{"id":20365,"date":"2021-06-20T18:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=20365"},"modified":"2021-06-20T19:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T02:58:40","slug":"if-you-cant-say-something-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2021\/06\/if-you-cant-say-something-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"If you can&#8217;t say something nice &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That saying &#8230; &#8220;If you can&#8217;t say something nice, say nothing at all.&#8221;  Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think about that often when I am tempted to leave a critical comment on youTube or wherever.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BUT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks ago, watching a cooking video, that I felt was just awful in method and timing, I left a critical comment.  And I received a reply\/explanation from the host and another commenter.  But, not leaving well enough alone and being further irritated by those replies, I rebutted again.  GAH.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was then suggested that I make my own video, illustrating my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I was a little horrified, but then I thought &#8230; NO, that is a great idea and I need a video project that I MUST do to further my videography and video editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Saturday (6\/12), I shot the video.  Sunday (6\/13), I edited &#8230; giving myself a headache AND realizing that I shot my intro in portrait and the remainder in landscape and at the end of Sunday, I was unsure if I could fix it or would have to reshoot.  I had some test video that I did early on Saturday to test lighting and camera angle so quickly edited that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the process of uploading that short (relatively) video, I realized my internet upload speed had slowed to nearly unusable.  After nearly 24 hours the short video uploaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the short video was less than 4 minutes and my full video was nearly 14 minutes &#8230; I did a Scarlett O&#8217;Hara &#8220;I&#8217;ll think about it tomorrow&#8221;.  And then there was how am I going to work with my internet like it is and all of the calls, emails, chats, etc. during the work week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cutting to the chase, on Friday, my internet suddenly became nearly normal.  So &#8230; did something break and was fixed or new capacity added???  I don&#8217;t know.  Today, I felt able to look at the darn long video again.  I was able to edit my intro so no reshoot was necessary &#8230; and it uploaded in 6 hours.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good grief!  I hope that I learned my lesson and will do what I usually do if I take exception to a video or post &#8230; move on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I did learn a lot in the process of doing this and so ultimately, despite the angst, it was a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fried Fish Sandwich on Sweet Potato Sourdough Bun\" width=\"658\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlokI4ahWzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above, my full video and below, my short test video for the buns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sweet Potato Sourdough Buns\" width=\"658\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ik2C8nwAT6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That saying &#8230; &#8220;If you can&#8217;t say something nice, say nothing at all.&#8221; Right. I think about that often when I am tempted to leave a critical comment on youTube or wherever. BUT. Two weeks ago, watching a cooking video, that I felt was just awful in method and timing, I left a critical comment. 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