PMTPMT DB

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Win
#PMT-2026-0209-8693
Big CatBig Cat

Lindsay Vonn crashes every single time she is hyped up to ski.

I basically, every time they say, Hey, Lindsay Vonn's about to ski... she's gonna crash. I woke up and they were like, Hey Lindsay Vonn competed this morning and she crashed.

Vonn did crash in the race referenced in the episode.
Void
#PMT-2025-1222-17106
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Boxing is officially dead as a sport

Boxing's dead. It's currently dead. It might get brought back to life bad, but it's a bad spot. But boxing, boxing as we know is dead.

Subjective take on the health of a sport.
Void
#PMT-2025-1215-13274
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

AI technology is failing because it doesn't justify its investment costs

I think AI is in hot water. I feel like this is, we're we're in a good spot as humanity right now where AI has not been making enough money to justify all the investment. ... We might beat the robots.

The long-term economic viability of AI is a major global debate.
Void
#PMT-2025-1006-15096
HankHank

Taylor Swift's new album is a flop

My other's back the week is Taylor Swift... heard it was a flop. From what I've seen, I, I would give it not her best... some are saying it's, it's chat GPT. It's it's, yeah.

Subjective pop culture critique.
Void
#PMT-2025-0929-14718
Big CatBig Cat

If you care about the Super Bowl halftime show, you're not a football guy

I'll say it. If you have a hot take, a really strong opinion about the Super Bowl halftime show, you're not a fucking football guy. You showed yourself. You're an anti-football pussy. You gotta watch film at halftime. You gotta figure out what to bet in the second half.

Definition of a 'football guy' is subjective and satirical.
Open
#PMT-2025-0818-5223
HankHank

London should host a Super Bowl and it would be a cool event for the sport

The British ambassador of the US is pushing for a Super Bowl in London. I am down for it... I just think London would be a cool city for a Super Bowl. Better than San Francisco. It'd be a cool event, fun week.

The NFL has not yet awarded a Super Bowl to London, though the debate remains active.
Void
#PMT-2025-0721-4388
MaxMax

UFC would be a better sport if there were more KOs and no gloves

There should be more KOs. No gloves. Too much defense. There's too much defense. I want more. They should be standing up and just throwing fist. Be a much better sport.

This is a purely subjective aesthetic preference for the sport.
Void
#PMT-2025-0623-7942
Big CatBig Cat

World War III is overrated and the term is being overused

My Who's Back of the Week is World War III. We're doing it again, boys. I think this is the fifth World War III that's happened in the last four years. ... I'm so sick of everyone saying World War III just started.

Hyperbolic social commentary.
Void
#PMT-2025-0512-6306
Big CatBig Cat

Running a marathon in six hours does not count as finishing a marathon

People do run marathons in like six hours and then they, and they, and then they post on Instagram... No you didn't. Six hour marathon is not doing it.

This is a subjective gatekeeping opinion on what constitutes 'doing' a marathon.
Void
#PMT-2025-0505-19326
Big CatBig Cat

Abdul Carter is a loser for trying to take legendary Giants players' retired numbers

Is Abdul Carter a loser? I it's very weird. A weird tumble guy of all time... to on day one, go into your new company and be like, I want the numbers of the two most famous guys that everybody loves. Right. And, and again, the first one I get it, take your, shoot your shot. The second one... it's weird. He can't go his own way.

Subjective opinion on a player's social behavior and etiquette.
Void
#PMT-2025-0428-12412
HankHank

100 dedicated humans could easily defeat one gorilla in a fight

I think a hundred friends could be one gorilla. Everybody just gotta be dedicated to the shit. And that sparked a debate across the internet... I am firmly of the belief that a hundred people could easily be go a fight.

Theoretically impossible to verify without a biological catastrophe.
Void
#PMT-2025-0407-10281
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ja Morant's addiction to fake guns is the best addiction of all time

Ja Morant can't quit holding fake guns. It's the, it's the best addiction of all time. I respect the hell outta that... the NBA coming down on him for his fake guns is bullshit. Just ignoring all the history of Ja Morant with real guns. I love that shit.

The 'best' addiction is a value judgment, though Morant did have multiple incidents involving gun-like gestures.
Void
#PMT-2025-0331-1621
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Impractical Jokers are 'sex creeps'

The impractical Joker suck ass... turns out two of the four creeps. Sex creeps. Allegedly. Allegedly. It was Joe and it was Myrrh. Allegedly. Okay. So Joe alleged, well I also wanna say for Joe, he has now checked himself into inpatient treatment. Smart for being a sex creep... Joe Gato is seeking treatment for, I guess being a sex creep. So he is been hitting up high school girls, hanging out with them, touching their stomachs, doing weird shit. And then Mur was allegedly deeming a bunch of underage girls too.

These allegations have circulated in various forms online, but Gatto's departure from the show was officially for personal reasons; no criminal charges were brought.
Void
#PMT-2025-0324-14507
HankHank

Nice furniture does not belong outside

Nice furniture should not be outside... the maintenance is not worth the comfort. It's fucking outdoors.

Subjective opinion on lifestyle and cost-benefit analysis.
Loss
#PMT-2025-0317-15983
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun was switched out 40 years ago for a new, worse sun

I found guys... that think that actually this is a different sun that was, that we switched the sun out like 40 years ago and it's the new sun and it's worse for you... I gotta do some more research on the new sun guys.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, there is only one sun and it has not been replaced.
Loss
#PMT-2025-0317-15984
Big CatBig Cat

Chernobyl was an inside job by Russia to discourage nuclear energy and protect their gas interests

I had one the other day that actually I completely believe that Chernobyl was on purpose. Everyone was doing nuclear power plants and Russia has a shitload of oil and gas and so they're like, Hey, let's blow up a nuclear PowerPoint plant and scare the fuck outta everyone about nuclear energy. And everyone stopped doing nuclear energy or inside job.

The generally accepted cause of Chernobyl is design flaws and operator error, not a state-sponsored conspiracy to sabotage the nuclear industry.
Void
#PMT-2025-0127-3947
Big CatBig Cat

College basketball needs 'asshole' coaches like Dan Hurley to be interesting.

College basketball needs asshole coaches. That's what it was built on... I need a coach K, I need a like as much as I hate Coach K, he has that that like, ah, I hate him. I wanna root against him. Dan Hurley is that if you hate him, that's good for college basketball. So I want him to do whatever he wants to do.

Subjective take on the entertainment value of sports villains.
Void
#PMT-2025-0113-9577
MemesMemes

Mike Vrabel is a fraud who relied on Prime Derrick Henry

Mike Vrabel is proof that one smart clock management moment in a nationally televised game buys you five to 10 years of NFL media thinking you're a great coach... Prime Derrick Henry is not walking through the Patriots door... He was a Derrick Henry merchant.

Vrabel did have significant success with Henry, but his overall coaching ability is a point of debate.
Win
#PMT-2024-1125-3227
Big CatBig Cat

I will fight anyone who says Indiana shouldn't be in the playoff

I will fucking fight. If you find someone online who's saying Indiana should not be in the college football playoff—tag me snitch. Tag 'em. I just—I wanna fight 'em. I just love the, on the streets of the internet.

Hot TakeCFBHotSarcastic
Indiana successfully made the 12-team College Football Playoff field.
Open
#PMT-2024-1028-10213
HankHank

Duke basketball is back

Duke's back... They beat Arizona State by 50 in a scrimmage... They might be back. God damnit they might be back.

Duke's success is measured by national titles, so this will resolve after the NCAA tournament.
Void
#PMT-2024-0909-7183
HankHank

People who cannot figure out the ESPN/DirecTV dispute should be tried in the Supreme Court

The people that can't figure out the ESPN DirecTV shit should be tried in the Supreme Court. What do you mean? And possibly executed. They should all be tried tomorrow.

Hyperbolic expression of frustration.
Loss
#PMT-2024-0812-16190
Big CatBig Cat

LIV Golf should allow all steroids and make the tour totally rule-free

I was shocked to know that Liv had a steroid policy... You have no rules. You play golf with shorts. They should, if you're the Liv Tour, make everything legal. Have it be steroids, but golf. Tackling. Yes. And a football and pylons.

Hot TakeGolfScorchingSarcastic
LIV Golf has not adopted a pro-steroid policy.
Void
#PMT-2024-0715-18873
Big CatBig Cat

Offsides should be removed from soccer

Offsides should be taken out of soccer. There should be no offsides.

This is a subjective opinion on rule changes.
Void
#PMT-2024-0513-15245
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Secretariat's records are fraudulent and he likely used steroids

Secretariat had 663 children... Guess how many of his kids won a Triple Crown race? The answer is zero... every mile time has gradually gotten better over the years except horse racing... He also lost a bunch of races... they had an excuse ready after every single loss... he had horse herpes and they blamed his loss on that... The more you look into Secretariat, the more it stinks to high heaven.

This is a satirical historical re-evaluation that cannot be definitively proven or disproven regarding the steroids, though his breeding stats are a matter of record.
Void
#PMT-2024-0304-5995
Big CatBig Cat

Sydney Sweeney is bringing back the era of 'tits' over 'asses'

My who's back of the week is Sydney Sweeney. She was on SNL. ... People are saying, is Sidney Sweeney bringing back tits? Well, there's been don don't know. What would you say? A decade run where asses have been number one. ... We might look back in history and be like, when did Tits come back? Sidney Sweeney.

This is an observation of cultural trends which cannot be scientifically proven.
Void
#PMT-2024-0205-16787
Big CatBig Cat

Indiana is scared to play Indiana State in basketball

Do you know that Indiana state, Indiana doesn't play Indiana state because they just embarrassed him every time they play him. Indiana State, I think last time they played 'em was like 2017 and they won by like 20. Damn. So Indiana's just scared of 'em.

While Indiana State did win the last meeting in 2017 by 21 points, the claim that Indiana is 'scared' is a matter of opinion.
Push
#PMT-2023-1227-1439
MaxMax

The NBA is back to being irrelevant

Who's back? NBA being Irrelevant.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
NFL ratings on Christmas significantly outperformed NBA ratings, though 'irrelevant' is subjective.
Void
#PMT-2023-1204-2891
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should allow players to wear either zero, one, or three-plus mouthpieces

Anthony Evans... was wearing not one, not two, but three mouthpieces at once on his person. He's got a red one in his mouth, yellow one hanging down, and then he has a third mouthpiece that's jammed into his left ear hole on his helmet. I kind of love three mouthpiece. Congress needs to step in. You can't do two. You can do three or more. You can do one, zero, or three or more. That's my ruling.

Inherently nonsensical fashion 'ruling.'
Open
#PMT-2023-1016-933
HankHank

Victor Wembanyama looks like he's going to be the greatest player of all time

Victor Wembanyama has been playing in the preseason and he looks like he's gonna be the greatest player of all time. I've never seen anybody the way he plays basketball. He's crazy... He puts like a dome over the rim. It's insane.

Wembanyama had a historic rookie season, winning ROTY and finishing 2nd in DPOY. It's too early for GOAT status, but the trajectory is elite.
Open
#PMT-2023-1002-11564
MaxMax

I would understand if the 76ers decided to trade Joel Embiid

It's not that I want to trade Embiid, but if we were to get like a very great offer... The Sixers are nowhere near [winning a title] right now... If that did happen, I wouldn't be like devastated. It would make sense to me.

Embiid was not traded and remained with the Sixers through the 2023-24 season.
Win
#PMT-2023-0828-2482
Big CatBig Cat

Herm Edwards is a total fraud for the mess he left at Arizona State

My who's back is Herm Edwards being a fraud because Arizona State has a bull ban... He's on ESPN giving speeches about, you know, upstanding character and doing the right thing. And he just left this mess in his past. So he is a total fraud.

Edwards was fired mid-season and the program later self-imposed a bowl ban for violations committed under his watch.
Win
#PMT-2023-0821-9839
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yankees should extend both Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman

I think they should extend Aaron Boone. Yeah. I think he's the steady hand and Cashman. I think Aaron Boone is a steady hand that the Yankees need to control their franchise. ... We official vote of confidence as they should extend both of them. Yes.

Hot TakeBaseballFireSarcastic
Cashman remains employed and Boone's contract was eventually extended through 2024 (with a 2025 option), so technically PFT's mock-wish came true.
Open
#PMT-2023-0731-3576
HankHank

I don't want to start a family because aliens will likely kill us all within five years

I like thinking that aliens are real because then it really is like there's no reason to do anything. 'cause like within five years, like the aliens are gonna just come up and fuck us off. ... Like starting a family. It's like, I don't wanna, I don't wanna have kids like aliens are gonna come and kill 'em all. Yeah. Like, I don't, like I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna keep doing my thing.

The five-year timeline is pending, though highly unlikely.
Void
#PMT-2023-0731-3579
Billy FootballBilly Football

Travis Kelce is a pussy for fighting Jack Cochrane in training camp

Jack Cochrane's the dude who pissed off Travis Kelce. So shout out that guy for exposing Travis Kelce for being a pussy. ... That was getting into it. 'cause he got hit once just like a little bit after the play and he got pissed off.

Subjective trash talk about a player's toughness.
Void
#PMT-2023-0710-13541
Billy FootballBilly Football

Football players who don't play and then transfer are 'snitches' for reporting hazing

No dudes who don't play in transfer are the biggest snitches ever. ... Cuz they're, they're the only ones who's like, there's something wrong with this program. It's not wrong with me. It's the program that's wrong.

This is a moral/social judgment on whistleblowing in sports culture.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0710-13544
Billy FootballBilly Football

Tom Brady is a 'trophy husband' who needs a sugar mama like Kim Kardashian

Tom Brady is a stay-at-home dad. He needs to find another sugar mama to pay his bills because he always likes women who make more than him. That's just the facts. ... He's a trophy husband. ... Now he's looking for someone to take care of him.

The dating rumors were never confirmed, and the 'sugar mama' claim is satirical given Brady's own net worth.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0626-16038
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Russian Wagner Group rebellion was a PSYOP intended to dupe Ukraine

It was a PSYOP for the market. There was a PSYOP. Okay, Putin's Gucci. He just did that whole thing to make Ukraine think they could take back Bakhmut and then they're gonna do a pincer move on him... They were able to move troops under the guise that they're doing a coup. And now Ukraine thought they were going to Moscow, but now they're just North [of Bakhmut].

While confusing, the mutiny resulted in the death of Prigozhin months later and significant reorganization of Russian military structures, contradicting the 'fake coup' theory.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0619-9227
Big CatBig Cat

The Green Bay Packers are in trouble because Jordan Love is a moron.

Jordan Love posted a video today... he said Happy Father's Day to all Bears fans out there. Jordan Love is a fucking moron. So Jordan love basically called Bears fans his dad. And it was like the first moment that I've had in a very long time where I was like, Ooh, I think things might be changing... The Packers are in trouble.

Jordan Love went on to have a great first season as a starter, leading the Packers to a playoff win and continuing Green Bay's dominance over Chicago.
Void
#PMT-2023-0320-8357
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LIV Golf should execute the last place team every week to fix their ratings

I have a very simple way to solve this ratings issue. Execute the last place team every week... The ultimate relegation. Yeah. To the afterlife... Or they don't have cuts but they could chop your head off.

This is a comedic proposal and will not happen.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0227-16392
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sam Hurd was released from prison early to serve as viral marketing for the movie Cocaine Bear

Sam Hurd has been released from Federal penitentiary... after serving a 10 year sentence for distributing cocaine. Timing is very suspicious with the release of Cocaine Bear. A lot of people are saying that this judge might have taken some money to do some gorilla marketing for the movie.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0130-3335
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA referee apology for the LeBron no-call was written by Rich Paul

They should've had like just posted a picture of them at the time while they were tweeting it cuz it's definitely Rich Paul with a gun to their head. Yeah. As they're sitting there, LeBron James definitely hit up NBA officiating was like, I need a public apology. I need people to know that, that you guys screwed that up.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
The apology was likely a PR move by the league, not literally dictated by an agent at gunpoint.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0130-3336
Billy FootballBilly Football

Stetson Bennett's arrest for public intoxication makes him a better NFL draft prospect

Honestly that made Stetson Bennett go up in my draft board. ... If you're Stetson Bennett, what's stopping you from just getting absolutely hammered? He's in the middle of maybe the biggest case of senioritis of all time. And it's well deserved.

Bennett was drafted in the 4th round by the Rams. It's unlikely an arrest actually helped his draft stock with real NFL GMs.
Loss
#PMT-2023-0123-12563
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Q-collar technology causes players to make bad on-field decisions

Dalton Schultz today was wearing a... Q-collar. It's supposed to help protect the brain from injury... I have a theory. This technology... it's supposed to constrict certain blood vessels going to your brain... I think these guys are just lightheaded. And it's just, he had a bird brain.

There is no scientific evidence that Q-collars cause cognitive impairment or 'bird brain' in NFL players.
Void
#PMT-2022-1017-5858
Big CatBig Cat

The Dodgers' 2020 World Series title doesn't count

The Dodgers have not won anything. We can We agree The bubble, the bubble championship didn't, didn't count.

Inherently subjective and a matter of sports debate.
Loss
#PMT-2022-1010-19304
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If James Madison finishes undefeated, I am declaring them National Champions

If we do go undefeated, I'm going to declare that to be a national championship. Have to. First year five games into playing an actual FBS schedule and James Madison is now ranked 25 in the nation. My hands are tied.

JMU did not finish undefeated, losing to Georgia Southern later in October 2022.
Push
#PMT-2022-0912-6401
Big CatBig Cat

Texas is 'back' following their performance against Alabama

I'm counting Texas's back because their defense played better than they played... And if Quinn Ewers doesn't get hurt, they win that game. I'm convinced of it.

Texas finished 8-5 in 2022. They didn't truly return to elite status until 2023 when they made the CFP.
Void
#PMT-2022-0912-6402
Big CatBig Cat

The Sun Belt is the best conference in sports

The Sunbelt is the best conference in America. Yep. Sunbelt east... Best conference in sports.

Purely hyperbolic and subjective.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0822-19341
Big CatBig Cat

Josh Rosen is putting up terrible stats on purpose as a bit

Josh Rosen... is on the Browns and in classic Josh Rosen fashion, he got in for, I think an entire half. He went seven for 20, for 88 yards. No TDs, no interceptions. I, he has to be doing this on purpose at this point. His stat lines are just so, so predictably exactly what they are every single time... It's a good bit. It really is.

There is no evidence a professional athlete would deliberately tank their career for a 'bit'.
Void
#PMT-2022-0711-5979
Big CatBig Cat

People who wear SPF 50 sunscreen should just stay inside

I judge you if your SPF is 35 or plus... I want to put it on 50. I'm just immediately like, dude, just go inside. There's no reason to be outside. If you really can't handle this, just say you're not that guy pal. That's what I say to anyone who puts on 50.

This is a humorous value judgment.
Loss
#PMT-2022-0606-17494
Big CatBig Cat

Nadal winning mostly on clay makes him a Mickey Mouse champion

It's Mickey Mouse to have to only win on one surface. Well, I think he also won the Australian, right? ... 14 of his 22 are at Roland Garros.

While Nadal is dominant on clay, he has won multiple Slams on grass and hard courts, making the 'only win on one surface' claim factually incorrect.