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That's just not true. I've been in many very online leftist communities and they also freely use it. it's just general internet speak at this point
by paintman252 4y ago
That's just not true. I've been in many very online leftist communities and they also freely use it.
it's just general internet speak at this point
- deathanatos 4y agoI view its etymology like this, Lil B (based ≈ doing your own thing (in a good way) not swayed by critics) ↙ ↘ Gen Z 4chan (based ≈ cool) ("based and redpilled" ≈"unswayed by pop rhetoric" and "sees the world beyond the 'illusion'", resp.)
- sangnoir 4y agoYou may be ignoring context in this specific instance: the picture in Musk's tweet has "Woke AI" and "Closed AI" being chased off by Based AI.