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Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by exfascist on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:29AM (#30957241)
I'm still not convinced it isn't partially related to the word "base" as in "bad" or "cool" which has been used for a pretty long time.
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Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by fullshark on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:43AM (#30957494)
I think its origin is being high on crack cocaine (freebase) and feeling good as a result
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Re:Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines by newbamboo on Friday April 08, 2022 @10:50AM (#30957615)
From “All your base are belong to us.” Not a new term. It’s a gamer thing.
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