ExploderWizard
Hero
I just want to point out we don't know the age of the players and DM in question. They could be 12, they could be in their 50s. If they're young, they might not handle things like adults. Perhaps it's because I post on reddit/dnd a lot, but you see a lot of young people getting into the hobby, and it is important to know that a wide range of people play the game. I wouldn't assume age like this, nor calling people children as an insult when they may, in fact, be children.
No we do not. Calling a child a child is not an insult. In any event the post you quoted was referring to a hypothetical situation involving game investment and its relation to the degree of attention paid to play.