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[-] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

"Tubular" I can at least trace where it came from. It's surfer lingo. Sometimes when you catch a wave, the wave crests all the way over you and encloses into a tube. Surfing through that is supposedly the most euphoric thing about the sport. "Tubular" is thus "anything that makes you feel the way a surfer surfing through a tube-shaped wave feels". Thrill, wonder, excitement, etc.

I have no idea where tf "based" came from. Wiktionary suggests that it ultimately comes from the chemical definition of "base" (i.e. the opposite of an acid). "Freebasing" is a way of converting certain drugs, particularly cocaine, into smokable form by converting them from acid to base. Rapper Lil B. is alleged to have coined "based" to describe his lifestyle as someone who is unafraid to be himself as an individual (which, I guess, included smoking crack). This supposedly filtered into 4chan to become an alt-right slogan for "admirable person who bravely maintains alt-right opinions in spite of adversity" ("based and redpilled"), and later was claimed by groups outside the alt-right to simply mean, "someone with admirable opinions".

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It definitely started gaining traction from based god lil b lol

I think the funniest part about it is how obviously over the top and ridiculous lil b would be, then yeah the alt right tried to take it over but now it's basically back to the lil b style meaning.

[-] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not into the culture so I didn't want to lean too heavily on this one source. It's good to have some corroboration!

[-] gggg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

he talks about it in this interview from 2010, a little more than halfway through the article. afaik, his use is where the slang originates.

https://www.complex.com/music/a/complex/lil-b-talks-getting-sucker-punched-gay-rumors-drake-envy - so sorry about the ugly link, still learning how to do this

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, sounds about right for the timeframe, my friends in HS listened to his music, I honestly don't know if they ironically liked it or not, it's not "good" but it was pretty funny.

https://youtu.be/nYfceJhgvRM?si=xGLKpXwTq0h6aOsR

Swag swag lmao

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[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

As far as imageboards go, I believe lil b was the origin, not mere traction. KYM can hopefully confirm.

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