Nope, that is a friendly attempt to move on. Sorry you misunderstood.
When you asked the question originally, you left off "as a kid." I am not responsible for your failure to articulate your question accurately. Your question was answered truthfully.
False. See the comments again, below.
Simply giving advice on the narrative and the best ways to convince people. If people don't want to take the advice, that is their prerogative.