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by srean 4 days ago
'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole.
3 comments

This is obviously humor.

You stopped at the lexicon, check how it's used more thoroughly!

Struck by (his) Poes I suppose.
Happens to the best of us :-)
He found that gambling was going on in here!
Gee I wonder why Raymond would do that
Not that Raymond.
The Catarrhal and the Bizarre
I have no context. Was that sarcasm ? I have no idea if this is expected or unexpected of Raymond.
Try again? You don't really need context here.

Blog said: "As with all shocking discoveries, this one will <strike>shock</strike> disappoint you."

You complained: "'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole."

Damn, reader mode doesn't keep the strike, I thought it was an English idiom I didn't know about xD