Modelman don't take any notice of AIDU, he just likes stirring things. He has no grounds to criticise the fact that you have only a PPL* as, to quote his own words elsewhere, he doesn't have even that.
Do be serious. Why would I want to pass myself off as a Pilot? It's obvious where I work and I make no secret about it. AIDU.
* There is nothing "ONLY" about a PPL
On a more pleasant note, what a wonderfully generous, sympathetic person the gentleman who has lost his entire family appears to be. What a dreadful time he must be suffering too.