Pride Month is Too Long
Summary
A straphanger argues that Pride should be a week, not a month, comparing it to Mardi Gras as "straight Pride." Kareem fires back that January 6th was straight Pride. His guest disagrees spectacularly, insisting the Capitol riot was actually "the gayest thing I have ever seen in my entire life" because shirtless men in costumes obsessing over another man sounds pretty gay. The conversation spirals into a absurdist catalogue of secretly gay activities. Pickleball? Gay. Boba tea? You're sucking balls out of a nine-inch tube. Water fountains? Also gay. The logic is unhinged, and that's the point.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? I don't think we need a month for Pride. You don't think we need a month for Pride? No. Give us a week. I think a week is fine, but a month? No. I don't want to take away from the gay community.
No, I understand that, but I do see the point of making it a week. Yeah, cuz then it's like a real big celebration. Like Mardi Gras—that's a that's straight Pride.
Oh, no, no, no, no. January 6th was a straight Pride. January 6th is probably the gayest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Why? You got all these men standing around the Capitol. A lot of them are shirtless in costumes and face paint. That's a gay pride parade. And then they're all there cuz they're, what, obsessed with a man? Okay, like let's be honest, Trey. People do more gay things than gay people. Like, what—pickle ball? That's gay. I'm sorry. Boba? You're sucking balls out of a nine-inch tube. Water fountains are gay. You're like, and then you come up and you're like, "Oh, I support gay.