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I don't know what "based" means, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
It's the opposite of "cringe"
Hardly, the use of based this way is cringe.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/based
(Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) Admirable for rejecting political correctness or socially progressive values. Synonym: unwoke based and redpilled My last account got banned for being too based.
well that's what it originally meant
I've mostly seen it referring to other things, sometimes non-political things and sometimes political things but as a positive statement about something progressive
So based
Is this where I say six seven? Am I doing it? Do the kids think I'm cool yet?