# 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:** 3
**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 19, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/41 "2017-12-19T20:44:47Z")
_strokes chin_ Good points, **RickJay**. _nods sagely_ ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/42 "2017-12-19T21:39:08Z")
Sean Hannity, obviously. Even from the next room over. Does my future Emperorship feature a department of “Slapping Martin Shkreli in his mouth whenever it looks like he’s about to speak” ? No, no it doesn’t. But Hannity’s penned down. Oh yes. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/43 "2017-12-19T21:54:31Z")
Maybe Pai deserves punching more that Shkreli, but if the criteria is “take a look at his face and evaluate how much it needs punching”, it’s Shrkeli. Again, just on face. I mean to go full Godwin, Hitler is more punchable that Shkreli, but it’s not based on face. Based on face and face alone, Shkreli beats Hitler. You can’t beat Shkreli, to find a face more punchable you’d have to go all the way back to James Spader in “Pretty in Pink”, who had a face artificially created in a lab for punchability. That doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/44 "2017-12-19T22:19:40Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > It depends on which one I’m currently sitting next to. Have a Walnut? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/45 "2017-12-20T03:48:57Z")
Yeah, you know what? Bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/46 "2017-12-20T16:28:29Z")
After watching Paul Ryan try to justify the tax cuts for the rich on the talk shows today, I’m feeling even more conflicted. Maybe it’s no Shkreli, but that face is still pretty damn [punchable](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/811209/thumbs/s-PAUL-RYAN-WORKOUT-large640.jpg?6). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/47 "2017-12-20T16:31:28Z")
Ryan’s face is pretty punchable too, if you need a tiebreaker. ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/48 "2017-12-20T16:34:32Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > After watching Paul Ryan try to justify the tax cuts for the rich on the talk shows today, I’m feeling even more conflicted. Maybe it’s no Shkreli, but that face is still pretty damn [punchable](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/811209/thumbs/s-PAUL-RYAN-WORKOUT-large640.jpg?6). > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Ryan’s face is pretty punchable too, if you need a tiebreaker. It’s Ryan And McConnell for the second round. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/49 "2017-12-20T16:46:44Z")
McConnell can just pull his face back into his shell. No fair. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/50 "2017-12-20T16:49:24Z")
Again, I’m calling shenanigans on the failure to separate general punchability from face punchability. ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/51 "2017-12-20T16:52:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > McConnell can just pull his face back into his shell. No fair. Then use Ryan’s face to break through the shell. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/52 "2017-12-20T18:30:21Z")
Tough call. Based on their history of individual punch-in-the-face behaviours, I’d go with Shkreki. > [@RickJay](#): > > Martin Shkreli is the gold standard of faces you just want to pound and pound and pound until everything goes red and when you wake up the police are there and there’s a lawyer assuring you that as long as you keep your mouth shut no jury will convict as long as they see a picture of Martin Shkreli. > > I am not saying Ma. Pai does not have a punchable face, but against Shkreki, there are no serious contenders. He’s in a league of his own. Agreed, except first, I’d make sure to take him on a long walk into the back 40. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/53 "2017-12-20T20:16:49Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > After watching Paul Ryan try to justify the tax cuts for the rich on the talk shows today, I’m feeling even more conflicted. Maybe it’s no Shkreli, but that face is still pretty damn [punchable](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/811209/thumbs/s-PAUL-RYAN-WORKOUT-large640.jpg?6). Finally something I can get behind. (I don’t know who the people in the OP are.) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/54 "2017-12-20T20:28:22Z")
Ajit Pai is punchable for what he did. Martin Shrkreli could donate a kidney to you, pay off your debts and adopt a busload of kittens and you would still want to punch that face. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/55 "2017-12-20T21:03:04Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Finally something I can get behind. (I don’t know who the people in the OP are.) Ajit Oai is chairman of the FCC, which just screwed the internet. Martin Shkreli, from Wiki, “is an American businessman, former hedge fund manager, and convicted, currently incarcerated felon.” who screwed people out of a lot of money. I had to Google them myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/56 "2017-12-20T21:22:18Z")
Hmm violent fantasies about political opponents. This is healthy. ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/57 "2017-12-20T21:35:16Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Hmm violent fantasies about political opponents. This is healthy. Shut up, you. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/58 "2017-12-20T21:36:00Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Hmm violent fantasies about political opponents. This is healthy. Sure, but which one do you think is most punchable? ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/59 "2017-12-21T04:48:25Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Hmm violent fantasies about political opponents. This is healthy. You’re reaching calling them political opponents. There seems to be bipartisan distaste for those two. But, whatever, yeah I think it is healthy. Let it out here where it’s harmless. ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596/60 "2017-12-21T04:52:03Z")
> [@Asylum](#): > > You’re reaching calling them political opponents. There seems to be bipartisan distaste for those two. > > But, whatever, yeah I think it is healthy. Let it out here where it’s harmless. Less harmful than demanding that the losing candidate be imprisoned without reason or trial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-face-is-more-punchable-martin-shrkreli-or-ajit-pai/804596.md?page=4)