'Fuzzybear' and 'complete and utter "failure"' don't belong in the same sentence.
"He" was certainly wrong, but "he/it/they" made it difficult for you to allow yourself to consider "he/it/they" could be wrong.
((((((( Fuzzybear )))))))
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.