Thursday, January 15, 2009

Pause...

For those unaware of 'no homo' or 'pause', allow me to - very briefly - acquaint you. First, as a disclaimer, I should note that this is all super offensive and homophobic. Those problems, however, do not make this video any less funny.
Imagine 'no homo' or 'pause' as a defensive 'that's what she said' for males if they accidentally say something that could be construed as gay. As an example, if a male were to say, while referring to getting jabbed with a ski pole, 'It was super long and hard,' he could follow that up with 'no homo', or 'pause', so as to let his friends know that he's not gay. It was started by those inimitable titans of civilization - Cam'ron's The Diplomats - and it has gained a certain ease of use (no homo just in case) in homophobic circles. It is, of course, kind of funny. But offensive. And dumb. To clarify my rambling - rullgood is not homophobic.
Generally, from what I understand, 'pause' is used in more polite company - so that one can alert others in one's presence that one is not gay, despite what one said, while not offending others who may not be aware of the need to immediately refute anything potentially gay that one says. It's complicated.
With that explainer, then, the following video is super hilarious.

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