[jeremysmyth]

For those who aren't sure if it's satire or not (90% of other comments as I write this), I'll give you a clue:

Andy ‘Wise Owl’ Brown decided to write a tongue-in-cheek rant whilst he could still remember the pain-points

(it's in the very first sentence)

[emn13]

It's not very good satire. Some of the points are potentially real; it's not clear why they wouldn't matter. When you label something "No offense intendend" and proceed to make offensive statements, your preface isn't helping. Prefacing something with small-font "this is toungue-in-cheek" and proceeding to mix potentially real issues with non-issues a novice isn't helpful. I don't see how spouting irrelevant nonsense is satirical in any case. Maybe it's funny? AndAlso vs. &&; haha? If so, I don't get it. Instead it comes across as someone who really was annoyed, knew it wasn't for rational reasons, and thought head off criticisms this way.

Whatever. Why is this on HN?

[coldtea]

>It's not very good satire.

If it confused people then it IS very good satire.

>Some of the points are potentially real; it's not clear why they wouldn't matter.

That's the very essence of satire. It has to be somewhat connected to reality.

What you seem to ask for is "grotesque statements" or "surreal humor".

[emn13]

I expect satire to have a point. This doesn't. Is he trying to make fun of all those people hating these C# features? Never heard of anyone who seriously complained about these. Is he making fun of VB misfeatures? Doesn't seem to make sense either.

It doesn't make sense as satire. It does as shallow griping.