Considering that this is a copypasta, yes, they were trying to be funny.

Here, I hope this doesn’t get me banned or smth lmao

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/businessman-thoughts-suicide-88800343

It’s actually not, I’ve looked through all of the stock images of this guy and in some he was holding the noose in his hands.

Joeseph has the benefit of having written a book, so he can just say he’s a writer.

Promoting the culture war is easier than actually talking about the real problems plaguing the games industry, it seems.