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I was actually being sincere. I respect the GTD methods (even if I think they're probably on the complex side), so finding out that my understanding of a fundamental point was wrong was a valuable service.
I did briefly reflect 'hm, I wonder if this sounds sarcastic?', but I passed over it. I wonder what made it sarcastic for you? If I hadn't used the 'until the urge passes' expression? Was it the semicolon and single-paragraph?
I found it difficult to determine whether you were being sarcastic. I think the most reads-as-sarcastic part is the structure of "[In the future,] I'll [subordinate myself to you]; clearly [I am incompetent]." -- and the overall tone is rather gushingly-positive-about-criticism which is a common mode of sarcasm, i.e. "Oh, now that I've been told I'm wrong I will, of course, immediately switch over to your view of things."