Not work, but

>have to go some birthday party with people my mom knows because "it'll do me good to get out and be social"
>I don't want to go, but I know mom has good intentions and thinks she is trying to help
>go along
>don't know anybody
>there's a lot of people and even quite a few people my age but am too much of a sperg to talk with anyone
>everyone is already in their little social circle
>sit quietly on my phone away from everyone
>"HEY ANON DO YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES?"
>"umm yeah?"
>"YOU SHOULD TALK TO X THEY LOVE VIDEO GAMES"
>"OK"
>go back to my phone
>x comes over and starts talking about the latest cod or whatever
>"Oh, I'm not really into cod..."
>asks me what I play
>"I've been playing Dwarf Fortress a lot recently"
>ramble about Dwarf Fortress for a couple of minutes
>no response
>"I play quite a lot of things"
>go to show them my steam profile
>they notice my steam pfp is a character from MLP, and my profile has lots of MLP references
>forgot my recently played was also a bunch of hentai games
>can see their visual discomfort
>they try and change the subject
>"What else do you like?"
>"I mainly just play video games and watch anime..."
>looks even more visually uncomfortable
>makes an excuse to walk away
>everyone goes outside to grill
>stay inside
>sit on the sofa and watch stuff on my phone
>nobody asks me to come out and join in
>nobody else attempts to talk to me the entire time
>my mom is asked not to bring me in future

I guess it could have gone worse, but it still felt very awkward and uncomfortable.