That's the key point with flatting pre. If we're not spewy post, we can easily play this profitably.
I agree that if we play accurately post flop, we can make money with the call pre flop. But that's easier said than done when we have a 38bb stack. I'm not sure how easily I can get away from a losing top pair here. We can only really afford to make one call before we are pot committed.

Like I said, I think it's horrible folding this pre. If we're not playing this hand, what's the point in playing at all? But the point of hands like this is to win big pots. We aren't giving ourselves that chance when we have this stack, and that impacts heavily on the profitability of this spot.

It's like we're set mining without the implied odds.