Brother, the story is made up! Real people don't behave this way.

Maybe not this way exactly, but I have known people who have dramatically improved themselves after experiencing rejection.

you mean listing attributes about an undergrad, turning them into your assistant and leaving your computer open with your actively managed character stats sheet for them to find and spiral about, while pretending not to know?

or do you mean the undergrad spiraling?

I thought the narrator was also a grad student.