Why is it amusing?

How can you suppose that this is not a good reason to object, especially days after https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079 ?

I find the style so reflexively grating that it's honestly hard for me to imagine others not being bothered by it, let alone being bothered by others being bothered.

Especially since I looked at previous posts on the blog and they didn't have the same problem.