# Breaking up... it's easy to do

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [April 23, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401 "2025-04-23T14:41:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-its-easy-to-do/1017401/54 "2025-04-25T17:44:44Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> OMG! I tried all the tricks I know to get the videos to link and it just would not let me. I tried even just posting the links but the board hates me right now.

See this thread. It’s really very easy to avoid the youtube embedding bug:

> [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499):
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> You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your post normally but do not include the YouTube link(s). When you are satisfied with the post, hide the preview window (see the \<\< button in the lower-right). Then, insert the links in the desired locations. Note that the links should each appear on a line by themselves. Then post. …

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