[roenxi]

The author is very intelligent and is doing three things differently from a 'standard' paper:

1) Reducing the density of information per paragraph (vs. packing information in)

2) Clearly outlined motivation and context (vs. just referencing some other papers and assuming they've been read)

3) Deploying comedy (vs. professionalism)

The first two improve the paper, the third is a step backwards because the reader has to spend effort separating fact & fiction. The combination in this case works and is a lot of fun but it would have been a catastrophic and cringeworthy exercise if the execution of (1) and (2) hadn't worked out so well.

The real trick here is excellent writing and the comedy is simply draws attention to it. Much like how an army marching in a silly way draws attention to its discipline. The silly march itself is not a good idea.

[EvgeniyZh]

I'm not sure reducing the density of information is a good thing. It probably makes it easier to read for someone who is not entirely familiar with a field but makes it slower for the people for whom the paper is written. (Too dense papers are really hard to read, but that's relatively rare)