ASMR

Originally posted by jaden101
People seeking therapy for anxiety, stress or sleep issue should probably be looking for better help than YouTube can give.

And many likely are. Many others just need relaxation after stressful days. But does this give you license to potentially scar them in ways both physical and psychological?

Originally posted by jaden101
Do I need to quote the joker?

No, your casual disregard for the well-being of strangers is already obvious enough.

Originally posted by jaden101
People seeking therapy for anxiety, stress or sleep issue should probably be looking for better help than YouTube can give.

You're thinking of YouTube from 5-7 years ago. YouTube now has genuinely helpful videos out there for people needing help who may not feel comfortable seeing a person, don't have money, or don't have time (say, they work a night shift or long days).

This is not to say that I want to discourage you from trolling people. The comment replies you'd get from one of those videos would probably be quite enjoyable to read. The tears...

I don't wanna encourage someone to harm others, though. 🙁 Please don't do it. But if you do, I will laugh with you.

Dudemon, forget mental issues. Tinnitus and hearing loss is at epidemic levels among certain younger age groups due to the omnipresence of video, music, and noise in society. Some of that is the responsibility of the individual, but it also casts a pall over any seemingly "harmless" pranks like what jaden proposes. Find an online "prank" that involves an air horn and check out the comments if you need further evidence of this.

There's also the less clinical, but still important, matters of stress and relaxation.

I wouldn't laugh. I'd report it to Youtube and leave a comment warning others. It wouldn't be funny, and it would suck for a ton of people for no good reason other than the person is an *******.

Couple of things...

1. I saw dat edit. You dropped the edit down to this post. It just so happens I read your edit and acknowledged that edit in my post ("...harm..."😉. 313

2. I live in a world of rules and restrictive social norms. I have ODD. Trolls, in some ways, scratch an itch for me that I am unable to reach. I would never wish mental or physical harm on another person (unless that person is a piece of shit...dammit, they deserve mild harm, at least). So, I would not support Jaden's efforts to troll. HOWEVER, if he does, I'll definitely want to get some scratching.

We have thoroughly derailed one of the best threads on KMC, at this point. Everyone has been really nice and civil in this thread (I think) and lots of mature discussion has been had. I don't want to further encourage derailment of an otherwise good thread. So I'll shutup about it.

Agreed. I won't be spending more time on it/him. If wants to waste his time making a video for a few cheap laughs at the expense of strangers, there's no law against it. I'd consider it lowly and pathetic, but it's not like any meaningful audience will be reached, so it won't affect me personally.

Originally posted by Digi

No, your casual disregard for the well-being of strangers is already obvious enough.

Luckily I have a casual disregard for your moral high horse opinions as well.

Your over reaction to a flippant post is quite enough fishing success on this subject for me.

I thought my initial reaction was quite measured. I didn't flip out, I just brought the relevant concerns to mind. If it was really that flippant, you had about 2-3 posts after your initial one to clarify it as such. Instead, you persisted, and I responded in kind. My "overreaction" was after you confirmed your initial intent twice. I had no way of knowing you were just being "flippant," though it's a predictable, if unfortunate, response that you're just playing it off as though I'm the jerk here. I stand by my comments, and the dangers of doing what you suggested.

But now the options are either that you are a jerk who wants to cause stress (or worse) to strangers, or you were just egging me on for a troll reaction. Either way, I've wasted enough time on a meaningless interaction.

I persisted? I only mentioned it once.

I would've thought my reply alluding to the joker's 'why so serious' quote along with my initial crass opening line and my 'cos I'm a bit of a (unt' remark made it pretty obvious i wasn't being serious. Apparently not.

Originally posted by jaden101
I persisted? I only mentioned it once.

I would've thought my reply alluding to the joker's 'why so serious' quote along with my initial crass opening line and my 'cos I'm a bit of a (unt' remark made it pretty obvious i wasn't being serious. Apparently not.

Not at all, actually. The mention of the Joker calls to mind anarchic statements of mayhem more so than "Why so serious?" I'm a comic fan, though, so I don't consider that quote to be as synonymous with the Joker as many others do. That quote didn't even cross my mind, and I took your Joker allusion as an endorsement to create such a Youtube video for the purpose of trolling. Joker is one of comics' biggest villainous trolls, after all, so yeah, it wasn't even remotely clear, and sent the exact opposite signal.

Same with the earlier post. "I'm a bit of a ****" doesn't imply anything beyond just that. It's easy to misinterpret things in written language, but I don't see how that was clear either, as it again sent the opposite signal to me. We're on KMC, after all, where casual *sshole comments are commplace, and often times meant in full.

A misunderstanding, then. I'm glad you don't really want to traumatize ASMR viewers.

That'll do. If it makes you feel any better its not something I had even the remotest interest in doing. Although I'd not be surprised if there already are videos like that. Given their prevalence.

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I've not come across any. It would be hard to build any kind of audience doing that, which then snowballs into search results and such. To actually fool more than a handful of people, you'd need to actually have a legit ASMR channel for a while, and build up a following. I'm guessing that's far beyond the patience of those who would want to do something like that.

Originally posted by Digi
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I've not come across any. It would be hard to build any kind of audience doing that, which then snowballs into search results and such. To actually fool more than a handful of people, you'd need to actually have a legit ASMR channel for a while, and build up a following. I'm guessing that's far beyond the patience of those who would want to do something like that.

I'm guessing it would consist of simply 'stealing' legit content and tacking a scare on the end. Or something like the 'do you know this girl' video on Facebook as those videos spread more readily on there. I'd also guess it'd be more to catch out passing interest as opposed to people who seek out ASMR videos.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RURdLq8rd5c

Sure, there's no shortage of those things on Youtube. But they aren't targeted at ASMR. I think the classic one is that zombie in a field, and it's a commercial for some energy drink.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJ645xph3o

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lol

Here you go Digi. I found a new ASMR video for you.

Here's a lovely video I'm using as a bump. Girl's got an excellent ASMR voice:

YouTube video

It's interesting, as a non-ASMR person, I actually find some of the ASMR videos insanely grating.

Oh, it's not just you. Everyone has their tastes. But there's probably more that will annoy you than someone who can feel ASMR.

An interesting video:

YouTube video

It's literally the same ~30 second tune hummed over and over again while she dances/jingles. For some, it's soothing and hypnotic.

Originally posted by Bardock42
It's interesting, as a non-ASMR person, I actually find some of the ASMR videos insanely grating.

Originally posted by Digi
Oh, it's not just you. Everyone has their tastes. But there's probably more that will annoy you than someone who can feel ASMR.

Digi is right. For instance, the video Digi just posted. Lawd Jeezus. That was irritating. The clinking did to me how some people get with nails on the chalk board (which does not bother me).

I find many of these videos relaxing and enjoyable, but I don't think I really get it the way ASMR people do.