[rossnordby]

I think a lot of people might be missing some cultural context, or something. At the risk of killing the joke, a bunch of this post is worded as it is specifically for the opportunities for absurdity. It's an excuse to write sentences like:

Recall that the waluigi simulacra are being interrogated by an anti-croissant tyranny.

The post is also trying to make an actual point, but while having fun with it.

When you read "... and as literary critic Eliezer Yudkowsky has noted..." just place your tongue firmly in your cheek.