Interesting timing. I thought I'd check out ASMR recently and, wow, the videos I found were bad. Like, really bad. I completely gave up on it as a medium after giving a half dozen different videos a shot, and went back to rainymood (although I'd love to find some delightful newspaper crinkling or Scottish accents).
For reference, here's the videos that served as my introduction to ASMR:
* "ASMR: My Treasured Darling [Irish Accent] [Gaelic] [3D Sound][TLC]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiojl9ixRw
* "Zen ASMR | Typing & Soft/Whisper | Coding: Python | # 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMYKfiNYts
* "ASMR Keyboard Sound 1H (No Talking)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6noMxePbj6w
* "ASMR Paper sounds , Old book , Crinkling ( No Talking )" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtbr5oQeQw
* "ASMR~ Fixing You {Keyboard Sounds}" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpBdb-RGRM
* "ASMR Ear to Ear Whisper About C Programming for Relaxation (Layered Typing Sounds) Pt. 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFegNHpHfc
To people who enjoy ASMR: are these videos just especially bad videos, or am I just not doing it right / appreciating it right? FWIW, I quit each video after a minute or two, after skipping around to see if they get any better. The thing that bothers me the most is when there's these ridiculously long spaces between words (maybe.. for emphasis?), but comes across as them just not knowing what to say, which is extremely offputting. OTOH, it's in every video i've watched so far so I don't know if it's intentional.
For reference, here's the videos that served as my introduction to ASMR:
* "ASMR: My Treasured Darling [Irish Accent] [Gaelic] [3D Sound][TLC]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiojl9ixRw
* "Zen ASMR | Typing & Soft/Whisper | Coding: Python | # 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMYKfiNYts
* "ASMR Keyboard Sound 1H (No Talking)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6noMxePbj6w
* "ASMR Paper sounds , Old book , Crinkling ( No Talking )" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtbr5oQeQw
* "ASMR~ Fixing You {Keyboard Sounds}" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpBdb-RGRM
* "ASMR Ear to Ear Whisper About C Programming for Relaxation (Layered Typing Sounds) Pt. 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFegNHpHfc
To people who enjoy ASMR: are these videos just especially bad videos, or am I just not doing it right / appreciating it right? FWIW, I quit each video after a minute or two, after skipping around to see if they get any better. The thing that bothers me the most is when there's these ridiculously long spaces between words (maybe.. for emphasis?), but comes across as them just not knowing what to say, which is extremely offputting. OTOH, it's in every video i've watched so far so I don't know if it's intentional.