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It's funny, I was thinking the exact opposite just yesterday, that the Golden Age of ASMR had passed and that we're in some sort of Dark Ages. Most content I se
by subjectsigma 8y ago
It's funny, I was thinking the exact opposite just yesterday, that the Golden Age of ASMR had passed and that we're in some sort of Dark Ages. Most content I see now in YouTube is unimaginative, low-quality attention whoring. Young people (usually women, but not always) just doing random shit on camera with a clickbait title and calling it ASMR.
Maybe I'm grumpy and crotchety, or maybe it's because I have very specific triggers, but I almost never enjoy 'intentional' ASMR and I especially dislike some of the more commercialized or sexualized content. It just feels like the opposite of what ASMR is supposed to be, which is simple and relaxing.
- gallerdude 8y agoFor new channels maybe, but for the “classic” channels (GentleWhispering, WhispersRed, etc) I think the content is better than ever.
- colordrops 8y agoI would suggest checking out some of the Korean ASMR out there. Yes, most of it is done by pretty women, but it's usually not sexualized, and very creative and relaxing. Now, Chinese ASMR, that is often sexualized. I honestly don't find a problem with it, and don't understand why others do.
- sasaf5 8y agoI think the strong consonants of Korean speech help making the videos more ASMR triggering. I am also fond of them.
- tfha 8y agoThere's just as much good content out there as ever. And there was always attention seeking content. Even 5 years ago you could find bountiful cleavage, kissing, even porn stars doing asmr. If you like the wholesome stuff, it's no hard to find
- egillie 8y agoThere's even ASMR comedy now if you want, see "ASMR Bank Robbery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqbL9ZZQaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqbL9ZZQaM
- waterhouse 8y agoAlso the "ASMR Kidnapping": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv9KhAzStI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv9KhAzStI Now a search for "asmr kidnapping" on Youtube gives what looks like at least 100 plausible results.
- telchar 8y agoPersonally I find the "random shit on camera" is just fine, as long as the delivery is sufficiently appropriate. But my use case is usually to help me unwind and get to sleep so if the content is too interesting it's counter-productive. I think the true effect you're probably referring to by the 'unintentional' ASMR is hard to achieve so I guess I don't hold most of the Youtube stuff to that standard as long as I get what I want out of it. I guess this is a long-winded way of saying YMMV. That said if you or anyone wants to make some suggestions of high-quality ASMR videos I'd be interested.
- subjectsigma 8y agoYou're free to like whatever you like, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. Just for reference though, here's some videos I enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YTkxUNwmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YTkxUNwmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISamd1EilIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISamd1EilIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4S-ivm3rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4S-ivm3rk The first two are unintentional (the channels do not market themselves as ASMR) and the last one is intentional.
- telchar 8y agoSure, just offering an alternate opinion. Thanks for the links.
- rjbwork 8y agoI somewhat agree, but there are still good ASMRtists out there. My favorite at the moment is ASMRMagic ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrKd8ElaVdk7OBQAgx8JrQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrKd8ElaVdk7OBQAgx8JrQ ). She doesn't wear distracting skimpy clothing, she does lots of non-whisper/no-talking videos, and she is very creative in finding lots of nice sounds for her videos. One of my new favorites is where she puts an umbrella around a TASCAM and sprays it with water from a water bottle. I wish it wasn't such a gendered space, but I just really can't find many dudes doing it well. The couple that are decent that I've found do mostly whisper videos. When you're not even watching and the person isn't talking/whispering, that aspect of it kind of melts away anyway, and it just turns into pure prop-based soundscape crafting.