# Is there an opposite to "Instructional video"?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 12, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-instructional-video/742892 "2016-01-12T03:09:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-instructional-video/742892/1 "2016-01-12T03:09:01Z")

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Laughing our asses off at what a terrible game of racquetball we were playing today, my buddy and I thought that someone could be filming us for a What-not-to-do video. I’m wondering, then, what term would be the opposite of an _Instructional Video_?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-instructional-video/742892/2 "2016-01-12T03:20:14Z")

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_Jersey Shore._

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-instructional-video/742892/3 "2016-01-12T19:06:55Z")

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-instructional-video/742892/4 "2016-01-13T20:56:33Z")

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I seem to recall watching films in the navy about what things not to do in various situations. Believe me after watching the surgeon generals anti smoking film you’ll never want to smoke again. Don’t recall that they had a special name. Warning videos?