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#PMT-2016-0629-3222
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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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Take Slip·Jun 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0627-2252
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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Take Slip·Jun 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0627-2254
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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Take Slip·Jun 27, 2016·Hey Jj
#PMT-2016-0627-2267
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JJ Watt eating a raw egg on Jimmy Fallon is condoning mass murder and sweatshops

Each egg is actually like a chicken abortion. So like you're basically condoning mass murder when you eat that egg... eggs are produced in unsanitary hen houses. So they're basically sweatshops for chickens. So that's not cool.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The claim that eating a raw egg is 'mass murder' is a satirical exaggeration and factually incorrect in a biological/legal sense.
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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0624-18458
Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Manziel should retire from football and play baseball to pull a 'Michael Jordan'

Retire from football, play baseball, come back to football, win three Super Bowls, call it the Michael Jordan.

Manziel never played professional baseball and never returned to win a Super Bowl.
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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2016·Hey Jj
#PMT-2016-0624-18459
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt is the most selfish athlete on the planet

Basically, J.J. Watt is the most selfish athlete on the planet Earth. That's what I've learned from this.

This is a subjective character judgment, though highly controversial.
Void
#PMT-2016-0622-18630
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Injuring Lionel Messi would increase the popularity of soccer in the United States

I think maybe if you injure Messi, that would be pretty huge for soccer in the United States. Everybody loves a bully. Maybe severely injure Messi and make him not able to play soccer ever again. I think you would get a lot of new fans from the United States. Because if there's anything that fans in the United States hate, it's like a little European-ish guy.

This is a satirical hypothetical intended for comedic shock value.
Void
#PMT-2016-0620-15456
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sports should wait until the end of the game to announce penalties

The USGA said that they weren't going to announce whether or not [Dustin Johnson] was going to be penalized until after his round was over, which is just a great rule. I wish more sports would incorporate something like this. Like if the NBA waited until the fourth quarter to be like, yeah, Steph's foot was on the line for that three-pointer in the first quarter. So we're going to take away one point. Anyone out there who's complaining about this rule is a bad Christian because you don't get to know if you're going to heaven until after you're dead.

Officiating rules are a matter of policy and opinion. The religious comparison is non-falsifiable humor.
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Take Slip·Jun 17, 2016
#PMT-2016-0617-1316
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry throwing his mouthguard at a fan is assault and battery

It's assault, right? Like, let's be honest. It's assault. Steph Curry, I mean, he's an NBA player... he's a professional athlete, probably has some sort of communicable STD, getting hit with that mouth guard. That is grounds for lawsuit. That's assault. I believe it's also battery.

No legal charges were ever filed, and it was widely considered a typical technical foul/ejection, not a criminal act.
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Take Slip·Jun 17, 2016
#PMT-2016-0617-1318
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James is sleeping with Beyonce to impress her

Do you think that LeBron James is sleeping with Beyonce? I think it's a good possibility... LeBron James played tonight like he was showing off for a certain somebody sitting courtside, if you know what I'm saying.

There is no evidence for this; it was a joke about Jay-Z and Beyonce being at the game.
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Take Slip·Jun 17, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-0617-1326
Big CatBig Cat

Sleeping in the same bed as a man isn't gay as long as you keep your suit on

I will say that no man card taken away. People forget. You could sleep with as many dudes in the bed as you want. If you keep your suit on, it's not gay.

This is a satirical social commentary with no factual basis.
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#PMT-2016-0617-1324
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Carson Wentz's gas station bathroom story is a fake alibi for doing something else

I don't think this actually happened... I think that Carson was doing something that he wasn't supposed to be doing. And he was setting up an alibi for himself... anytime somebody starts throwing in these unnecessary details about a weird event that happened, it's because they're trying too hard to corroborate their story.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
There is no proof the bathroom incident was fake; it was widely reported as a real, if embarrassing, event.
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Take Slip·Jun 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0615-16375
Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving's Game 5 performance was more impressive than Steph Curry's typical hot streaks

This is a hot take that I actually think is correct. What Kyrie did game five was more impressive than like when Steph Curry goes off. Because when Steph Curry goes off, he hits a lot of threes... Kyrie was hitting everything. He was hitting floaters. He was hitting jumpers. He was going to the rim.

While Kyrie was incredibly efficient (17/24), 'impressiveness' is subjective and debatable among basketball fans.
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Take Slip·Jun 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0615-16376
Big CatBig Cat

Draymond Green was secretly rooting against the Warriors in Game 5 so he wouldn't miss the clinching moment

I think Draymond was probably rooting against the Warriors I don't think that's that crazy... Draymond is the kind of guy that he's a little bit more out there emotionally. He's the kind of guy that might feel slighted if he's not part of that winning moment.

While unprovable, it fits Draymond's known competitive personality, though publicly he would never admit it.
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#PMT-2016-0615-16382
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA suspended Draymond Green specifically to extend the Finals for ratings

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy says that the NBA suspended Draymond Green to try to extend the series to get higher ratings and more money. You think? No, duh.

While a popular conspiracy theory, there is no verifiable evidence of this league-wide directive.
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#PMT-2016-0615-16383
Big CatBig Cat

David Stern is still secretly pulling the strings of the NBA behind the scenes

Adam Silver's not. Adam Silver cleaned up the league... Meanwhile David Stern is behind the scenes suspending Draymond Green and getting these ratings... he's the master puppet and I love it.

David Stern was retired at this point and not involved in daily league operations.
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Take Slip·Jun 13, 2016
#PMT-2016-0613-18842
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Draymond Green missed LeBron James' testicles because LeBron is on steroids

Draymond threw a punch directly into the groin and didn't make contact with LeBron James' nuts... steroids, common side effect, shrink the testicles. making them harder to hit, harder to locate. So I think that the fact that Draymond... didn't make contact... that is a major red flag. And if I'm Adam Silver, I'm personally walking a piss cup into the Cavaliers' locker room and making LeBron James urinate into it.

There is no evidence LeBron James used steroids or that this was why Draymond Green missed a punch.
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#PMT-2016-0613-18845
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry's low-top shoes are sleek and the safest shoes to wear to avoid getting robbed

I like Steph Curry's shoes. I'm here to say that they're sleek... there's no chance that a teenager will ever hit me with 'what are those' if I'm wearing the Steph Curry Lowe's... You also probably won't get knocked out and have your shoes stolen from you, which is also a plus... wear the Steph Currys, be the safest guy in the world.

The shoes were objectively safe from 'hypebeast' theft due to their poor reputation among collectors, but the claim that they are 'sleek' was widely disagreed with.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016
#PMT-2016-0610-18919
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry is playing poorly because he is addicted to opioids

I think that Steph Curry, he got hurt and he got put on some pain medicine... Now he's off the pain medicine. He's off the Vicodin and he's addicted to opioids now. And so like he can't – He's got like a vicious hangover. He can't find a stroke because his arms are shaking.

There was never any evidence for this; Curry was recovering from an actual MCL sprain.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0610-18924
Big CatBig Cat

Cam Newton's next celebration should involve converting to Islam and refusing to stand for the anthem

Cam X, Cameron X, converted to Islam, doesn't stand for the national anthem. His touchdown dances to pray, and then he hands the ball to a black kid. I mean, there we go.

Cam Newton did not do this. This was a joke about how to maximize 'pissing off' old white fans.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0608-18928
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A statement loss to Mexico is what the US soccer team needs to announce its global presence

What you really want – now, I want to see the United States – barely lose to Mexico in a statement loss. And that could be what really announces our presence on the global scale.

This is a satirical concept of a 'statement loss' which is inherently subjective and comedic.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0608-18930
Big CatBig Cat

Kimbo Slice meant as much to our generation as Muhammad Ali meant to our parents' generation

It's a hot take, but it's kind of the correct take. Kimbo Slice meant a lot, too, to us. Because that early YouTube time, when he – do you remember watching those videos of Kimbo just bashing people's skulls in and saying, what the hell is going on? He was the baddest guy I've ever seen.

The impact of internet culture vs. mainstream cultural icons is subjective but culturally significant for millennial fans.
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#PMT-2016-0608-18936
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jim Harbaugh is a civil rights leader fighting against NCAA persecution of football

I'm glad that Harbaugh finally has the guts to stand up for Division I major conference men's college football coaches. ... Harbaugh, thank you for standing up for the rights of the most persecuted people in America.

This is a satirical characterization meant for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0608-18937
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL owners might have murdered Roger Goodell and faked a hack to test public reaction

I think it's more probable than not that this was an idea that was floated by the owners just to see – just to kind of like gauge the reaction and see what public sentiment would look like if Roger Goodell were to die. ... Expect Roger Goodell to maybe actually be murdered by – I don't know. Let's call it the Rooneys and the Maras over the course of the next couple of months.

Roger Goodell remained alive and the commissioner for many years after 2016.
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#PMT-2016-0608-18939
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers stopping his cheese consumption is a betrayal of his Wisconsin fan base

Aaron Rodgers deciding to stop eating cheese is absolute fucking bullshit. It's a slap in the face to his entire fan base. ... Aaron Rodgers is basically telling all of his fans, all the hardworking people in Wisconsin that buy his jersey ... You just told them they're all fat asses and losers.

This is a comedic interpretation of an athlete's dietary choices.
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Take Slip·Jun 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0606-1058
Big CatBig Cat

The Golden State Warriors are better off without Steph Curry

I've seen enough and I know enough that if you take Steph out of the Warriors, they're just as good, if not better. [They haven't said his name] all series because he's been on the bench all series.

Steph Curry is an all-time great and the Warriors are objectively worse without him; they eventually lost the series when LeBron/Kyrie took over.
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Take Slip·Jun 6, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0606-1065
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aqib Talib can extend his career by seven years by capitalizing on his shooting incident

Tlaib may have just extended his career by like seven years. Because now he can get that really sappy E30 with Jeremy Schaap... A second chance is worth like two more contracts. So smart move on Tlaib's part, getting shot, because now he gets like an opportunity to prove himself again.

Talib played through 2019, so he got about 4 more years, though not primarily due to this incident.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0603-17692
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LeBron James would be a better player if he had gone to college

I think maybe if LeBron James had gone to college, he would be a better player. What do you learn in college? You learn how to make new friends and how to trust other people. LeBron has some trouble with that.

LeBron is widely considered one of the two greatest players ever without college; it is highly unlikely 1-4 years of college would have made him 'better'.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0603-17694
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LeBron James peaked in high school

I'll be the first to say it. LeBron James peaked in high school. There it is. Boom.

LeBron James went on to win 4 NBA championships and 4 MVPs after high school.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0603-17696
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are the big losers of the Warriors' Game 1 win

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are the big losers of tonight. When it really comes down to it, when you basically had this Warriors team beat and now you're watching this game and you see that the Cavs don't have answers for the Warriors... they're chokers and big time losers again.

Subjective opinion on legacy and perception following the 2016 Western Conference Finals collapse.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0603-17708
Paul BissonnettePaul Bissonnette

I would beat Conor McGregor in a fight if we were both wearing hockey skates

If it was you and Conor McGregor fighting... but you're both wearing hockey skates, who wins? Well man, he's got pretty good balance. I would put my money on myself just because I'm a lot bigger than him.

Hypothetical scenario that cannot be verified.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016
#PMT-2016-0603-17710
Paul BissonnettePaul Bissonnette

The 'glowing puck' ruined the NHL and likely caused the 2004-05 lockout

The glowing puck, did they get rid of that because it was easier to play defense? I think they took the non-hockey followers word too seriously and kind of ruined the game. I really think that's probably why the lockout happened.

Hot TakeHockeyFireSarcastic
The lockout was about the salary cap and labor issues, not the FoxTrax puck which ended years earlier.
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Take Slip·Jun 3, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0603-17712
Big CatBig Cat

Dick Vitale should start a second career as a porn critic

Maybe if he [Dick Vitale] just became a full-on porn guy, it wouldn't be the worst thing ever. If he woke up in the morning and was like, 'here are my top five favorite porn picks for the day.' Wouldn't you just be like, that kind of fits for Dick Vitale?

Satirical suggestion for a 77-year-old broadcaster.
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#PMT-2016-0603-17713
Big CatBig Cat

Bullying the horse Nyquist off Twitter is a more impressive achievement than winning the Kentucky Derby

Nyquist the horse is a flash in the pan... No one's going to remember Nyquist the horse. Except for the fact that it got bullied off Twitter. That's actually more impressive than the Kentucky Derby. How many Kentucky Derby winners have there been? Like 120? How many horses have been bullied off Twitter?

Subjective value judgment on internet trolling vs. athletic achievement.
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#PMT-2016-0603-17714
Big CatBig Cat

The horse Nyquist has AIDS

The horse has AIDS. Right. The first thing I did was... Fuck the horse. Both on Twitter and in real life.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Nonsensical claim intended as a joke.
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#PMT-2016-0603-17715
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Harambe the gorilla committed suicide by zookeeper to escape living in Cincinnati

Did Harambe like plan this whole thing out? When the kid fell in, do you think Harambe was like, this is my chance to finally get out of this fucking place... Like suicide by zookeeper is pretty much what I'm getting at here.

Clearly impossible to verify and intended as a joke.
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Take Slip·Jun 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0601-9134
Big CatBig Cat

I hope Nyquist the horse dies

I now am fascinated with Nyquist the horse... I hope Nyquist dies. I'll say it. Biggest piece of shit horse. And you know what, Nyquist? That's your horse owner's fault for running a shitty Twitter account. I wouldn't have wished death on you if you just had a semi-normal person running her Twitter account.

Hot TakeRacingFireSarcastic
The horse Nyquist did eventually pass away in 2021 following complications from a chronic foot condition (laminitis).
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Take Slip·Jun 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0601-9136
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Gorillas are more valuable than humans because they are the patriarch of human invention

Technically humans, all those things that are invented by humans, humans are invented by gorillas, right? Like evolution. So wouldn't you say that gorillas are more valuable than humans? They're the patriarch of all those things. They're basically God.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
This is a philosophical and biological misunderstanding framed as satire; humans and gorillas share a common ancestor but humans did not evolve from modern gorillas.
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Take Slip·Jun 1, 2016
#PMT-2016-0601-9140
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Riley Curry has to go

One thing I will say, I do agree with Big Cat, that Riley Curry, she's got to go. I'm done with Riley Curry.

Riley Curry eventually stepped out of the constant post-game press conference spotlight as she grew older.
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Take Slip·May 31, 2016
#PMT-2016-0531-16533
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If Draymond Green was a white guy named Raymond Green, he would be more loved

What if Draymond Green was Raymond Green and he was a white guy? He might be more hated, but he also might get away with—he might also be more loved by a large collection of the audience there... if you're a white guy, you can get away with being dirty a little bit better because you just naturally look uncoordinated when you fall down... so people believe you when you're just like flopping down. So if Draymond were white, I actually think he would be more loved overall.

This is a social thought experiment and entirely subjective.
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#PMT-2016-0531-16536
Big CatBig Cat

Women's lacrosse is not a real sport because Northwestern is good at it

Also, Northwestern won a national title, and if Northwestern can win a national title in the sport we're talking about, that's not a real sport. So women's lacrosse, sorry, not a real sport.

This is a subjective jab at Northwestern University's athletic prowess and the legitimacy of the sport.
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#PMT-2016-0531-16537
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

People who camp outside NFL facilities for tryouts are terrorists

The people that camp outside of NFL training facilities holding signs that say, 'Let me get a tryout. All I need is a shot. I'm hungry.' They're pretty much terrorists because what they're doing is they're going on like a hunger strike... You can't bypass the system.

This is a satirical comparison used for comedic effect.
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#PMT-2016-0531-16538
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nyquist the horse is a total pussy

Secretary [sic] never called in sick, which is a fact. You can look that up. By the way, this horse is a total pussy. He's clearly a bully horse that's like trying to pick on—he's so mad that he got beat this one time. He doesn't know how to handle it. He just quits and tells everybody to make fun of the better horse.

Determining the 'toughness' of a horse based on its Twitter activity is inherently subjective and satirical.
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Take Slip·May 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0527-4664
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sidney Crosby is a less classy player than Alex Ovechkin because he touched the Prince of Wales Trophy

What I care about is that Sidney Crosby touched the trophy. He touched the trophy. Big no-no. You know who's never touched that trophy? Alexander Ovechkin. That's why he is a classier player than Sidney Crosby. That's why he doesn't have bad luck. That's right.

Hot TakeHockeyHotSarcastic
Crosby and the Penguins won the Stanley Cup immediately following this, disproving the 'bad luck' claim.
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Take Slip·May 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0527-4665
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL players should only be allowed to have sex from May to August to ensure offseason births

I've been a long-standing fan of this policy for the NFL... I think that players should only be able to have sex through the months of, what is it, like May through August to time it so that you have an offseason baby. Because I hate it when Joe Flacco has to miss the Pro Bowl or threaten.

This is a satirical policy proposal that cannot be verified for correctness in a factual sense.
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#PMT-2016-0527-4669
Big CatBig Cat

The St. Louis Cardinals 'statement loss' is a ridiculous spin by a losing team

My favorite team in Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, they had a statement loss against my actual favorite team, the Cubs, on Wednesday. They showed determination and grit, that's a quote, when they lost to the Cubs. Colton Wong said, 'I think we still made a statement in the loss.' In the loss? Don't let the Cardinals get too hot with all these statement losses they're throwing out there.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
The Cardinals missed the playoffs in 2016 for the first time since 2010, suggesting the 'statement losses' did not help.
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Take Slip·May 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0527-4670
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt is lazy for watching the NBA playoffs and the Spelling Bee on his couch

Sounds like he wasn't paying his rent for his success tonight. Sounds like he should have been in the gym instead of sitting on the couch watching TV, taking his athletic ability for granted. Sounds like he's going to be late on his success rent.

This is a satirical application of Watt's own logic to a mundane situation.
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Take Slip·May 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0525-1882
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You don't need an MCL to shoot a basketball

Last time I checked, you don't score with your MCL. You score with your hands and your eyes. What did they teach you when you were learning to shoot? Balance, eyes, elbow, follow through. It's not beef and call. There's no MCL in there.

Biologically, leg strength and stability from the MCL are crucial for jump shots, making the literal claim incorrect.
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Take Slip·May 25, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0525-1890
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Mets should ban the media from reporting Matt Harvey's ERA

The Mets need to send out a release to all the press people saying, you're not allowed to cover our games. You're not getting a credential if you talk about what Matt Harvey's ERA is. So just put a moratorium on bad Matt Harvey talk.

This is a satirical suggestion for a PR strategy.
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Take Slip·May 25, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0525-1891
Big CatBig Cat

Matt Harvey needs to start partying and doing cocaine to find his form

I also think he needs to party again. He used to be a party boy... I would say either get the Mets to basically make it a rule that no one can say anything bad about you or start doing a bunch of cocaine.

Satirical advice.
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