You have to have some special affinity for a TV series or such that would prompt some stimulating online discourse, and from there you could seek out conventions to get real human-human interaction. If you own a t-shirt with whatever you like on it, that would prompt both odd stares - who cares - and also genuine interest in, perhaps, a shared predilection.
A cute woman said something to me while I was at a store a week ago because I was wearing a genrist [?] t-shirt... but I'm too shy and women are too confined by social construct here in the U.S.A. [Or I can hope that it meant this much.]
Also, my weirdness for referencing television shows that fellow co-workers enjoyed as well allowed me to make "friends"... at one point. I know I feel at times as though I'm "The Cable Guy" because of a similar childhood/adult addiction, due to this, I never was able to realize what I had when I had it. Even as I slipped away into AvPD with auditory delusions, many people would seek me out for movie/TV information, which in turn gave me a social comfort to talk to them, which leads to an easy way to be social as I can return prompts to the other persons' affinities.
I know that if you relate pivotal moments of your life to something you saw/heard on a television show you will come across as odd, but most people accept this if you have a similar interest. I know I was able to hide my feelings of inadequacy because I never knew they liked me that much, but I definitely will always come across as being stupid due to lack of "normal" life experiences that never came for me. I know this is always going to be an issue for people like me.
Not sure if this/anything I type makes sense? I suck at understanding other people.
