Interesting. All I get from that statement is that you enjoy cricket more than soccer. By over-stating the point, you've just shown that you emphatically hold that view. It conveys nothing about why you hold that opinion. Also, the fact that it is so obviously over-stated makes it reasonably clear that your tongue is most likely in your cheek, and you don't actually believe soccer to be more boring than paint drying slowly.
Perhaps I'm just defending the original post because I personally am inclined towards hyperbole as a literary device, just like everybody else in the entire universe is.
I think I view the emphasis as a substitute for reason. I (perhaps unnecessarily) reason that a reasoned opinion would substitute that reason for the emphasis, e.g., "soccer is boring because of [example of slow play], although [concession to artistry], [example of cricket's intriguing batplay in relation to soccer] makes cricket a more interesting game". In the article, hyperbole (and presumed common experience with the presumed bad Gimp UI) was a substitute for reason.
In your final line, your hyperbole supplements your reasoning without supplanting it.
(If I were to call a 'confirm password' dialog an onerous, Herculean task before talking about an otherwise unrelated part of the user experience you might expect I am poorly calibrated with the real world.)
Perhaps I'm just defending the original post because I personally am inclined towards hyperbole as a literary device, just like everybody else in the entire universe is.