That's what I was thinking when I saw the OP as well, especially when considering their username Iirc it was a term that used to refer to people who were "out

That's what I was thinking when I saw the OP as well, especially when considering their username Iirc it was a term that used to refer to people who were "out of their mind" saying that they were crack users or freebase cocaine users, calling them based. The rapper lil b then used the word frequently to reclaim it as a positive