Until you explaied it there was no joke at all just a cut/paste of HN rules with a face at the end. Now- with your added context, I get you. Having said that,

Until you explaied it there was no joke at all just a cut/paste of HN rules with a face at the end. Now- with your added context, I get you. Having said that, there were already quite a few comments about the ad hominem and how bad the email is in general.