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#PMT-2015-1022-20237
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Christians are empirically more successful NFL players than any other denomination

Based on empirical evidence, Christians are much more successful NFL players than any other denomination. You've never heard a quarterback thank Satan for winning the Super Bowl. The NFL stands for Never Faithless. And guess what? Jesus is the leading receiver of all time.

Satirical correlation-equals-causation argument mocking the prevalence of Christian thanking in post-game interviews. 'Jesus is the leading receiver of all time' is an all-time line.
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#PMT-2015-1022-20256
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Ray Nagin spent New Orleans' electricity budget on drive-through daiquiris and bribes

The Superdome lights burned out because the city of New Orleans hadn't paid their bills. Former Mayor Ray Nagin had spent the entire city's electricity budget on drive-through daiquiris and bribes.

Ray Nagin was indeed convicted of corruption charges (bribery, fraud, money laundering) in 2014. The Super Bowl blackout was actually caused by a relay device. The daiquiri detail is embellishment but the corruption charge is real.
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#PMT-2015-1022-20255
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Flacco disappeared for 15 minutes during the Super Bowl blackout and no one can account for his whereabouts

When asked what he was doing during the half-hour break, Flacco says he doesn't recall, and that he was probably just hanging out with friends and stuff. But that doesn't really check out when you dig into it, especially when you consider that there was about 15 minutes of game time where Flacco disappeared, no stats at all, and no one can account for his whereabouts.

Satirical conspiracy theory treating the Super Bowl XLVII blackout as a mystery and Flacco's poor second half as evidence of suspicious activity. Presented in the style of the Serial podcast.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20207
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If you're PC police, you have to tell me -- otherwise it's entrapment

If you're a PC police, you have to tell me. Otherwise, it's entrapment. I know my rights.

Fact ClaimLifeHotSarcastic
This is not how entrapment works. Satirizing the common misconception that undercover cops have to identify themselves, applied to 'PC police.'
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#PMT-2015-1008-20198
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Joe Flacco is elite because he literally blew out the Superdome scoreboard

My subsequent investigation determined that the 21-point first-half beatdown that Baltimore hung all over the 49ers was the highest first-half point total in the Dome that year, up until that point. The scoreboard simply couldn't handle all the electricity needed to keep up with Flacco's lightning, quick-release and high-voltage offense. Quite simply, he blew the scoreboard out. That sounds pretty damn elite to me.

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The Super Bowl XLVII power outage was caused by a relay device, not by Flacco's offense being too electric. This is PFT's signature 'Is Joe Flacco Elite?' bit delivered as a Serial podcast parody.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20196
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John Fox saying you need more than zero points to win is a stats lie

Bears coach John Fox said, 'We need to generate more than zero points to win games.' I fact checked it and went to the archives. Big shout out to the guys at Pro Football Focus. In 1921, the Rochester Jeffersons forfeited to the Washington Senators because the field was unplayable. So Washington literally scored no points and walked away with a huge road win. You've got to be smarter than this if you're a head coach like John Fox.

Fact ClaimnflHotSarcastic
The Rochester Jeffersons did exist and there were forfeits in early NFL history, though the specific details are likely embellished. The absurdity of using a 1921 forfeit to disprove a modern coach's common-sense statement is the joke.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20197
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John Fox's name literally translates to 'Fox Toilet'

John Fox's name, look it up in the dictionary, literally translates to Fox Toilet. And if I were him, I'd be more worried about plumbers than numbers.

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John does not translate to 'toilet' in any standard sense, though 'john' is slang for toilet. Classic PFT deliberately wrong etymology.