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What is “based” cooking? It’s not explained on the site. A web search obviously leads to [something-]based cooking. I was hoping that there was something to th

What is “based” cooking? It’s not explained on the site. A web search obviously leads to [something-]based cooking. I was hoping that there was something to this about minimizing nonsense around online recipes, but the first one I read (stroganoff) had ingredients in the instructions not included in the ingredients list. I’m not trying to trash this, I just don’t know what it’s trying to accomplish.

defen 6y ago
"Based" is a slang word that means the opposite of "cringe", which is the feeling you experience when you go to a recipe site and get treated to 500 words about how much the author loves winter.
- cryptoz 6y ago
  Worth throwing out there that 'based' is a new-ish word and means different things to different people. As I have been discussing in this thread, my understanding of the definition of 'based' is something equal to cringe, or 'unpleasant', and sometimes 'racist'. > 500 words about how much the author loves winter Also discussed in this thread, but it is far from agreed-upon that those extra words are 'cringe'; at least some people here seem to enjoy that content. And regardless, the existence of that content is an interesting discussion; is it a legal concern, or a result of capitalism and algorithms and SEO? Or something else entirely?
  - defen 6y ago
    It could be all that, or it could be a reference to Lil B's cooking music (as far as I know he invented the word) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghGHHBO_nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghGHHBO_nU
    - ergl 6y ago
      No need to guess, just check out the author's youtube channel[0], look at the thumbnails. It's /g/ tier "humor" [0]: https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz/videos
fulafel 6y ago
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based
UncleMeat 6y ago
It is a "hide your powerlevel" thing. "Based" is a term that is often used in alt-right circles (and 4chan, and some other places too). It isn't exclusive to these communities, but using it signals to readers what one's political beliefs (or at least community associations) are. The author of this page has some... questionable beliefs. And the use of this term is part of signaling that without sticking "a fascist-adjacent person's guide to cooking" on the header.
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  Oh got it! This is actually helpful thank you. I’m usually quick to recognize their code but it was so inundating the last few years I couldn’t keep up.
  - jimmygrapes 6y ago
    Imagine it was called lit.cooking. Would you still denigrate the language as if it was other? What would that say about your bigotry? I'm about 60% sarcastic here btw
    - eyelidlessness 6y ago
      1. I have no idea what I’m supposed to associate with your “imagine” scenario. I associate “lit” with drunk or high, but I doubt that’s what you meant? 2. I didn’t denigrate anything, I asked what something meant. 3. My... bigotry? Excuse me but what? I didn’t recognize a slang term. 4. I’m not gonna guess which 60% was sarcastic. But more than that was defensive. 5. To the extent it was important and valuable to me to have it identified, I couldn’t care less about “othering” a group of people that have murdered people I care about and expressed wanting me and my loved ones dead. Yep you read between the lines, I’m biased against people who want to do violence against me and my loved ones. What a fucking revelation. 6. I wish a cooking site could be something that doesn’t attract this bullshit. But since it can’t. How fucking dare you call me a bigot. 7. Edit: I’m 0% sarcastic here, I don’t need to put up a facade to be sincere.
    - UncleMeat 6y ago

defen 6y ago

"Based" is a slang word that means the opposite of "cringe", which is the feeling you experience when you go to a recipe site and get treated to 500 words about how much the author loves winter.

cryptoz 6y ago
Worth throwing out there that 'based' is a new-ish word and means different things to different people. As I have been discussing in this thread, my understanding of the definition of 'based' is something equal to cringe, or 'unpleasant', and sometimes 'racist'. > 500 words about how much the author loves winter Also discussed in this thread, but it is far from agreed-upon that those extra words are 'cringe'; at least some people here seem to enjoy that content. And regardless, the existence of that content is an interesting discussion; is it a legal concern, or a result of capitalism and algorithms and SEO? Or something else entirely?
- defen 6y ago
  It could be all that, or it could be a reference to Lil B's cooking music (as far as I know he invented the word) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghGHHBO_nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghGHHBO_nU
  - ergl 6y ago
    No need to guess, just check out the author's youtube channel[0], look at the thumbnails. It's /g/ tier "humor" [0]: https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeSmithxyz/videos

fulafel 6y ago

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based

UncleMeat 6y ago

It is a "hide your powerlevel" thing. "Based" is a term that is often used in alt-right circles (and 4chan, and some other places too). It isn't exclusive to these communities, but using it signals to readers what one's political beliefs (or at least community associations) are. The author of this page has some... questionable beliefs. And the use of this term is part of signaling that without sticking "a fascist-adjacent person's guide to cooking" on the header.

eyelidlessness 6y ago
Oh got it! This is actually helpful thank you. I’m usually quick to recognize their code but it was so inundating the last few years I couldn’t keep up.
- jimmygrapes 6y ago
  Imagine it was called lit.cooking. Would you still denigrate the language as if it was other? What would that say about your bigotry? I'm about 60% sarcastic here btw
  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    1. I have no idea what I’m supposed to associate with your “imagine” scenario. I associate “lit” with drunk or high, but I doubt that’s what you meant? 2. I didn’t denigrate anything, I asked what something meant. 3. My... bigotry? Excuse me but what? I didn’t recognize a slang term. 4. I’m not gonna guess which 60% was sarcastic. But more than that was defensive. 5. To the extent it was important and valuable to me to have it identified, I couldn’t care less about “othering” a group of people that have murdered people I care about and expressed wanting me and my loved ones dead. Yep you read between the lines, I’m biased against people who want to do violence against me and my loved ones. What a fucking revelation. 6. I wish a cooking site could be something that doesn’t attract this bullshit. But since it can’t. How fucking dare you call me a bigot. 7. Edit: I’m 0% sarcastic here, I don’t need to put up a facade to be sincere.
  - UncleMeat 6y ago