"I truly and seriously feel sorry for them if they consider managing their situation to be a laughable absurdity."

No, they just have to laugh at people like you telling them that all they have to do is "manage their situation", because otherwise they would have to cry at exactly how out of touch everyone else is with what they're going through.

"That's dangerous tribalism that normalizes failure."

Do you remember what website you're on? This is the community that praises and lauds failure, but apparently only when it happens to certain people.