> User remarks about irony of free API list having no free API. > Gets a response dramatically moralising the comment.

The humour of jaded online idealists knows no bounds

I misread completely and read "this site" as hn, which greatly confused me because: https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Then I realized I also didn't get the sarcasm.

Oh, misread it as an expressive "what a joke", rather than a literal "this is a joke"

This is why emojis and "/s" were created