Those who mined it early could have also sold it early when the price rose a little bit, or they could have lost their coins
Yes, the ones who sold it early would be regretting a lot today and the ones who lost it would always be thinking that why they haven't took proper care of their precious coins back then. In 2009-2010 people weren't much aware about the potential of Bitcoin and they cared less about it because it was valueless back then, only few people knew that one day Bitcoin will be much valuable and those few people are still enjoying their lives if they are still alive.
sue me.
Don't worry he won't sue you, he just reminded you that it's a place for Bitcoin lovers. You can talk about altcoins at altcoin discussion board by the way.