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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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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.

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:25

Andylion · 12/08/2026 17:20

I don’t have TikTok, but I do have Instagram. And because I have 15 fucking scarves that I don’t know what to do with , I’ve googled “ how to tie a scarf” multiple times.
I really don’t need to have anyone wagging their finger at me telling me what not to do before they show me what I should be doing.

It’s interesting that, according to the post above, some people like ASMR because it relieves stress. It does the opposite for me and it makes me want tothrow my iPad across the room.

I literally have to scroll after a while as I physically cannot cope!

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:21

WearingBeautifulShoes · 12/08/2026 17:25

I know what ASMR is but I've never actually seen or heard it in my life. I don't understand how you just stumble upon it. Can't you just watch something else?

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

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:19

QuintadosMalvados · 12/08/2026 17:34

Some of it is awful since a lot of content creators have jumped on the bandwagon but Whispersred and others are fantastic.

She's very motherly though glamorous with it.

When it originally became popular, I saw the appeal for those who like that kind of thing

But it really isnt all of us!!

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 18:18

Amandatelly · 12/08/2026 17:52

The sound of packing being opened on videos - even when they are just normal videos and not ASMR - makes my skin crawl. I really can’t bear it.

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Same it feels icky and frankly very annoying!

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Amandatelly · 12/08/2026 17:52

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 16:49

Just want to watch people's halloween/autumm/christmas hauls, without the sound of the paper tearing 😩

The sound of packing being opened on videos - even when they are just normal videos and not ASMR - makes my skin crawl. I really can’t bear it.

Mistachio · 12/08/2026 17:35

You obviously aren’t lucky enough to have ASMR. In which case change your preferences and let the rest of us drift away into tingly bliss.

QuintadosMalvados · 12/08/2026 17:34

Some of it is awful since a lot of content creators have jumped on the bandwagon but Whispersred and others are fantastic.

She's very motherly though glamorous with it.

terrifiedgran · 12/08/2026 17:28

Hauls?
You're looking at someone's shopping? Is that right?
Why is that a fun thing?
Think I might have misunderstood

FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:25

UnimatrixZeroOne · 12/08/2026 17:20

You should give it a try. Might shift that pole up your arse.

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Nah you're alright. I'll go read a book, do some gardening, take a walk, cook something, talk to a neighbour. Any or all of those things. But you go right ahead and deaden your brain if that's your thing. 😖

WearingBeautifulShoes · 12/08/2026 17:25

I know what ASMR is but I've never actually seen or heard it in my life. I don't understand how you just stumble upon it. Can't you just watch something else?

FeliciaFancybottom · 12/08/2026 17:23

Are people watching videos of other people cleaning? What in the Mr Muscle is that nonsense??

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:22

FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:13

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

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To help switch off our functioning brains after busy days or stressful periods. Or just - radical thought - for fun!

Andylion · 12/08/2026 17:20

I don’t have TikTok, but I do have Instagram. And because I have 15 fucking scarves that I don’t know what to do with , I’ve googled “ how to tie a scarf” multiple times.
I really don’t need to have anyone wagging their finger at me telling me what not to do before they show me what I should be doing.

It’s interesting that, according to the post above, some people like ASMR because it relieves stress. It does the opposite for me and it makes me want tothrow my iPad across the room.

UnimatrixZeroOne · 12/08/2026 17:20

FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:13

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

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You should give it a try. Might shift that pole up your arse.

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:19

Clydebuilt · 12/08/2026 17:16

I don’t watch any hauls…

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💐🫂

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 12/08/2026 17:16

YouTube for the cleaning vids and shopping without unnecessary tapping.

Won't hear a word against quiet massage ASMR videos though. They send me straight to sleep.

Clydebuilt · 12/08/2026 17:16

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:10

What kind of hauls are you watching then?

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I don’t watch any hauls…

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:14

FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:13

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

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😩

What else is tiktok for?!

Hauls and cleaning videos!

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singthing · 12/08/2026 17:14

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:03

It’s the finger tapping - drives me mad!

Agree. Do what you like with the rest of it, but that horrendous clacky noise of nasty plastic nails on lids and bottles makes me want to hurl.

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:14

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:10

I forget which shop but one posted that they would start doing videos without the tapping as it was annoying so many people.

I think I’m partly hate watching at this point 😂

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Omg i will see if i can find the shop, they'll have gained a new customer!

Same - like I do want to have a nose at what youve bought, but also hate you for your asmr 😩

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FaceEatingLeopard · 12/08/2026 17:13

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:10

What kind of hauls are you watching then?

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

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:13

BrickBuilt · 12/08/2026 17:12

I don’t mind the ASMR ones but those “look at all the plastic tat I bought” over-consumption ones totally rile me

So I guess we are all different!

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

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hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 17:12

AutisticMumOf2 · 12/08/2026 17:11

Hate it especially the ones chewing. 😫🤢

Eww yes! or them eating massive meals, the mukbangs 🤢🤢🤢🤢

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BrickBuilt · 12/08/2026 17:12

hotmumshit · 12/08/2026 16:49

Just want to watch people's halloween/autumm/christmas hauls, without the sound of the paper tearing 😩

I don’t mind the ASMR ones but those “look at all the plastic tat I bought” over-consumption ones totally rile me

So I guess we are all different!