It could also be interpreted as legislation is not the savior a lot of tech types want it to be. There are existing laws on the books that do not get enforced, so this is just another example. Instead, the net effect of these laws just make things worse. The cookie banner is an example. I do not believe that a website is honestly going to respect the changes I set on a website, that's why I have my browser block them. So the gaudy banners and time sink that has been put in place for some regulation that is not really protecting anyone anyways just shows that even the GDPR is ripe for gaming.
These kinds of jokes are tyreing. A British person would have said “corner store” while pushing a trolley. I like jokes on HN but this is too low effort and it shows. I would have gone with something more surprising than “guy spelled funny”, possibly a Life of Brian reference.