Creepy YouTube videos (babies and M&Ms)

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Me and my daughter were watching something on YouTube, I think a baby sensory video. At the end another video autoplayed and it was so bizarre. It was three baby dolls in plastic baths with M&Ms being poured over them, the video is marketed as "ASMR", and the baby dolls aren't wearing anything. It had 53 million views, I searched YouTube and there are tons of videos just like this one with nude plastic baby dolls and M&Ms. It comes across as really sinister and creepy. I know what ASMR is but why do you need naked baby dolls for it? These videos have thousands of cryptic comments as well. I looked up the demographics for some of these channels and it is predominantly adult males watching these which adds to the sinister feeling I get. Has anyone come across this and know what this is about?! Or is it what I think? Part of me is hoping it is something entirely innocent though.

Sorry I don't want to provide a link in case, although they're not hard to find on YouTube. They have millions and millions of views so not like some weird side of YouTube you have to dig for.

I promise I'm not a troll, I know this is a super weird post and I do apologise.

I've just looked at a couple and they are really bonkers. I think there were some with clown dolls which made it worse.

There are loads of ASMR videos on TikTok also.

The point is the noise. You wouldn’t get the same noise effect pouring hard shelled chocolate on a plastic doll that was fully clothed.

Personally I find the whole thing weird, the noises go through me. Long acrylic nails dragged repeatedly over a hairbrush, repeatedly brushing threads of wool with a steel brush - it makes my teeth feel funny, I get the same sensation if I drink out of polystyrene cups!

I get the noise and I am very much in the know what ASMR is (although it goes through me as well), but nude baby dolls seems to be a common theme with certain YouTube channels, even with genitals. There's a million other plastic things they could use. But perhaps it is just innocent, I don't know! I could be wrong about the creepy feeling I get.

Agree that the unclothed dolls add a creepy dimension. If clothing the dolls would change the sound, they could use plastic animals or something. Who dreams up this shit?

Those videos shouldn't have comments underneath anyway as YouTube turned off the function last year in adherence with COPPA regulations. It was specifically because there were concerns about child safety so all kids videos are watch only. If there are any with comments open, then those will probably be deleted if flagged. Anyone can do this, just click on the option that says report/flag video and you can report any video that's clearly meant for children but still has comments open (which means the uploader specifically lied while uploading saying that it's not for kids).

To be honest, most of those toy videos are weird but hardly an attraction for creeps (what would they get out of it?). They are meant to be sensory with noises, colours, toys, textures for small children. Since the dolls are in bathtubs it makes sense that they are "naked" and then have ASMR candies, slime or kinetic sand poured on top. Slime or sand would stick to fabric clothing which would ruin the visual sensory aspect. They are innocent in the sense that they earn insane amounts of ad revenue due to toddlers watching them over and over again.

Considering it's Youtube, real creeps would have WAY more content to look at than toy dolls. There are countless family vlog or kids channels where you see actual young children in very dubious costumes or situations. Not to mention all the pics and videos some parents freely post on Tiktok and Instagram.

I'm not sure how you looked up the demographics of a toy channel and can say for certain the viewers are adult males? Those stats are only available for channel owners due to data protection laws. Most external sources that "scrape" channel demographics are extremely unreliable because they only use a tiny sample size (eg from a few public comments) and definitely don't have access to every subscriber on that channel. Comments under those videos are usually from bots (ie spam) and spam accounts are almost always linked to fake profiles or companies created by men. Also, no child under 13 is allowed to create a Youtube account so chances are the kids are watching from their parents or grandparents accounts.