I've caught a mouse with my bare hand before, so probably.

Yeah, I remember people on the news being worried about some sort of one-two punch of COVID and the flu, and I remember just wondering how the hell people think the flu season was going to be in any way significant, with all the restrictions and guidelines we had in place.

Fair enough.
Now that I look at it closer, the two characters are are probably meant to enhance the comedy.

We're probably just imaging different points on the stupidity scale. Either I'm overestimating how stupid you think this hypothetical person is or your underestimating how stupid I think he is.
I think we've both otherwise made our points adequately.

Its usually more of a saving face/quick exit sort of thing in terms of utility.

Hey, I'm not saying its a good insult, I'm just saying its a lack of skill if it fails, not necessarily a lack of intelligence.

It's not really stressful once you know what you're doing. Getting past the first 3-day cycle, and then learning what does and doesn't reset when you go back in time are the key things that you generally need to do to make the game more fun.
Personally I had a lot more fun on subsequent runs, trying to do as much of the Bomber's Notebook I could in one day and whatnot.