Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32040575-20171201194509/@comment-32182236-20171201231358

...That actually fits Sans' character quite well, at least his humorous side. It's normally seen as a lazy font, yet somehow used so much, despite being considered a bad font.

But, considering Sans' more serious side, I wouldn't say Sans as a whole was a meta-joke about the way the font is used.