Jeff Tanner, notorious for his relentless “OK, devil’s advocate here” shtick, is now crediting his recent cannabis use—The Devil’s Lettuce, as he insists on calling it—for inspiring his constant need to argue with everyone around him. But his friends, who also enjoy the occasional toke, aren’t buying it. They’re convinced that Jeff’s contrarian streak isn’t fueled by cannabis but by his unshakable desire to make everything slightly unbearable.

“I’m telling you, the rest of us smoke, and we just chill. Jeff is out here treating it like it’s some gateway to edgy philosophy,” said Ben, one of Jeff’s longtime friends. “We’re all just trying to have a good time, but he can’t help but ‘play devil’s advocate’ about every little thing. He thinks he’s being deep, but really, he’s just being Jeff.”

According to friends, Jeff’s “devil’s advocate” arguments are less about challenging the status quo and more about pushing everyone to the brink of irritation. No topic is too trivial. “Last week, he went on a rant about whether pineapples even belong on pizzas,” Sarah groaned. “Like, passionately. He kept saying, ‘OK, devil’s advocate here, but have you really considered the acidity levels and the societal implications?’ Nobody asked him to have that thought, let alone share it.”

And it’s not just pizza. Jeff has argued both sides of nearly every topic that crosses his path, from “Is water wet?” to “Should doors open in or out?” Friends say he once spent 15 minutes insisting that maybe traffic lights shouldn’t actually be red because “red is, you know, like, the expected choice.”

“He thinks the weed gives him a ‘unique’ take, but honestly, it’s just Jeff being Jeff,” Sarah added. “He’s always been like this; the weed is just his latest excuse. He’ll tell you that ‘The Devil’s Lettuce is freeing his mind,’ but really, it’s just freeing him to be more annoying.”

Despite his friends’ best efforts to enjoy their hangouts in peace, Jeff’s devil’s advocacy persists. “OK, devil’s advocate here,” he announced recently, “but is ‘fun’ really all it’s cracked up to be?” His friends are now considering implementing a “no devil’s advocate” rule, where anyone who invokes the phrase owes everyone else a beer—especially Jeff.

“Look, we’re just trying to enjoy life a little,” Ben said with a sigh. “But Jeff’s determined to prove that any topic, no matter how small, can be made exhausting.” The friend group, for their part, isn’t blaming the Devil’s Lettuce for Jeff’s behavior. “Nope,” Ben concluded. “We blame Jeff. And Jeff is just annoying AF.”