“The smell of the Deep Space 3 comedy club is highly unpleasant and I do not care for this human concept of the ‘two drink minimum,’ but my feigned laughter seemed to please the Tellarite ambassador, which I feel will improve our chances in the grain shipment negotiations.”
Not to this level obviously, but there basically was a character like this in Enterprise. She was T’Pol’s hero, and shocked the crew of the Enterprise by being friendly, shaking hands, and wanting to try their food
Inversely there’s the one where Will Riker in TNG does this like a Klingon exchange student and absolutely kills it! He apparently makes for a top shelf Klingon.
So kind of like high functioning autistics IRL. Cool.
That basically sounds like me at a party lol.
Same and everyday of my life at work.
“So… Linda. How did Tim do at his first day at school?”
Inside voice: I could give a flaming shit about your crotch goblin. I just don’t want to be outted as an emotionless lizard person. Please Satan make this a quick story, so I can go back to my soul crushing labor.
It is logical to behave illogically when doing so will accomplish your goals.