That was a funny twitter exchange. My father doesn't know twitter exists. For that kid the choice isn't difficult though, he has a wealthy father to bail him out anyway. If he's never had a job, how is he buying BTC anyway, if not with daddy's money ?
Of course, this is dad's money, it is unlikely that his son won a large amount in the lottery. As for bitcoins, I don't think it's a bad strategy to buy a lot of bitcoins if the funds allow.