He's pointing out that it's ironic to come into a thread about not shooting ideas and do nothing more than shoot down the idea. It's literally the exact behavior described in like the first paragraph of the article. It IS ironic.

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ceejayoz 18 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s only ironic if the headline is correct.

Or are you ironically shooting down my idea that it is a skill?

	▲	kulahan 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, irony does not depend on correctness. When the discussion is X, if your only input is -X, then it's ironic in the face of a discussion on shooting down ideas.