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Dude who convinced women bikinis are different from underwear

This meme combines a text overlay with a live-action film still. The top text reads: 'The dude who convinced women that bikinis were different from underwear (they're the same thing):'. Below the text is a scene from a DC Extended Universe Superman film, where Henry Cavill as Superman stands in the middle of a large, adoring crowd. Many people in the crowd reach out towards him reverently, some wearing Day of the Dead themed face paint. The joke frames the hypothetical person who popularized the idea that bikinis are distinct from underwear as an extremely successful, celebrated, almost heroic figure for widely selling this perceived untruth.
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The dude who convinced women that bikinis were different from underwear (they're the same thing):

Overview

This meme combines a text overlay with a live-action film still. The top text reads: 'The dude who convinced women that bikinis were different from underwear (they're the same thing):'. Below the text is a scene from a DC Extended Universe Superman film, where Henry Cavill as Superman stands in the middle of a large, adoring crowd. Many people in the crowd reach out towards him reverently, some wearing Day of the Dead themed face paint. The joke frames the hypothetical person who popularized the idea that bikinis are distinct from underwear as an extremely successful, celebrated, almost heroic figure for widely selling this perceived untruth.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit per the provided source information. It is an edited remix meme that repurposes a still shot from the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, with custom text added at the top to create the humorous commentary. It was created by an anonymous Reddit user for sharing on the meme-focused subreddit.

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