Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee
"based"
Fucking hell. ha ha ha
Based is used approvingly to describe someone who projects a lack of concern about how others feel about their actions or opinions. It can also describe a thing, such as an action or event, perceived as both bold and commendable, especially if it challenges or flouts convention in some way.
...term was later taken up ironically in online circles by the
alt-right...
...this pseudo-title became a commonly-applied ironic honorific for conservatives online. “Based” was particularly popular in the far-right spaces of Reddit, 4chan, Twitter and Discord...
Based is used approvingly to describe someone who projects a lack of concern about how others feel about their actions or opinions. It can also describe a thing, such as an action or event, perceived as both bold and commendable, especially if it challenges or flouts convention in some way.
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Based has been
appropriated by the alt-right online as a general term of praise, as if “un-
woke.”
The re-invented
based, as a signal of power and swagger, was picked up by the alt-right/white nationalist community online in the 2010s.
...referring to alt-right or right-wing conservative figures as
based has become a sign of approval in online social-media forums like the pro-Trump subreddit, r/The_Donald.
On the other side of the spectrum, alt-right, white nationalist, and other Trump supporters online have,
incongruously, adopted
based for their own purposes. They routinely post on forums like Reddit with headlines describing someone whose actions they approve of as
based (e.g. “Based Boris Johnson refuses to apologize for saying women in burkas look like letterboxes.”).
Based is a slang term that originally meant to be addicted to crack cocaine (or acting like you were), but was reclaimed by rapper Lil B for being yourself and not caring what others think of you—to carry yourself with swagger.
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