If nobody gets your joke, the failure in communication was yours - and probably your own sense of humour.

Irregardless of that, the reply to OP's comment is representative of the attitudes that are common of HN. Sometimes I feel people just disagree and take apart anything for no other reason than longing for plain acknowledgement.

irregardless is not a word

I think it is: I just saw two people use it and they both knew what it meant. ;)

Are you sure he's not making a joke as well?