Yeah, I get it. James has self confidence and all, and he does stupid things without giving but a fraction of a [redacted], but come on... Training wheels!?
There's a limit to how much abuse a man's image can take before he turns insane...
Do you want to be there when one more of these "harmless jokes" hits in the right place and James permanently snaps and goes into an endless depression, or even worse, decides to end it all, because noone, not even his own sweet lassie, would take him seriously?
Who even knows that it's not already happening now? And that he's crying, all alone, in a dark and unpleasant room, as we speek, because of this constant belittleling?