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#a modest proposal
werewolfetone · 4 months
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Jonathan swift that one time
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aussie-bookworm · 1 year
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I could be completely wrong but I’m just makin guesses while the official lyrics aren’t out. Eat Your Young does seem to be partially inspired by A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
In case you haven’t read A Modest Proposal (which I do recommend reading as it’s a short yet interesting read), it’s a satirical essay suggesting that the poor in Ireland sell their children as food to the rich
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caffeinatedhobbit · 1 year
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AP English girlies how we doing
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balkanbitch · 1 year
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RIP Jonathan Swift you would have loved hozier
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timetravelonion · 1 year
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Hozier really said
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protectcosette · 1 year
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love how hozier's like. "hey what if we took a modest proposal and set it to a fun beat and gave it a catchy melody"
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itsbansheebitch · 9 months
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Image #1: Trees have been trimmed outside Universal Studios, taking away the shade from protestors on a 90 Degree Fahrenheit Week. After some investigation it was found that the tress belonged the the city and they had not issued permits for them to be trimmed.
Image #2: A picture posted to r/Disneyland with the caption "Today at the Park...". The picture shows a sign that reads, "Notice of Filming Today. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will be filming at this location today. By entering this location, you irrevocably consent to and authorize Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, its affiliates, successors, and assigns (collectively, 'Producer'), to photograph you, make audio and video recordings of you, and use such photographs and recordings throughout the world, for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity and in any media including, but not limited to, online, social media, streaming platforms, television broadcast and home entertainment products. All such photographs and recordings will be the sole property of the Producer." At the bottom of the sign it says, "Disney: Haunted Mansion, World Premiere, Disneyland"
Imagine getting paid 400 times more than your lowest paid worker and complaining about workers being "unrealistic." Like, listen Bobby boy, I think even 40 times more or whatever the rate was in 1990. I'm about to make a new Modest Proposal if you know what I mean lol
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happybunnykat · 11 months
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Eat Your Young, Hozier, 2023
A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift, 1729
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has this been done
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hopelessromanfic · 5 months
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it’s so fun being an english major until you have to read about straight up cannibalism at 10:30 at night
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faeriecap · 1 year
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forget the lowercase fanfic titles i’m so excited to see the two tiered creative titles that english lit, art history, mythology, and celtic studies students write now that eat your young is out 💀
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juniperharvest · 8 months
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Okay one more:
Eat Your Young is def a reference to A Modest Proposal (yes with added context of 2023 imperialism, capitalism, climate change, etc) surprise! ABOUT THE IRISH and the colonial violence done to them by the British. pls go read a modest proposal by Jonathan swift
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No cause I’m so upset and disappointed at myself that I completely overlooked Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal for Eat Your Young. That’s on me. It fits so well, and so much better than the Kronos mythology I initially thought. With the state of everything right now, and all the laws being enacted in America (and the laws loudly being not written), this idea of sacrificing children for the comfort of adults. In school shootings. In attacking LGBTQIA+ children. In making sure the younger generations will never have the money to survive nor the power to make change, because if they do, then the older generations will be the first to go hungry.
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fightthereality · 1 year
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My favorite thing about the new Hozier EP drop is that now everyone of the Hozier girlies, boylies and theylies is reading and discussing a modest proposal my time has COME
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plaudiusplants · 1 year
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With the ongoing issues of food insecurity all over the world, I'd like to make a modest proposal.....
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daniel-profeta · 10 months
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Original Song coming soon
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Hello fellow mental institution patients. I wanted to quickly let you know that the comedy song I wrote for my last youtube video is coming to streaming and youtube soon. Currently waiting on the distributor, but as soon as it's live I will upload the music video and link all the streaming platforms beneath.
Try not to eat children.
In preparation, the song is available for download on bandcamp already: https://danielprofeta.bandcamp.com/music
You can also find my new spotify account here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2wZZ3w1tzLGC9QGXv6Uxic?si=hSSEPgxKQZCVmVaarV_GoQ
Final announcement, but I'm going to be slowly rolling out my previous releases to all streaming platforms. Including Mania Machinations, Paper Skies, and The Sighting.
Stay tuned for new videos, and a new album coming soon. We Are Legion.
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