# Should I post a link to my competition video? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634 "2012-09-23T23:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/41 "2012-09-26T01:45:10Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > What the hell is the matter with you? You said you didn’t think you could continue to do this particular hobby due to a problem with migraines. She was being nice, for fucks sake. No she wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/42 "2012-09-26T01:48:46Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > No she wasn’t. You’re reading a way different post than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/43 "2012-09-26T01:51:04Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > No she wasn’t. You’re wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/44 "2012-09-26T01:51:44Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > She was being nice. She found it an interesting topic and was interested in discussing it. She was saying even though body building wasn’t her thing, she found that aspect of your life something she would like to chat about. > > You were unnecessarily defensive and rude, I’m afraid. [quote=“sandra\_nz, post:31, topic:635634”] I’m not interesting in bodybuilding so wouldn’t read your proposed threadQUOTE] Well, the OP was specifically asking if there was any interest here in viewing the competition video. If she didn’t have interest, she didn’t need to post in the thread; so it didn’t strike me as “being nice”. And what did she find as an interesting topic? A topic which _she_ introduced? Ok, but I am not looking to find “challenging things to do that don’t give me migraines”. Life is full of such things already. I absolutely wasn’t being rude??? Huh. ALL I did was inform her that this thread wasn’t about me searching for paths my life can take. So I wholeheartedly disagree with you. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/45 "2012-09-26T01:52:10Z")
I don’t want to see the video. Please don’t link to it. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/46 "2012-09-26T01:55:29Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I don’t want to see the video. Please don’t link to it. Because if I did, you would just _have_ to watch it, right? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/47 "2012-09-26T01:56:51Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > You’re wrong. Ok. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/48 "2012-09-26T01:58:42Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You’re reading a way different post than I did. Ok. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/49 "2012-09-26T02:00:20Z")
[quote=“Ambivalid, post:44, topic:635634”] > [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I’m not interesting in bodybuilding so wouldn’t read your proposed threadQUOTE] > > Well, the OP was specifically asking if there was any interest here in viewing the competition video. If she didn’t have interest, she didn’t need to post in the thread; so it didn’t strike me as “being nice”. > > And what did she find as an interesting topic? A topic which _she_ introduced? Ok, but I am not looking to find “challenging things to do that don’t give me migraines”. Life is full of such things already. I absolutely wasn’t being rude??? Huh. ALL I did was inform her that this thread wasn’t about me searching for paths my life can take. > > So I wholeheartedly disagree with you. It’s a conversation not a monologue. Get a blog if you want to control the conversation. You were rude and short with her for no reason other than the fact she made a suggestion about something in your life she found intriguing. You’re not obligated to have the conversation, but don’t read motives into a pretty typical message board event: thread drift. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/50 "2012-09-26T02:01:27Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Because if I did, you would just _have_ to watch it, right? :rolleyes: Christ, why’d you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/51 "2012-09-26T02:26:02Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Christ, why’d you ask? Are you kidding me? If someone doesn’t want to watch, they don’t have to open the thread. Me not posting it doesn’t affect whether or not they watch it. I asked because I wanted to know WHO WAS INTERESTED. Get it? And if I miscontrued **Sandra nz** ’s comment, then I offer my apologies to her. It can be tricky sometimes interpreting a person’s tone and intent when the communication is strictly text. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/52 "2012-09-26T02:28:59Z")
[quote=“IvoryTowerDenizen, post:49, topic:635634”] > [@Ambivalid](#): > > It’s a conversation not a monologue. Get a blog if you want to control the conversation. > > You were rude and short with her for no reason other than the fact she made a suggestion about something in your life she found intriguing. You’re not obligated to have the conversation, but don’t read motives into a pretty typical message board event: thread drift. I know it’s not a monologue. However, she said she was interested in a “discussion” that _no one_ was having. How is that different from “hijacking”? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/53 "2012-09-26T02:30:17Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Should I post it? If there is no, or scant, interest shown I won’t bother. One answer to this question is “no”. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/54 "2012-09-26T02:32:34Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I know it’s not a monologue. However, she said she was interested in a “discussion” that _no one_ was having. How is that different from “hijacking”? She wasn’t trying to takeover or re-direct this thread, which s hijacking. Perhaps she was suggesting to start a new thread, because she thought the topic was, I dunno, interesting? Or, if you we’re interested in discussing in this thread, that’s ok too. Hijacking is only a problem when it derails a thread. A thread evolving is different. Friendly suggestion- you need to lighten up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/55 "2012-09-26T03:00:02Z")
To **ITD** , **Sandra\_nz** and anyone else I may have offended in this thread; please accept my apology. This entire training/prep regimen has been _extremely_ stressful and difficult for me and I am stretched to my limit and cranky, irritable and short-tempered from it. It’s not an excuse, it’s an explanation. I probably shouldn’t even be on the computer when I’m in such a state. I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/56 "2012-09-26T03:01:14Z")
No worries. Hope you feel better, soon. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/57 "2012-09-26T15:30:55Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Because if I did, you would just _have_ to watch it, right? :rolleyes: No, I was just using reverse psychology on you. People saying they’d like to see the vid is obviously not going to work, so if we say we don’t want to see it maybe you’ll actually post it. Or not. Whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/58 "2012-10-01T19:54:15Z")
I had my competition; I lost by one point. One point. ☹ There were five judges and three out of the five chose my competitor as the winner; two chose me. It was a good competition and I’m ok with the outcome. I wasn’t even sure if there was going to be anyone else to compete against, and I would much rather lose by one point than win against nobody (or lesser competition). The only reason I haven’t posted a link yet is because I am waiting to get a good video of my routine. The one I have now is blurry and far away and not very good. It’ll still be a few days, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/59 "2012-10-07T00:40:44Z")
So, it’s been a few days. Post the blurry one at least man. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634/60 "2012-10-07T03:08:04Z")
I’m looking forward to seeing it, even if it’s the blurry one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-post-a-link-to-my-competition-video/635634.md?page=4)