Pogue Mahone
Closet Gooner.
You’ve got a little glimpse into why he is like he is there. He has an echo chamber of sycophants that give him all the reinforcement he craves but definitely doesn’t need. So it’s always a shock to him when he’s faced with the real world.
It also explains the way he keeps on trying to crack jokes despite overwhelming evidence he has no concept of what other real humans find funny. And makes the mind boggle about how little self esteem his sycophants must have. Imagine forcing yourself to yuk it up to that “joke”? How do they sleep at night?