The F Plus - 298: Giving You Tingles

Episode Date: March 10, 2019

The topic of ASMR first caught a number of peoples' attention as a very strange looking and suddenly popular YouTube goldrush. The idea of whispering, crinkling, and providing a number of close wet sounds is very much tied into the happiness of a certain demographic who we're honestly a little concerned about. This week, The F Plus contemplates the opposite of nails on a chalkboard.

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That has to be the bumper. Okay, good. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the F+. It's really terrible. It's a really terrible place, but we have terrible things and they're red with enthusiasm. And over here we have Boots Reingear. ASMR. Podiatry exam foot infection removal. ASMR podiatry exam foot infection removal.

Frank West. ASMR midnight meat train butchering at a last subway train. Nutshell Gulag. Breadface, slowly breadfacing. Crinkly noises, rough ASMR. Slowly bread face. Crinkly noises. Rough ASMR. Bunny bread. ASMR. Succulent Chinese meal plus democracy. Fuck you. I ain't wasting this voice by whispering and shit.

And lemon. ASMR. Bitchy mom. Disappointed parent. Hurts your feelings. Dr. Andrew Michaels performs a podiatry exam and removes a strange parasitic cryptid from the patient's feet. Oh, I love that guy.

Police girl comforts you as you lay dying role play. Magic the Gathering Comprehensive Rules Part 1 of 41. ASMR idiot vampire trying to put gloves on for 10 minutes straight. Got my head on the door It's a dream Hey, Flus. Hey, Lemon. Hey, everyone.

I've got a question for you. No. What sends chills down your spine? Pussy, oh wait, myself Camille sends Samson and Delilah That's what she Body bread's pussy

Frank West has his hand up So yes, what is it Frank West? Well there's this thing called ASMR And it's my favorite thing and I'd like to talk to you about it for about an hour and a half. You spelled pussy wrong. That's very good. Frank West, what is ASMR? It's Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, but you can forget those words because none of them mean anything.

Okay. And so, yeah? It's when people on YouTube make noises into a microphone and it makes some people feel good in their heads That's like podcasting, isn't it? It's like a podcast only one person does it and it's boring

Oh, boring you say So I'm glad I can reissue some of our episodes with the word ASMR on the end and monetize them oh that actually would be smart I'm so I've noticed I'm I'm I'm

fairly uh unfamiliar with the with the general concept of ASMR but what I understand it as is that like it's the YouTube

videos and it's mostly women in their 20s whispering into a microphone would you say that's pretty accurate I would say that the women in their 20s whispering into a microphone. Would you say that's pretty accurate? I would say that the women in their 20s are the ones who get all the views.

Oh, okay. Oh. So they're like the green day of the situation. I know that the bread face lady does ASMR. All right, fantastic. So we're going to dig in for this hour here into the topic of ASMR. This is a document given to us very generously by Linda. And thank you,

Linda for this document. But yeah, so we're going to go to a couple of different places. We're going to learn something about ASMR, the people who like ASMR, why presumably they like ASMR, and just be smarter, more well-rounded people at the end of this. It's always worked in the past. Exactly. We are the most well-rounded people in the world.

Oh, my God. I'm so much better than when I started doing this. I am almost a complete sphere at this point. I wish that people at my workplace would recognize that fact. But have less uncomfortable meetings. So we're going to start off with a site that no longer exists. It went through a couple of

sort of like rebranding reboot exercises before finally giving up. It was Experience Project. A site that we went to before. So we're going to go to Experience Project here. And Boots, I think I'd like you to start us off. Go to the Ghost of Experience Project. We're going to go to the Ghost.

Okay. And Boots, we're going to talk about people's experience with ASMR. And your name is Anuangel? Anus Angel Eyes. No. Nope. Nope. Close to it, but not that. Anu Angel's Eyes. No. Nope. Nope. Close to it, but not that.

A New Angel's Eyes. Mm-hmm. Um, A New Angel's Eyes. It's just a dirty name. 36 to 40 male. My very first ASMR experience. I went to lay down, go to bed. Okay.

Okay. That's a downtown name. Around 12 p.m. put. This person is using hyphen is their only punctuation. Yeah. So everything is a weird compound word here. All right. Around 12 p.m. put on headphones with the YouTube video playlist I created playing.

Focused on the sounds and images came to mind halfway. In between, a slap and awake it hit me. Floating, buzzing, inside the hive mind of the universe. Focused on her whispers, it was a bliss. Surreal. Not a lucid dream, more intense-lasted. About five minutes.

Amazing experience, to say the least. It's like a switch flips in your brain and you enter into a focused, blissful, buzzing world. Huh. This world. Okayful, buzzing world. Huh. This world. Huh.

Okay, that sounds good. Bunny Bread, what was MH361's experience? MH361? It's pronounced Joe. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. It's a Welsh spelling.

Hey, how you doing? My name's Murphy361. I thought it was Joe. You just said it was Joe. He's Joe to his friend. No, that's bullshit. I would never was Joe. You just said it was Joe. He's Joe to his friend. No, that's bullshit. I would never say that. Oh, okay.

All right. I'm 31 to 35 years old. I don't really know when I was born. I'm male. Also, my name is Brian Brain Gassam. Brian Brain Gassam. All right. Hey!

Hey! all right hey i have always felt this sensation as many people that experience experience i assist it has many different triggers mine for example is whispering lips making and soft well spoken, man or woman. At times... Lips making. Yeah. Lips making. At times,

even someone with an accent. It's weird, because I did not know. I'm choking on my own stupidity. I'm sorry. Funny bread chokes to death, 30-minute ASMR. Oh, that would... I would download that track.

Super Bear, that... It's weird because I did not know what the hell it was called until recently in the last year or so. It feels very relaxing. And for me, it just does tingle the glills all over your brain. It kind of feels like a brain gasm at times. Just this wonderful feeling you get. This has been Joe.

What was that word again? Oh, you know how you build up during Sikhs? When you're having Sikhs with a wyman, and then you're plain eyes, it goes in, and then eventually you have a gaysom. And a gaysom is

a homosexual threesome. And Frank West, your name is DragonMonkey88? I'm DragonMonkey88. A relaxed state. That is how it makes me feel the first time it happened. I was watching Hook, the part where the little boy looks at Peter and finds him. Okay, all right. There is a group on YouTube called the Brain Tickle Experiment.

Look them up. It is relaxing, and you will most likely get this response. All right, all right, F Plus listeners. Time for you all to watch Hook and the very memorable scene where a boy looks at somebody. Well, the thing is that that's not the only one that mentions Hook. The one above it also says, a scene from my then-favorite movie, Hook,

gave me such intense tingles radiating through my scalp. Yeah. Nutshell, you're Unknown Mystery 1. Okay. I'm Unknown Mystery 1. 18 to 21, female. I'm pretty sure this is AMR that I get. It's really intense for me, though. I watch this one particular YouTuber, and when I get into it, my lower back will arch uncontrollably.

I'll usually end up laughing whilst it occurs. It's a weird sensation. Sometimes, after a while, at my lower back, the sensation travels to my neck and it arches too. It's just bizarre. I think that's called having a petite mal seizure. That's not ASMR.

I can confirm that person should go to the emergency room immediately. I'm glad Frank West is here. I think we need Victor for that one Yeah I just fold into a pretzel whatever happens I don't know It's fun We're going to be moving on to another site

This is a site that actually exists This is forums.asmr.fm. It looks like a really nice modern website. Frank, are you familiar with this one? No, because I don't know why you would talk about this. Okay, okay, good, good. So do you want to opt out of this one, this recording all together?

Why are you saying these things? You're going to get us hurt so uh this is a section uh that linda has called science in giant scare quotes and uh so frank uh your name is roberta o'leary and uh i just have a question for you what exactly is an ASMR experience like? Well, I found that I would get Frisian-esque shivers, but coupled with a complete, uncontrollable shaking of my whole body. And involuntary. Folding into a pretzel. Folding into a pretzel. Folding into a pretzel. And involuntary, although relaxing and pleasurable, twitching

from ASMR. For the longest time, I believed that to actually be ASMR, but reading on here has made me think that real ASMR is somewhat of a trance state, although I don't really know what a trance state qualifies as.

I believe this without actually believing it. That's how science works, Lemon. I don't know what cheese is. This is cheese. I do feel the pressure in the nape of my neck before the shaking and the tingly feeling going out to my arms. But I feel like that's not actual ASMR, and rather just a reduced or desensitized version of it. Oh, terrible.

You are full-body shaking, and you think that's the lesser version? What exactly would you define your ASMR experiences as? And do mine count as at all ASMR-y, or just really weird? Does anyone else get like this? My name is TS1111. What you're talking about is indeed frission. And that happens to everyone.

Usually with music or something emotionally beautiful, i.e. triggered by emotional art most commonly. But everyone has their triggers. There is no shiver with ASMR. It's like someone ran a static electrical wand over the sides of your head and all your hair stand up, then expands up the head, down the body of the legs, if it's really powerful. With that, your heart slows and you go into an almost trance state of relaxation. Trance state, as in you can barely move or talk. Hypnotic state, almost. I'm

a hypnotist, not throwing that word around. I'm glad we found the gatekeeper for this. So quickly, too. It's definitely not stimulating or invigorating like beautiful music swell of violins at a particular point in an emotional movie. Quite the opposite. It isn't triggered by anything emotional.

It's certain sounds and certain methodical movements by other people. The sounds aren't musical. More like crinkly paper, whispering, wet mouth sounds. There are tons of auditory triggers. You can find them on YouTube. If you had experienced true ASMR, you'd know. In that way, I guess you could be compared to an orgasm law. Also something you could find on YouTube.

Real ASMR is not... Just pronounce Gaysom. Real ASMR is not resulting from having your hair played with or being touched. The A stands for autonomic. Oh, God, why can't I do that word? Autonomic. Autonomic. Oh, autonomic.

Meaning it's the unconscious part of the nervous system, not triggered by touch. It's by a sense of other than that. Nautably. Yes. That's just a word someone made up. Yes, exactly. I'm a hypnotist. Do you know?

Can I tell you? He's a hypnotist, man. Come on. Shakespeare was too. No. So this thing was just starting and no one had a name for it. And some random kook who wasn't really even involved in it was like, this is my chance to get involved and be popular on the Internet. And they came up with the phrase.

And that man's name was Frank West. I wish. They came up with the phrase ASMR and everybody said, we'll use that. And they used it and they got more hits on YouTube because of it. Right. And so the name, it of it. It means nothing. It means that I can say well actually to people. That's what it means.

Don't discount that shit. You can use a different word than the people up there earlier used. My pointer finger is so far in the air right now. The other one said autonomous. Goosebumps can happen. Wait, this guy's wrong. What, this guy's wrong. What? This guy? Huh?

Facts don't care about your shivers. Yeah. Goosebumps can happen with a light touch, but that is not ASMR. That's also frission, which is a French word for shiver. I hope that helps explain it. And then Wikipedia link. I only get ASMR when somebody reads Goosebumps books. Strangely, I don't get Goosebumps, though.

Okay, so we're going to learn a little bit more boots. I really want to make this a scientifically defensible episode here. So we're going to learn something about the science behind ASMR. Your name is Mr. Gamma. You're an admin, so you come from a position of authority. Please explain the science of ASMR. Yes. Autonomous sensory meridian response has been around quite some time now.

There's a citation needed. Quite some time. Listen, I am the expert on this. Okay. He's a fucking, yeah, he's an admin, man. Many people believe. Yes. I was almost Dr. Gamma,

but I'm just Mr. Gamma. Well, wait. This dissertation is next week. You can pretend I'm Dr. Gamma. Later tonight I'll be Dr. Gamma, but I'm just Mr. Gamma. Well, wait. This dissertation is next week. You can pretend I'm Dr. Gamma. Later tonight I'll be Dr. Gamma. But around quite some time now, as people report these sensations going back as early childhood while watching television are going about their daily routines, The primary response is the tingles, which many people report as a pleasant sensation through the scalp and the spine, which is sometimes faint and other times overwhelming, nearing the point of sensory orgasm. Sensory orgasm?

Yeah. Ever orgasmed in your eyes and nose at the same time? Yeah, dude. It's like that. Sensory orgasm as opposed to an orgasm that you can't tell. Yeah. Non-sensory orgasm, which is what most of the women I have sex with talk about. I told you that you came, damn it!

Listen, you're probably familiar with the standard tactile orgasms. You've never tried an olfactory one. No, no, I know. Nostasms are hot. I totally came. You can get off now. Boots, I told you we're not reading the snot fetish stuff. No, no.

You see my eye twitching? That means I came. I'm still coming. Put your pants on, please. Money goes on the dresser. Thank you. There is little known about ASMR and certainly much less recognized by the scientific community. Is ASMR safe?

Yes. Oh, thank God. Okay. Sorry. Wait till we go to ASMR underground. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Dangerous ASMR. This ain't your grandfather's ASMR.

Two women crinkle. Two women keep crinkling. The crushing red lights district. Well, some claim it is a type of pleasurable seizure. Those who are hypersensitive with 3D movies or video games have been diagnosed with epilepsy, may be susceptible to medical complications. Oh, good. If you have epilepsy, you have epilepsy.

Yeah. There are no nerve endings. No, no. If you have epilepsy, you may have something wrong with you, he's saying. May. May, yeah. That's not epilepsy shame here. Yeah.

May. There are no nerve endings within the brain itself. The tingles are a result of sensations felt in the surrounding muscle tissues, sensory organs, and bones. That feels wrong, but I'll take your word for it, I suppose. Well, I mean, they do do brain surgery where the people are still awake so that they can have them counting down and stuff all right all right you're right all right congratulations yeah i've never felt anything in my brain

where there are plenty of nerve endings there are nerves which are directly connected with major sensory organs found within the brain, such as the ears and eyes. When these nerves are stimulated, they may present a tingly sensation. The central nervous system nerves connect the peripheral nerves found within the brain, sensory organs, the surrounding muscle and bone tissues. Viewers often report a tingling sensation or shiver which runs down their spine. The reason being is the central nervous system is pleasantly stimulated. Shouldn't there be listeners?

Read more about nerves here. Health.HowStuffWorks.com That's how I got my MD. And then Mr. Gamma continues with uh more uh facts and uh dissertations which is all very interesting uh but i want to skip to uh an explanation here by mr gamma titled ginger and serotonin um uh bunny bread uh will you take this one please it's a ginger and serotonin posted by by Mr. Gamma. Okay, one moment here.

Early Gilligan's Island. God damn it, who was that? Scroll faster, dude. It's mine, so I should get to say that. Edit point. I'm going to repeat that same shit. Anyways,

something something Canadian and Ginger and Serotonin. And Gilligan's Island. Anyways, something something Canadian and ginger and serotonin and Gilligan's Island. Yeah. Well done. Nice. Well done. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

That's your fucking closer, dude. Yeah. That's going to be the bumper right there. Ginger and serotonin. Have we ever done an all bumper episode? Well, we're working

on it now, so... Posted by one Mr. Gamma, soon to be Dr. Gamma, my personal experience has been that the consumption of raw ginger tends to increase the tingles.

In fact... I just said what I said. In fact, one time, the use of ginger increased my tingles so much, my entire head was lit up like a Christmas tree. After doing

a few searches for ginger and serotonin, it appears that ginger has a close relationship with serotonin. Animal studies suggest that ginger... Skip that. Skip that thing. Blah-biddy-blah-biddy-blah science. Big deal, right? What does that have to do with anything? You must be

imagining things. Well, there is another phenomenon called the brain zaps. And when people who use SSRIs discontinue their use, they experience tingling or zapping sensations throughout their brain. Perhaps there is some sort of association? Wow, I get to be a double expert here and say no. Oh!

You couldn't have waited until I got to the last paragraph? God damn it, spoilers! Unfortunately for those experiencing the brain zaps, the sensation is normally described as unpleasant, while those experiencing ASMR

normally describe them as pleasant. So, perhaps the association has more to do with the serotonin transmission system and sensitivity, rather than the correct or incorrect functioning of the system itself. This has been Mr. Gamma, PhD in training.

Thank you. Thanks, Mr. Gamma. PhD in training. Thank you. Thanks, Mr. Gamma. PhD in training! So much science. Well, now that we know so much about ASMR, we're going to move on to the next section here. This next section is called Surely No One Would Obsess Over This Mild Phenomenon. First day on the internet, pal.

We had it kind of early today it's a thing the internet's not weird about it bye and I think okay well there's ASMR the good the bad the ugly which looks good except for I'm interested

in this post here which is called ASMR in dangerous places oh boy ugly, which looks good, except for I'm interested, in a nutshell, I'm interested in this post here, which is called ASMR in Dangerous Places! Oh boy. ASMR in all the world. Hi! I'm Gabby, not Gabby, 18 to 21 female. One of my earliest

memories of ASMR were back in elementary school gym class when we had to climb this really long rope, probably about 20 feet high. When I would climb it, the sound of the rope between my hands and its gritty texture made me dizzy and sent tingles down my scalp and spine. It actually almost caused me to

fall off a few times. But the experience of being up there was so intense that climbing the rope was always my favorite activity. I'm just thankful. You just rub it on your face. Are you aware that you have a vagina? Yeah. Gabby not Gabby. I'm just thankful. Okay, do you know the other vagina, right? Are you aware of the other vagina? Yeah.

Gabby not Gabby. I mean, shit. I don't know if we have to explain this to you. You're making an assumption there, Lemon, but sure. Okay, fair. Well, we made you do this, so... Anyways, when my sister told me about ASMR, this memory became really vivid and is one of my fondest ASMR moments.

My fondest moment was something that somebody told me about later? No, her sister told her about ASMR and the memory of her rope climbing days became very vivid. Yeah, that's awesome. I hated this memory until my sister told me about it. Now it's the greatest. Hey, F+, guess what? No. It's time to go to Reddit.

Yeah! Finally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's been just a little bit of time. I think it's time for Reddit. So where are we going to... I was just thinking, where are all the creeps? So here we go to Reddit, and we are on r slash ASMR.

And I have a question. Frank West, I have a question for you. Your name is Midrack, and I have a question for you that got you eight points. What do you do if you lose your ASMR? Recently, I've watched many ASMR video, but gradually my tingle has gone. What can I do to bring it back? Hey, that's my stick. What the hell?

Sorry, it was in the text. What can I do? I'm going to have a talk with our fucking script writer. Hey, I have the same problem. First thing I will try is staying away from ASMR videos for some time. I start with one week. So far, I couldn't resist, and I'm still watching them. All right. My other theory is that ASMR stopped working because you intentionally try to get tingles.

Kind of like trying to tingle yourself. I hope this is not the case. Oh! So you have to surprise yourself with your ASMR. Boots? Yes. Galfastus? Galfastus. Yeah, I think so.

Galfastus. It really seems like there is a kind of refractory period Mine is maybe one to three weeks for something I've seen slash heard before And maybe one week for light tingles with something I've not seen or heard before I'd like to see what happens if I avoid it for a longer period of time Like two months, then return. When I first found this subreddit, all I ever got were slight tingles.

Since then, with breaks, they seem to be getting stronger. Or maybe I'm just more accepting of the sensations, so there's less resistance to it. I do know, man. This guy is... Well, then tell him, you asshole! He came to you for advice. God, you're just a dick. Sometimes I just watch the stuff anyway,

though. Because, hey, these things are often pretty relaxed, even without the tingles. Oh, man, how can they live without tingles? I've stopped using it as a pre-bedtime thing, however, since I don't want to associate it so much with sleeping. Okay, okay. Wait, isn't this, I mean, they've described it as sort of like

an almost itchy, weird, near-uncomfortable situation. So how would that help them go to sleep? I give myself electric shocks to relax. So how would that help them go to sleep? I give myself electric shocks to relax. It is the... It is... You know the feeling you get when there's nails on chalkboard? It's the reverse of that in every way possible.

So no nails on no chalkboard. Does that help? It really doesn't, honestly. I can't picture what the opposite of nails on a chalkboard is. I'm just imagining nails on a chalkboard, and I'm really upset. Frank West, I only understand sports or sex analogies. That's it. That's all I got. It's like rubbing a chalkboard on your nails. Say if it's like

I'm fucking the Chicago Bears. Okay, so you know when you catch the perfect game ball? Yeah. Yeah. Hang on. I got the tingles. Wait a second. You throw a perfect dunk. You're in the clothes room after the game

with the lady and her parts and yes the lady is there and all of her parts and you've done that and then you listen to an ASMR video very good hot I want to hear from Juan Carlos

please Juan Carlos, please. Okay. Juan Carlos? Let's see here. Juan Carlos. Yep. That sounds like he's from Michigan. He lost a car.

All right. Okay. Hey, how's it going? Okay. All right. Michigan. Yeah, I'm from Mexico. All right.

That's why my name is Juan Carlos. Okay. Man, you're just my name is Joanne Carlos. Huh. Okay. Man, I just, you know, you're just such a puzzle one, Carlos. I really want to know you. That's me. Hola in the Espanol. Okay. So, mine never came back, you know.

Aside from the very, very, very few non-whispering videos, I think, you know, variety will help in bringing it back or prevent decreased recept think, you know, variety will help in bringing it back or prevent decreased receptiveness, you know. But given the nature of whispering, they all sound very similar, you know.

I mean... The nature of whispering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The whispers. I know, I mean, you can't identify a voice if everyone is whispering, right? Okay.

You've been to those parties. I haven't been to those parties. And that makes it dull after a little while. I'm always going to parties hosted by the Ying Yang twins. Yeah. God damn it. I was going to say that until the end. Shit! I was going to do

it. Wait till you see my dick. Alright. Okay. A nice soothing tone and the other usual noises would be ideal for me. A bit of the vocal cord vibration. Damn it! I didn't mean to swear. I'm sorry.

Just my opinion. Good night. This has been Juan Carlos. Man, I got to say, I've always been a fan of how quickly fetishists get really bitchy about people not buying into their thing. I have this specific thing and it's your fault! How dare you!

Okay, so, my name's the Nerdy Glasses girl. I have a request, Reddit. My request is roleplay videos enacting stressful situations. This might be the weirdest request ever. Ever, yeah, I'm sure.

And I might be weird, just for asking for more. I listen to a kidnapping roleplay. Oh, shit, I stand corrected, okay. In which you are kidnapped. Not kidnapping someone no and i'd like to find more like it or are similar to that obviously a vast majority of asmr role play videos are soothing in some way but there's something about a controlled thrill plus adding in common triggers that gives me the tingles. Any video to point me in the right direction

are appreciated. Also, as an edit, I discovered r slash spooky ASMR was a thing. Is that just Vincent Price breathing? Nice breathing. Hey, can I interrupt for a moment?

I have a question for the expert. Frank West. Yes. Do they have any other descriptor other than the tingles? Boy, it really is a lot of that word. Well, so for a long time, you'll notice in some of the older posts, they used to use the word orgasm a lot. And then they used the word braingasm a lot because they were nerds, so that's the word that came to mind. That's the closest they ever had to sex. Okay, we're just going to use this word a ton and there'll never be any repercussions.

And then ASMR started becoming... Oh my god, it's not sexual! Yeah, ASMR got popular and then everyone was like, oh, so it's a fetish then. Like, well, no, we didn't mean orgasms orgasms you plebs so now they don't use the word orgasms

all they have left is tingles I actually had one more I wanted to do here my name's heyguys9897 and this has probably been posted here before are you reading that name correctly my name's HeyGuys9897 and this has probably been posted here before. Are you reading that name correctly? Okay, yeah. My name's HeyGuys9897 This has probably been posted

here before, but I feel like my loneliness contributes to my enjoyment of many of these videos. Oh, no. The personal attention you get in some of them makes me feel good beyond the typical relaxing ASMR sensation. Sometimes, I think the reason I go back to certain videos is because I like being around that person and

like listening to them and looking at them. I don't get out and interact with people. Beyond my back deck. Daniel Songer. Thank you for ruining for everyone else. I had no point of reference.

Hey, I never had a girlfriend. Many ASMR videos, especially Whisper ones, let you get really close to someone and can create a really intimate experience that's hard to find elsewhere. I have a theory that the explosion of popularity of ASMR is partly due to others having the same experience. What do you guys think? And Boots, your name is Troublesome True Story. Man, whisper Daniel Songer, though. Yeah.

Like a, just Daniel Songer. I got the nits to itch. I think we've talked. I'm pretty sure we've talked about, I know that we've talked about it on Ball Pit, but you know what, just go to Ball Pit, search the word songer. You're welcome.

You'll find fun stuff. My name is Troublesome True Story. What's up? Now I got the tingles. I got the tingles. You're right as if you were me. It could be true Weird realization

I've never really thought About the Psychology Psychology Psych Psychology Psychology I need to start my life out.

Quarter pound, please. I've barely gone a single night without a video for years. And I shot about making my own channel. Yeah, just do that. I'm into you for some reason. Make it a podcast. Everybody else does. So many of them.

My name is Daniel 12 cold. I think you onto something here. I am the loneliest guy ever. First day on the internet, pal. guy ever. First day on the internet, pal. I feel like there's an episode in Daniel 12 Cold. Yeah. Oh, someone's talking

about me. R slash League of Legends. R slash ASMR. R slash loneliness. Yeah, alright. Alright. If it were not for my young, younger siblings. Yeah, alright. Alright. If it were not for my Junger siblings. Junger siblings. Junger siblings. Yeah, Jungian siblings.

They represent, like, the shadow. Shadow self. And Asimartists on YouTube. I might still be depressed like I was before I found out I had ASMR. Okay. Well, it's treatable, you know. Yeah, with ASMR. And like you said, Opie, I find myself going back to the same YouTubers and mostly women.

I think it has to do with the fact that I long for female interaction. But anyway, good observation and Merry Christmas. Hey, speaking of that... He's going to get married to Christmas. Hey, Daniel 12 Cold. Hey, Daniel 12 Cold.

Boots just found another thing that you posted. Will you just click that link and read that too, please? Okay, it's me, Daniel12Cold, Boots just found another thing that you posted. Will you just click that link and read that too, please? Okay, it's me, Daniel12Cold. Loneliest man. So long and thanks for all the fish. I mean, ASMR. Oh, good. Just in case the world ends or whatever,

I wanted to say thanks to this wonderful ASMR community and the ASMRtists. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year's, and maybe even Happy Apocalypse. Wait, the world is supposed to end in 2013? Yeah. I don't remember that at all. It's supposed to end every year? Yeah. I don't remember that at all. It's supposed to end every year when he's

depressed. In both posts you wrote Merry Christmas. I know. Going to marry that Christmas boy. If she'll have me. Merry Lloyd Christmas. Initially you're going to be taking Red Yakuza,

but before you do, I'm Globespinner. I always thought of ASMR as a replacement for the close intimacy uh no show you're going to be taking uh red yakuza but before you do i'm globe spinner and i always thought of asmr as a replacement for the close intimacy that is not in my life i don't mean yeah what what it's a one it's a simple hot swap yeah yeah yeah they're both the most ready person um i don't mean sexual intimacy. Not that there is any of that going on anyway. Well, I'm high.

Just in general. Just a form of intimacy where one person physically or audibly expresses interest in another. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. How bad is every day for you? Nobody cares if I live or die, except for the girls on YouTube. I got news for you about the girls on YouTube and how they feel about you. This is a window, right?

They can see me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now they saw you. They saw all of you. I think you're definitely on to something. And, Nusha, what do you have? I'm Red Yakuza. And I don't watch many

male videos for a similar reason. I like the intimacy too, so I prefer it if the girl is cute. I also watch and listen to makeup tutorials if the girl's voice is nice. Doesn't have to be English either. One of them is German.

Oh, hey guys, we're on Reddit, just so you know. Okay, so... Oh boy, oh man. There's a whole bunch of posts here from r slash forever alone. Oh boy. That are simultaneously

funny and bummers i'm just gonna skip those are the people getting the asmr girlfriend videos to show up in my recommended console yeah assholes that i definitely surely surely it's not any video that you've ever chosen frank they hacked frank west i mean honestly with the shit that I watch on YouTube, I think that anytime YouTube sees any sort of consistent trend, it's like, please, just take one of these. By the way, I just recently

found a Chrome plugin called Hydrek, which was a thing that just removes all YouTube recommendations. It's fucking amazing. YouTube's immediately better. It's so good. Why would you want to remove YouTube recommendations. It's fucking amazing. YouTube's immediately better. It's so good. Why would you want to remove YouTube recommendations? I mean, they just keep on recommending me cat

videos. It's great. Really? Are you sure it's not Nazi cats or like cats owning social justice warriors? It's mostly the dodo, you know. This cat was found in horrible circumstances and now in a life firming and heartwarming tale,

it has a happy home. Wow, the algorithm likes you a lot more than it likes me. Yeah, I didn't want to know why Star Wars, the newest Star Wars was a complete cinematic failure the last 30 times. You've won me over. I'm a Sarkeesian. Well.

So, Boots. You're a Sarkeesian. Well. Or Anita. So, Boots, your name is Delate Dent Arthur Dent. Delate Dent Arthur Dent. Delate Dent Arthur Dent. Okay. Yep. And what's going on there? What's going on there, Delate Dent Arthur Dent?

Delate Dent ArthurArthurDent. Yep. I got a request. I'm an ASMR subreddit. Yep. Going through a hard time. I was wondering if there were any ASMR videos for breakup advice. I think you should break up with your girlfriend.

You should say that you respect her as a person, but you just need some space. No, don't say that shit. Because then they think you still like them. You should say that you've grown apart. No, no, no. Just say you're gay. It's cool. Find a mutually satisfying conclusion.

Find a mutually satisfying conclusion. Broke up with my first girlfriend a month ago, and I've been flittering between sad and okay since. Today was one of the bad days. I could do with some videos for advice, or just to bring my spirits up. Actually, life advice I don't know. I just need something because I'm just spiraling

today. Well, I'm here to rescue you, you piece of shit. Oh, is that random snoozy person? Oh, random what? Oh, there I am. You are here to rescue him. Hey, man.

I've always enjoyed your contributions to RASMR, you know? Your brothers in arms. Come on, man. I love you, fucking, you know? All right. You seem like a cool guy. And I'm really sorry you're going through a rough time, man. I had a look.

You know, there's not really anything that anyone couldn't find with a quick search. But I found a fucking few, you know? All right. Okay, cool, cool. So, all right. So, Heather Feather's Brain Paws videos. Heather Feather isn't me in case you were wondering.

We get mistaken for each other a lot. Alright, so Heather Feather's Brain Paws videos parts one and two. Fuck three. No, no. Three's a piece of shit. Different director. Three's dangerous. Yeah, three. They took it in a totally different direction.

It's fucked up. It'd be useful to me in the past when I've been, you know, like, sad and shit. Her making s'mores soundscape is good as fuck. It's just so good. So fucking good, man. All right, so it might work for you, but it doesn't have any advice, apart from how to light a fire and make s'mores. Haley!

That's why my girlfriend and I broke up. Oh, shit! Are you Mr. Heather Feather? I hate the way you make s'mores. I can't stand the way you make s'mores. God damn it. Hey, man, that's like three out of four relationships. That's how it ended for me.

So, Hayley whispering Rose, right? She has a broken heart roleplay as the shit. I'm not. Okay, yeah. All right. Ink Dog has a great taking care of you roleplay that is melancholy and bittersweet as well as relaxing. But it doesn't really have any advice for shit. I'm just working my way through my boner list here.

I don't have much advice so far. Lauren Ostrowski Fenton is really wise, Seaman. Has a heart healer role play. I guess she is fiber to take care of cholesterol. I don't know. Jelly Bean Green, though, he's got some tips for depression. No, that's a she, too. Sorry.

They're definitely all she's. Sorry. Jelly Bean Green has tips for depression. And the first tip is don't get it. A bit more lighthearted is ASMR requests. Eternal sunshine, the spotlight is mine. Style memory, arrested sugar. Fuck it, I'm not reading the rest of that.

No, you are. You're going to read everything on this list, Bunny Bread. God damn it. ASMR requests, eternal sunshine, the spotlight is mine. Style memory, arrested sugar. ASMR requests Eternal Sunshine. Spotless Mindstyle Memory. Arrested for a little respect. Roleplay. Ephemeral Rift has a supportive

mental health vlog. That one's a guy. He harassed a bunch of the women ASMRtists. How did that get there? Fuck that. Accidentally Graceful has a bad presentation role today. That, though it's obviously not about your situation,

it does have some general advice that might be applicable. And I remember Spratbook's Overcoming Depression using like Maslossi's hierarchy of needs. You ever heard of it? Oh, yay. Lemon, you ever heard of Maslow again? Hi, Maslow. How you doing?

No, that's not Maslow. No, it's not Maslow. Most death laws, hierarchy of needs. Yeah. That's the knockoff philosopher. All right, so Maslossi's hierarchy of needs advice as as well and then there's this super long hypnosis i don't know if that's a real word that might work but it seems that it's mostly guff or it could just bore you to fucking sleep all right so i hope things get better for you soon everybody

yeah i think yeah i think you're on the way to wellness for sure. Yeah, I gave you a lot of shit that gave me orgasms. Okay, good night. Oh, man. So I got to say, so as you're reading that, I was clicking on most of those YouTube links, and most of them bummed me out. Yeah?

So, Frank West, I'm noticing a very common thing here is uh is extreme close-up on face yes okay is that part of it sometimes some people are like they get part of it makes them get the feeling better if like they feel like it's actually happening but like i think a lot of it is just like what else are you gonna do while tapping on a fucking piece of cake like a can like i don't know look at the camera what come on open up 3ds max and really like create some visual soundscapes for me i mean there's definitely a lot of ones where you don't see the face because it's a good idea not to show your face on the internet if you can help it well it's super close in the face though like you like like like like a bunch of them they like they weren't fitting in the frame i mean i'm gonna be honest with you i don't usually watch the videos so like i don't

quite get the appeal of it i just background them but but yeah it is a thing i think it helps some people and then i think also like it gets you more views because i mean people like face cams and fucking video game streams i don't know yeah that's true faces that's true i just you know what i just i just more time with i just love goatees i just really am into goatees i just need to see more goatees in my life how can you eat more goatees. I just need to see more goatees in my life. How can you eat more goatees? You live in the Midwest. You know what? You don't look fat.

I thought you looked fat, but then you put that thing in there, and now you're not fat anymore. You absolutely have a neck. Right. So I got a long question for you i'm just gonna skip most of it here um but uh is is anyone else uh anyone else with a concern that asmr is replacing human intimacy for them no after the last half hour i am definitely concerned yes i'm a little bit worried about frank at this point but but... Yeah, you know what? Yeah, I've been watching...

If you're only starting to worry about me now, you're a bit of a fair-weather friend, all right? I've been throwing off red flags the whole time. Literally. I've been watching ASMR videos since 2011, and for the most part, I'm pretty content with what I've been doing. I watch videos that give me sensation. It's good stuff.

But sometimes I feel from unintentional videos and random sounds. But for the most part, I use intentional videos that inevitably means there's a lot of people whispering, etc. Blah, blah, blah. Soft feminine voices really do it for me, and that's opened the door to things like girlfriend role plays, which don't really do it for me, and are more fringe, acceptable videos like kissing videos. Fairy Chair is one of, no, Fairy Char is one of my favorite ASMRtists, but I will say that I've caught myself quite literally spending hours watching her second kissing video, both because I get ASMR and I get a sense of comfort unrelated, at least I presume unrelated, to ASMR. Those concerns really came to light when I was tripping and took a different perspective on these videos.

I was watching Reina Sage's recent boop video. Great shit. Highly recommend. And then I started thinking about something pathetic about watching those videos. Obviously not for every video and for every person, but in general, replacing intimacy with ASMR feels like a real concern. Is there anyone with similar feelings or who would care to chime in? And in a nutshell, your name is Peppersmith67.

All right. I actually get that. I remember one video from Softly Gloshes that she removed where the entire concept is that she fell asleep next to you watching a movie and just woke up. I know it got removed because it did attract a lot of creeps, but I remember first watching it on a really bad night I had, and it really felt like she was there with me helping me relax. Yeah, why would that attract creeps? It was one of the strangest, yet one of the most calm I had ever been watching an ASMR video.

And, uh, Boots, take a Nezgul, please. A Nezgul? I believe I'm a... like a ringwraith. Yep. Not for me, at least. Actually,

it has enhanced intimacy for me in some way. Really close mouth noises are one of my ASMR triggers. Oh, well. Can I podcast from a different room now? And I was actually discussing

ASMR with my boyfriend a few months ago. And he decided he wanted to see if he could trigger it. Hey Lemon, if you don't like this so much, why are you making really loud mouth noises?

Well. Yeah, Lemon. What's the problem? I can feel it. I can feel it. Oh, bad tingles. Anyway, he wanted to see if he could trigger it. Well, he can.

And it's a fantastic addition to our intimate moments. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. How quiet is their sex? Like, where he can hear that. Like, how shitty is their sex where it's just like... I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry about that.

Maybe he just crinkles the paper really loudly. Oh, okay, yeah. He just jacks it up, yeah. Nutshell, what was your question? I'm sorry about that. Maybe he just crinkles the paper really loudly. Oh, okay. Nutshell, what was your question? I'm sorry. No, no. I was just going to say that when your bedroom shares a wall with your mother's bedroom wall, you've got to be really quiet when you're having sex. Toe-weak mother.

Toe-we wake mother. Don't wake mother. That gives me tingles. Yes, me Perkins in psycho ASMR. Don't wake mother. This next thread is labeled no homo. Yeah. It's tagged by Linda. Yesinda yes uh so uh bunny bread uh linda yeah linda uh and bunny bread there's uh 812 upvotes for this discussion so this is

probably a discussion worth having um what's the discussion you want to have? I want to have so many discussions about whatever the hell you're talking about. Discussion! I'm sorry. Discussion. Discussion. With the exception of our few established creators, this sub downvotes

nearly all men! Okay. Okay. Surely. He's ultimate warrior-ing here. It's all right. He'll be dead soon. Don't worry about it. See, he told you.

Who could have seen that coming? Surely, I'm not the only one who notices this. If you scroll down the page looking for posts at a zero, they're all videos man-made. Is this how we welcome new ASMR visitors into the community, huh? Huh? Frankly, I'm disappointed. I'm really disappointed with you guys, or at least the portion of you who downvote for prejudice reasons.

That isn't what we are about. Reddit is not about prejudice. You know this. I know this. Everybody knows this. You can't sign up for an account if you have prejudicial feelings. That's right. You can't sign up for an account if you have prejudicial feelings.

That's right. I'm OFA. I understand that ASMR and sexuality are distinctly separate in the majority of people, but I also think that a large majority of heterosexual males feel uncomfortable being triggered by a male artist. I know it's a touchy subject that will likely meet a lot of hasted denials, but I strongly suspect it to be true. That's the most correct person in this episode so far.

Well, I'm good. I hope they get shouted down. And I'm not gonna lie. While I'm not interested in the kissy girlfriend roleplay ASMR type videos, I am also not at all interested by intentional ASMR videos made by male ASMRtists. However, if it is unintentional and about content I'm also otherwise interested in, then I'm game. What's unintentional ASMR shit?

I have no idea. Somebody fell asleep next to their mic? Frank? No, explain, explain, please. So some people say they get triggered less if they're trying to be triggered, the feeling. So like they like videos where it's like not someone looking at the camera crinkling paper and saying, I'm doing ASMR. So it's like a clip of a movie where somebody does a breathy voice or something. I don't know why I asked.

For a while, everybody got really mad about it. Which I guess I could just say about anything. On the internet?! Is this like how they try to make porn seem like, oh, found footage and shit sometimes? Bunny Bray, please stop watching Blair Witch porn.

What?! From my cold, dead hands, motherfucker. Just a camper in the corner of the room jerking off. He's already watched 12 of the 13 sequels. He's got to finish at this point. Yeah. Jesus, I would hate myself if I didn't do this. He's got to finish.

Hello! My name is PME, you're Spooky Duke. Spooky Dude. I will not. Please PM me, you're Spooky Dude. What's a Spooky Dude, Frank? No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want that one explained. That's perfect on its own. I think it's a meme.

I ruined it. I'm a compound of memes. Yay! Pretty much this. If it's intentional, I i prefer a female artist but i don't want gfe stuff guessing that's girlfriend experience yep yep good if it's if it's unintentional then i don't care i never vote based on, only on whether or not the video is good content, but that the fact that I have

preferences means that I give more upvotes to content from female. It's about ethics and YouTube masturbating? Yeah. My name's MacGyver Survivor. What did he do to you? I don't know, but

it involved a match dip and a piece of gum. Some gum? One battery? I'm not a MacGyver victim. An entire pack of Big League Chew. Yeah. Whereas those of us who are the opposite and prefer males

usually end up having to roll our eyes at this subreddit and going oh, of course, the only OC here made by a guy is sitting at 12.5% upvotes on the bottom of page two. Right. Right.

Where's my parade? And Frank, we got a post from Lomina? I think it's an I. Okay, Iomina. Iomina. Iomina.

We are deluding ourselves if we don't admit two things. A portion of today's ASMR community are not interested in ASMR at all. They use the content as porn. No. Internet usage of porn? Wow. And two, a significant portion of the real ASMR

community has conflated ASMR with intimacy. We filter. Yeah, you're the smartest dude here. We filter and condition content creators according to these two phenomena established asm artists are conditioned to make more and more intimate content and the new creators who gain traction are overwhelmingly female and either already make quite intimate content or they are

promptly encouraged to do so agreed the reason why men are downvoted is that even if the ASMR audience were 50-50 men-women, sexualized ASMR follows the same patterns of pornography. Straight women enjoy women, but straight men are not interested in men. Okay, alright, well.

Well. I feel like the inspiring music that was playing in my background just cut out. It just turns to a kazoo. The conflation of ASMR and intimacy is understandable, but it is hurting the community. More intimacy does not guarantee more ASMR. Too much intimacy just creates

sexuality. Huh. Uh-huh. Okay. Intimacy creates sexuality. Think of an archetypical doctor roleplay. All of you think of it. I know you've got one in your head.

Oh, no. I'm sorry. I'm unfamiliar with doctors and or sex. Just think about Victor and you'll think about both. Oh, I fucked him a lot. It is intimate. He actually has his doctorate in role play. Yeah.

It's weird they let him in the hospital. Yeah. He's very convincing. It is intimate because you are alone with the doctor and he or she is focused on you. Let's pretend like I'm qualified to be here. If the doctor is too intimate, very close to you, and making breathy mouth sounds while playing with your hair, that is a very different doctor roleplay. Right, except for if you actually have a boner from actual doctor situations, you're fucked up. Like, that's nuts.

That's goddamn nuts. How are you feeling? Oh, I've had post-nasal drip. Oh, that's too bad. Well, it's probably viral, so I can't give you antibiotics. Oh, yeah! Well, Lemon, if it's so nuts... Here's your room.

The doctor will be with you shortly. Three hours later. Oh, sorry to make you wait. ASMR doctor roleplay. You wait in the waiting room for three hours with a relatively serious condition. That's right. Oh, I see you're... What are we suffering from? Oh, you wait in the waiting room for three hours with a relatively serious condition. Oh, I see you're, uh, what are we suffering from? Oh, you're dead.

A $200 bill and they didn't find anything. Oh, I'm so relaxed. Nobody wants to satisfy my triage roleplay fetish. I feel like the situation is only going to get worse. We are reaching a point where we filter out quality ASMR and condition ASMRtists to create less triggering content. There's nothing we can do, though, because everybody has different triggers. It's a bulletproof excuse.

It is true, but in my opinion, there is a limit to what can be called ASMR, and we are quickly approaching a point where the norm is actually outside that limit. This is such perfect Reddit. This is such perfect Reddit, this post. You've got to draw a line in the sand! Because he starts out by

saying, the problem is that people are doing things for boner reasons, and the problem is that people are doing things for boner reasons. And the problem with that is that that interferes with my boner. No, he said that it interferes with my boners. You're ruining the chase purity of my ASMR. Yeah, well, I'm jerking it. And then, Boots, take

Superman III, please. Yes. I, for one, use ASMR videos as pornography. I have never experienced ASMR before, but when I... What?

When I first... Superman III. Oh, you disappoint Superman Jr. so much. Why are you here? Your father. If he wasn't rolling in his grave. Let me explain myself. When I first stumbled upon an ASMR video on YouTube, it was a regular ASMR video,

not the MSFW types. The clip I saw was a female doing those kissing mouth sounds, and I thought... What's your work like, my dude? It's like this. I thought that this was the newest form of pornography. I just got it out. I was like, oh, might as well give it a try.

I called my cousin Chuck on the phone, and I held my phone up to it. I called my cousin Chuck on the phone and I held my phone up to it. You know that new porn you've been looking for? Well, listen to this! Oh man, your kids are gonna love it. I use ASMR videos to masturbate. Videos in which

the woman is whispering ear to ear. That's not how it was. Ear to ear. Whispering ear to ear into that microphone gets me excited. Regardless of what she's doing, just because the act of whispering by itself is whispering ear to ear into that microphone gets me excited, regardless of what she's doing, just because the act of whispering by itself is very close,

very personal, and very intimate, especially if those whispers come along with the clicking noises they do with their mouths. Like our retainers coming out? Yes, we females like to make clicking noises with our mouths. Those acts, along with sexual arousal goes hand in hand. To me, ASMR is softly pornographic to me. ASMR can be a relaxant or an antidepressant to other people. But to me, I thank these women for providing me with more jerk-off material.

And yes, I do think that a number of them know exactly what they're doing with those kissing-type videos. Making guys all horny and stuff. She was asking for those upvotes. The more they say that it wasn't their intent, the less and less I believe them. I wonder why so many people stop making ASMR videos when they start getting popular. They stop being sexy. It's weird how that's such a consistent pattern. They're used up.

Hello, it's me, Iomena. I respect your honesty. And I upvoted you because somebody had pushed you into the negatives. Big breach of reddikit, folks. But please, don't vote on Reddit YouTube, because it leads the ASMR community in the wrong direction. Did you say reddikit? Yeah. I did.

I heard that word, too. Oh my god. You hadn't heard of reddikit? No. Reddikit means you're not supposed to downvote things because they're bad. Wait, really? Is that what that supposed to downvote things because they're bad. Yeah. Wait, really? Is that what that means?

Yes. Downvote them if they're irrelevant. Yes. Yeah. I know. That's an impossible... It's an impossible expectation. What if you made a website

where you took the dumbest concept of free speech that, like, a fifth grader has, and then that was the whole website, and then it was one of the most popular websites in the world? Well, then you should feel guilty for working for that company, and you should stop working for that company. I think most of them did, and I think most of them have. That's very true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right. So just, like, a quick peek into Superman 3's activity. of them did and I think most of them have. That's very true. Yeah, you're right. A quick peek into Superman 3's activity. He now exclusively

posts in NSFW ASMR. Good. Well, he's found his home. Nutshell. You know I like you, right? Yeah, I'm not reading that. What? What are you talking right? Yeah, I'm not reading that. What?

What are you talking about? You're a hell of a lemon. Not a shell. Not a shell. I just wanted to tell you for a minute that I appreciate your friendship the time that we've known each other. You start whispering, motherfucker. What? What?

I like and respect you as a person. Then you read the fucking thing. I want to read the fucking thing. Fine. Fine. Bunny bread, will you please read the thing that Nutshell doesn't want to read? I don't know what you're talking about. But I'm going to take a wild guess.

Okay. All right. Hello! What's going on? How y'all doing? Good. Sexy. All right.

Okay. Actually, that makes... Yeah, okay. ASMR makes my vaginal walls clench slash pulse sometimes does this or anything similar happen to anyone else I have a kitty why not Jill

I'm glad you read this I bake things alright this has been ASMR throwaway one funny Brad that's not funny I bake things. All right. This has been ASMR Throwaway 1. Sometimes I bake cats. Okay. Bunny bread, that's not funny.

Wait, does that mean I can be bunny bread because it's up for grabs? I'm being serious. There's nothing sexual about it. When it happens, I'm not watching or listening to vids that have anything sexual about it. You know what? This isn't a me thing. This is a nutshell thing. And this is as close as I can get to nutshell.

There's nothing sexual about it. When it happens, I'm not watching or listening to vids. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Put your hands on your brains and your penises. They have anything sexual about them. I don't get anything sexual out of them either. It happens when

I'm in mid-ASMR or mid-tingle if that makes any goddamn sense. Oh, I'll put you in mid-tingle. Oh, you! Oh, you step back! Oh, I'm a married woman! Sometimes, my butt clenches

too! If it's particularly strong! Waffle! I like the implication that when your butt clenches too strong, you start rolling on the floor. Ouch! Ouch! I got sciatica! I'm curious.

Does this happen or does anyone, anything similar happen to anyone else, huh? Can anyone shed some light on this? I know it sounds weird. Ah, it seems I'm not alone, which I'm glad to hear. Do any gentlemen get non-sexual bonus and since I'm not alone, which I'm glad to hear, do any of you gentlemen get non-sexual

bonus from ASMR? I know, that doesn't make much sense, but whatever. I don't know much about bonus. My name is... Oh, so you just talk. Fuck it, I don't care. I am a kitty. Okay.

My name is Ska Krok. Ska Krok. I always get boners from ASMR, but only from voices. I only watch female whisperers. Pretty much all the close-up female voices give me boners. Some of them are more seductive than others. Including like me? Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. give me boners some of them are more seductive than others for example like me okay oh yeah

oh yeah for example whisper crystal is my asmr queen she triggers the fuck out of me and gives me inexorable raging boners all the time because she makes a sexy voice on purpose. Yeah, we got that problem sometimes. But it's a non-sexual boner. Right, right. All whisperers should learn from her. IMO the best. And, oh, wait.

Okay, so. Oh, never mind. Oh, God, uh, uh, oh wait, uh, yeah, uh, okay, so, bleh, never mind. Oh, god, not that post. I don't know which one you were gonna do. Oh, yeah, you have to read Squirrel Scout now. Yeah, it's the one where- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're Squirrel Scout. Me too, and I agree, it's not sexual. I wonder if it's a part of the whole relaxation aspect of it.

Because, and stop reading if you don't want TMI, I have anxiety which results in frequent constipation. But I find that watching ASMR videos helps me poop. Oh. Oh, poop face. And then Frank, take that response, please.

That's like, oh sorry, this like tensing of the vaginal muscles? Watching ASMR videos helps me sleep. I suffer from anxiety, too. Maybe I should try and see if they help me poop. I've been pooping without YouTube for all these years. Like an idiot. And Greg the Human says, no boners

but makes my balls tingle. So F+, what did we learn from this episode? I learned that Frank West, I never want to know him again. I learned that we're capable of ending an episode just as we're learning about audio laxatives. Boots almost had a cure.

He was so close. That was quite a turn, wasn't it? ASMR can do a lot. Yeah. Yeah. It's just white noise that sounds good. Like, why is it all so complicated? So one of the things that I noticed was, like i'm clicking through the videos and like i said i

i i i knew it was a thing i didn't really you know didn't really look into it at all like it there's a lot of uh there's definitely like the stuff that i saw today it was a lot of like like comforting girlfriends that seem to be very oh man i think it's it's one of these things where like there's one weird thing and it's very adjacent to other weird things and they get together and just make a weird thing salad yeah yes so it's like there were already people doing like girlfriend like girlfriend experience has a wikipedia page which oh of course yeah yeah yeah and i guess i mean that goes back to like phone lines and stuff well like sex workers will yeah right right yeah um and so then they were like well i could just listen to this relaxing video

of someone doing the same thing on youtube and save money and then they're like and as long as i'm here i guess i'll just be part of this other community, even if I don't get any of this feeling. I mean, I already came. I might as well type out my thoughts. Might as well stick around. What else am I going to do? Clean up my keyboard? I mean, jeez.

The longer I listen to this video, the longer I can put that off. Yeah. Gotta buy a new keyboard. Really, it's sort of a microcosm of just, like, where we are as the internet, that it's like,

I have a longing in my heart. I know what I can fill it with. YouTube! YouTube has my best interests in mind! They've demonstrated this over and over again. If I can't and presumably like the search algorithm what can i try yeah so and presumably like these uh these asm artists

like are they're all like uh you know getting paid for this thing right like they're they're um the big name ones are getting paid although like a bunch of them got shafted when youtube changed stuff okay i don't understand how it works but they get like a third less, a third of the money they used to get, so now they all have Patreons. Can you point me to an example of somebody that said, like, I started doing a thing

on YouTube, and it got really popular, and gee, things worked out well for me. Hooray! I'm glad that happened. Cooking with dog? Okay. No, dog is divorced now. He's got a terrible, terrible

life. Lemon, have you heard of a little guy called PewDiePie? I haven't. Is he fun? He sounds fun. I wonder what he thinks of the game Damn Dog. I sure would like to find out. That's right, folks. This week we are sponsored by PewDiePie. Everybody make sure to go out and subscribe to PewDiePie.

We've got to beat that other channel. Oh, does he whisper alone? I'm not familiar. Yeah, his very relaxing sounds come from him. Good, good. And if you're looking for a place to whisper things into, you can go to Ball Pit. I guess. Or not.

I don't know. Bye. You can go to Ball Pit. Good God. You can go to Ball Pit. I'm gonna kiss you in Paris. I want to hold your hand in Rome. I want to run naked in a rainstorm.

Make love on a train Cross country You put this on me So now what? So now what? Wanting Needing Waiting

Will you justify my love No, no, no Praying for you to justify my love Okay, so we're going to be moving on from Experience Project to a site now that does exist. project to a site now that does exist. Frank West, I'm not sure if you're familiar with this one, but it is forums.asmr.fm Wait, say it again. Forums.asmr.fm

Go ahead, Sloth. It's not. It's not FM. Forums.asmr.fm Why did... Okay. It says.fr on the doc. Yeah. But it's not right. No, that's not right.

Well, I was just going to go ooh la la. That doesn't make any sense at all. Oh. How delicious. Hon hon hon. Edit point.

That's going to be the bumper, right? Fuck it. I'm just doing that again