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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by permo-w on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:15AM (#34982603)
"Based" is slang for "cool" or "in" that's common on 4chan, but I believe has its origins in the 90s offline

on 4chan it's largely used to mean something along the lines of "fitting the 4chan anti-groupthink groupthink"

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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by neom on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:24AM (#34982707)
I do recall people saying based a lot in the 90s, it meant based in reality.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by moralestapia on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:24PM (#34985163)
This is it.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by permo-w on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @03:17PM (#34987703)
this sounds much more plausible than the sibling comment's "based on your own beliefs", but plausibility is not necessarily correctness
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by hot_gril on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:02PM (#34984767)
Eh, originally meant "based on your own beliefs," usually in the context of sticking to your guns despite unpopularity. Which is/was the cool thing to express on 4chan.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by honkler on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @05:58PM (#34989515)
nah. 4chan learnt it from the rap song "Based God".
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by hot_gril on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:01PM (#34991382)
It meant the same thing in "Based God." I know 4chan didn't invent the phrase.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by honkler on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:17PM (#34991495)
Based in that means "being intoxicated with cocaine".
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by hot_gril on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:24PM (#34991556)
Lil B said it's both: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based%20God But only because he changed the meaning. Didn't realize there was an older one too.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by peyton on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @08:59PM (#34990956)
What? It’s from the 80s and means high on crack (freebase) and was re-popularized by Based God like 10–15 years ago.
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Re:OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Closed-So... by hot_gril on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @10:30PM (#34991606)
Yep, didn't know about the crack meaning. Based God made it what it is today.
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