Examples of The " Question - How Many ____? Answer - Yes" Jokes From The Discussion Thread For Todrick Hall's Song "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IV of a four part pancocojams series on Todrick Hall's "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels" song and video.

Part IV presents some examples of the "Question - How many ___? Answer - Yes" jokes from the discussion thread for the official music video for Todrick Hall's "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels". Some comments that are part of these exchanges are also included in this post.

In addition to documenting these question: "How many ___? Answer- Yes" jokes, this post documents an exchange about the origin of Gay (Drag) lingo and demonstrates some of the ways that people engage with each other in YouTube discussion threads.

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/todrick-hall-nails-hair-hips-heels.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents an excerpt of an interview with Todrick Hall and showcases the official YouTube video of "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels". Selected general comments from the discussion thread for this video are also included in this post along with a link to this song's lyrics and a link to another video published by Todrick Hall entitled "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels - Behind The Scenes".

WARNING: This song contains profanity and other language that may be considered inappropriate for children.
Unfortunately, there's no clean version of this song available (yet?).

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/online-definitions-of-article-excerpts.html for Part II of this series. Part II presents online definitions of, article excerpts, & comments about some of the gay lingo that is found in Todrick Hall's song "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels".

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/examples-of-comments-from-youtube.html for Part III of this series. Part III presents some examples of comments from the discussion thread for the official music video for Todrick Hall's song "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels" that refer to "wigs being snatched".

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Thanks to Todrick Hall and all those who are associated with this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE QUESTION - "HOW MANY ____?" ANSWER -"YES" JOKES
One commenter (comment #42 below) wrote that "Yes" ("Yass") in these "How many __ questions means "all of them". I think "Yes" may also mean "a lot" or "as many/as much as I want".

It's possible that these Question - "How many ___?" Answer- "Yes" ("Yass") jokes are variations of the jokes that are discussed in the following excerpts:
From https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/2ib69s/why_do_people_answer_yes_to_questions_that_arent/

[Pancocojams Editor: I added numbers to these selected comments from that discussion thread for referencing purposes only.]

1. Posted byu/moomanjo, 2014
"Why do people answer "yes" to questions that aren't "yes or no" questions?
Answered!
I've seen it a lot on reddit but have no clue where it originated from. Or maybe it's just something people do to be annoying in general?

Here is a scenario which explains my question better:

Q: Was it a red hat or a blue hat?

A: Yes."

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2. TeneCursum, 2014
"Hijacking this comment near the top.

This is what's known as "inclusive or" in computer science/logic.

So, when either one answer OR the other is correct, the output is True (or Yes in this case). Which is as opposed to "exclusive or" which is what people are commonly using in spoken language: One OR the other, but not both.

Here's a link to inclusive or for more info: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusive_or#undefined

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3. Thachiefs4lyf, 2014
"Simple jokes"

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4. kurozael, 2014
"Yeah, people are looking into it too much. It's just funny."

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5. FishWash, 2014
"I think answering "yes" has the meaning of "either", not "both". It's like if someone asks "are you a boy or a girl?" answering yes is saying "yes, i am a boy or a girl" not "yes, i am a boy and a girl""

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6. Bumblemeister, 2014
"More like an "any of the above", esp in lists with more than two"

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7. Sir_Von_[profanity deleted], 2014
"Wow. People here are way off the mark.
It's sort of an anti-joke. The 'yes' isn't meant to be helpful, it's meant to be a useless answer in an attempt to create humour.

"Should I get the black hat or the brown hat?"
"Yes."
"Thanks for the help, [profanity deleted]."

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8. windsurfing, 2014
"Exactly. People are replying "yes" to these questions simply to be edgy. They're not replying to indicate that both options are true, because it doesn't even make sense in many cases, including OP's example."

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9. helium_farts, 2014
"Also known as a mathematician's answer. Basically it refers to an answer that is correct (in this case the hat can be both red and blue) but also completely useless.

Definitely older than reddit and possibly older than the internet."

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10. name deleted, 2014
"There's multiple reasons why people do it. Some just don't want to answer, some mean either/both, etc."

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11. alonchi, 2014
"I believe it's from a "stoner stanley" meme. The caption would say something like "what time is it?"- "yes", or "are you drunk or stupid?" - "yes""
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Click https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/10-guy for information about and examples of "Stoner Stanley"/

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12. cockatoo777, 2014
"Meant to be funny. Possibly a reference to the one npc in pokemon emerald who asks a question and you can only reply with yes or no.
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Click https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Non-player_character for information about "npc" (non-player characters in Pokémon games).

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SELECTED EXAMPLES OF THESE INTERNET JOKES IN THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR TODRICK HALL'S SONG "NAILS, HAIR, HIPS, HEELS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ04gPb4LlY

(Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. All of these examples were published on May 23, 2019-June 4, 2019).

1. Liv x
" “How fabulous do you want this mv to be?” "
Todrick: yess"
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“mv”= music video

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2. mychemicalpilotsatthefalloutdisco 123
" Director: how much sass do you want in this vid?
Todrick: YES"

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3. Pablo Montenegro
"mychemicalpilotsatthefalloutdisco 123 YAS*"
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Pablo Montenegro corrected this reply as "Yass" is the drag culture form of "yes".

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4. Carlos Salas
"Director: How gay do you want the video?
Todrick: Yes."

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5. Rafael Bernal
"Director: So, how much SASS you want in this video?

Todrick: YAAAS"

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6. Moon Kirin
"DIRECTOR: What level of fabulous would you like?
TODRICK: YES"

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7. Desiree
"Todrick directed himself!!!"

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8. todrickhall
"Something like that 😉"

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9. Miss Hillman
"@todrickhall THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY IN EVERY SINGLE WAY POSSIBLE!!!! THOSE DANCERS YOU HIRED, THE SET, THE WARDROBE YOU'RE F&&KING* AMAZING!!!!!!!!"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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10. todrickhall
"@Miss Hillman THANK YOU! Please share with everyone! ❤️"

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11. João Reis
" "how many gay cliches are u gonna use?"
Todrick: Yes"

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12. Will Van Moss
"João Reis Todrick is embracing his femme side and that is perfectly fine. They are not clichés most these terms come from the gay black community that has influenced the LGBTQ+ community immensely. If you are more butch and don’t like it so be it, but don’t put other people down by calling it ‘clichés’ just it’s not who you are..."

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13. Ričards Jēgers
"@Will Van Moss Were they trying to put anyone down though?"

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14. João Reis
"@Will Van Moss i love how u think im butch just cause i dont do all of that. this may shock u but tongue popping and quoting rpdr every 5minutes is NOT a personality))"
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"rpdr"= the television series Ru Paul's Drag Race

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15. João Reis
"@Will Van Moss plus most of it (if not all) comes from the BALLROOM SCENE (black/latino). Just like DIPS...not deathdrops not shablams. Its called a DIP!
and as a Gay Black Choreographer its pretty offensive that he STILL doesn't use the correct term. But apparently stealing from the ballroom community is never an issue for basic white queens

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16. Amber Kelly
"Dude lighten up a bit! Life doesn't need to be so serious"

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17. black
"João Reis no one said it was a f&&king* personality. like they said this “cliche” is apart of todricks history f&&k* rpdr and f&&k* you for being so pessimistic about something that’s meant to be a fun gay club bop"
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*These words are fully spelled out in this comment.

"bop" = a record specifically made for social dancing

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18. Coffee__ Kidd
"Producer: How fierce do you want the video to be?

Todrick: Yasssss"

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19. Ziv Yahud
"How many gay slangs do you want in the video?

Todrick: YeS"

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20. TheAmazingFred
"🤣🤣🤣"

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21. George F
"Ziv Yahud please stop with these annoying ass comments. This is a trend that needs to die."

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22. Gabriela Vainilla
"Yaaaass gawd"

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23. Edward Chen
"@George F who hurt u?"

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24. Pinch of Sage
"Todrick actually said "Yasssss" XD"

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25. Sam Blob
"Aren't these drag slangs?"

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26. SR EVIL
"Todrick: nhyassss"

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27. Celestino Celestino
"@George F is it just me or you sound like a overly religious homophobe.. Just me?"

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28. the1stanimekaratepup
"I think black women came up with most of these, if not all of them."

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29. Yell ow
"He checked nearly every box"

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30. George F
"Celestino Celestino its just you."

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31. Celestino Celestino
"@George F oh ok"

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32. Brenda Jedi Master
"@Celestino Celestino yeahh, it's just you."

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33. Trinity T.
"All of them."

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34. Sara Ahmad Mustafa Al-Amourie
"@the1stanimekaratepup no black women stole them from black drag queens which are gay men"

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35. Mr. Clean
"Producers: how many wigs do you want snatched?

Todrick: yes"

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36. EXO AND BTS NEED A COLLAB TO DISINTEGRATE ALL WIGS
"Director: How many Queen's do you want
Todrick: yes"

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37. drosh413 david
"Does anyone have any originality anymore? Same old, tired comments to get likes. Pathetic AF.."

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38. Ima King
"@drosh413 david uhm hi.....yes over here... thank you, im just here to say i dont think todrick would like this negativity in the comments section of his song for pride month..... thank you have a nice day"

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39. Widowfaker
"Producers: how much choreography will there be?
Todrick: yes"

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40. hallo9062
"Producer: How many gay terms do you want in your song?
Todrick: Yes"

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41. Niatmy Trần
"hallo9062 Sorry can you explain this humour. Why yes?"

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42. FusionBlastoise1
"Niatmy Trần

It’s not a yes or no question but responding “yes” is basically saying “all of them”.

A better execution would be:

“Would you like to use a whole bunch of gay slang, or just the gay aesthetic?”

“Yes”."

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