Whole thing just makes me *YAWN* ... really! Who actually gives a shit? I remember when the kids did crap like this in junior high. Thought it was pathetic then, and even more so now!
I wouldn't want to be Adam right now, he comes across as looking as a real pathetic asshole. Schwartz looks fine to me.
I'd probably be a bit more sympathetic if he had actual dogs to lose, and not overgrown rats!