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Based just means cool. Honey Boo Boo is not based.

cratermoon 6y ago
It does not just mean "cool". What you think is cool I might think is stupid or offensive. Either way, we do what we want, we are based. The fact that Honey Boo Boo is reviled just shows that she epitomizes based.
- morlockabove 6y ago
  Based is in the eye of the beholder, yes, exactly like what's 'cool' or not. Two different groups can disagree about which words apply to particular things or people while still holding the same usage/meaning for the words themselves. Like 'cool' and 'lame'.
cryptoz 6y ago
I've never heard based meaning 'cool'. It's always been a synonym for 'cringe' or 'unpleasant' or 'racist' to me.
- yariik 6y ago
  What's 'racist'?
- allison_kaas 6y ago
  then you don't know what it means.
- opan 6y ago
  "based and redpilled" is quite literally the opposite of "cringe and bluepilled" in common usage. Based definitely is not a synonym for cringe. It often shows approval of some sort, or being impressed when someone acts like a "mad lad". I'm sure interpretations differ, but yours seemed a bit too far off the mark.
  - SilverRed 6y ago
    I think OP means that things described as based tend to be cringe for OP.
    - allison_kaas 6y ago
      because OP is cringe
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      That is probably true, but it’s still pretty clearly the opposite of “cringe” in meaning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI.
      - cryptoz 6y ago
        FWIW, that video doesn't change the meaning of the word to me. Still means cringe/unpleasant/racist to me. Every time I've seen 'based' used, it is nearly always followed by something cringe, unpleasant, or racist. I do understand words have multiple meanings and people interpret things differently. I'm willing to accept that other people interpret 'based' as 'cool', but that is not what the word means to me, or to a lot of other people, I'm sure.
        _rape_ 6y ago
        lol dilate
        saagarjha 6y ago
        That’s not what the word means to you, that’s how you feel about content that the word is associated with. Just like “homeopathy” generally makes me think “pseudoscience” but really means “dilute a bunch of stuff and use it as medicine”. It’s natural to feel that content that is “based” to people who use that word is “cringe” to you because you disagree with their opinions on what is “based”, but it doesn’t change the meaning of based but instead means “I just think that thing is cringe myself”.
lliamander 6y ago
I would argue 'cool' also means not caring what others think. If you are worried about whether you are cool, you aren't.
clarge1120 6y ago
Yep

It does not just mean "cool". What you think is cool I might think is stupid or offensive. Either way, we do what we want, we are based. The fact that Honey Boo Boo is reviled just shows that she epitomizes based.

morlockabove 6y ago
Based is in the eye of the beholder, yes, exactly like what's 'cool' or not. Two different groups can disagree about which words apply to particular things or people while still holding the same usage/meaning for the words themselves. Like 'cool' and 'lame'.

cryptoz 6y ago

I've never heard based meaning 'cool'. It's always been a synonym for 'cringe' or 'unpleasant' or 'racist' to me.

yariik 6y ago
What's 'racist'?
allison_kaas 6y ago
then you don't know what it means.
opan 6y ago
"based and redpilled" is quite literally the opposite of "cringe and bluepilled" in common usage. Based definitely is not a synonym for cringe. It often shows approval of some sort, or being impressed when someone acts like a "mad lad". I'm sure interpretations differ, but yours seemed a bit too far off the mark.
- SilverRed 6y ago
  I think OP means that things described as based tend to be cringe for OP.
  - allison_kaas 6y ago
    because OP is cringe
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    That is probably true, but it’s still pretty clearly the opposite of “cringe” in meaning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwJke4UWGI.
    - cryptoz 6y ago
      FWIW, that video doesn't change the meaning of the word to me. Still means cringe/unpleasant/racist to me. Every time I've seen 'based' used, it is nearly always followed by something cringe, unpleasant, or racist. I do understand words have multiple meanings and people interpret things differently. I'm willing to accept that other people interpret 'based' as 'cool', but that is not what the word means to me, or to a lot of other people, I'm sure.
      - _rape_ 6y ago
        lol dilate
      - saagarjha 6y ago
        That’s not what the word means to you, that’s how you feel about content that the word is associated with. Just like “homeopathy” generally makes me think “pseudoscience” but really means “dilute a bunch of stuff and use it as medicine”. It’s natural to feel that content that is “based” to people who use that word is “cringe” to you because you disagree with their opinions on what is “based”, but it doesn’t change the meaning of based but instead means “I just think that thing is cringe myself”.

lliamander 6y ago

I would argue 'cool' also means not caring what others think. If you are worried about whether you are cool, you aren't.

clarge1120 6y ago

Yep