Dave I already pay more attention to you than I do most people but sometimes you just, you know. Keep saying things.

[ dave do you ever listen to yourself talk NO. NO YOU DON'T. ]

Dirk actually shares Rose's bad habit of talking to you like a fucking therapist at all times, even when the conversation does not need that kind of language. "Well, Vantas, how do you feel about the reproduction cycle of lizard horses?" I don't fucking care, Dirk!

[ which also implies that's also what he finds annoying about rose. ]