when someone (specifically a millennial) starts recording, freezes for a second to make sure its recording, and then continue what they were doing. kinda like when your watching the news and it flips the camera to a news reporter overseas or something and they kind of just stand there for an awkward few seconds and then start talking.
*a video on tiktok*
"(few seconds of silence)...hey guys! so today we are going to (blah blah blah)"
*the comment section*
"lmfao not the millennial pause"
This is the game given to the habit of some people of pausing TV shows or films mid-flow in order to read text that is displayed on screen.
This phenomenon wasn't very common a couple of decades ago, but the ability to pause a TV show or film and retain crystal clear quality has caused the occurrences of this to rise in number. Often the people pausing the screen will pause in the hopes of learning some extra information about what's going on or maybe see some inside jokes. While sometimes they are right, more often than not the information will add nothing to the experience.
Can be very annoying for people who just want to watch the show.
"At least if she has Pause Button OCD it means you can run to the toilet while she reads it"
Stop talking about it.. stop thinking about it..
I'm mad at you right now.. what's your problem.. pause the movie.. we'll talk about it again later
The frustration one feels when watching a film at a movie theater, as one can't pause it.
Let's have a humanitarian pause so the terrorists get to kill more people
Your mom intentionally trying to sabotage your perfect bedwars experience
Me: break 6 beds and going to break last one to do the perfect game
My mom: pause the game and do the dish!
pause the game
Mom: pause the game me: You are the reason why toothpaste has instruction's on what to do after you eat it