What to do About a Friend that Keeps Pretending to Have Read Your Work (And Obviously Hasn't)

I've done several google searches and can't find any good advice about this on the internet so I'm just going to collect my thoughts and write my own. Because I cannot be the only person that's having this issue.

You know the one. The friend that pops up and goes "Oh I love your work" but doesn't have anything specific to say about it? Or they pull something specific but they have it so far off the mark that you know they weren't holding the same manuscript? Like they tell you their favorite c...