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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Through a series of understandable miscommunications, every year Starfleet Academy has between 5 and 10 course requests for "Partying" from incoming Vulcan applicants.

At least one Vulcan each year withdrawals their application upon being told it is not a field of study taught by any human school.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

What about Chico State? I was told that is a "Party School."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vulcans take improv classes to act "normal." They're a surprise onstage because they never play the straight man. Being that one degree off from their sincere personality is confusing, difficult, and psychologically troublesome. But they can take a pratfall with comedic timing analyzed to the millisecond.

... actually, improv comedy is a great way to demonstrate understanding of a culture. Vulcans would make analytic connections between subjects in a heartbeat, and with some training they'd be excellent lateral thinkers. The gap between that and comedy is understanding expectations and violating them in a way that safely builds and releases tension.

Vulcans could tell brick jokes separated by months. You would never get them with a shaggy-dog story. They might have absurd reaction times for comebacks, but it would be limited, because I don't think they'd handle wordplay. You'd never hear a Vulcan mutter "that's what she said" in a timely fashion.