I thought the barkon and dogdiet posts were funny and elucidating for the reasons you mentioned. What I disliked were the troll posts like "a cow's life is worth infinitely more than any person's". They may have be ironic, but I don't find it funny because it's indistinguishable from unironic ecofascism, and doesn't fit with the culture of the site. So I think there was wrong on both sides. I will now cancel myself for this enlightened centrist take.