It’s me. I’m doing it. I’ve been sneaking up to every assassin and ass ass an on the planet and gently tucking a copy of catcher in the rye into their back pocket. Yes it was me the whole time.
Why do "assassins" or whatever always have a Copy of Catcher in The Rye on them or with them? I read the book and nothing about taking out people, well prolly catholics but that is it?
Submitted 1 day ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Good luck with your ass ass ing!
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
The hero we need, not the hero we deserve.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Conspiracy Theory (movie from the 90’s) explained it as a CIA trigger/tracking method.
xylogx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Specifically the brainwashed assassins were programmed with an urge to buy copies of the book. The CIA tracked purchases and used it to keep tabs on the assassins movements.
It is kind of ludicrous, but not a bad movie.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 day ago
There were a few assassins/mass shooters who had a copy with them, if I recall. It became a weird coincidence, kind of like criminals with the middle of Wayne. I think Conspiracy Theory found a semi-plausible reason for having this happen, which would be far simpler today than it was then, and also coincidentally made fun of Catcher in the Rye - about the only people buying it are programmed to do so.
mech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Patnou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yea I usually type just for engagement not points or anything. But thanks for looking at it…no sarcasm in that.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 day ago
What is this Copy of meaningless xyz?
Goudewup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
They don’t
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
sigh
en.wikipedia.org/…/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye_in_popu…
"The best-known event associated with The Catcher in the Rye is arguably Mark David Chapman’s murder of John Lennon in 1980.[14] Chapman identified with the novel’s narrator to the extent that he wanted to change his name to Holden Caulfield. On the night he shot Lennon, Chapman was found with a copy of the book in which he had written “This is my statement” and signed Holden’s name.[15] Later, he read a passage from the novel to address the court during his sentencing.[16] Daniel Stashower speculated that Chapman had wanted Lennon’s innocence to be preserved by death, inspired by Holden’s wish to preserve children’s innocence despite Holden’s later realization that children should be left alone.[16]
"After John Hinckley Jr.'s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981, police found The Catcher in the Rye in his hotel room.[17] Hinckley’s possession of the novel was later dismissed as an influence, as a half dozen various other types of books were also discovered in his possession.
“Robert John Bardo, who murdered Rebecca Schaeffer, was carrying the book when he visited Schaeffer’s apartment in Hollywood on July 18, 1989 and murdered her.”
Two carried it, one had it back in his hotel room.