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Both of these viewpoints are true. While I wholeheartedly support the use of the word "based" in the sense that you put it, it is also slang in a certain online subculture and a nod to that subculture. OP was dead on about that in this case: the author's other works include "Why I don't use Cuck Licenses" and "Science vs. Soyence."
I regret looking those up. The titles aren't satirical.
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"based and redpilled" is quite literally the opposite of "cringe and bluepilled" in common usage. Based definitely is not a synonym for cringe. It often shows approval of some sort, or being impressed when someone acts like a "mad lad". I'm sure interpretations differ, but yours seemed a bit too far off the mark.
I think OP means that things described as based tend to be cringe for OP.
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Do you not have 'tea spoons' in the US? Or is that what you're referring to as a 'regular spoon'?
We most definitely do - the standard utensil set comes with 5 items per person: 1 table/butter knife 1 regular fork 1 small ("salad") fork 1 regular ("table" large?) spoon - approx equiv to 1tbsp 1 small ("tea") spoon - approx equiv to 1tsp I grew up referring to those spoons as "spoon" or "table spoon" (the default assumed desired spoon) and "tea spoon". Since the spoons are so flat, they can't really compare to a p…
(Which is to say you're not wrong at all, I'm just stressing how standardized that subset is).
You can really see it with plastic utensils. If you get them from a restaurant, the spoons and so on are pretty consistent - not absolutely so, but it's interesting how often they'll be a certain type.