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to ask if you have heard of Mukbang?

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hellokittymania · 13/05/2017 04:43

If you knew what it was, has it been around for a long time?I keep seeing videos on YouTube and I didn't really understand what it was. If you didn't know, it's where people eat a lot of food on camera . I don't really understand why it's so popular.

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SomeOtherFuckers · 13/05/2017 04:44

Yes I love mukbangs?

SomeOtherFuckers · 13/05/2017 04:46

I live in in one room .. sometimes when I eat it is nice to feel like I am Sharing the experience and speaking to someone rather than being alone all the time ...

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hellokittymania · 13/05/2017 04:46

Some, i'm really curious but why? I can't see, so maybe I'm missing something here. Is it the way the food looks that people like?

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hellokittymania · 13/05/2017 04:48

Oh OK, so it's more that people like the conversation part?

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SomeOtherFuckers · 13/05/2017 04:48

It is pseudo social interaction .. what's so hard to understand

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hellokittymania · 13/05/2017 04:51

I would feel really self-conscious doing it. And especially if people saw my cooking! :) but if it's more conversational thing then I can understand.

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LaLegue · 13/05/2017 05:06

eh? Confused How does this work then? Do you just sit down in front of your webcam and eat your dinner? Or do you see someone else and chat to them while you eat? It sounds weird but I guess it's good if you are lonely or housebound.

CountryCaterpillar · 13/05/2017 05:14

I'm curious. You watch someone eat a lot of food? Or watch a group of people eat? Or is it like some huge group Skype?

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hellokittymania · 13/05/2017 05:15

Lalegue people put videos on YouTube, so unless it's live and people can ask them questions or something, I think they just talk to the WebCam?

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LaLegue · 13/05/2017 07:17

Okay so if it's not some Skype chat version of a dinner party and it's just watching one person eat with the emphasis on there being a lot of food then it sounds like a weird fetish to me. For feeders. Those strange men who date morbidly obese women and just keep feeding them to keep them fat.

Bubblesagain · 13/05/2017 07:51

I've heard of it, seen some videos, don't get why it's so popular. I technically suppose I do watch it with one streamer I watch who cooks and then eats at the end but it's not just her eating if you get me, she's just showing and explaining the taste of everything she made rather then just the eating being the focus.

LaLegue · 13/05/2017 16:05

I sat and watched a couple of these yesterday on youtube after reading this thread. Some American girl who ordered herself enough food from Pizza Hut for about six people and then gave us a guided tour of all the packaging before tucking into her pizzas and garlic bread. Honestly, I was like watching paint dry. Utterly bewildering.

OrangeJulius · 13/05/2017 16:23

I know what it is as I watch a lot of ASMR. A popular type of ASMR video is to watch/listen to a person eating, so sort of an overlap in concept. I dont watch mukbang though.

CountryCaterpillar · 13/05/2017 16:24

Shudder. I have misophonia. Listening to someone eating would be just the worst!!

ElspethFlashman · 13/05/2017 16:27

Was it Thrift Thick? She does beauty videos (not great tbh) and she's recently diversified into Mukbang. I can't bring myself to watch any. They're literally an hour and a half long!

StiickEmUp · 13/05/2017 16:28

Nicocado avocado- I dare you you search in YouTube

WhereTheFuckIsElsa · 13/05/2017 16:31

It sounds like gangbang!!
So sorry I couldn't resist,pregnant Elsa's fault Blush

youaredeluded · 13/05/2017 16:54

Is this is the adult version of kids watching people open kinder eggs? My daughter used to love that! I dunno why.

LaLegue · 13/05/2017 17:06

Me too Country and the pizza eating girl was making quite a lot of loud squelchy noises and kept licking her fingers really loudly too, it wasn't pleasant.

KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth · 13/05/2017 17:07

Trisha Paytas has made a career from them!

Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 13/05/2017 17:09

Assumed it was sex without showering first!!

LaLegue · 13/05/2017 17:26

But who watches these things, and why? It's really dull and deeply weird.

TheWildRumpyPumpus · 13/05/2017 17:31

I can't watch ThriftThick videos anymore. Used to enjoy her beauty videos as she seemed relatable and 'normal' but in the last few months she's turned into something totally different.

KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth · 13/05/2017 17:34

The Adsense boycott has changed a lot of Youtubers as they are now even more desperate for views in order to meet the minimum monthly payout.

SomeOtherFuckers · 14/05/2017 00:52

Tbh I do prefer ASMRs with a normal amount of food ( like sassy snacks who cooks the food , shares facts about it, talks about the country etc) but tbh just because you find something dull or weird doesn't mean it's a blinking fetish thing. It's like background noise when I'm eating , and they're talking so it's like having a meal with someone and I like to steal food ideas.
I can see why it would come across strangely but clearly a lot of people find it relaxing.the name doesn't help with the English connotations but it's a Korean word.
Oh and Trisha Paytas only started doing them about a year ago - she built her career from shopping too much.