Great post, bebeastie. I thought your post was really top quality and you raised some interesting points in it. I especially appreciated your insights near the end of the post.
Not sure why you're being downvoted, I read this as a really smart prank on OP. It actually just made my day.
Humor, even when apropos, has a rocky ride on HN. There are plenty of people keen to avoid the site going down a meme-heavy Reddit path and who vote down all but the geekiest humor (even though constantly voting up posts by tech community trolls is seemingly OK <g>).
Thanks. This is my first post so I appreciate the positive feedback. Hopefully more to come...