Notice that selecting any language gives you a dismissive remark, not just PHP. But you're right in that it's probably not the best way to cast a wide net (unless they're intentionally selecting for contributors with a good sense of humor).
Except for Rust which takes you directly to rust-lang.org. I actually like the idea though. No language is perfect and people do seem to be a bit too sensitive of their favourite languages.
"So you have a fetish for pointer types? That's cool, we all get tired of monogamy eventually."
You learned how to program bank software in the 80s? COBOL is GREAT for that