I think you just took it as an insult when he meant no such thing.
With all due respect, that's not an assessment you should trust yourself to make after admitting that you've missed the context of the conversation- that, in fact, you don't even think it's worthwhile to follow the context and have missed behavior so common that others literally consider it a salient trait for Platinum.
Edited 4/3/2016 02:14:42