I tend to fall on the Hankins is too stupid to be trolling side of the fence, the stupid stuff he says/does is far far too clever to make up. Take the walk 2 miles a week after a knee injury to avoid paying for an Uber. Christ, take the White Claw Thanksgiving with ditch drunks as another example. No way he's making that stuff up.
And yes, I think he'll never change, but it's not the same as taunting a zoo animal or mental patient. He knows when he gets caught in lies and twists and turns for days trying to avoid the truth coming out. There's deserved culpability in that.