• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Please tell me what “based” even means so I can misuse it amongst a bunch of 12 year olds and make them fucking stop.

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      1 year ago

      Crack = freebasing cocaine = base.
      Bay Area rapper Lil B used to be insulted by people who called him “based”, essentially meaning crackhead. He reappropriated it to mean outspokenly being yourself while actively disregarding what anybody else thinks, and started also going by Based God. That’s it.

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        1 year ago

        Which was originally used on the internet as a replacement/slang for “best” but apparently I am the only one who remembers that. Everyone seems to think it started as the cringelord PCM shit, but it absolutely meant “best” for years before that.

        It definitely meant crackhead in hip-hop too, but it had a double meaning of “best” as well. Based God = best crackhead god.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, other than ignoring that now people only use it ironically after the far right spammed it out talking about heinous garbage.

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      1 year ago

      I believe it’s come from “based god”, which referred to a god that appeared on earth.

      Of course, it’s been 10 years since I heard it used in that context, and assuming it hasn’t evolved since then may be wrong…