Tag: 19. März 2021
„Based“ als Gegensatz zu „Woke“
Ein Begriff, der seinen Weg ins Deutsche gefunden hat ist „based“, der etwas das Gegenstück zu „Woke“ bildet:
Aus dem Urban Dictonary:
he quality of having an opinion without regard for what other people think, often a controversial opinion but not always. Upon expressing such an opinion it is customary for others to acknowledge the person as being based.
John:“Return to Monkey”
Jim: “Ayo, Based?”
„Return to Monkey“ ist dabei die Aussage, dass die Zivilisation schief gegangen ist (eben im woken) und man besser wieder als Affe lebt, also zu den Grundlagen zurückkehrt.
Ein weiterer Beitrag aus dem Lexikon:
A word used when you agree with something; or when you want to recognize someone for being themselves, i.e. courageous and unique or not caring what others think. Especially common in online political slang.
The opposite of cringe, some times the opposite of biased.
The latter usage is the original use as coined by rapper Lil B, and the word originally took off on the meta-ironic website 4Chan with the latter meaning. For that reason the word is largely used meta-ironically (without context you can’t tell if it’s being used ironically or sincerely as it’s used in both ways) and was popularized in online political slang of conservatives and the political right before being adopted into mainstream online political slang (likely through shitposting websites or subreddits such as r/politicalcompass memes that are similar to 4chan in their meta-irony and „edginess“ but contain a wider variety of political beliefs) and eventually adopted into general online vernacular.
When used in online political language it can mean „based in fact“ or the opposite of biased due to the number of people who saw it being first used seriously by the online political right and came to the conclusion that is was related to the phrase „destroyed with facts and logic“ in reference to right wing personality Ben Shapiro.
Example 1: meta-ironicShitposter: Posts gif of funny monkey Return to monke
Commentor: BasedExample 2: meta-ironic
4chan Anon 1: I’m going to commit hate crimes
4chan Anon 2: BasedExample 3: Politics
Leftist 1: There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
Leftist 2: Based.
Auch eine interessante Definition.
Es geht also im wesentlichen darum keine Sachen zu sagen, weil man virtue Signalling betreibt und gut ankommen will, sondern weil sie eben so sind. Das alleine ist aber natürlich schwierig, denn natürlich kann man gar nicht daran vorbei kommen bei jeder politischen Aussage auch ein gewisses Signalling zu betreiben, zu der Gruppe, die eben diese Ansichten vertritt.
Aber der Gegensatz „Woke“ zu „Based“ zeigt auch mal wieder wie schnell Lagerbildung funktioniert, auch über Begriffe.