The problem is that a comment like the one I replied to reads like support. Echoing that thinking is not the same as rejecting it.

I think you're implying that you could easily detect my sarcasm, but it wasn't sufficiently obvious sarcasm for the broader HN readership, thus risked being taken literally.

I disagree. It seemed blindingly obviously sarcastic to me -- and the rest of the comments it generated indicate the same.

EDIT: PS the peer comment by blindsight has a much more cogent critique