OMG - why does this video have over 3 million views?

[mysteryowl]

Yet, I can say, I did click on it for a few seconds and stopped when I saw what it was.




This one only has 300 thousand views. Why is the other one better?

[vapor2]

1. fascinating for a few minutes

[mysteryowl]

2. There are several of these on YouTube and most have millions of views!

I had not seen this fad until today. Wow.

[M0rpheus]

3. ASMR

How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation
The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity. Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon.


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html

[Leghorn21]

5. Oh thank you MO, now I get it!! I thought ASMR was a knife brand - !

When no existing term could meet both conditions, she made up a new one: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or A.S.M.R. She started with “autonomous” because it was a feeling from within; “sensory” was self-explanatory. “Meridian” worked triple duty, suggesting peak but also orgasm and the energy pathways of traditional Chinese medicine. “Response” was just to say that it was not a constant state; it happened in reaction to a set of stimuli, like whispering, gum chewing and tapping.

[malaise]

9. The funniest thing is that I looked that up yesterday after watching this hilarious

Brent Terhune video

[Leghorn21]

11. What are the odds that Brent is hip to "ASMR" and I'm not!!??

Vast and infinite, apparently!!

I must do better!!

[Leghorn21]

4. These are fascinating and the comments are delightful!!

When I google “ASMR knives”, I’m not finding a brand, but rather more videos of soaps being cut - wha??

But it’s totally a thang, apparently!!

some comments:

....I have an unstoppable urge to eat them all.

....Why does my brain automatically say that looks delicious wtf

....Interviewer: so what are your skills?

Me: I cut soap

....It actually was a murder weapon and he’s doing this to clean it off

....me: minding my own business

my brain: eat

....Guy: Cuts soap

3.1 million people: ah yes, interesting

——Thanks for posting, owl!!

[malaise]

12. I had never heard of it

[Pisces]

6. Wow, these videos have the opposite affect on me. It makes me crazy.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. Nope, nope, nope!

Why do people like this ASMR stuff? It sets my teeth on edge, sends my strees levels through the roof, and it is annoying!

[Me.]

8. Engrossing Therefore Relaxing

[Codeine]

10. I hate ASMR.

I mean, I watch a lot of stupid shit on YouTube (I subscribe to several channels that are just British people living on canal boats documenting their travels, and I watch people playing complicated boardgames) but that’s a step too far for me.

[Midnight Writer]

13. DO NOT click on their cheese cutting video.