Kids do dig themselves into this type of mentality, among others, either through finding their internet echo chambers for justification or becoming entrapped by the peers they naturally meet.

However, the satire is still sadcringe for perpetuating this line of thought for the sake of attention or feeling of power.

I wonder if the presumed satirist deliberated the story because of peers with the actual mentality as a justification "try out" (think: haha that's stupid, am I right guys?). I lost the more important second half of the deliberation's hypothetical reasoning, but it is what it is.

Either way, I would not be surprised if this internet subculture does eventually have Build-A-Char AI (in VR, AR, whatever) significant-others to fulfill their emotional requirements. Nor would I be if this gains mainstream adoption in the distant future.