Stories posted online with the "Dead Dove: Do Not Eat" tag (or simply put, Dead Dove stories) are stories that aim to warn the reader of extremely taboo and disturbing content (e.g. sexual assault, incest, gore, pedophilia) that is contained in the storyline. Its main purpose is to shift responsibility to the reader such that if the reader gets deeply perturbed by the story, then it is not the author's fault as a detailed warning was given in the tags.