[He's not spitting out animal puns or being a total douche. Yosuke sees no reason not to listen! Especially when he's pretty used to being ignored too.]

Dude, in Inaba? Gossip is pretty much all there is. If you do anything someone doesn't like, you'll hear half the town whispering about it and being totally condescending within days.

And it'll go on for months. It's... pretty sad, when you think about it.