I am an enjoyer of sarcasm and irony. One principle of sarcasm in the written language is that there needs to be a bit of a 'tell' to reinforce that it is sarc

I am an enjoyer of sarcasm and irony. One principle of sarcasm in the written language is that there needs to be a bit of a 'tell' to reinforce that it is sarcasm. You need to write it in such a way that it just doesn't make sense if you take it literally. For example, I'm fond of pointing out that I'm aware that American scientists have mathematically proven that it is not possible to determine sarcasm from the written word. That is clearly sarcastic because thinking that you could mathematically prove that is just not grounded in reality and nothing anyone would seriously suggest, so it provides a 'tell' that it is sarcastic. Read sarcastically it is self-referential and makes perfect sense. Another classic example is _A Modest Proposal_ where its so over the top that it has to be sarcastic. Just posting something "edgy" without any kind of a "tell" isn't really sarcasm. I can't really find much of a 'tell' in this whole article. The whole article is consistent with him being a total narcissist. And the way that goes around "correcting" people by forcing them to watch him solve their problem the "right" way is something a narcissist would do that someone who was actually instructing and teaching someone else wouldn't do. So if I read it like he's just a narcissist then its all consistent. If I try to read it like he's being ironic, then he's at a minimum both really bad at sarcasm and irony and still really bad as an instructor.