"Having achieved acceptance under such rigorous rules and then fail could have serious emotional consequences even for well balanced individuals."
YEAH... Ain't life a bitch?
I think you are a sad individual - seeking perverse delight in the misery of others.
Life may not be fair, but to laugh and make jokes about an individual who takes life's responsibilities seriously is beyond the pale. If this were a story about a football player, a Hollywood celebrity or a rock star, collectively whose contributions to mankind are negative or at most zero, there would be few jokes like this.