Aha, i see why you downvoted me. You were actually serious. I literally thought this was a generic tongue-in-cheek ironic comment made for the purpose of comedy. That's why it made me smile. That it's not ironic is even funnier.
You can’t downvote people who respond to you on HN, at least at his karma level. In fact, he couldn’t have downvoted you because he has too little karma.