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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Automatic weapons stop branches of government from becoming too powerful

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? ... We also would have accepted automatic weapons. Automatic weapons do that, too.

This is a satirical interpretation of the Second Amendment's purpose.
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Chris LongChris Long

The Flathead Indians are the real deal

Name one Native American tribe. I'm going to go with the Flathead Indians. I'm not sure if they're going to be on the list, but I know for a fact that they are the real deal Holyfield.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (often referred to as the Flathead Nation) are indeed a recognized tribe.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The only opponent to ever defeat the United States in a war is obesity

What's the only opponent to ever defeat the United States in a war? Nobody. It's obesity. We lost that one. Just like we have lost the war on obesity.

Obesity is a health crisis, not a military opponent in a literal war.
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Big CatBig Cat

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the greatest American to ever live

Name the greatest American to ever live. ... The answer we were looking for was Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator. ... I'm pretty sure he was [born in America].

Arnold Schwarzenegger was famously born in Austria, not America.
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Chris LongChris Long

Maryland should be the first state removed from the United States

If you could get rid of one state, what would it be? It would probably be Maryland. A lot of bridges, a lot of tolls, a lot of unnecessary stoplights.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Maryland state flag is terrible and overused

The Maryland flag is also the worst, and they put it on everything. Come on. It hurts my eyes, and I'm big on uniforms. Yeah, it's not good. It's just not one of the elite states.

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Big CatBig Cat

I will enter a zone and eat 75 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the Nathan's contest

Leicester City, 1,500 to 1 odds. Just saying, things happen. Maybe I just get in a zone and I eat 75 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Big Cat did not eat 75 hot dogs; he ate around 10 hot dogs in the actual 2016 contest.
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HankHank

Tom Brady is the greatest American to ever live

Name the greatest American to ever live. Tom Brady.

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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs are going to beat the Mets on Friday night

I also will be at the Mets-Cubs game on Friday night... The Cubs are going to win.

The Cubs lost to the Mets 4-3 on Friday, July 1, 2016.
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Big CatBig Cat

I have a .001% chance of blacking out and eating 80 hot dogs at the Nathan's contest

I also, .001% chance, I think I could just black out and eat 80 hot dogs.

Big Cat did not eat 80 hot dogs; Joey Chestnut's record at the time was 69.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Big Cat will fail to hit double digits in the hot dog contest; the over-under should be 7.5

I'd be shocked if you hit double digits. I would say that the over-under should be set at about seven and a half.

Big Cat managed to hit 10, so PFT's prediction that he wouldn't hit double digits was incorrect.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will eat at least 10 hot dogs in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

I am going to get double digits. It's going to shock the world. People are going to be like, you know what? All I want is I'm not going to win the contest. But I want at the end of the contest for whoever the Todd McShay, Mel Kiper of the hot dog eating world is to be like, here's a riser for next year, guys. Watch out for him.

Big Cat actually finished with exactly 10 hot dogs in the 2016 contest, making his prediction of double digits correct.
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Big CatBig Cat

Clayton Kershaw loses his man card for getting an epidural

I saw that Clayton Kershaw had an epidural. So I'm going to take his man card. Yeah, chicks get epidurals. Right. I don't even know what – I had to ask you before the show what exactly is an epidural because I thought it was something to do with childbirth, which it is. But I guess Clayton Kershaw – is Clayton Kershaw pregnant?

This is a subjective, satirical judgment on 'manliness' based on a medical procedure.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Madison Bumgarner is a manlier pitcher than Clayton Kershaw because he DHs for himself

Madison Bumgarner is DHing for himself. That's actually one of the coolest things I've seen in a while... Madison Bumgarner now is not only a man, but he has Clayton Kershaw's manhood as well.

Subjective comparison of player 'manliness'.
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Big CatBig Cat

Potato salad is a Mount Rushmore level picnic side

I'm going to go with your potato salad. You need to have a little potato salad on your plate.

Subjective food opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Coleslaw is trash

Dude, coleslaw is trash... everybody puts them on their plate, but they don't eat them.

Subjective food opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kobe Bryant is considering the Knicks, Celtics, Spurs, Raptors, or Clippers in free agency

I think this is the best-kept secret in free agency so far is what teams is Kobe Bryant taking meetings with? I think he's going to the Knicks, the Celtics, the Spurs or the Raptors? Kobe's a big foreign guy. He's cultured. I think he might want to spend some time up north... [Big Cat suggests Clippers] Yeah, he's probably taking a meeting with them. Yeah. Kobe going to LA.

Kobe Bryant was retired and did not sign with any team. The take is literally incorrect, though intended as a joke.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant will re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder

Kevin Durant taking meetings. He's going to end up at Oklahoma City.

Kevin Durant famously announced he was joining the Golden State Warriors on July 4, 2016.
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I would eat cooked human flesh for $10 million

[PFT asks about eating human flesh for $10 million] I could do it. I would do it in a country where it wasn't illegal... It would be like we get a scientific permit to do it.

This is a hypothetical statement of intent and cannot be verified as correct/incorrect without the situation occurring.
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Joey ChestnutJoey Chestnut

I can chug a gallon of milk and run a mile in 10 minutes

[PFT asks if he could do the milk mile] Yeah, I could do that. I wouldn't run that quickly, but I'd probably finish right about 10 minutes.

The outcome is unknown as Chestnut has not publicly completed a verified milk mile at that specific speed.
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Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Manziel's NFL suspension is a PR victory because it keeps him relevant

He got suspended by the NFL for four games. And you know what? That's a great thing for him to have happen because Johnny Manziel, for the first time in a few months, is being talked about in the same sentence as the NFL... It's all good news when the NFL is suspending you because that means you still have a little bit of relevancy.

This is a subjective interpretation of PR value, though Manziel never actually played in the NFL again.
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Big CatBig Cat

Iggy Azalea's music career is over because she pivoted away from pop hits to 'true' rap

She took a left turn and started her true rap career. That's when you get cheated on, when you go away from your moneymaker and everyone's like, oh, shit, she's a really bad rapper.

Iggy Azalea's mainstream success peaked in 2014 and she never returned to the level of 'Fancy'.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Rio Olympics tragedies are a marketing strategy by Brazil

The only way to remind people that the Olympics are coming is to continually have tragedies and threats... There are some guys in Brazil right now sitting in a marketing office patting themselves on the back. We really did this. We're making the news. Yeah, we threw out Zika. We threw out terrorists, a guy with a gun. There's sewage. There's poop water. Hey, let's throw some old body parts... Front page news. Oh, yeah. And the Olympics are on NBC. Tune in.

Hot TakeMediaFireSarcastic
This is a satirical conspiracy theory and is factually incorrect as a serious claim.
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Big CatBig Cat

Steve Jobs is still alive and living in South America with Lionel Messi's father

Steve Jobs was sitting in – he's not dead... Everyone knows Steve Jobs living in South America, if you remember that picture... With Messi's dad.

Steve Jobs passed away in 2011.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant will end up staying with the Oklahoma City Thunder

NBA free agency is here, and that means one thing... it's going to be Kevin Durant mania, even though he's going to end up just going back to Oklahoma City.

Kevin Durant famously announced his decision to leave the Thunder and sign with the Golden State Warriors on July 4, 2016.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every NBA team that fails to recruit Kevin Durant should be forced to have Harrison Barnes play for them for one week as punishment

I was going to say every team that doesn't get Kevin Durant to play for him should have to have Harrison Barnes, like, play one week for them next year. That's their point. So that way you've got a little, like, skin in the game... if you fail in their recruiting.

This is a satirical suggestion and not a literal prediction or claim.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Los Angeles Clippers are actually a Temecula team

I've never been to the Staples Center, but I'm kind of an L.A. Clippers truther. I don't think that the Clippers actually play in that city. I think they're, like, more of a Temecula team.

The Clippers play in Los Angeles at the Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena).
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Gabrielle Union would ruin the Golden State Warriors' chemistry

I hope that [Dwyane Wade] goes to Golden State and then... Ayesha Curry gets tasked with showing Gabby [Union] around Oakland. And she's like, please don't make me hang out with this crazy bitch. And Gabby just ruins the chemistry of the entire team. That would be wonderful.

Dwyane Wade did not join the Warriors, and Gabrielle Union did not ruin their chemistry.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The alpha move on a banana boat is sitting in the front

I would say that the alpha move is sitting at the front of the banana boat... if you're sitting up front, you're the guy that's having a blast. Everybody else is just dealing with your runoffs.

This is a subjective debate about banana boat etiquette.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you don't include Mount Rushmore on a 'Mount Rushmore' list, you are trying way too hard

If you guys don't put Mount Rushmore on the list, you're trying way too hard.

This is a subjective opinion on how to properly construct a list.
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Big CatBig Cat

I refuse to call Mount McKinley by the name Denali

I have Mount McKinley. I refuse to call it Denali. Screw that. It's Mount McKinley to me.

While the official name is Denali, individuals can still refer to it as McKinley.
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AsirAsir

Buddy Ryan was a good soul with a good heart despite his angry appearance

As angry as he appeared to many people, he really had a very good heart, a good soul. And he was a doer. He was a doer, an accomplisher. Whatever he put his mind and heart to do, he did and accomplished.

This is a subjective spiritual assessment that cannot be factually verified.
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AsirAsir

Tommy Lasorda was about to die but his life has been saved through prayer

There's one more. That's about to go, actually... It's Tommy Lasorda. but we may have intercepted here okay we may have... I think that we've already done that.

While Lasorda was hospitalized in June 2016, he survived for several more years, eventually passing away in January 2021.
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AsirAsir

Harambe the gorilla had no intentions of hurting the child in the enclosure

He wasn't going to hurt the child. Exactly. He had no intentions of hurting the child at all... He was playing with the child. He was helping the child out of the moat. Exactly. His intentions were not to hurt the child. That I can feel clear.

The internal motivations of a gorilla are impossible to verify, though this remains a heated debate in internet culture.
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AsirAsir

Muhammad Ali would never have died if he were a female soccer player

Medically they gave it the name Parkinson's... but actually it was not something, I believe that if he was not a fighter, he would never have died because of that. [If he were a woman soccer player] it would have been safer... and he would have had fewer blows to the head.

While boxing likely contributed to Ali's condition, stating he would 'never have died' if he weren't a fighter is a hypothetical claim.
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AsirAsir

I see a lot of money in the future for Big Cat and PFT Commenter

I feel that I see a lot of money with you. I feel that, yeah, you're lucky. You guys are lucky.

Since 2016, both hosts have achieved massive financial success through the growth and subsequent sales of Barstool Sports to Penn Entertainment and Chernin Group.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Johnny Manziel should claim he has diarrhea to fix his reputation

The PR coming out of this is he just says when he comes back that he's got massive diarrhea from Mexico... if you just say explicitly like I've got diarrhea to your boss, your boss is going to be like, yeah, okay, don't go down that road with me. Johnny comes back... and he tells everybody, hey, guys. Sorry. The Montezuma's revenge.

Manziel did not use this specific excuse, and his NFL career never recovered.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tim Tebow bringing a flatlining man back to life is an 'abortion to death'

If you bring a guy back from death... isn't that giving an abortion to death? It's the equivalent, right? So he's an anti-abortion guy, but he's over here... Death's got a bun in the oven in the third trimester, and Tebow's got the shop vac out.

This is a satirical theological/philosophical metaphor that cannot be fact-checked.
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Big CatBig Cat

James Harrison's home is likely filled with booby traps for Roger Goodell

James Harrison also said that if Roger Goodell wants to interview him, he has to come to his house... That's Home Alone featuring James Harrison with booby traps everywhere for Roger Goodell. He's going to have the blowtorch. He's going to have the ornaments out.

Roger Goodell never went to James Harrison's house for an interview.
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Big CatBig Cat

Drivers always slow down way too much even in the slightest bit of rain

You'll also notice that if there's ever even like the slightest bit of rain, everyone decides to drive super, super slow. Perfectly slow.

This is a subjective observation of general driving behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

I officially made it in life because Darren Rovell included my tweet in a headline round-up

Guys, I made it. I officially made it in life. I made it on Darren Rovell's headline tweets... Miracle on Iceland. Come on. Just tell me. That's pretty good. I mean, I'm there. You guys are now in the presence of greatness.

Big Cat did indeed appear in a Darren Rovell tweet, though the 'making it in life' part is subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to make pooping your pants as an adult socially acceptable

None of it comes even close to what I'm trying to accomplish when it comes to making pooping your pants as an adult not something to be ashamed of. I'm a 31-year-old man. I make mistakes just like you... If this happens to you, don't be ashamed. I'm here for you. I want to give a voice to the voiceless, the grown adults out there.

Whether pooping your pants is socially acceptable remains subjective, but it became a recurring joke in PMT lore.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi is afraid of killing everyone in Argentina because he chokes so much

Messi's afraid of killing everybody in Argentina because he chokes so much. So he's doing the right thing and dropping out. And I'd like to see players in the U.S. start to drop out for the right reasons instead of the wrong ones.

Hot TakeSoccerHotSarcastic
This is a satirical interpretation of Messi's motives for retiring (which he later reversed).
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi lacks the clutch gene and is likely a relative of Nazi Josef Mengele

I think that Messi might be a relative of a Nazi because a lot of them went to Argentina after the war to try to escape. Now, there was a doctor [Josef Mengele]... He was unable to uncover the clutch gene and isolate it. And that's why, you know, like Hitler, if he had had the clutch gene, he probably wouldn't have choked... Mingel moved to South America, had sex with an Argentinian. A few years later you get [Messi].

The timeline doesn't work out as Big Cat notes, and the biological claim is obviously false.
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Big CatBig Cat

Lionel Messi should go to Cleveland and win a championship to repair his legacy

When the whole world thinks you're a quitter and is down on you, you go to Cleveland and you win a championship.

Messi never played for a Cleveland-based team; he stayed in Europe before eventually joining Inter Miami in 2023.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Under Armour signed Lionel Messi because they specialize in signing the biggest chokers in sports

Congratulations to Under Armour for apparently signing Lionel Messi to round out their stable of Spieth, Cam Newton, and Steph Curry, the biggest chokers in the world.

Hot TakeSoccerFireSarcastic
Messi never signed with Under Armour; he has a lifetime deal with Adidas. Also, calling those athletes chokers is a subjective hot take.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dijon is the best mustard

Number one on my Mount Rushmore of mustards is Dijon mustard. Delicious on a sandwich. Can't get enough of a good Dijon.

Subjective food preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Spicy brown mustard is the best kind of mustard

Spicy Brown? Yeah, that's actually my favorite mustard. That's my number one. That's my bottom bitch, if you will, of mustards.

Subjective food preference.
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HankHank

All mustard is trash

I have nothing on my Mount Rushmore because all mustard is trash.

Condiment preference is inherently a matter of personal opinion.
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Barry SandersBarry Sanders

I can probably still dunk on a 10-foot goal

[Can you still dunk?] You mean on a 10-foot goal? Yes. Probably not... Yeah, I mean, yeah I could. I could.

There is no video evidence of Barry Sanders dunking at this age, though he was an elite athlete.

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