Drama penguin?
Via AskMe:
Drama penguin of the day: I am infatuating a work colleague of mine badly and I am looking for resources to understand the nature of my infatuation to get over it.
Emphasis mine. Now what the hell is a drama penguin? I’m pretty sure it’s not this or this; nearly all the hits for “drama penguin” on google are actually related to dramas published by Penguin in some way.
And the way folks introduce questions on AskMe makes it unclear even what role “drama penguin” is supposed to play here: is the penguin the poster? Is the penguin the question? Is it perhaps a general characterization of the overall arc of a relationship-advice thread? Does “penguin” have something to do with the anonymity of the question? Is it some odd misspelling of something more plausible?
I am boggled. And very curious.
drama penguin Said,
June 24, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
Why must everyone always pick on me?! I’m a penguin, all right? And I have a heart, a soul, I don’t go around with my eyes straight ahead and my mind on the balance sheet like all those ZOMBIES I see around me every day. I put myself out there, my heart is on my flipper, when another penguin pushes me into the icy water I pretend to laugh but inside? Inside, I HURT. When I infatuate, it HURTS. And you’re not making it any easier.
But that’s all right. I’m used to it. I can take it. I am penguin, I am strong, I WILL SURVIVE.
Mike aka drezdn Said,
June 24, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
The Drama Penguin was the Penguin in Mr. Popper’s Penguins that was most interested in The Theatre.*
*I have not actually read Mr. Popper’s Penguins
wilder Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 5:40 am
the poster in a non-native speaker of English, may have studied Mr Popper’s Penguins as a text and assumes all English speakers know it.
wilder Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 5:42 am
hell, maybe I qualify! I meant the poster is a …..yada. yada, yada… natch.
iamkimiam Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 8:38 am
I read that too and all I could figure was it was a reference to March of the Penguins, where the main theme was love and mating. I also thought the use of “infatuating” in the post was rather odd. Is he digging on someone, or causing them to dig on him?
Josh Millard Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 8:41 am
I think the reading of “infatuating” as being just a malformed attempt at “infatuated” makes the most sense in context, but I do like the idea of someone actively, willfully infatuating someone else.
“Man, I am gonna infatuate you like nobody’s business.”
drama penguin Said,
June 26, 2008 @ 11:40 am
So some fucker on MetaFilter has stolen my good name. I knew this was coming. And they’ll probably start making dumb comments and people will be all “Ha ha, look at that dumb drama penguin!” I know there’s nothing I can do but flap helplessly, and then I’ll probably fall into the water and get laughed at some more. I’m used to it. But I’ll never understand why the Great Penguin allows such cruelty to exist. All I ask is a little love and understanding. IS THAT TOO MUCH?
anonymous Said,
July 9, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
Hi everyone. I am the fucker posting that metafilter anonymous post. I am not a native english speaker, but I am learning, slowly.
Sorry for causing this much confusion. I was referring to myself as the penguin (as I am not a queen). didn’t mean to hurt anyone’s feelings or steel anyone’s nicknames. I was just doing some cute self-deprecation. My apologies to the real ‘drama penguin’. I assure you, you are the queen of all drama penguins. you are the real drama penguin queen.
By the way, penguins are soo really good in the water, actually fish think that penguins must be great runners on land.
Hale to all penguins…
Josh Millard Said,
July 10, 2008 @ 7:12 am
Hiya! Actually, I think you hit the nail on the head for a nonce attempt at “cute self-deprecation” — the ‘drama penguin’ imagery is pretty nice, and I’m not sure it’d have caught my eye if it were less so.
Don’t mind the proprietary grumbling from your namesake; I have it on good authority that they’re not too serious about the whole thing anyway.
For what it’s worth, speculation about language acquisition’s role in this notwithstanding, your English seems excellent.
Did you know you inspired (independent of this blog post) another mefite to sign up a Drama Penguin account?
John H. Said,
July 24, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
Sometimes, sometimes, oh cortex, sometimes, you don’t question the penguin.