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ToddZ

@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.

18 Dec 2023 at 17:22 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.linux.pizza
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Allan Chow
SeasonsChange

@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.

18 Dec 2023 at 22:03 | Open on retro.pizza
Chris P. :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣

@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.

18 Dec 2023 at 17:32 | Open on hachyderm.io
ikanreed

@b4ux1t3 the semantic difference in common modern usage between based and cool is really simple. Based implies a degree of defiance, an adherence to ones own way above others. But also the speaker likes it.

Cool now more explicitly means a more relaxed kind of positive connotation.

18 Dec 2023 at 17:44 | Open on mastodon.social
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