- Anvilicious: The essay equates British policies and attitudes towards the Irish with eating children in a marvelously over-the-top detailed manifesto.
- Crosses the Line Twice: It's Black Comedy Cannibalism: The Book, of course it crossed the line twice. Hell, it uses the line as a jump rope, and people still thought it was serious.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- Let's eat Irish babies! There are advice for breeding and Swift recommends gourmet recipes.
- The fact that some people in positions of power actually thought the titular proposal was a good idea.
- Vindicated by History: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by it and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, it's both taught as an effective form of satire by schools, as well as used as a format by many other publications to support their own arguments.
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