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I’ve noticed that when I see the word “based,” the word “crypto” often isn’t far behind.
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 @b4ux1t3 @bhawthorne @grumpasaurus LOL, that’s likely true. My sampling is mostly Linux YouTubers who turn out to be alt-libertarian crypto/web3 wanna-Thiels. @grumpasaurus @toddz @b4ux1t3 @bhawthorne This whole thread is 🔥 no cap Translator's Note: That is to say, this whole thread is highly enjoyable and this is a fact. @toddz @bhawthorne @grumpasaurus I myself only know this because I have some cousins who have kids that are the right age, and they basically universally despise crypto (I may or may not have had a hand in that), but use based to describe everything that I would have described as "cool" at their age. That they _also_ use "cool" is really confusing to me.  @b4ux1t3 @toddz @bhawthorne @grumpasaurus it *was* used by the youngs, then the right wing reactionaries, christofascists and crypto bros corrupted it to mean the opposite of how they use 'woke', which they also corrupted into meaning 'socially progressive, but it's a pejorative'. |
@toddz @bhawthorne @grumpasaurus eh, based is just a slang term. It's more often used by younger folks, and crypto folks are (generally) younger.
It's like saying "whenever the word cool is used, drugs aren't far behind" in the 80s.