Italian university students hung an effigy of Elon Musk upside down at the site where fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's body was desecrated in 1945.
    • Venicon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      I’m 40 this year I may just be getting too old but what does Based mean? I searched for it online previously and the explanation confused me but I see it everywhere along with cap/no cap and bet.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 hours ago

        Not much younger than you, but I got you on the definitions.

        I’d say based is more or less the opposite of the kids calling things cringe. Speaking truth to power is definitely based.

        Cap means a lie or posing. It can be used as a verb to accuse someone of lying to (i.e. “You’re capping”). To say no cap means “I’m dead serious”.

        Bet is basically an analog to ok.

        This slang all essentially comes from hip-hop and the surrounding culture around it.