Also, Perl sucks.
I suppose the joke would have been more obvious if I had added something along the lines of Python FTW SUCKAS! ;) :D ;).
It has its up and downs, but overall HN is a bit more serious than Reddit & friends. Humour will only get voted up if it's somewhat original/clever.
"what you posted is IMHO quite insulting to HN posters"
If it is insulting even with my comment just above that praising an article that itself criticizes the very kind of tribalistic behavior I was ironically exhibiting, then maybe more of those voting should have read the article itself and taken its message to heart.