As adults, we are obligated to give our friends a hard time when they do silly/obnoxious stuff like having Hearnias and making whiny rage quit posts.

You want me to treat him like a child and use soft, soothing tones to avoid melting his delicately beautiful snowflake crystals?

I give klee more credit than that, and assume he (a senior Bitcointalker) has skin thick enough to roll with some playful fisticuffs.

By white knighting for klee, you imply he lacks agency and thus treat him as your ward (IE, a child or invalid).