And if you get ridiculed for wanting to talk about something.. maybe they are just joking with you. I grew up in a very 'ghetto' area. I was always an intellectual and my friends would 'ridicule' me for talking about things like physics, astronomy, calculus, politics... but I would press on and they would listen and eventually start asking me questions wanting to know more.

Put forth more effort instead of turning around and passing judgement when things don't go your way in regards to interacting with people in real life.