Person: “Wow! That is a really great toy!”
Vendor: “It isn’t a toy. It is completely programmable.”
Person: “It is a completely programmable toy.”
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...and what exacly do you want to say?
Toys are good. Programmability is good. Nothing wrong with putting the two together.
The sensitivity about being called a toy reminds me of when Nintendo attached a completely irrelevant robot toy to the NES so it wouldn't be considered "just" a video game.
how stupid