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HenryFort Bad Craziness - Wide Asleep at the Wheel
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| i must be missing something ... |
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| MercuryCrest The Severed Head Of A
Great Old One Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Total posts: 753 Location: Floating down the Ganges Age: 33 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 29-09-2013 20:31 Post subject: |
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This reminds me of how I felt when reading "The Razor's Edge".
I had absolutely no interest in the book; in fact, I would have rather read anything else, but I tell you this: I couldn't put it down.
It was boring, petty, and uninteresting (give me non-fiction, if that's what you're after), but it thrilled me on a different level.
I wonder.... |
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| Simon Grey Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Total posts: 23 Location: Jersey, Channel Islands Age: 44 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-09-2013 16:27 Post subject: |
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| Zilch5 wrote: | Ok, while I knew the sensation, I never knew there was a word for it.
I am just wondering - is this a male thing or do women get it too? Most of the YT videos seem to be of nice looking young ladies - though it is a distinctively non sexual experience. Thoughts anyone?
Later edit - judging by some of the comments on YT - it seems to be rather sexual for some. Not for my though - whatever. |
The amount of male ASMR-tists is rising all the time. The people who make the videos experience ASMR themselves, so I would say its 80-20 in favour of the female ASMR-tists, and I would say that its about the same going by the comments on Youtube.
I wouldn't rule it out that some people find ASMR sexual, but I would denounce a lot of the comments on Youtube as coming from trolls who have been known to make extremely derogortory statements, but I guess thats the anonimity of the internet unfortunately. |
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| HenryFort Bad Craziness - Wide Asleep at the Wheel
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Total posts: 926 Location: UK Again Age: 43 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-09-2013 19:28 Post subject: |
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| its lost on me ... |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1527 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-09-2013 22:52 Post subject: |
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| HenryFort wrote: | | its lost on me ... |
Too bad - you're missing out!  |
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| solestri Grey Joined: 11 Jan 2013 Total posts: 6 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 01-10-2013 01:36 Post subject: |
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| I think it's interesting that there also appears to be an opposite of ASMR that's just as strange and recent: Misophonia. Rather than certain soft, repetitive sounds being relaxing, some people find that those sounds set their teeth on edge. A commonly cited one is the sound of chewing. Not loud, open-mouthed, smacky eating… just polite, closed-mouth chewing. Impossible to ignore and gives the same feeling as nails on a chalkboard would to others. |
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| Simon Grey Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Total posts: 23 Location: Jersey, Channel Islands Age: 44 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 01-10-2013 14:10 Post subject: |
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Hi Solestri, I must admit I've never heard of Misophonia before, but I suppose ASMR would have a polar opposite!
Its interesting that you mention chewing as an example of Misophonia, as its a trigger for some people who experience ASMR, particularly gum-chewing as part of whispering videos.
Anyway, heres the wiki link for ASMR, and its good to see that both are being looked at scientifically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response |
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| Zoffre Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Total posts: 620 |
| Posted: 03-10-2013 18:21 Post subject: |
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| Simon wrote: | | There are well over 100 ASMR-tists on Youtube, and I've subscribed to quite a few, and have got to know a few as well. The ASMR community is very supportive of each other, and a lot of them are friends on Facebook with their (I suppose our, as I feel part of this), own pages. |
Yes, I've been exploring the ASMR community on YouTube for about a year now and some of the people are so dedicated it's astounding. One of my favourites is Gentle Whispering. She does really good quality videos and often does two versions - one in English and another in her native Russian! Generally I don't go for the ones which feature the person's face a lot - I prefer unboxing, art or some other activity where you just see the person's hands and can hear the sounds of the different materials. There's a channel called Sound Sculptures which is particularly good. |
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