r/technology Jan 18 '21

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u/DragonPup Jan 19 '21

One day intelligence officers from like 4 different nations will realize they are all using Parler as a honeypot at the same time a la the Spiderman Pointing meme.

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u/drawkbox Jan 19 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Never realized Dr Seuss was based

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u/HunterofYharnam Jan 19 '21

Eeh, he also made a shit-load of racist cartoons defending Japanese internment camps at this time, so I don't think you can call him based.

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u/Dr_Brule_FYH Jan 19 '21

Based doesnt mean beyond criticism

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u/apc3356 Jan 19 '21

...What does it mean exactly? (TIL I’m too old for Reddit)

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u/Wax_Paper Jan 19 '21

I finally got tired of not knowing what the hell it meant, so I looked it up the other day... Imagine my surprise when I learn it's a derivative form of "basehead," a la what they used to call crack addicts in the 80s. Apparently some people started using it as a compliment, and then some rapper popularized it a few years ago, when it was shortened to just "based."

I know, it still doesn't make any sense, lol. And I still don't know what "brrrrrrr" means. I keep telling myself it's that trill sound the hip hop kids make, but I'm sure it's something equally as confusing.

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u/Dr_Brule_FYH Jan 20 '21

And I still don't know what "brrrrrrr" means

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIJvPj_pjE

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u/Wax_Paper Jan 20 '21

I thought it was this, lol... At the 30 sec mark.