will be the trial of the decade

The trial is next year in June. It promises to be trial of the decade. I want to make it out to be this big thing. I want it to be like pay-per-view.

While a high-profile case, it was arguably overshadowed by other legal events of the decade, making this a matter of subjective hype.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

My company Turing is worth one billion dollars

I don't like to talk about it, but if you look at the company, Turing, that I own, I think that company is worth a billion dollars.

Following Shkreli's arrest and the company's anti-trust violations, it was ordered to pay $40M in restitution and its value plummeted as Shkreli was banned from the industry for life.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

Ulcerative colitis is not actually a disease and those who have it are lucky the drug industry pays attention to them

Ulcerative colitis is not a disease... They're not great medicines, but the people with ulcerative colitis, they're lucky, quite frankly, that they have a drug industry who can pay attention to them.

Ulcerative colitis is universally recognized as a chronic inflammatory bowel disease by medical professionals.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

Vaccinations are great and people who dispute them are idiots

They're great. People who dispute them are idiots. And more people should be vaccinated for more things. I feel horrible that people mouth off about this stuff without knowing the facts.

Reflects scientific consensus.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will hit 8 out of 10 free throws if I practice for two weeks

Two weeks, I can hit eight out of ten. No problem. Yeah, I get my jumper wet. My jumper usually takes like five to six days to get wet. But if I take the time and I go to the gym and I get my shot back, I'll hit eight.

Personal athletic challenge (Big Cat hitting 8/10 free throws). No verified public outcome exists for this bet.
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Martin ShkreliMartin Shkreli

If you ask someone if something is good or bad and they say 'it's complicated,' that means it sucks

If I ask you if something's good or bad and you say it's complicated, that means it sucks. Fine, fair enough.

A subjective interpretation of social cues.
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is going to leave Cleveland a second time

Well, I also saw on SportsCenter today people were saying they were using the phrase like this was almost as bad as LeBron the first time he left Cleveland... So would that imply there's a second time? Huh. Huh. We're just connecting the dots, people.

LeBron James did indeed leave Cleveland a second time in 2018 to join the Lakers.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Robert Griffin III driving a 1992 Volkswagen to practice is a major try-hard move

Robert Griffin III rolled up to practice in a 1992 Volkswagen today... I thought it would be someone who actually still owned an old car, not someone that went out and borrowed a friend's old car just so that people would write stories about him driving to practice. It makes Robert Griffin seem like a real try-hard.

An assessment of a player's public relations strategy.
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Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban is a spiteful, vindictive, irrational baby of a man

So you're saying that Nick Saban is a spiteful, vindictive, irrational baby of a man? You think? No doy. I like that this guy actually thought like he was going to just tell Nick Saban he's quitting. And Nick would be like, you know what? Best of luck to you, man.

Opinion on Saban's character/coaching style.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You don't give Nick Saban a two-week notice; you sneak out in the middle of the night and tweet that you're leaving

You don't put in a two weeks notice at Alabama. That's a move where you slip the janitor 50 bucks to get in in the middle of the night and you just take all your shit out and then you tweet the fact that you're leaving to Nick Saban. That's how you leave.

Humorous advice on handling a transfer from a high-pressure program.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You should give homeless people gift cards instead of cash or food

Here's what you do next time. Get them a gift card. Problem solved... $5 gift card.

Opinion on personal charitable practices.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You should never bring up anything you thought was funny online while on a date

As a general rule of thumb, you don't ever want to bring up anything that you thought was funny online on a date.

Subjective dating strategy.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is impossible for a human to tread water for 45 minutes without a life jacket

You can't tread water for 45 minutes without a life jacket... It's like a horse laying down for longer than two minutes. You're going to die.

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Well-trained swimmers and military personnel frequently tread water for hours as part of training; PFT's claim is factually incorrect.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeb Bush doesn't know how to use a keyboard because he's a low energy guy

Jeb Bush has not tweeted at me. Um, that's probably cause he's just such a low energy guy. He can't figure out how to use a keyboard.

Subjective insult/joke about a politician's tech literacy.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Fat is coming back as a trend and Brooklyn will lead the way

Fat is coming back. And good news for you. The first place that it's going to come back, place at the forefront of all these trends, is Brooklyn. You know, like back in the day, if you were fat, it meant that you were well fed and that you could take care of yourself.

While 'body positivity' grew, being 'fat' did not become a leading hipster trend in Brooklyn in the way PFT described.
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Big CatBig Cat

Witches are more real than the ghosts in scary movies

Witches. Big time fear... They're more real than [Hank's] scary movies.

The existence of witches is a matter of belief/superstition, not verifiable fact in this context.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yellowstone supervolcano is 100,000 years overdue for an eruption that will end the world

The Yellowstone Super Volcano... we are way overdue for an eruption. We're 100,000 years past due for it. So, you know, live like there's no tomorrow because it probably isn't.

While the volcano is active and will erupt again, geologists generally do not consider it 'overdue' in a predictable way.
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Madison HughesMadison Hughes

USA Rugby Sevens will go 3-0 in their Olympic group

I think we're optimistic and we're going for three and oh... Fiji, we're number one team in the world this year. Um, so they'd have to be favorites, but we've shown we can beat them.

The US Sevens team went 1-2 in pool play at the 2016 Olympics, beating Brazil but losing to Argentina and Fiji.
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Danny BarrettDanny Barrett

The Olympic athletes freezing their sperm due to Zika aren't getting any action anyway

People are blowing [Zika] way out of proportion. I mean, the guys that are freezing their sperm are definitely not getting any action, you know?

This is a subjective insult toward other athletes like Pau Gasol or Greg Rutherford who froze their sperm; it can't be factually verified.
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Danny BarrettDanny Barrett

LeBron James is a dickhead and I would never want him on my rugby team

Probably the last person I would want is LeBron... strictly because he's a dickhead. He's a dickhead. If I had to go with anyone, it would probably be AP, Adrian Peterson. He would be good at that.

The assessment of someone being a 'dickhead' is purely subjective.
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HankHank

Lacrosse will sell out a 50,000-seat stadium within the next 30 years

By what year is lacrosse going to sell out a 50,000-seat stadium, Hank? 30 years. Within the next 30 years, so he's calling his shot... I'm pretty positive I'm right.

As of 2024, lacrosse has not sold out a 50,000-seat stadium for a standalone professional or amateur event, though college attendance is high. We are 8 years into the 30-year window.
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Danny BarrettDanny Barrett

No one on the West Coast cares about lacrosse

No one on the West Coast is lacrosse. Play lacrosse, that's about it... They're never going to.

Lacrosse has seen growth on the West Coast since 2016, but it remains heavily concentrated in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
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Danny BarrettDanny Barrett

No one on the Patriots actually has Tom Brady's phone number

I've strictly asked that question multiple times, and he [Nate Ebner] said no one on the Patriots has Brady's number, but if you want to get a hold of him, you contact his massage therapist.

While difficult to fully verify, it became a common NFL story that Brady was elusive; however, Julian Edelman and others later confirmed they did have his number.
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JC
John Costacos

Russell Wilson is almost too short to be on a sports poster

We were a little bit worried about Russell because, you know, people said you should do a poster. I thought, you know, he might be too short. You know, he's kind of a little short to be on a poster.

Subjective aesthetic judgment by an artist, though Wilson obviously became a massive star regardless of height.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Trent Richardson being cut by the Ravens means he can get into the Hall of Fame by 2021

Great news for Richardson. Now the clock can start on his five-year eligibility until he can get into the Hall of Fame. So he can get it in 2021 instead of 2022.

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Trent Richardson did not make the Hall of Fame in 2021; he is widely considered an NFL draft bust.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Coming back from a 3-1 deficit is the biggest comeback in the history of sports

Coming back from 3-1 down in a playoff series, that's got to be the biggest comeback in the history of sports. Right, Hank?

Historically, coming back from 3-0 (which has happened in MLB and NHL) is considered a larger comeback than 3-1.
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HankHank

Instagram Stories will be a massive threat to Snapchat's market dominance

Originally, Snapchat completely had the market, but now Instagram is coming in hot... Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg literally took Snapchat and just added it on Instagram... It's going to be a battle.

Instagram Stories eventually surpassed Snapchat in daily active users and significantly slowed Snapchat's growth.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cleveland is a downgrade for anyone living in Milwaukee

You can't just take a downgrade to Cleveland like that [from Milwaukee]. You've got to know if you're in Milwaukee, that's a city of champions.

Subjective opinion on which city is better.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Indians won't win the World Series this year

The Indians, they're not going to win the World Series this year.

The Cleveland Indians actually made it to the 2016 World Series but lost in 7 games to the Chicago Cubs.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cleveland Indians' name and logo will face massive media scrutiny now that the team is successful and in the spotlight

I have a prediction, though, because the [Indians] are now officially going for it with the Andrew Miller trade. We're going to get a lot of think pieces about the Indians logo. It's going to happen. The Indians are about to get [redskinned].

The Indians eventually faced significant pressure and officially changed their name to the Cleveland Guardians in 2021.
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Big CatBig Cat

If you do anything in life, be completely average at it to avoid public scrutiny

The moral of your story right there is if you do anything in life, just make sure you're completely average at it. Because the minute you draw attention to yourself one way or the other, that's when people start saying your nickname happens to be a little racist.

This is a satirical take on how to avoid controversy.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will not let a friend use my phone charger unless my own battery is at least 70%

I'm a hog. I'm a charge hog. I'm kind of an asshole. [I have to be at] 70% [to let someone else use it].

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HankHank

Asking a friend to get something on Barstool is the worst favor you can ask

Can you get this on Barstool? The worst. People know I haven't talked to in years will text me a little blue like, yo, put this on Barstool.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Asking someone to come on your sports podcast is a huge dick move

Can you come on my podcast? So that's a huge – I hate it. I hate when people try to get you to go on, like, your sports podcast and, like, try to joke around with them. Big time dick move if anybody out there does that.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Being asked to be a Maid of Honor is a rough favor to fulfill

Will you be my maid of honor? Like that's such a – that is a rough ask. If you're a maid of honor, you've got to plan out the entire bachelor party. You've got to plan out the wedding shower. You've got to plan out... basic bitch t-shirts.

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Big CatBig Cat

An airport pickup or drop-off is a brutal favor

Airport pickup or drop-off. Brutal. Also, a cousin of that, can you take me to the hospital? worst.

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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

Getting shot in the arm feels like being hit by a golf ball at close range

It doesn't feel hot at all. It feels like you're standing in a tee box and somebody just lines up a golf ball and smokes, checks the shit out of you with the golf ball.

This is a first-hand account of a personal experience.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

Being shot is preferable to watching Mike Mularkey coach the Jaguars

I would get shot 10 times again instead of going through 2011 Jaguars again.

Subjective hyperbolic opinion.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

Mississippi State has the lowest IQ fan base in sports

No disrespect to my wife who's a Mississippi State graduate. I would say probably lowest IQ... I would say definitely Mississippi State.

This is a subjective insult and cannot be verified.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

The 2016 Jacksonville Jaguars are going to 'put on a show'

I think we're going to have to bring back the greatest show on turf because this year [the Jaguars] are about to put on a show, a straight-up show.

The 2016 Jaguars finished 3-13, which was definitely not a 'show' in the positive sense.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

Commando week is bad because of the drips

Commando week was, whoa, that was bad, dude. Yeah, because there's nothing to stop the drips. And it's the drip sweat that comes off your butt, butthole, taint area that really causes the stink. The underwear keeps that real tight.

Subjective personal experience.
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Uncle ChapsUncle Chaps

It is impossible to satirize Donald Trump because he is already too over the top

I really think that Trump is not – you don't have the ability to satire Trump. Like he says shit that's way over the top of what I would even think of and it's real.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Draymond Green sending a dick pic is a 'nut shot' from the Warriors forward

Another nut shot from Draymond. Let me say that again. I stumbled over it. Another nut shot from Draymond.

This is a joke/pun, not a testable claim.

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