'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole.

jraph 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is obviously humor.

You stopped at the lexicon, check how it's used more thoroughly!

Struck by (his) Poes I suppose.

	▲	jraph 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Happens to the best of us :-)

saagarjha 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Gee I wonder why Raymond would do that

I have no context. Was that sarcasm ? I have no idea if this is expected or unexpected of Raymond.

Try again? You don't really need context here.

Blog said: "As with all shocking discoveries, this one will <strike>shock</strike> disappoint you."

You complained: "'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole."

	▲	jraph 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Damn, reader mode doesn't keep the strike, I thought it was an English idiom I didn't know about xD

He found that gambling was going on in here!