I think any Vulcan would agree. It just makes sense to mirror the energy of your counterparts at a gathering. Even if you don’t understand why they’re doing something, you participating includes you in things. Being passive and externally emotionless sets you apart as “other”. Being vulcans, they would likely desire to know why, and would do their research.
I imagine alien-facing industries would have a whole section of their organization dedicated to studying alien socialization so they can be ready at interspecies functions.
Anything less would be illogical.
Now the real question is whether these vulcans who mix “too heavily” will end up becoming “less Vulcan-y” over time, or if other vulcans would treat them differently by default just because they’re “tainted”. We’ve seen how… Particular… Vulcans can be about the slightest divergence from “standard”.
That actually is quite logical.
I think any Vulcan would agree. It just makes sense to mirror the energy of your counterparts at a gathering. Even if you don’t understand why they’re doing something, you participating includes you in things. Being passive and externally emotionless sets you apart as “other”. Being vulcans, they would likely desire to know why, and would do their research.
I imagine alien-facing industries would have a whole section of their organization dedicated to studying alien socialization so they can be ready at interspecies functions.
Anything less would be illogical.
Now the real question is whether these vulcans who mix “too heavily” will end up becoming “less Vulcan-y” over time, or if other vulcans would treat them differently by default just because they’re “tainted”. We’ve seen how… Particular… Vulcans can be about the slightest divergence from “standard”.
Yeah, Vulcans are surprisingly bigoted and stiff.