For real though is based just a new form speak like poggers and has no actual meaning to it?

  • carbohydra [des/pair]
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    3 years ago

    new form speak

    has no actual meaning to it

    dude, language is just random noises we decided on

    except for a small number of simple baby noises like "mama" and "papa" that are inherent to our anatomy and found all over the world

  • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    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

          • effervescent [they/them]
            cake
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            3 years ago

            I don’t really get what they mean either. Like I can define them and they both basically mean “good”, but it’s also obvious to me that I could not use them in the appropriate context if my life depended on it

            • Bloobish [comrade/them]
              hexagon
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              3 years ago

              Same, and you also have the new age online strasserists that parrot mainline worker populism but with that fash undertone.

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      that the majority of "based" internet dwellers are either ignorant kids or just straight up fetishistic fash (i.e. meaning whenever someone uses based and isn't citing leftist praxis)

  • Puggo [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I remember "based" being used extensively on 4chan around a decade or so ago. But back then, it was always used as part of the phrase, "thank you, based god" or based whatever; it wasn't used by itself, but strictly as an adjective.

    • OllieMendes [he/him,any]
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      3 years ago

      I only heard it from Vinesauce Joel years ago because he would play Oblivion and refer to Todd Howard as "Based Todd".

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    When I see "based" in the wild, 90% of the time it's some :frothingfash: getting approved by some :le-pol-face: in an online chat box.

    :frothingfash: "Exterminate the (d-word for genocide targets)!"

    :le-pol-face: "BASED" :so-true:

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      That's the majority of my encounters with it as well like on :reddit-logo:

  • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I thought it was al kaida's name translated to base. And it refered to sticking it to the system in socially unacceptable ways