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Barbara Oppenheimer - a retired Boston University professor and grandmother of five based in Newton, Massachusetts - has had quite the summer amid this year’s “Barbenheimer” frenzy.

In an interview with Slate, Oppenheimer revealed that numerous people thought she was joking when she would say her name outloud. The retiree recalled a specifically confusing moment during a recent vacation, saying: “When I checked in at the hotel, I said, ‘Barbie Oppenheimer!’ The guy said, ‘Are you pulling my leg?’”

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[-] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 264 points 1 year ago

Same thing happened to my friend, Shrek2 ThePassionoftheChrist in 2004.

[-] sufficientbread@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

My stomach hurts from how hard I laughed.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Wait. You knew Shree, too?
Did he ever tell you his toy story?

[-] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

I would totally watch Shrek 2: The Passion of the Christ

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago
[-] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Shrek is love, Shrek is life.

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago
[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Truth is often stranger than fiction.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago

I don't find it that strange really, Barbie is a first name (its a diminutive of Barbara), Oppenheimer is a surname

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Also, she actually married someone from the Oppenheimer family and took his name, so

The retired professor also revealed to the outlet that her husband is actually a distant relative of J Robert Oppenheimer; his father is third cousins with the father of the atomic bomb, hence her last name.

[-] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

The comment above is a commonly used joke phrase.

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 33 points 1 year ago

Glad to see that she has a good sense of humor about it.

[-] match@pawb.social 30 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I get worried that maybe things are too convenient / good / even too bad, and I think maybe I'm being Truman Show'd. But at least my name isn't Barbieheimer

[-] inspxtr@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

her parents are TIME TRAVELERS!!!

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