'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole.
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This is obviously humor.
You stopped at the lexicon, check how it's used more thoroughly!
Struck by (his) Poes I suppose.
Happens to the best of us :-)
He found that gambling was going on in here!
Gee I wonder why Raymond would do that
Threaten to kill Bruce Perens?
https://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/bruce-perens-dead
Not that Raymond.
The Catarrhal and the Bizarre
I have no context. Was that sarcasm ? I have no idea if this is expected or unexpected of Raymond.
Try again? You don't really need context here.
Blog said: "As with all shocking discoveries, this one will <strike>shock</strike> disappoint you."
You complained: "'Shocking', 'striking', 'disappointing', 'will shock you' -- the article is padded with hyperbole."
Damn, reader mode doesn't keep the strike, I thought it was an English idiom I didn't know about xD