"Based" originated from people on KanyeToThe listening to Lil B "The Based God" and turning him into an enormous meme
A decent chunk of people from KTT crossposted on /fa/ and /mu/ and started to use based to refer to stuff that was, well, BASED
over time the rest of 4chan appropriated it and it morphed into a right wing thing when it was originally meant to be a very liberatory slogan:
"He describes his work as "based", a term which denotes a lifestyle of positivity and tolerance; and is noted for his extensive use of social media to build an online cult following."
https://youtu.be/7zJa6FB5crk
This shit is super old, I knew people in highschool that knew Lil B (Bay Area represent loel) and it was a thing among black people in the Bay Area in like 2010 lol
https://youtu.be/AJMZ7rtsmTA
"Based" originated from people on KanyeToThe listening to Lil B "The Based God" and turning him into an enormous meme
A decent chunk of people from KTT crossposted on /fa/ and /mu/ and started to use based to refer to stuff that was, well, BASED
over time the rest of 4chan appropriated it and it morphed into a right wing thing when it was originally meant to be a very liberatory slogan:
"He describes his work as "based", a term which denotes a lifestyle of positivity and tolerance; and is noted for his extensive use of social media to build an online cult following."
https://youtu.be/7zJa6FB5crk
This shit is super old, I knew people in highschool that knew Lil B (Bay Area represent loel) and it was a thing among black people in the Bay Area in like 2010 lol
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non fash*ids were using it far before they did though, that's what I'm trying to say
Thanks I had no idea!