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by serbuvlad 272 days ago
Based? Based on what?
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Usually means "based on facts".[1]

Here, probably used ironically.

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based

I don't think I've ever seen it used outside of a heavily irony-poisoned context.
So it fits perfectly.
Based.