Listen to me, dammit!

Originally Posted by Monkey King

I'm not sitting the corner, shy and silent. I am honest to God trying to socialize with people. This time it's the people in my Introduction to PCs class*. And here I am running into the same problem I encounter every time I try to talk to people: nobody cares.

I know I'm not mumbling, and I know it's a breach of decor to try to shout over people, so I really have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. I try to converse with people, they keep right on talking over me. The rare moment I actually manage to get a word in edgewise, everyone stares at me like I'm Frankenstein's monster.

Damned if I can figure out what's going on here. Nobody seems the slightest bit interested in my opinions, my thoughts, or even my presence. It is not for lack of trying, or lack of assertion. Bizarrely enough I see the same problem even online, so is it just that I radiate creepiness vibes all around me?

* By all rights I should have been able to test out of this stupid class. Lab 3: Behold, the Celeron processor! Look what a big fan it has! Unfortunately, it's apparently really important that I know Intel created the first processor in 1971.

I have the same problem so I sort of learned to reverse the situation. Every time I go to class, I don't talk to anybody. There's never anybody I know in there. I come in with the "I-don't-want-to-be-bothered" attitude. No matter how much I really don't want to be bothered, somebody always ends up talking to me and eventually everyone else. However, this won't work in your case, though.

Are these people actually talking around you and stuff? If that were the case, try talking about the class itself or something just about everybody know would be interested in. It just might work.

Jam it back in, in the dark.