Ah- ignorance fought, indeed! I thought I was in an alternate reality for a moment- I know he writes comedy, but usually with a straight line on reality…
Also, you could translate the term “our thing” into Italian (or particularly Sicilian dialect), and have the satire hit you over the head a little harder.
What I find even funnier is how completely confused I was by your OP. I was searching for any reference to your username in the article somewhere, to make sense out of “I am, here, and in a more physical sense, I am here.” I was doing everything but reading the article for comprehension.
What’s funny about that? The reason I wasn’t reading it was because it seemed so stuck up.