It's just the author's dry, tongue-in-cheek British humour. He's not really attacking anything – just a bit of fun using English instead of American English.
The author is British? OK, well I'm surprised. Nobody in Britain uses the kinds of phrases he makes fun of. I enjoy dry, tongue-in-cheek humour; it's my stock-in-trade (except when I might be talking to foreigners, like here on HN; it can easily misfire).
I read the author as being a non-British English speaker.
denton-scratch|3 years ago
I read the author as being a non-British English speaker.
DaveChild|3 years ago
What ho, old bean. Yes, I am.