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To think its time we ban ASMR?

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 16:42

I dont need to hear what opening and closing your cupboards sounds like in HD! I dont need to hear you crunch your crisps! 😩😩

An ASMRless tiktok, its all i'm asking for!

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GaaNeen · 13/08/2026 13:43

Lots of people with anxiety find ASMR soothing
so bog off and don’t watch it !!
you can survive without tit- tok
ASMR is a great regulator for some

AllTheWatersTurnedToClouds · 13/08/2026 13:40

I have ASMR but those vids rarely set it off.

Had an MRI the other day that did tho, nearly nodded off 😁

Jaimelefromage · 13/08/2026 13:33

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:21

Its in all the videos! Amplified everyday noises with someone unloading their sainsburys shop!

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In what videos? I’ve never come across it either. I don’t have Tik Tok.

Jaimelefromage · 13/08/2026 13:31

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:13

Its not usually plastic stuff! Its usually good quality stuff tbf

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From The Range?

ClassActress · 13/08/2026 13:30

I don’t use TikTok but ASMR is even on ads on tv now. The Bold Spring Awakenings one starts with whispering, then rustling sheets. It really, really annoys me.
There was a guy sitting beside me on the bus a while ago listening and watching videos of what seemed like toilets flushing. The world has gone mad.

Somnambule · 13/08/2026 09:43

FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:13

Why would anyone with a functioning brain watch ANY 'hauls'?

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Quite. I've never, ever in my life had the urge to look at a load of shit a total stranger has bought (which they almost certainly didn't need). The planet is burning. Stop encouraging this shit.

Loulou4022 · 13/08/2026 09:37

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:03

It’s the finger tapping - drives me mad!

As soon as someone starts finger tapping their video is closed down! Drives me potty!!

Clydebuilt · 13/08/2026 09:07

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 12/08/2026 20:12

And anyone who speaks with the awful Vocal Fry voice .
Straight to "off"

I cannot wait for this ridiculous trend to be over!!!

Doone22 · 13/08/2026 08:33

Yes let's just ban everything you have taken in dislike even though it harms no one. Why are you watching asmr videos if you hate it anyway?

ChaosDreamV2 · 12/08/2026 20:22

I hate them - it makes my skin crawl 😖

Tinmanwalkedpastwindeh · 12/08/2026 20:22

Clearly you have never heard of After Maple!

hurtandconflicted · 12/08/2026 20:21

Sorry YABU

hurtandconflicted · 12/08/2026 20:21

YANU many people with neurodivergence use it to self regulate

Smartiepants79 · 12/08/2026 20:19

You know your device has volume controls….

DerangedBillionaire · 12/08/2026 20:17

I love a wig video.

You can't tappity tap or nom nom nom a wig.

Paloa · 12/08/2026 20:15

Actual asmr is so relaxing. A lot of the more random stuff (crisps, cupboards etc) is engagement bait
(apologies from a social media video editor)

Waitingfordoggo · 12/08/2026 20:14

I don’t use TikTok. I think my life is quieter for it.

I wouldn’t want to listen to people’s noises. But I’m also not interested in people’s ‘hauls’. I despair at how the penny really hasn’t dropped re climate catastrophe for so many people 😫 STOP BUYING ENDLESS SHITE.

Thanks, as you were.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 12/08/2026 20:12

And anyone who speaks with the awful Vocal Fry voice .
Straight to "off"

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 12/08/2026 20:12

One I couldn't watch was a woman on YouTube giving a commentary about Seriel Killers while putting on her make-up

These were real people who were killed . They had families and friends .
Have some fucking respect love .

Echobelly · 12/08/2026 20:01

Set #asmr as a filter so you

It's odd because I watch lots of asmr on YouTube (only talking though like @Vroomfondleswaistcoat , I don't like mouth sounds, noises or nonsense word repetition stuff) but it's never been shown to me in Tiktok. I know they're different platforms but they do all seem to pick up each other's stuff!

Plump82 · 12/08/2026 19:53

I'd be lost without ASMR. I use it most nights to get to sleep. I don't watch it with any sound though, it's more a visual thing for me and I only watch makeup/facial ones. Also not on people doing their own makeup, needs to be someone putting it on another person!!

BuildbyNumbere · 12/08/2026 18:45

Then don’t watch … simple!

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:44

ElBandito · 12/08/2026 18:41

Surely Ed Milliband doing ASMR videos should have instantly killed this off as a trend months ago?

😄 I didnt know about this?!

Is it of him eating bacon?

Eww I used to be a 'milifan'

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ElBandito · 12/08/2026 18:41

Surely Ed Milliband doing ASMR videos should have instantly killed this off as a trend months ago?

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:36

XenoBitch · 12/08/2026 18:29

The only ASMR things I like are the AI generated ones of knives cutting through various glass fruit.
All the rest can fuck off. Nail tapping and whispering especially.

Omg speaking of ai

I loved this ai drama - 'the dons wife' - about some woman who was bullied and then marries the baddest don in all the land (argentina, i think)

He and their 5yo son take on the bullies - but it ends there and you have to pay to see more

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