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He didn't use "sarcasm" to mean the opposite of what it actually means.

Because his post could be read as sincere (unjustified) criticism of Google, he used the well-known internet convention of "/sarcasm" to avoid an unnecessary, off-topic sub-thread stemming from his post. How's that for irony.



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