I read that more as "here's a perfect example of something I'd noticed already" rather than "wow this is a terrible first impression your group is making". Per

I read that more as "here's a perfect example of something I'd noticed already" rather than "wow this is a terrible first impression your group is making". Perhaps this reading is colored by how this same pair of sentiments seems to come up practically every single time there's a push to change the language for some project.