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Take Slip·Aug 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0815-15682
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Usain Bolt could play in the NFL as a Mike Wallace-type deep threat

I want to know if Usain Bolt, if you put him in pads, put him in a helmet – Can he take a hit? He wouldn't go across the middle. I already know that about him. He would be like a Mike Wallace type on the outside.

Usain Bolt never played in the NFL, despite various trials and rumors over the years. He remained a track athlete and briefly attempted a professional soccer career.
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Take Slip·Aug 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0815-15683
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James could be the fastest sprinter in the world if he wanted to

You have to imagine that if LeBron James wanted to, he could be the fastest sprinter in the world.

While LeBron is an elite athlete, the mechanics of world-class sprinting are highly specialized. This is an unfalsifiable but highly debatable claim.
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Take Slip·Aug 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0815-15685
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I could win an Olympic silver medal in a swimming relay if I was on a team with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Connor Dwyer

If you put me with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Connor Dwyer, and we do the four-person 200 meters, I think we at least take silver.

In an Olympic final, the margins are measured in tenths of seconds. A non-professional swimmer would lose multiple minutes, making a silver medal impossible.
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Take Slip·Aug 15, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0815-15691
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ryan Lochte should lean into his gas station incident by getting a gun sponsorship

If I'm Lochte, I think it's pretty simple actually. If I'm Lochte, I get sponsored by a gun company because you're not going to get held up if you've got a gun. I've got like some catchphrases already... Lochte and loaded.

Hot TakeOlympicsHotSarcastic
Lochte actually lost most of his major sponsorships (Speedo, Ralph Lauren) after it was revealed he embellished the story. He did not get a gun sponsorship.
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#PMT-2016-0812-14686
Big CatBig Cat

Stevie Wonder isn't actually blind

Stevie Wonder isn't blind. Have you seen some of the clips out there? He catches microphones that are falling down. Like he's pointing at people. He's a blind guy that points. They do not point. Stevie Wonder is not blind. Look it up.

There is no medical or factual evidence to support the claim that Stevie Wonder is not blind.
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#PMT-2016-0812-14687
Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin threw the 2014 Big Ten Championship game so Ohio State could make the College Football Playoff

Wisconsin threw the 2014 Big Ten championship game 59-0 so that Ohio State could go to the national championship game... Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin AD, sits on the selection committee... He knew, hey, listen, if we're going to get the Big Ten into the national championship, they've got to put a whooping down. Hey, Wisconsin – Go ahead and roll over. 59-0. Let's make it a bloodbath.

While Ohio State did need a big win to jump into the playoff, there is no evidence the game was fixed.
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Take Slip·Aug 12, 2016
#PMT-2016-0812-14688
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Donald Trump is trying to lose the election to start a cable news network

I'm so convinced that [Trump's] trying to lose. And if you think about it, it sets up perfectly for him to lose. He has somebody to blame, press, the other Republicans... He then can go back, start his own cable TV news network, employ his children on each one of the shows, won't have to do the heavy lifting that's involved in being president... He said something today about the fact that it wouldn't be so bad if he lost. It wouldn't be the end of the world. That's the first little step.

Trump won the 2016 election and became President, disproving the theory that he was actively trying to lose.
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Take Slip·Aug 10, 2016
#PMT-2016-0810-5442
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A man should only cry after losing his virginity or winning an Olympic medal

I always love it when our Olympians have a good cry... I would say that and maybe after you lose your virginity is the only acceptable time where a man can cry.

This is a subjective humorous rule for life.
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Take Slip·Aug 10, 2016
#PMT-2016-0810-5443
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James would be the best of all time in any Olympic sport he chose

Could LeBron James dominate this sport? And the answer is always yes. If LeBron decided not to play basketball and instead was a swimmer or a high diver or a handball player or a soccer player, he'd probably be the best of all time.

While LeBron is a generational athlete, claiming he would be the GOAT in vastly different disciplines like swimming or soccer is speculative and likely physically impossible given his size.
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#PMT-2016-0810-5449
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The summer Olympics should include a 'Top Gun' style cockpit dogfighting competition

I've got dogfighting, except not dogs, like airplanes, like Top Gun... how amazing would that be if you have, like, cameras inside the cockpit... and the hard deck at 10,000 feet... qualifying person who finishes and last dies.

This is a satirical suggestion for an impossible Olympic sport.
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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0808-6745
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Hall of Fame game cancellation was a conspiracy to force viewers to watch the Olympics.

The Olympics, tonight was supposed to be their big night. They needed the ratings... NBC, their president is a guy named Steve Burke. Steve Burke just happens to be a former Disney executive. Maybe he called in a favor... [the painter] is probably the easiest person in the world to pay off.

The game was canceled due to genuine safety concerns over turf paint solidifying; there is no evidence of a media conspiracy.
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#PMT-2016-0808-6753
Big CatBig Cat

Ketchup is a trash condiment.

Ketchup's trash, man.

Subjective food opinion.
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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0808-6762
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Vladimir Putin's decision to dope the Paralympic team shows an admirable commitment to winning.

I almost respect that. Like I'm now kind of on Putin's side. If you're going to the extreme lengths of taking your most vulnerable citizens and saying, we're going to pump you up with horse steroids, that's at least a commitment to winning.

The Russian team was indeed suspended for doping, but the 'admirable' nature of it is satirical.
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Take Slip·Aug 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0808-6765
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jim Furyk's 58 deserves an asterisk because he didn't even win the tournament.

I was about to say, like, shouldn't there be an asterisk on his round? It absolutely is. I mean, it happens all the time. So I guess good for Furyk. But like at the end of the day, you know, you don't get a trophy because he shot a 58.

Furyk did shoot a 58, which is the record, but he finished T5 in the tournament. The 'asterisk' is purely an opinion.
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#PMT-2016-0805-12260
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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Take Slip·Aug 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0803-2695
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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#PMT-2016-0803-2704
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Trent Richardson being cut is good because it starts his Hall of Fame eligibility clock sooner

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.

Richardson never made the Hall of Fame and is widely considered an NFL draft bust.
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Take Slip·Aug 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0801-14615
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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Take Slip·Aug 1, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0801-14618
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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#PMT-2016-0801-14622
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Arnold Palmer was never actually a good golfer

I don't think Arnold Palmer was ever actually good. Have you seen that guy swing? Swings like my grandpa. I would kill that guy.

Hot TakeGolfScorchingSarcastic
Arnold Palmer is one of the greatest golfers of all time with 62 PGA Tour wins and 7 majors.
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Take Slip·Jul 29, 2016
#PMT-2016-0729-15314
Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

Carmelo Anthony winning gold medals means nothing because the USA should beat China by 90

I think it's fantastic that Melo is winning another gold medal. It means jack shit to me. Like, they're down there winning those games if it's a big deal. Like, you're supposed to beat China by 94. I'm not impressed that you did a 360 dunk on a 6'3 Asian basketball player.

The sentiment is a common criticism of Olympic basketball, though 'meaning nothing' is an exaggeration.
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#PMT-2016-0729-15320
Big CatBig Cat

Warren Sapp staged his shark attack to get back into the national media spotlight

Connect the dots. Warren Sapp doesn't have a job right now... Best way to get yourself back in the national media spotlight without saying, 'Hey, I want a job,' get attacked by a shark. ... I'm just saying, do we know what that shark looked like? No... That's for sure a fake shark. Truther Warren Sapp did not get bit by a shark. He rigged this whole thing.

There is no evidence the shark attack was fake; Sapp provided photos of the bite and was out lobstering at the time.
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Take Slip·Jul 27, 2016·Recaps
#PMT-2016-0727-12486
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi is bleaching his hair to hide from tax fraud investigators

So, well, he did have brown hair, and now he just bleached it totally blonde. This adds to my theory that maybe he's a relative of Nazi... that's how you get away from tax fraud or whatever he was doing with his dad.

Hot TakeSoccerHotSarcastic
The claim that he bleached it for disguise is satirical; the tax conviction was real but the hair was just a style choice.
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Take Slip·Jul 25, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0725-17320
Big CatBig Cat

Ken Griffey Jr. likely used performance enhancers given his weight gain

1989 was his debut. He weighed 195 pounds. Late 90s, he was listed at 205. 2004, I dug it up. He was listed at 215. And then when he retired, he was listed at 230. So over the course of 20 years... he gained 35 pounds. Hmm. Just saying.

There is no evidence Ken Griffey Jr. ever used PEDs, and a 35-pound weight gain over 20 years (from age 19 to 39) is considered extremely normal for an adult male.
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Big CatBig Cat

Any twins who share a Twitter account have definitely kissed each other on the lips

Now, you know my theory that all twins at some point have kissed each other on the lips, like not in a brother-brother, sister-sister way. If you share a Twitter account, I think it's basically decided that that has happened, correct?

This is an absurd, unprovable, and humorous claim.
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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2016
#PMT-2016-0722-16018
Big CatBig Cat

Blogging is more harmful to the brain than playing professional football or hockey

I think blogging is more harmful to your brain than playing football or hockey or any more women's soccer... your brain becomes soft [as a blogger] because you have no contact with anything.

Scientifically incorrect, as contact sports lead to physical brain trauma, but presented as a satirical 'theory'.
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#PMT-2016-0722-16028
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should implement the 'Romney Rule' requiring one white cornerback per team

There should also be a rule that says every team should have one defensive back that's a white guy... cornerbacks specifically because there are a lot of Eric Weddle types running around out there... we white people need to look at ourselves and say, are we doing enough to make a change in society?

The rule does not exist and the take is intended to be satirical social commentary.
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Take Slip·Jul 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0720-6440
Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Butler lacks the clutch gene

So you're saying that your boy Butler doesn't have the clutch gene? ... The witch hunt for Jimmy Butler keeps going.

Butler's subsequent career, especially in Miami, cemented him as one of the most 'clutch' playoff performers in the league, proving the 'clutch gene' doubt wrong.
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#PMT-2016-0720-6441
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Olympics should stop providing condoms to encourage the breeding of a super race

I think that there should actually be no condoms inside the Olympic Village. These are... the top true of the top one percent genetically. It should be like a rabbit farm in there. We should be forcing them to breed with each other. No condoms.

This is a satirical suggestion for social engineering, not a verifiable prediction or fact claim.
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#PMT-2016-0720-6444
Big CatBig Cat

MLB teams should be limited to 30 fastballs per game

I think teams should only get 30 fastballs a game. ... The art of pitching, the finesse of pitching, Greg Maddox, come on. I mean, he wasn't throwing 105 miles an hour.

MLB never implemented a pitch-type quota; this was a comedic suggestion.
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#PMT-2016-0720-6445
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every MLB rotation should be required to have a knuckleballer

I would go along those same lines and say that every team has to have a knuckleball pitcher in the starting lineup. ... In the rotation somewhere.

MLB has no such requirement, and knuckleballers have actually become rarer since 2016.
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#PMT-2016-0720-6447
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL preseason should be 10 weeks long and start in July

I think preseason should start in July. Give us something more to talk about. We should have 10 weeks of NFL preseason.

The NFL eventually shortened the preseason from 4 games to 3 in 2021, the exact opposite of this suggestion.
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#PMT-2016-0718-17269
Big CatBig Cat

Cyborg Santos is only 'hurt' despite a fractured skull because Russell Westbrook played with a similar injury

So hurt or injured. I'm saying hurt. simply because Russell Westbrook had this same injury. He dented his face, and I think he scored like a billion points after that.

The injury was life-threatening and required surgery with a metal plate; Santos never fought again, meaning he was definitively 'injured'.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0718-17273
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Johnny Manziel should drink more beer to fix his image and show he's a leader

My PR 101 to Johnny is, like, toughen up your image a little bit. Be a little bit of a bad boy. Have a couple beers. No big deal. Just kind of, like, let people know you're a regular dude.

Given Manziel's history with substance abuse, advising him to drink was objectively bad PR advice, even as a joke.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2016·Null
#PMT-2016-0718-17274
Big CatBig Cat

Pat Riley is going to die soon because he's spending 10 days writing a single email

Pat Riley's going to die soon. ... Dwayne Wade thing pretty hard. And he said, ... Pat hasn't spoken to Dwayne post decision yet. He said, I've been crafting a very long email to him. He's been writing an email for like 10 days now. I feel like that's the end. When you're just sitting there with an open Word document and he's like, don't bother me.

Pat Riley is still alive as of 2024, nearly a decade after this take was made.
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#PMT-2016-0715-3599
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hockey helmets have increased concussions because they evolved the human skull to be thinner

I actually think that helmets have done more to increase concussions in hockey than they've done to help because it's like evolution. It kicks in a little bit and your brain, your skull doesn't have to be as thick anymore. Like the way that we coddle these athletes, it's actually hurting them in the long term.

Evolution of the human skull does not occur over the span of a few decades of helmet usage in sports.
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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0713-14873
Big CatBig Cat

Miko Grimes' antisemitic comments can be 'solved' by starting a foundation Twitter account to blame interns

Just start a Twitter account in the foundation's name, the Miko Grimes Foundation account. Then you can say an intern was tweeting and dropping hard J's on everyone's face... when shit hits the fan... boom, intern tweeted it we fired him it's been taken care of.

This is a satirical suggestion on how to evade accountability.
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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0713-14877
Big CatBig Cat

Pokemon Go is a CIA government conspiracy to track data and map building interiors

Seriously, though, Pokemon Go is a government conspiracy, and I don't know why anyone... my last one was basically Pokemon Go has somewhere sitting with the CIA and they're saying, huh, how do we get inside people's buildings?... Let's just throw a squirtle right by someone's refrigerator. Picture.

Hot TakeMediaFireSarcastic
While there were data privacy concerns, the 'CIA mapping homes' theory remains a fringe internet conspiracy.
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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2016·Hey Jj
#PMT-2016-0713-14879
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt is personally responsible for sweatshop conditions in China and polluting the planet via his Reebok shoes

Hey, JJ, you know where Reebok makes their shoes, bro? In China, they pay him like a dollar an hour to make your shoes. They put nets up outside the buildings to prevent people from committing suicide... Nike is going to have to put all the eight year olds back to work, double shift to keep up with all your shoe sales... Hey, JJ, you know about like the plastics and the chemicals they put in those shoes? They're literally polluting the planet, dude.

This is a satirical attempt to antagonize JJ Watt.
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Take Slip·Jul 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0711-14200
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pokemon Go is the greatest sporting event of our lifetime

We're kind of doing a disservice by calling this Sports Hell Week because possibly the greatest sporting event of our lifetime or probably anybody's lifetime is going on as we speak, and that's Pokemon Go.

Clearly a satirical claim; Pokemon Go is a mobile game, not a traditional sporting event.
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#PMT-2016-0711-14207
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Portugal was a better soccer team without Cristiano Ronaldo in the Euro 2016 Final

I'm going to go with hurt because he actually made the team better. I think the question has to be asked now, like, was Cristiano Ronaldo actually holding Portugal back? So better team without him. Kind of like the whole Steph Curry situation where the boys, the lads on the pitch just really opened up the game and the spacing was better.

Portugal did win the final after Ronaldo went off injured, but most experts would disagree that they were better without him.
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Take Slip·Jul 11, 2016·Hmm
#PMT-2016-0711-14209
Big CatBig Cat

It is suspicious that LeBron James still hasn't signed his contract with the Cavaliers

NBA Free Agency... LeBron James still hasn't signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hmm. Just saying. Hmm. I'm not saying, but. Hmm. Has everybody else signed? Yeah. So... he has not.

LeBron eventually signed a 3-year, $100 million deal with the Cavs in August 2016.
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#PMT-2016-0709-13973
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Prison Mike, Date Mike, and Michael Skarn are the three best characters in The Office

I've got Prison Mike as number one. Number two, I've got Date Mike. Nice to meet me. Michael Skarn is my number three.

A comedic take ranking fictional alter-egos.
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Take Slip·Jul 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0704-348
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Memphis Grizzlies are a front for a crystal meth manufacturing operation

The Memphis Grizzlies are very obviously just a front for crystal meth manufacturing. Like that's — it's the perfect move to pay Mike Conley $150 million. It's obviously money laundering. They had [Matt] Barnes. They had Birdman. Chandler Parsons. The Grizzlies are just a drug operation.

The Memphis Grizzlies are a legitimate NBA franchise, not a meth front.
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Take Slip·Jul 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0704-350
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady should tell Kevin Durant what it's like to be a 'big black superstar' in Boston

And Tom Brady is going to be able to tell Kevin Durant what it's like to be a big black superstar in the city of Boston.

Tom Brady is not a 'big black superstar'.
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Take Slip·Jul 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0701-4572
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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#PMT-2016-0701-4579
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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Take Slip·Jul 1, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-0701-4581
Big CatBig Cat

Steve Jobs is currently 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 is factually deceased (2011).
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Take Slip·Jun 29, 2016
#PMT-2016-0629-3208
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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Take Slip·Jun 29, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0629-3220
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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