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* NightmareFuel: ''Let's eat Irish babies!'' There are advice for breeding and Swift recommends gourmet recipes.

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: It's BlackComedyCannibalism: 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.''

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: It's BlackComedyCannibalism: The Book. Of Book, of ''course'' it crossed the line twice. Hell, it uses the line as a jump rope, ''and people still thought it was serious.''



* VindicatedByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its 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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** The fact that some people in positions of power ''actually thought the titular proposal was a good idea''.
* VindicatedByHistory: At the time of the essay's release, many people were horrified by this essay it and some English even thought this was a serious proposal. In the modern day, its 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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