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Did you ever do something you thought would be cool in front of people, but later realized it was incredibly dumb and felt embarrassed or ashamed about it? In other words, you were an "awkward penguin". How did you deal with it? Do you think no one remembers except you? Do you just pretend it never happened?
I put this on repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhS14brZZEs
what do you mean, "were"? I am!
Yes.
Given the sort of neurodiverse person I am, I'm going to say the instances were numerous during my youth.
If one never got into an awkward situation when young, either you lack perception or did not live life.
Damn i thought this was going to be about Linux users.
Yes, because when you're young, there's intangible cobwebs of expectations and taboos around you, which are laid out by society to make you feel guilty and "put you in line".

Later no, because everything I've done, good or bad, was the best I could do at this point.

Everybody makes mistakes, but for every "if I'd only..." there is a "I did it because I thought...". You learn from mistakes, and yes, some are really terrible, but you had your reasons when you made them. So IMO the best thing is to make the most out of it, not to dwell on regret, but to find out was the reason was, and why it was wrong. And how you came to the conclusion that what you did would be a good idea.

The most important thing to recognise is that it's often not you, but "the other people" who are wrong. But to recognise these situations, you must not lie to yourself. Because that's the most important person you're responsible to.
Who didn't?

As for dealing with these situations, shrugging them off and moving on seems to do the trick.