>You got the /s. I thought it would be implicit.

As sad as it may be, Poe's Law[0] really is a thing:

   Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, 
   without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any 
   parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers
   for a sincere expression of the views being parodied.

I've been bitten by that more than once, myself. C'est la vie, eh?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law