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

Mass media? 'Barbenheimer' as a concept is a meme driven by word of mouth and the absurdity over the two drastically tonally different (important note: good) movies releasing on the same day.

I'm sure the Barbie and Oppenheimer PR teams picked it up and ran with it, but it absolutely didn't start with them

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

I think you are too naive.m, this can not be a coincidence.