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Yup. Probably because ChpBstd misjudged his audience. This thread is one of his first posts, so the forumites have no prior knowledge of his baseline personality, from which we can judge hyperbole and sarcasm. And he posted in Ask A Mustachian, where tyro's posting case studies are often combative, surly, and don't address genuinely helpful posts. He also posted on a fourm that contains a whole sub-thread dedicated sole to, yup, shaming. Based on that scant information, why not take ChpBstd at his word about his 4-step plan? The audience simply isn't primed for sarcasm, and ChpBstd failed to break the surface assumptions and cue people into his humor.
I asked a question before, but I got ignored. Here's what I wonder: So ChpBstrd, if your wife found this, would she be surprised or upset? If no, carry on, and maybe get her to chime in. If yes, then you probably shouldn't be doing it, eh. Be as funny as you want, but as far as I can tell, there's an edge to your humor that's being driven into someone else. Why should I laugh?
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Seriously? We are in the forum of a blog written by the King of Hyperbole. Facepunches, bedpans, catheters. Shall I go on? This is exactly the type of hair trigger moral outrage makes the internet less and less fun.