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To think its time we ban ASMR?

115 replies

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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purplecorkheart · 13/08/2026 15:54

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:03

It’s the finger tapping - drives me mad!

Yes, why do you need to finger tap a plate before serving a meal.

cramptramp · 13/08/2026 15:54

I scroll on immediately anyone does anything like this.

FeliciaFancybottom · 13/08/2026 15:55

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 15:44

😩 they should come with a trigger warning for those of us who dont enjoy it

Now I cant judge your autumn haul because you insist i need to hear every single sound at full volume

Surely, if you're watching a lot of these videos, then you know what's coming; why would you need a trigger warning?

hahabahbag · 13/08/2026 15:55

every day is a school day, never heard of this asmr, but then I don’t understand why you would watch someone taking their shopping out of a bag. It’s a bizarre world we live in

NewAchievement · 13/08/2026 15:57

OMG I loathe it! It makes me want to scream. And now it’s sneaked onto mainstream adverting. This Bold advert! Ahhhhhhhhhh

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/2BHGbPCDyZo?is=XAR33eyqNLHNT8Yx

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 16:00

NewAchievement · 13/08/2026 15:57

OMG I loathe it! It makes me want to scream. And now it’s sneaked onto mainstream adverting. This Bold advert! Ahhhhhhhhhh

Made it 5 seconds in and closed it - eww!

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Wherethedogsits · 13/08/2026 16:16

I love ASMR but I don’t watch hauls!

I use TikTok mostly for wellbeing videos but I am a goddess, so…..

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 13/08/2026 17:58

I hate the mouth noise, tippy tappy, whispery ones. I do love proper, one to one, physical asmr- sitting on the mats at school with your mate drawing on your back, hair brushing, whispering in my ear, having make up done, head massages. I really want to have a proper Japanese head spa, with a facial massage and lots of scalp scratching. I found videos(adverts actually of them and yes, I got the shivers.
There's a very funny woman on Instagram who takes the piss out of the tappy ones.

bestcatlife · 13/08/2026 18:10

Hope not. I love it. It calms me down

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 18:22

CatMum27 · 12/08/2026 17:22

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

Dear god, what have we sunk to? Why why why would any sane person enjoy watching someone else unpacking a shopping bag full of tat? What an absolute waste of brain cells.

I don't watch Tiktok and had no idea this was an actual thing. You surely must be brain dead to want to watch that type of stuff.

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 18:25

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 15:44

😩 they should come with a trigger warning for those of us who dont enjoy it

Now I cant judge your autumn haul because you insist i need to hear every single sound at full volume

What the fuck is an autumn haul?

SummerSummerSummertime · 13/08/2026 18:30

100% op!!! And stop with the bloody finger tapping!!! 🙈🙈🙈🙈😤🤬😤🤬

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 13/08/2026 18:30

Sorry - what do you mean by " haul". This makes no sense - is it a typo??

Conversationalcheddar · 13/08/2026 18:32

I can’t stand the whispering, for some reason I find it very stressful.

Crinkle77 · 13/08/2026 18:43

I love certain types of ASMR including pen writing and tinkly jewellery. There's also a regressionist called Andrea Foulkes that used to be on This Morning. She has the most wonderfully soothing voice she uses so I watch reruns of the videos on YouTube from the show. Pure bliss! But what I hate are the people that do that annoying finger thing at the start of their videos and then proceed to whisper over the nice sounds they're making. Also hate those people who make noises directly on to a big microphone. It's too much. I just like the gentle, subtle sounds with no talking!

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 18:48

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 18:25

What the fuck is an autumn haul?

A haul of purchases for the upcoming autumn winter cosy season 🥰

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hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 18:48

SummerSummerSummertime · 13/08/2026 18:30

100% op!!! And stop with the bloody finger tapping!!! 🙈🙈🙈🙈😤🤬😤🤬

Edited

Yes! Ban it, I say!

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CatMum27 · 13/08/2026 18:53

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 18:22

Dear god, what have we sunk to? Why why why would any sane person enjoy watching someone else unpacking a shopping bag full of tat? What an absolute waste of brain cells.

I don't watch Tiktok and had no idea this was an actual thing. You surely must be brain dead to want to watch that type of stuff.

My brain is fine thanks (albeit a bit fried in this heat). Unfortunately the rest of me isn't so well so I spend a lot of time waiting for doctors and tests. Watching five minutes of videos like this helps to pass the time when I want a break from reading etc.

I’m sorry you’re so offended by something so innocent.

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 18:55

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 18:22

Dear god, what have we sunk to? Why why why would any sane person enjoy watching someone else unpacking a shopping bag full of tat? What an absolute waste of brain cells.

I don't watch Tiktok and had no idea this was an actual thing. You surely must be brain dead to want to watch that type of stuff.

Yabu

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Crinkle77 · 13/08/2026 19:04

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!!

I like the make up ones too. My fave is realpersonasmrbyaugust

Kpo58 · 13/08/2026 19:07

Watching ASMR snails eating (the snails doing the eating, not being eaten) was the only thing that would calm my DS down if he was unwell at night. I have spent hours trying to find more similar videos.

PaperPanama · 13/08/2026 19:23

If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.

NotAnotherScarf · 13/08/2026 19:24

It's the radio 4 presenters doing the whisper style talking that pisses me off...asmr makes my skin itch, so to hear someone presenting to microphone is a fo asmr style, then conduct an interview in a normal makes me want to scream

DaysIllRememberAllMyLife · 13/08/2026 19:29

You don't like it so it should be banned?

I don't like watching people's shopping "hauls" so let's ban them too.

Let us ban everything hurrah.

ExOptimist · 13/08/2026 19:44

hotmumshit · 13/08/2026 18:48

A haul of purchases for the upcoming autumn winter cosy season 🥰

What kind of things would it consist of? Genuine question as I can't think of anything I'd put in my house specifically for autumn, apart from perhaps some shiny conkers which I'd put on the compost heap when they got dull. Is autumn stuff different from Halloween stuff?

Still can't imagine why anyone wants to look at someone else's purchases though. Do you ask to see your family and friends unpacking their shopping?

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