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[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

did "hey let's eat irish babies" do anything over there or is swift's only legacy being used as a school lesson? they skipped the part where they should've told us if it made a difference.

[–] pisstoria@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The name "Vanessa" comes from a poem of his, but I don't think that's too relevant to his satire.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 22 hours ago

i also forgot about a bunch of stuff from gulliver's travels, but byte-order conventions are probably not relevant either

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly have no idea, not one I'm an expert on. Perhaps? I wonder if the efficacy of this style of critique changes depending on society and media literacy rate. Probably? This would also be different historically I assume.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

yeah there are several sibling chains about riding the line of subtlety and i think that's mostly a literacy issue.