talking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesself-esteemplummetsomeone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to tryfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingComparing yourwork tosomeone elseand witholdingjudgement...outloud.“intentionality”mentionsomethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)“Iwish”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”no chancefor you tospeak duringyour own critcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistakebackhandedcomplimentrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedbackhurtsForgetting tofinish the Critwrite up andMaking it up.“this is anitpick,but-”fallingasleepwhere yousitprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout youno oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artWalked incompletelyforgetting itwas crit day.people notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withComparing yourwork to someoneelse and thinkingyou may havemissed a majoraspect of theproject“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”all focus ison a singularaspect ofyour workslouchingintooblivionsomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour workwantingto screamor crytalking abouta low stakespiece/a studylike it’s muchhigher stakesself-esteemplummetsomeone tellsyou to try doingsomething thatyou are nevergoing to tryfeeling badfor barely/notat allparticipatingComparing yourwork tosomeone elseand witholdingjudgement...outloud.“intentionality”mentionsomethingis/isn’tnebulously“effective” (nomention of whatat)“Iwish”“I don’t knowhow toexplain/put itinto words”no chancefor you tospeak duringyour own critcritiquingsomethingyou did onpurpose as ifit’s a mistakebackhandedcomplimentrealizing after thefact that you didhave a question toask the classwhen you said youdidn’tconvincing yourselfyou don’tcare/that nothingmatters to shieldyourself from theemotional pain ofwork you care aboutgetting slammedbackhurtsForgetting tofinish the Critwrite up andMaking it up.“this is anitpick,but-”fallingasleepwhere yousitprof remindsclass that critparticipationis part of ourgradesomeonemakes weirdassumptionsabout youno oneknowshow to talkaboutabstract artWalked incompletelyforgetting itwas crit day.people notinteracting withyour work the wayyou intended it tobe interacted withComparing yourwork to someoneelse and thinkingyou may havemissed a majoraspect of theproject“I don’tknow howto feelabout this”all focus ison a singularaspect ofyour workslouchingintooblivionsomeonefundamentallymisunderstandsyour workwantingto screamor cry

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 tells you to try doing something that you are never going to try
  4. feeling bad for barely/not at all participating
  5. Comparing your work to someone else and witholding judgement...out loud.
  6. “intentionality” mention
  7. something is/isn’t nebulously “effective” (no mention of what at)
  8. “I wish”
  9. “I don’t know how to explain/put it into words”
  10. no chance for you to speak during your own crit
  11. critiquing something you did on purpose as if it’s a mistake
  12. backhanded compliment
  13. realizing after the fact that you did have a question to ask the class when you said you didn’t
  14. convincing yourself you don’t care/that nothing matters to shield yourself from the emotional pain of work you care about getting slammed
  15. back hurts
  16. Forgetting to finish the Crit write up and Making it up.
  17. “this is a nitpick, but-”
  18. falling asleep where you sit
  19. prof reminds class that crit participation is part of our grade
  20. someone makes weird assumptions about you
  21. no one knows how to talk about abstract art
  22. Walked in completely forgetting it was crit day.
  23. people not interacting with your work the way you intended it to be interacted with
  24. Comparing your work to someone else and thinking you may have missed a major aspect of the project
  25. “I don’t know how to feel about this”
  26. all focus is on a singular aspect of your work
  27. slouching into oblivion
  28. someone fundamentally misunderstands your work
  29. wanting to scream or cry