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1 hour ago, psychonnect_rozen said:

I guess. I remember one pornstar did some ASMR on YT and it was the same thing over and over again and I got bored of her. But hey, at least she has an audience 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I know who you're talkin about 🍒

4 hours ago, platy said:

I don't watch many ASMR videos with people. My favourite channel is ASMR Rooms, she does a lot of Harry Potter themed cinemagraphs (images with small animations, particle fx and sounds). There are quite a few channels doing that kind of thing now with different ambient themes. Of course, the most famous sound is fire crackling, but I think it's overused. Homey/nature sounds boost my productivity and concentration when drawing or writing. I'll link a couple of my favourites below. 

 

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I used to think  those mukbang asmr videos were gross, but then I fell into the Instagram hole of accounts that just compile snippets of videos in that genre. I got addicted, not only for the sounds but because I also love food and it's a good opportunity to see/imagine what certain things taste or feel like. I've been on an Instagram detox for a month now since I was spending way too much time watching people eat. 

 

I used to think  those mukbang asmr videos were gross, but then I fell into the Instagram hole of accounts that just compile snippets of videos in that genre. I got addicted, not only for the sounds but because I also love food and it's a good opportunity to see/imagine what certain things taste or feel like. I've been on an Instagram detox for a month now since I was spending way too much time watching people eat. 

 

 

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I've not usually a fan of eating sound videos, but you've piqued my curiosity. The Harry Potter ambiance ones sound unique, can't wait to check them out

2 hours ago, psychonnect_rozen said:

Ear eating ASMR is awkward but I have no problem with people who enjoy it 🤷🏻‍♀️. I also have no problems with Camgirls or whatever. Everyone is allowed to do it.

 

Sexual ASMR should be reserved for PH or Reddit not YT

I'm sometimes into ear eating. I think like 90% of those videos are a bit extra, but there's like 1 or 2 I actually like and find relaxing. 

I'm indifferent about camgirl asmr, but a majority of them are boring and I don't think they make good ASMR, so I ignore those videos.

2 hours ago, suji said:

Bruuuuh.....bless this thread 🙏

 

I first found ASMR by accident when i was trying to look for some relaxing videos like soft spoken reading. Sadly, the first channel I stumbled upon has deleted their videos, but I found a lot more that I enjoyed, and now there are days when I absolutely need ASMR to help me relax and sometimes help me sleep. Although it's since brought up a cancerous community of either unoriginal roleplay vids, people turning ASMR into a complete fucking joke, or camwhores eating their mics (sick fucks), and I can understand why some people might be weirded out by it (men whispering isn't exactly a tingle for me), ASMR is actually helpful to a select number of people and expands on people's creativity when it comes to making unique sounds or even practice on filmmaking.

 

I watch Latte's videos a lot too! Her voice is very cute and she makes a lot of effort in making her videos look as professional as possible, especially recently. Speaking of filmmaking, Goodnight Moon is one of the best. Her voice and fall aesthetic are very relaxing, and she definitely creates videos with an original story such as her Babblebrook series which takes place on Hallow's Eve. She also makes vlogs of her trips that are just as relaxing to listen to (with chill acoustics in the background) while watching the peaceful scenery.

 

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I definitely recommend watching this as well if you're into unintelligible whispers and abstract scenery.

 

 

Angelica is another ASMRtist that I've been enjoying lately, although I found her through a meme circulating around on twitter which leads to the video below, which is actually quite funny. I don't watch her as much as I do others, but she has quirky ideas for her videos and some of them come across as meme material, but they come off very original and tongue in cheek and she tends to portray historical characters, speaks in a soft-spoken voice rather than a whisper, and sometimes does bilingual (english/spanish) videos.

 

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PPOMO is another Korean ASMRtist I really like. Her videos are so high quality and she experiments with a lot of sounds. She also does a lot of roleplays and has even done some cute funny videos as well.

 

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I also really like hatomugi. Her videos are basic, but they're always made high quality and she's even put out an ASMR CD which can be listened to on iTunes, Spotify, and can be purchased from Amazon or Village Vanguard.

 

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Somehow I always lump her in with Karin ASMR. Karin's videos are lower quality but she has a nice voice and I usually enjoy her videos a lot more. She's been doing ASMR for a long time.

 

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I'll update more whenever I get back from work but these are some of my favorite ASMRtists.

Yooo I love Hatomugi. I love that she's more sound focused rather than role plays. Ppomo is great too.

It's crazy how so many ASMRtists are producing such high quality videos. Like, Latte's last video: daaaaaamn. She apparently filmed it with some studio or something.

10 minutes ago, Gesu said:

 

This is weirdly relaxing. Shrek is love, Shrek is life.


I love joke ASMR videos

So I noticed there wasn't a thread for this yet and I thought, "I can't be the only person that listens to ASMR".  I doubt there's anyone that doesn't know what this is anymore, but in case there's someone out there that has never heard of ASMR, it stands for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response", or basically a tingly sensation you get in response to audio or visual stimulation. 

I started watching ASMR videos around 2015 when they were still relatively new and there weren't a ton of youtubers doing it. But now there's a huge influx of ASMR artists and all kinds of categories. It seems like a lot of early ASMR-tists focused a lot on role plays like "a day at the spa" or "visiting a doctor", but nowadays I've seen a lot more channels of people just experimenting with sounds. 

Here's a list of some of my favorites:

【希乃】のんちゃんねる

Latte

Puffin

I've seen a lot of people dismiss ASMR as some weird fetish or creepy interest, but a lot of the appeal for me IS in the fact that it's relaxing, good for falling asleep to, and seeing people do some pretty creative things.

What are some of your favorite ASMR-tists and triggers?

I'm not always into albums full of 13+ minute post rock/black metal songs, but 10:30 is such a good moment:
 

"It's not summer if your tongue isn't blue"

I'd actually like to see more vkei bands do something with shoegaze, postrock, or melancholy rock. There's been a gaping hole where 9goats black out used to be and I don't think anyone else has done it quite like them.

Or something that's a mix between genres like death metal/black metal and traditional Japanese folk music I think would be very interesting. I'm really into the sound aesthetics of Japanese folk horror (not sure what to call the use of instruments like flutes, traditional drums, and shamisen, so I just made up a name) so mixing that with some catchy metal riffs and some death metal screams sounds like a match made in heaven.

FLCL fans be excited for this one (@YuyoDrift). I know I am!

Pre-orders are open tomorrow for UK and North America:

https://blog.alltheanime.com/flcl-vinyl/

Had another half asleep, half awake dream last night.

I was lying on my bed with my face turned towards my bedroom door. I sleep with the door open in the summer time because it gets really stuffy in my room. I thought I sensed something moving around outside so I opened my eyes. I saw this tall, thin, silhouette walking past the door, left to right, right to left. It resembled the creature in Insidious when it's standing in the shadow. I was scared, but I couldn't move. It's then I realized I was half asleep, half awake and my body was in sleep paralysis. Anytime I looked away and looked back at the doorway, it got closer still pacing left to right, right to left. I was sweating profusely, trying desperately to get up, but my body refused to move from its rigid catatonic state. I couldn't take seeing what it was so I just closed my eyes hoping it would either go away or do what it came to do quickly. But I soon fell back asleep and everything was fine.

6 hours ago, Gesu said:

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My point is that... well, is sex really that important in a relationship? If you ask me, I'd say it's why people experience more and more unfair pressure to have sex as they get older. You're a kid and you're taught sex is dirty. You're in your early teens and you're taught in school that sex is good as long as you're both safe/consenting but that it's dirty by every other institution. You get to eighteen, and boom, you're suddenly taught that it's everything and that you need to have it because at your age, you should be getting out and broadening your horizons and magically becoming surrounded by people you're physically/emotionally attracted to and becoming extroverted because introversion is the devil and will turn your brain to mush and give you square eyes and you should ultimately be having sex because it's integral to love.

 

I think that if we stop placing so much importance on sex in relationships, people would stop feeling so pressured to have it everywhere they go. Hell, if you wanted an example, I'm a shining one. I'll be nineteen in four days (technically as it's gone midnight lol) and sometimes, I feel fucking worthless because I'm inexperienced and I just know that, no matter how badly I might want it in my head, I'm shy about opening up to people and that if I get with someone, they're probably going to leave me because I'm much slower to reveal the more private sides of me (both physically and emotionally) and if I were to do that, I'd have to consider it logically beforehand. I'm the sort of person whose emotions have to go through my head before I can really feel them in my heart and I suffer for it because people like me who share that process are often seen as closed-off and not worth wasting time on.

 

You're right that the two often lead to each other and I'm not saying they're mutually exclusive. I also understand that it's naive to assume that, on a broad scale, people don't put the two together as if they were the same thing. I just think maybe we need to separate them more at their core. I don't mean we should exclude them from each other; more that I think we should stop spreading this view that they have this kind of symbiosis because I know how badly it can affect more insecure people who don't see the two as having to exist alongside each other.

 

TLDR: If people want love but are afraid of opening up/having sex, we shouldn't be teaching them that sex is super important in a relationship because it can be very emotionally damaging to them.

 

Again, I hope I'm not coming off as too rambly/judgemental.

 

 

Not at all. But I think some of what I said might've given you the wrong impression. I don't think people should be taught the idea that sex is integral in a relationship. I know many happy couples that get by without had having sex. I got kind of fixated on the friends with benefits scenario and just meant to say I think it's tough to do something like that and separate yourself emotionally (from my perspective anyways). Anyways, I thought I kind of made my stance clear in my first paragraph that your love for someone should trumph over your lust for them. No one should ever demand sex and make you feel bad for not giving it to them. In my eyes, it's more like they're using you then since they're judging your worth based on how good you make them feel. And that's just shitty.

And about all the different voices saying different things about sex and intimacy, fuck it all. Obviously, yeah it's good to hear it all out but, in the end, you gotta do what you're comfortable with right? I empathize with you on that because I'm experiencing that right now. I've got so many different people telling me to do different things with love and relationships, but no one's bothered to ask me what I actually want to do. And a lot of what they tell me doesn't resonate with me because it's a lot of "just go have sex with a girl" or "yeah, find a lovely girl you can just bang and don't think too much about it". I think what's most important is communication between you and your significant other anyways. Whatever you two deem comfortable is fine because it works for you two and no one should be judging you because we're not the same people.

Ditto on sorry for getting rambly, but just wanted to make it clear that I'm actually in agreement with you. 

1 hour ago, Gesu said:

What if your partner's not comfortable with having sex? It's easy to say "dump 'em" if they won't have sex with you but I'd feel awful if I did that. I'd feel like I was putting pressure on them and making them feel worthless/unloved purely because they didn't like something. Way I see it, friends talk to each other about porn quite a lot and they can have a laugh about all the porn they've watched, recommend some to each other, etc (generally speaking, anyways). Chances are, then, that you'll have done that with a partner for some time before you got with them. It just seems a little off to me to have to suddenly give all that up the moment you get together. I'm of the mindset that love and sex are two entirely different things and that the two aren't necessary for the other to exist in a positive way. That doesn't mean I condone cheating because I don't in any circumstances but if you wanna be in an open relationship, go for it, as long as you've negotiated it. Furthermore, if you wanna be in a sex-free romantic relationship or a romance-free sexual relationship, go for it. I think that if sex is a be-all-end-all of your relationship, you're not really in a relationship so much as you are in an arrangement and people shouldn't have to feel like their partner is the only person on Earth they can be physically attracted to. Sex is something to be discussed, not demonised.

 

Idk if that sounded a bit rambly/judgemental but that's not how I meant it and I'm sorry if it came off that way. That's just my take, I suppose.

That'd be pretty lame. I don't think anyone should ever leave someone for lack of sex if they really love them, but I can also understand that sex is a really important part of a relationship. And if watching porn together is also a part of that for some people, as long as both people are comfortable with it I don't see any issues with it. Although, porn in itself is an unnatural thing. Whatever the circumstances of the relationship are though, I think communication is key.

I can see your point on illustrating different relationship scenarios, but I don't think it's as simple as that. I'm not so sure that it's really possible to separate romance and sex because both compliment the other, and one will (most likely) lead to the other. It's one thing for people to agree on certain terms and another to be able to emotionally detach yourself from it (i'm talking more about the friends with benefits situation). Humans are relational creatures and we grow closer through spending time together and physical interactions. People can do it, sure, but it's a dangerous game to play.

1 hour ago, SubThatSong said:

Not me, but I wish people who were around me would leave me alone IRL, I can ignore what I want online.... 😅😂

I've just been feeling too glued to technology lately. Maybe I should just go on a hike or something, but life is just too loud for me right now. 

You ever just feel sick of looking at your computer or phone screen, wanna just leave it all and live it out in some cabin in the woods near a town and just garden, work on personal projects, and grow old with a pet?

Yeah, me too.

7 hours ago, Fyrnia4Maya said:

I like this alot! I know nothing about composition, but this sounds to me like a ost more than anything, with alot of tonal (not harmony tonal, emotion tonal) changes and swaps. I think I will listen to it in my free time, take that as a compliment please

Thank you! I'm so glad it makes you think that. I do take that as a compliment!

We all know that the king of long Deg songs is the Osaka-Jo live version of Aoi Tsuki. 

On 8/19/2019 at 1:21 AM, Bear said:

Nono. Just posted that because it's a damn cool video. Would like to own it on DVD/BR.

 

Last time I saw them was inside with Gost as support. This time it was on a festival, outside. Which is why I was surprised at it being better. Wasn't fully dark or anything yet, but it was perfect still.

Oh dope. Gotcha. Just goes to show how much ass this band kicks. 

On 6/12/2019 at 3:06 PM, yuugure said:

The fans didn't bother me really, if anything the screaming is good because they need to be shown that we want them to come back. Japanese fans are just as bad anyway.

 

But the phones, jesus fucking christ. Every single gig I go to there's morons holding their arms up like orangutans filming a shitty crusty video they're never going to watch again. The band are LITERALLY RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM. It's unfair for people who actually want to watch the show with their own eyes. It's already hard enough at concerts with tall people, so the phones make it worse. I forced myself in front of a guy towards the end because I just couldn't see because of his disgusting arm.

 

When I went to see Jack White in London he had a service he uses on tour where you're made to put your phone in a tiny bag that you can only unlock by leaving the room or at the end of the concert. I wish this was compulsory at every show. Just saying "photography/filming forbidden" isn't enough, and they don't enforce it when the show starts anyway. The ability to film needs to literally be taken away from them.

Sounds like the band just needs to take matters into their own hands  (wait for 0:08):
 

Honestly, I don't mind filming from the crowd in moderation. I personally like to record a few seconds here and there to capture the vibe of the concert, but then put it away and enjoy the show. In regards to band's liking/disliking filming, I get that they want their crowd to be present, but I don't know if I like the idea of "because some fans are ruining it, no one can use their phone." I watch a lot of (relatively) smaller acts live and a lot of them appreciate it when fans record videos and tag them on social media. Many of them will repost fan photos and videos too. Heck, one guy I took a photo of used my photo as his artist profile page on his parent label's web shop site:

34 minutes ago, nullmoon said:

Don't play Days Gone. Seriously XD 

Ok, I won't ; D

1 hour ago, spockitty said:

Jeez man, is it just me or are you dreams getting progressively more morbid? R u ok? ^.~

Haha I THINK I am! But maybe there's something inside me trying to yell help 🤔I've had dreams of dying in the past though and honestly, this was probably one of the tamer ones.

In another much bleaker dream (this was after watching a ton of Walking Dead), me and a group were running away from a horde of zombies. We went into this abandoned factory but it ended up being filled to the brim with zombies. We couldn't go back out so we just pushed our way through inside. No matter where we turned there were zombies spilling out of doorways and windows. We spotted an enormous incinerator and it was at that point we decided that was the better way out. So we all walked in, held each other for comfort and had our final moment before someone turned it on.

I'm realizing now that I have a lot of burning dreams...

But, I swear I'm okay!

Had a dream I died last night.

Me and a whole group of people were standing at the bottom of a rocky valley. There was a sun like object floating above us and as it got closer everyone got pulled up to it. I was anxious as I saw the people in front of me getting engulfed by it.

When it finally reached me I closed my eyes. I wasn't afraid to die but it was the anticipation of pain that frightened me. As the light engulfed me though, it didn't really hurt. I lost all feeling except for the sensation of searing on my body. I tried opening my eyes and all I saw was this yellowish/white brightness. And at this point I gave in to the light.

7 hours ago, Bear said:

 

 

 

 

 

So I got to see Carpenter Brut live again yesterday, and not in my wildest dreams did I expect them to deliver better than last year. But they really outdid themselves by a good margin. If the gig in 2018 was a 10/10 (concert of the year for sure), then this was a fucking 50/10. Crazy as hell. I usually hate moshing and shit, but I could not bring myself out of the pit during the gig, nor could any of my mates. Insane. Truly fucking insane. Man, I hope they come back soon enough.

 

Wait, were you at that release party???

Starlight is so good though. And Distortion isn't half bad.

8 hours ago, GreatNorthernVK said:

Yup. Handshake and a hand towel. The early entry wasn’t even that worth it, as the merch selection had already been picked almost clean by the US fans. About 75% of the people opted for VIP.

Yikes. Sorry to hear that. At least they gave you something you can actually use after the concert lol