It was probably not meant to be very harsh.
It expect it was meant to make a point while being humorous.

Humor, especially sarcastic humor, is difficult to pull of on forums unless the writer and all of the readers know each other very well.
You don't get the benefit of voice inflections, eye contact, facial gestures, or body language.
These things are a large part of communication and without them it is easy to be misunderstood.

Need fewer troops to support.
Drive a hybrid.
Best tank 71.65 MPG.

Before this car I spent two years learning hypermiling on my 2004 HCH1.