TikTok is shipping Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, which could mean nothing

WHICH COULD MEAN NOTHING.
By Tim Marcin  on 
matt damon and ben affleck in an illustration of an ice cream parlor
Which could mean nothing. Credit: Zain Awais; NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

All good things come in pairs. Spaghetti and meatballs. Peanut butter and jelly. Matt Damon and... You said Ben Affleck, didn't you?

The two actors have long been linked. They've known each other since they were kids. They came up together and broke out simultaneously with their film Good Will Hunting. Through the ups and downs of two A-list Hollywood careers, they've been best buds. And maybe more, according to TikTok.

Yes, Damon and Affleck truly are just best friends. But that hasn't stopped the internet from shipping them romantically. TikTok is currently aflame with posts, memes, and fancams of Affleck and Damon, imagining them as a romantic couple. And, to be fair, it's not hard to find clips of the actors expressing their love for one another. Seriously, look at these TikTok mashups.

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Seriously, there are lots of posts about Affleck and Damon right now. Why? Well, for one, Affleck is in the news amid rumors that his rekindled relationship with Jennifer Lopez is on the rocks. There's also a meme going around about Matt and Ben via a very funny and viral 2021 headline from the gossip website Lainey Gossip in which it posted a photo of Matt Damon's ringless finger with the phrase, "which could mean nothing." It negates the entire point of the headline itself but also leaves so much open to interpretation.

TikTokkers and others have latched onto the phrase "which could mean nothing," using it as a wink of sorts while shipping a romantic relationship between Affleck and Damon. Basically, the idea is, "Here are all of the ways they love each other...which could mean nothing." Look at most of the posts about Damon and Affleck, and you'll see a "which could mean nothing" hashtag, caption, or comment.

It's funny to see TikTok shipping Damon and Affleck in 2024. In general, the site is composed of younger folks who might not know there is a deep history. There are dozens and dozens of works of fanfiction about Matt and Ben on the site Archive Of Our Own, and you can imagine where many of them go.

The '90s and 2000s have been back in vogue for a while now, so it only makes sense TikTok has reignited the flame around Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's bromance.

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Tim Marcin is a culture reporter at Mashable, where he writes about food, fitness, weird stuff on the internet, and, well, just about anything else. You can find him posting endlessly about Buffalo wings on Twitter at @timmarcin.


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