fallingasleepwhere yousitfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedbackhandedcomplimentcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistake“Iwish”“intentionality”mentiontalking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tself-esteemplummetprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour worksomethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)no oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artall focus ison a singularaspect ofyour work“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”wantingto screamor crysomeone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to try“this is anitpick,but-”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”backhurtssomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout youpeople notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withno chancefor you tospeak duringyour own critfallingasleepwhere yousitfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedbackhandedcomplimentcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistake“Iwish”“intentionality”mentiontalking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tself-esteemplummetprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour worksomethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)no oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artall focus ison a singularaspect ofyour work“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”wantingto screamor crysomeone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to try“this is anitpick,but-”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”backhurtssomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout youpeople notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withno chancefor you tospeak duringyour own crit

bad critique bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. falling asleep where you sit
  2. feeling bad for barely/not at all participating
  3. convincing yourself you don’t care/that nothing matters to shield yourself from the emotional pain of work you care about getting slammed
  4. backhanded compliment
  5. critiquing something you did on purpose as if it’s a mistake
  6. “I wish”
  7. “intentionality” mention
  8. talking about a low stakes piece/a study like it’s much higher stakes
  9. realizing after the fact that you did have a question to ask the class when you said you didn’t
  10. self-esteem plummet
  11. prof reminds class that crit participation is part of our grade
  12. someone fundamentally misunderstands your work
  13. something is/isn’t nebulously “effective” (no mention of what at)
  14. no one knows how to talk about abstract art
  15. all focus is on a singular aspect of your work
  16. “I don’t know how to feel about this”
  17. wanting to scream or cry
  18. someone tells you to try doing something that you are never going to try
  19. “this is a nitpick, but-”
  20. “I don’t know how to explain/put it into words”
  21. back hurts
  22. someone makes weird assumptions about you
  23. people not interacting with your work the way you intended it to be interacted with
  24. no chance for you to speak during your own crit