Sure. (After taking a very deep breath.)
Gotta be satire.
No way it can be anything else.
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Unless you consider that the very best humor has always got to have at its base a germ of truth.
(I'm still going to the Legion in a bit to discuss this with some friends there. If you hear any loud noises from 'way yonder you'll know our vote was for the bad option.)
It is satire.