# Whose face is more punchable: Martin Shrkreli or Ajit Pai? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596 "2017-12-16T01:33:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/1 "2017-12-16T01:33:20Z")
You only get one punch and you can only pick one face, so think carefully: [Martin Shkreli](https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2016/06/06/Photos/ZH/MW-EO507_shkrel_20160606174055_ZH.jpg?uuid=59613aea-2c2f-11e6-996a-0015c588dfa6) OR [Ajit Pai](https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/screen_shot_2017-12-14_at_11.54.54_am.jpg?itok=tA8UsZcT) I’m leaning towards Ajit Pai at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/2 "2017-12-16T01:38:23Z")
Martin Shkreli by a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/3 "2017-12-16T01:43:59Z")
Get them into the same room and slam their faces together. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/4 "2017-12-16T01:54:37Z")
This is a trick question. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/5 "2017-12-16T02:06:34Z")
Set up [punchmartinshkreli.com](http://punchmartinshkreli.com) and [punchajitpai.com](http://punchajitpai.com) I bet sooner or later \*somehow \*you’ll find much more traffic going to the former… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/6 "2017-12-16T03:08:17Z")
Judging solely by the pictures posted in the OP, Martin Shrkeli in a no contest kind of deal. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/7 "2017-12-16T03:37:56Z")
Ajit Pai. I’m looking for a better picture. This one doesn’t capture his epic smug, smarminess. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/8 "2017-12-16T03:59:12Z")
There is nothing more punchable than Shrkeli. It is just impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/9 "2017-12-16T05:52:11Z")
Martin Shrkeli, no contest. Pai just looks like a dork. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/10 "2017-12-16T06:04:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Get them into the same room and slam their faces together. For the win. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/11 "2017-12-16T06:18:14Z")
Pharma Bro. Repealing net neutrality isn’t likely to actually kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/12 "2017-12-16T09:25:49Z")
Shrkeli looks like a coward and easily bought so tell him that you won’t punch him if he punches Pai for you. When he’s done that, punch Shrkeli anyway. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/13 "2017-12-16T13:33:37Z")
If you were directing a film, and you were working with an actor who grinned the way Shkreli does, you’d take him aside to explain that we’re making a _movie,_ here, so there’s no need for the I’m-The-Villain smirk that performers use when a child in the back row needs help following the pantomimed storyline of a stage production. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/14 "2017-12-16T14:15:56Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Shrkeli looks like a coward and easily bought so tell him that you won’t punch him if he punches Pai for you. When he’s done that, punch Shrkeli anyway. I like it. Let’s make that happen, have your people call my people. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/15 "2017-12-16T14:17:48Z")
Pai’s teeth represent a punching hazard. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/16 "2017-12-16T14:18:15Z")
> [@Asylum](#): > > You only get one punch and you can only pick one face, so think carefully: > > [Martin Shkreli](https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2016/06/06/Photos/ZH/MW-EO507_shkrel_20160606174055_ZH.jpg?uuid=59613aea-2c2f-11e6-996a-0015c588dfa6) > > OR > > [Ajit Pai](https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/screen_shot_2017-12-14_at_11.54.54_am.jpg?itok=tA8UsZcT) Shkreli. Ajit would just get a Pai in the face. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/17 "2017-12-16T15:36:15Z")
When go away, take Pai. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/18 "2017-12-16T15:47:25Z")
> [@Asylum](#): > > You only get one punch and you can only pick one face, so think carefully: > > [Martin Shkreli](https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2016/06/06/Photos/ZH/MW-EO507_shkrel_20160606174055_ZH.jpg?uuid=59613aea-2c2f-11e6-996a-0015c588dfa6) > > OR > > [Ajit Pai](https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/screen_shot_2017-12-14_at_11.54.54_am.jpg?itok=tA8UsZcT) > > I’m leaning towards Ajit Pai at the moment. I have to vote for Shkreli. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/19 "2017-12-16T15:53:21Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Shrkeli looks like a coward and easily bought so tell him that you won’t punch him if he punches Pai for you. When he’s done that, punch Shrkeli anyway. This is my favorite. it’s like you’ve outsmarted the Kobiashi Maru (or however you spell it). If forced to choose one, I’d probably punch Shkreli. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/20 "2017-12-16T15:54:47Z")
I don’t like Pai. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596.md?page=2)