• Flax@feddit.uk
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    5 days ago

    Salman Rushdie is still alive, Elvis isn’t… Is there some historical context I’m missing?

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      5 days ago

      I assume it’s that Salmon Rushdie was in hiding due to the Islamic Fatwa threats against him, and it’s a popular mythology that Elvis didn’t die and just faked his death to quit show biz.

      So in this unlikely scenario they’re both hiding out together, for vastly different reasons.

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      It’s the Far side. It never really tries to make sense.