The Best of Socially Awkward Penguin

December 24, 2010 | | 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.

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  • 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 :D I do some of the things :D But it’s funny as hell :D

  • 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