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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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