>at gathering with some uni friends
>people playing music from their ipods
>"Hey Anon, let's play yours!"
>say okay, try to tell them to play only certain bands for good party music, but they just hit shuffle right away
>first thing that plays is Xiu Xiu
>people get that, "What the hell is this" look
>skips to the next song
>it's Throbbing Gristle
>friend just turns it off and says, "Very interesting taste, Anon."
>people don't talk about it for the rest of the occassion, they start acting weird around me
>when it's time to leave, girl I have a crush on says she wants to talk to me in private
>she looks really worried and says, "Are you okay? Because there's professional help available, to make you better."
>so stunned I just say, "O-okay..."
>leave quickly
>for the rest of the school year, people start avoiding me, every talk with them ends with them leaving quickly after a minute or two, whenever I want to hang out, they always make excuses