Is this animated, musical graphic about the UK banning "ninja swords" intended to be farcical?

🚨 Ninja swords are used by criminals to rob victims of their lives.

There is only one course of action:

✅ Remove knives from the streets
✅ Tougher consequences for criminals
✅ Save lives pic.twitter.com/VaKMe2qRCK

— Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) September 9, 2024

What's the track?


Some other tweets:

It will soon be illegal to own a zombie-style knife or machete.

Surrender your weapon at Manchester City Centre Police Station at the Town Hall Extension before the law changes on 24 September 2024.

Open 24/7.

More info: https://t.co/kbtP4p0OLL pic.twitter.com/9AQmQbYn8S

— Manchester City Centre Police (GMP) (@GMPCityCentre) September 11, 2024

Government to introduce ban on machete and zombie-style knives - as Brits urged to surrender their weapons https://t.co/CEXVMbYdBI pic.twitter.com/m0IsqDqitD

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 18, 2024

And an official post:

This scheme is just one part of the government’s pledge to halve knife crime in a decade. Next steps will include further bans, stronger rules to stop online sales, and tough action to stop young people being drawn into crime.

(I'm assuming, hoping they've created and announced actual standards about what sort of bladed weapon is unlawful, and not just using vague slang terms.) (That first tweet cites "ninja swords" as the problem, and then follows up with removing "knives")