Yes, exactly. There's a real-life example of an author group who got sufficiently annoyed at a reviewer requesting an inappropriate subgroup analysis: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Reviewers asked for the subgroup analysis; authors said "no, this is statistically nonsense"; reviewers said "yes, but we'll reject the paper otherwise"; reviewers said "ok, but only if you let us also split on astrological sign".
Result: paper reports that aspirin has an effect, but only if you're not a Gemini or Libra. Too good.
Result: paper reports that aspirin has an effect, but only if you're not a Gemini or Libra. Too good.