talking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesself-esteemplummetsomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout you“Iwish”somethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)no chancefor you tospeak duringyour own critfallingasleepwhere yousitcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistakeprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour workpeople notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withbackhurtsrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tbackhandedcompliment“this is anitpick,but-”“intentionality”mentionconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingno oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artwantingto screamor cryall focus ison a singularaspect ofyour work“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”someone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to trytalking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesself-esteemplummetsomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout you“Iwish”somethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)no chancefor you tospeak duringyour own critfallingasleepwhere yousitcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistakeprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour workpeople notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withbackhurtsrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tbackhandedcompliment“this is anitpick,but-”“intentionality”mentionconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingno oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artwantingto screamor cryall focus ison a singularaspect ofyour work“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”someone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to try

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