Would people be interested in a description of someone with high-social skills failing in a social situation (getting kicked out of a house)?
I'm not sure it's that relevant to rationality, but I think most humans (myself included!) are interested in hearing juicy gossip, especially if it features a popular trope such as "high status (but mildly disliked by the audience) person meets downfall".
How about this division of labor: you tell us the story and we come up with some explanation for how it relates to rationality, probably involving evolutionary psychology.
He is not high status as such, although he possibly could be if he didn't waste time being drunk.
Okay here goes the broad brush description of characters. Feel free to ask more questions to fill in details that you want.
Dramatis Personae
Mr G: Me. Tall scruffy geek. Takes little care of appearance. Tidy in social areas. Chats to everyone, remembers details of peoples lives, although forgets peoples names. Not particularly close (not facebook friends with any of the others). Doesn't bring girls/friends home. Can tell a joke or make a humorous observation bu...
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