The Best of Socially Awkward Penguin

December 24, 2010 | KP | 187 Comments

From the hive mind that brought you Family Tech Support Guy comes Socially Awkward Penguin.

He’s a penguin. He’s socially awkward. He’s surprisingly easy to relate to, unless you’re 1) incredibly confident or 2) so socially awkward that not even a penguin can speak for you.

We’re betting you’re somewhere in between.

Socially Awkward Penguin

But wait, there’s more:

Advice Animals on Reddit — Alcoholic Alligator is waiting for you.
Family Tech Support Guy — CTRL F? Like a boss!
Rich Raven — The finest quality meme.
Business Cat — No LOL here.
Annoying Childhood Friend — Not it!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_STPERLH4QQXJX5RRLWBEFXKP6Y Knows Lines

Act like a total emasculated mangina? Find http://manhood101.com to get your balls back.
Anonymous

LOL, dude that is one cool penguin! Did you get his permission to use his image?

http://www.online-privacy.ie.tc

Nautik

he would have said yes even if he didn’t want you to use it

Halfanegro

all i can say is, HAHAHAHAHahahahahahahaaaaa…
Conish64

That penguin stole my life!!!
Ad

fuck every one of these are exactly what I do damnit fuckkkk

Cara Di42

you’re not alone.

http://canhaswebsite.com/ mc2w

Sounds like he is.

Davey

We´re in the same boat, friend.
Lol

yeah, same here. Fuck

dandfh

seriously though. i do all of them but one (which is a sometimes).

Trousers

The “Ok Class, grab a partner” one made me feel like I’m being watched.

Torg

– Part of my life (as Haskell fragment):
todays_embarrassment :: Integer -> String
todays_embarrassment number_of_students = if (odd number_of_students) then “after a long awkward time where you pretend to not having noticed that everyone is making pairs, you get to pair up with the teacher” else “the teachers fetches the shy, fat, freckled girl from the other side of the classroom and pairs you up with her”

Biogeek 2014

ja ich auch
Anony

Thank you for making me feel in better company. I do a lot of these too.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KUQEZNORIHJX5PLSDLKG3HEGOM Vinny

Same here
Meme

just unbelievable … almost everyone of them; but seeing other people like me makes me feel so much better
Mini

This is popular because almost everyone can relate.

Anonymous

Honestly, the somebody bumping into you thing is going to be awkward no matter how you play it–

Appeltaart

no it isn’t, the person who does the bumping is also the one who should do the apologizing

being bumped into is best met with a polite:”wooh there, mate” or something like that

Cpt. Obvious

Stop stalking me!
Cpt. Obvious

Stop stalking me!
Foozlesprite

Type your comment here. God, I hate people. Give me a job where I can sit by myself and just do the damn work without people butting in all the time!
Foozlesprite

Type your comment here. God, I hate people. Give me a job where I can sit by myself and just do the damn work without people butting in all the time!
Foozlesprite

Yeah, this is pretty much me. All of them.
Retro

Lol, I never realized how much of an idiot I am.
Anonymous

You say Merry Christmas
They’re jewish

Takiouttio

Not really socially awkward, just kind of generally awkward.

Asfa

in what other context does awkward fall under?

digitalis

I have done at least five of these things today
http://www.facebook.com/people/Garett-Hanzlik/100000312875976 Garett Hanzlik

What an accurate demographic…wow. I guess I’m moving out of my awkward stage and getting into the asshole stage cause I tell people when their youtube videos suck lol. And if a server brought me the wrong meal you better believe she’s gonna know it ha.

suck one

so, you’re just a shitty person? don’t laugh. stop being a shitty person.

Rocketdog25

wow … story of my life, the only one thats missing would be… co worker you see 30 feet away waves at you, you wave back… now what do you do the next 25 feet?

http://fairlyodd.net Frances Bean

It’s sad that every one of these describes me.

Anonymous

Me too. I feel much less awesome about myself now.

Joka_will270

wow. are sure i didnt write this
http://www.facebook.com/people/Will-Crawford/100000981264922 Will Crawford

wow. are sure i didnt write this.
Akorn22

hahah a lot of people do these things. that’s why it’s funny
Thomerr

damn i do all of this too
OrionRed

Can I get these as screens savers?
Dimension14b

These all hit way too close to home…
http://twitter.com/jedichik emma snaddon

at least the ‘find a partner’ one made me feel slightly less alone :L yaay other people are also socially retarded
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610754071 Thomas Kop

These are all the opposite of what I would do.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/EPSGRIBG4FUHY3YU5CZ7ZJMTCI Just Davy

The rest of us are going to form a support group.

Lost kitten

Can I….um….join? I mean if it’s okay.

arandomperson

I’ve done all but, like, 2 of these. FML.
http://anua.tumblr.com Anua

Yup, that’s me.
dude

Place this all into one subject so groups can identify and eat up those who don’t ! ! Great Penguin
Olaf

Hit the nail on the head, good work.
Idkmybffstu

i have done each of these multiple times
Dsfddsfdsf

story of my life
http://scribblepeople.net mcorbett26

ahh its my wife, all of them! ha, she is coming out of her shell
Phoebzz95

all of these apply to me ):
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZTL33P7GSG52O5CYHAPSRDJ7FU Steven

This is totally me…….Forever Alone

Jpricexbhs

stop your self masochism, laugh and try to change for the better

same thing with “cheer up”

because telling someone that always works
Mark Backon

‘Self masochism?’ idiot.

Guest

be nice.

Ben

What other kind of masochism is there?

Guest

To be masochistic means to be self deprecating or self torturing.
The ‘self’ is unnecessary as it is already included in the definition.

Vohka

I’m a self-masochist. lolz.
http://profiles.google.com/rickeh Richard Leigh

I just self-masochisted myself today, you jealous?
Natira

Uh.. no. being masochistic means you like being hurt. You enjoy pain, just as a sadist is the opposite, where a sadist enjoys GIVING pain. Look it up in the dictionary.

So in simple terms…

Masochist – Enjoys RECEIVING pain
Sadist – Enjoys GIVING pain.

Get it right.

Emma

Also, no one seems to be addressing the fact that “Forever Alone” is another meme, and Steven is being funny, not masochistic. So everyone stfu.

Anon

since when is repeating memes funny

anomalous

repeating memes is what makes memes memes.
Mac

Three “memes” in one sentence. The interweb is awesome.

Mini

At first I thought stfu was a shortening of stuff u. It’s actually an acronym of Shut The F*** Up. Oops.

Blugyblug

…No one knows Internet culture on blogs

anonguin

respond to wrong things on internet.

never argue in RL.

Ykks Blickfeldt

Oh god that is … spot on. It should be the number one socially awkward penguin!

Jhudnall

masochism by its definition is directed at the self
Trip

That’s repetitive and redundant…. You also kinda repeated yourself too, as well.

Mini

A redundant redundancy.
Someone

Welcome to the Redundant College of Redundancy. default7326 {“method”:”validate”,”params”:[],”id”:1,”jsonrpc”:”2.0″}

Mini

Self masochism is like saying miscellaneous miscellany.
Hevah

Self-masochism is like the word ATM machine. The “M” stands for machine so ATMachine machine.

Hann

Same, I have read hundreds of these things and only about 2 don’t apply. FML

MirukuKuroNeko

this….this is me….like almost spot on…
i feel slightly awesome and sad…
oh well
“saved all this pictures”
*penguin*
“think theres something wrong for liking these”
Joe_muskos

Since my problem is that i talk to fucking much, you can stand and pretend to be listening to me. Then we’ll all feel a bit better.
Nick

god… this IS me, with the exception of texting the whole time at a party
LOL

ALSO
Moxin5

Nope I can’t relate. Sorry I guess I’m number 1.
Primal_80s

My personal favourite:

WAVE BACK. THEY’RE NOT WAVING AT YOU

HANDCOMB HAIR
guy man dude persson

Lol i love this. Represents my life!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=597560252 Landon Strange

This could easily be called Asperger’s Penguin. I do a lot of these things.
alchie

Just because you do any of these, it doesn’t make you a loner doomed to be alone forever and always. Haha. Learn to laugh at yourself because it IS funny.
Katy

Oh no! this is me!

Everyone who thought that can come hang out with me and we can have an awkward “I dont know how to interact with society” party!

Appeltaart

would be one hell of a boring party with every1 standing against the wall pretending to text some1 XD

Chard

LOL this probably happens to the best of us from time to time.
Almost did’t comment

Usually only 55 comments would mean that most people who looked at it didn’t get it. That works except the people who really identify with this did not post a comment.

Earl2

who exactly would not get this? it’s a pretty straight forward concept. you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand it.

Gerfield

Who exactly would not get the original post? it’s a pretty straight forward concept, you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand it…

stickfigure

who exactly would not get how he could not get this? it’s a pretty straight forward concept, you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand it.

mudkipz

Yo Dawg we heard you like straight forward concepts! So we put this straight forward concept in your straight forward concept so you’d have to go out of your way to not understand it while you go out of your way to not understand it!
mudkipz

Yo Dawg we heard you like straight forward concepts! So we put this straight forward concept in your straight forward concept so you’d have to go out of your way to not understand it while you go out of your way to not understand it!
guest

who exactly would not get how he could not get this? it’s a pretty straight forward concept, you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand it.
Hi

who exactly would not get how he could not get this? it’s a pretty straight forward concept, you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand it.
whuh

Exactly how could you not really go out of your way to not get that he could not get this? it’s a pretty straight forward concept, you’d have to really go out of your way to not understand who exactly would not get how he could not get that. nuff said
Douche

Yo wuh Ima let you finish.. but Earl2 had the most straightforward concept of the year youd really have to go out of your way to not get that
jayne

i fucking love the internet.

Tarded

Haha, I wouldn’t have posted unless I saw that.
The only one that didn’t fit in on me was the youtube one, I make it very clear when I’m not amused.

sam

and yet we strive on thinking we’re all unique in our own way
oh life
http://twitter.com/4myWong Amy Wong

Oh God! LOL! Guilty as charged, or illustrated by socially awkward penguin!
Echang2012

everyone has done this at some point in their lives i know i have
Me

Nearly choked to death on my lunch while reading this and laughing uncontrollably. I don’t think my more socially-confident co-workers understood what I found so amusing.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SCYWCXRIK2PW5OTKJQROCCV7CA gahh

You laugh out loud at work?? :O

Seanebryant

Some of us who identify with it WILL comment. We just won’t know what to say…
la0x1f

definitely me in the past! not so much me now. social interaction just requires practice when it doesn’t come naturally
Triinu

This is so good I do some of the things But it’s funny as hell
Gemfyre

*sob*

I understand so much penguin.
Tariq

nice to see I am not the only one who think life is fucking awkward.
Shoosha

This concerns me. I just realized I am socially awkward, lol! I was nodding my head at waaay to many of those
Ben

The actually socially awkward ones are a bit too honest (and true!) for comfort, but there are a few that anybody who is tired or drunk could say. I like the “Happy Birthday” one the best.
Guessst

i never have sweaty palms until someone wants to shake my hand.

i wish there were planets for people like us.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SCYWCXRIK2PW5OTKJQROCCV7CA gahh

One planet for each of us?
Angela_2010

Tip: As you’re lifting your arm to shake hands, quickly whipe the palm of your hand on your pants. It’ll help.

Anonymous Introvert

I RELATED TO EVERY ONE, DO EYE GET A COOKIE?
Buddhaloves

Yo, Im playing monkey see, monkey dont, with all the awkward penguin’s reactions, and doing the opposite. Hang loose, keep it cool, be yourself and your golden
Aaron

These are all so close to me, I do them all. :{
Indiana

Going through this list:
“Done that”
“Yup”
“Definitely”
…
“Wow, I’m sad”
http://pettagsdb.com Pet Tags

Relate to 26 out of 26 Socially Awkward Penguins…

Hang head in shame
http://pettagsdb.com Pet Tags

Relate to 26 out of 26 Socially Awkward Penguins…

Hang head in shame
http://pettagsdb.com Pet Tags

Relate to 26 out of 26 Socially Awkward Penguins…

Hang head in shame
http://pettagsdb.com Pet Tags

Relate to 26 out of 26 Socially Awkward Penguins…

Hang head in shame
http://pettagsdb.com Pet Tags

Relate to 26 out of 26 Socially Awkward Penguins…

Hang head in shame
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rafael-Yanez-Sierra/587579745 Rafael Yanez Sierra

OMG! I’m the Penguin….. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one^^
someone awkward

hahaha i feel as if someones describing me here…..
Quanlw

I actually wasn’t going to write a comment… until somebody pointed out that most people who relate to this wouldn’t leave a comment. So now I have to represent!
Hopelovesaniamls

wow i do practically all of these…..the fart one made me laygh so freaking hard!! hahaha

Hopelovesanimals

*do

Guest2A

WALK THROUGH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO KNOW EACH OTHER

TAKE OUT PHONE AND STARE AT IT.
anonymous

I laughed at lots of these, because I do this shit allll the time.
http://www.facebook.com/StraightCougar Tyler Lee

For all of you beautiful people keep your chin up and simply be yourself and everything else will fall into place. Don’t worry about what “they” think, just about what you think and feel. Be true to yourself only then can confidence not be just dlind bravery.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SCYWCXRIK2PW5OTKJQROCCV7CA gahh

What a bunch of crap.

(I would never say that to your face.)

Atomised

Shut up gahh.

(There wouldn’t be a time I wouldn’t say that to your face. d:)

anon

He was joking…

Sadf

So was Atomised…

Atomised

Thanks for Tyler.

spacetime

I can’t remember laughing that hard in a long time,
jtriegz

If you identified with this however sadly it made you feel you should join my event of Awkward Week on Facebook. It’s a time to celebrate these quirks!
Hi99ins

conversely with the chair ….Fart, then vigorously try and make the chair recreate the sound ….great stuff!
Mindenaron

don’t know what to say/don’t say what to know
awk-berg

Make eye contact with the person in the car next to you
immediately act as if you’re changing the radio
DRDM

The best part is when you identify your fellow awkward person, and make a meta-comment about both of your fake texting, only to find out that they were actually texting and make you look like an asshole.
Then I run away.
Beefrolls

Every body is like this I think..just hiding it
Smit

Is it wrong that this describes my life?
Qball

These are amazingly accurate
HJebrides

That’s me alright
eighty

Airport Ticket Counter Worker says, “Have a nice flight.”
[penguin]
Respond, “you too.”
http://twitter.com/brasmussen Bruna Rasmussen

yeah that would be me. D:
Grizzlygreen18

wow this describes me perfectly
hider.

Oh how Awkward is life..
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Jedreski/739598294 Tom Jedreski

say hello to acquainted friends in grocery store, then see them over and over for the next twenty aisles.
jeff

i think everyone is gonna have something in common with this
http://www.facebook.com/chris.sena Chris Sena

Socially English Penguin
guestt

funny at first… till i realized i’ve done almost all of those……
Moonflower6547

These all apply to me. All of them.
Kaylyncogburn

omg omg lmbo! this is soo true haha!!:p
Rhotomago

lack of comments here
reminds me of “shyagra” the new cure for shyness developed by the people who brought you Viagra
it failed cause their target market was to shy to ask for it
http://twitter.com/powscience Pow! Science!

At least now I know what I am.
Gentledawn

Oh shit I relate to every single one
shelbyninja

This is me literally to a tee.
Fakeadress

The Socially Awkward Penguin deserves his own comic book series – seriously.

Without thinking, I found myself nodding whilst looking at these pictures, confirming to myself how common they are, and how often they happen to me. Except for the “Someone confronts you” one. I usually avoid getting into fights. *Jackie Chan voice*: I DON’ WAN’ NO TROBBLE!
Maxwell Smart

OMG I have done everything single one of those things.
Nrstone16

Yeah every single one tells my life except the ‘funny’ youtube one.
Blah

I can relate to 99% of these…sad day for me.
Guest

Feels good to know youre not the only one..
http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabel-DePaul/1789516349 Isabel DePaul

Is it bad if most of these completely mirror my thoughts
Royal fawn

“class go find a partner!”

argggg! the words sicken me to the core. it’s not all guys that are SAPs btw
Ali_lovesyou00

I can identify with ALL of these…
Shadowgeno

I am actually trying to remove shyness in my life, and well I used to relate a loot with the Awkward Penguin, but since I started to change my life, etc., I relate less to him, and well it makes me feel good.
http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Rosenbaum/100001387887487 George Rosenbaum

The only kind of person that a socially awkward penguin can talk to… is an equally awkward penguin. They will both royally fuck up in various ways while talking to each other, but its okay because their standards are already so low.

They will be friends for life.
Doctorpeppor

*scrolled to the bottom of the comments looking for the link to page 2*

*facepalm*
Anonymous

Lol
Robotbombsquad

I’m 12 what is this
Cheque

You forgot

Question sounds great in head, but trips over words when asking!
Mini

This is popular because almost everyone can relate.
Elisa 2712

me to a tea!LOL
peter_mil5

this is me.
Mehehe

LOLOLOL AHH omg when i read these i remembered the time i did each and everyone of these… good times, good times… at least im not alone in being alone XD
Willie

Now’s my chance to comment something funny and blend in with the crowd!….. OH GOD.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718876270 Jordan Braye

A girl steals a sip from my drink… She asks me “what it it”? I say “rohypnol, do you like it? True story
Anonymous

hHa this has made me embrace my awkward side. Laughed so loud! New lesbian roommate and her partner neglect to respond to laughter from other room…..awkward
Guest.

This is me. I don’t know what else to say.
Casperklo

Ahh… that awkward moment when you look at memes, and most of them fits you 8D
IndigoFusion

Nice to know I’m not alone

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