Friday's Unscientific Poll

This week's poll is brought to you by my recent experience shooting a video for the upcoming exhibit about the Rosetta spacecraft that will be at the Royal Society in July. I watched the final cut last night, and I noticed that I found it easier than the previous rough cuts, mostly because all except two of my sections had been converted into voiceovers.

As regular journal readers will know, I don't have a problem with viewing still images of myself (because I can select the better ones). And I now know I don't have a problem hearing audio-only recordings of myself. But as soon as my image is moving, I find the experience of viewing it excruciating and cringe-worthy and I must blot it from my memory with gin as quickly as possible.

Thus, today I'm wondering if other people have similar reactions to viewing/hearing recorded versions of themselves.

Poll #15085 Recorded versions of earlier selves

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 34

I can cope with

Hearing audio-only recordings of myself
15 (51.7%)

Viewing video-only recordings of myself
5 (17.2%)

Viewing still images of myself
24 (82.8%)

Hearing and viewing audiovisual recordings of myself
5 (17.2%)

I do not like

Hearing audio-only recordings of myself
21 (65.6%)

Viewing video-only recordings of myself
23 (71.9%)

Viewing still images of myself
12 (37.5%)

Hearing and viewing audiovisual recordings of myself
27 (84.4%)