[John has such a spectacular gift for missing the point of everything he says that Heigo's sure he does it on purpose. There are other cheerful people in his life, of course, but no one else is quite as aggressive in their good cheer as John.

... which is a better fit for the mood of their current surroundings. He's not wrong there.]

I didn't actually come out to party tonight. The party is just inescapable no matter where I go, like the green alcohol.