[spronkey]

Pretty sure plenty of things are objectively worse than they were before. Being able to afford a house in most western cities, for one.

[dmm]

I was attempting to point out the grandparents error by elaborating their argument in an outlandish way. I clearly failed. Sorry about that.

[dolessdrugs]

It's the full stop after "I agree." that makes the statement lose your intention.

[spronkey]

You're completely right. I was on the fence as to whether it was sarcasm or not, decided not based on "I agree.".

Well done, internet intention interpreter dolessdrugs.

[mseebach]

For the record, I caught and appreciated the sarcasm -- but it's very difficult to pull off in writing.