And that Irish whispering video gave me tingles. Cool, I have a minority condition that's nifty, for a change.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2013 5:24:31 pm PDT #20297 of 30001
brillig
Sue - Apr 23, 2013 5:32:01 pm PDT #20298 of 30001
hip deep in pie
That one didn't bother me, but it didn't make me tingle either. I think I may be too bothered by sibilance to get tingly at whispers.
aurelia - Apr 23, 2013 5:37:27 pm PDT #20299 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
"Wait, are you telling me you don't have that tingly sensation when someone whispers or speaks quietly in an accent? I thought everyone did."
Nope. In fact, the hissy bits can exacerbate a headache.
Dana - Apr 23, 2013 5:43:50 pm PDT #20300 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Crap, Delta is right and I'm wrong. Now I have to repack all of our bags.
msbelle - Apr 23, 2013 5:53:07 pm PDT #20301 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
BOO!
Zenkitty - Apr 23, 2013 5:57:36 pm PDT #20302 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
whispering
I once kicked a man out of my hotel room for doing that.
bon bon - Apr 23, 2013 6:00:23 pm PDT #20303 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I definitely have ASMR, only realizing it was common from that Slate article a few months back. I was hoping someone would bring it up here! Those whisper videos freak me out but the description at the top of the TAL piece about the friend and the dolls? OH MY GOD. I have a coworker who, for no reason, whispers while he is in my office and I don't tell him he is being excessively cautious because it puts me in a trance.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2013 6:16:02 pm PDT #20304 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The very premise of that cautious gentle low voice makes me want to go all ultraviolent. Unlike Sue, though, it's not the sibilance, once I get past the "DON'T YOU FUCKING TRY TO GENTLE ME YOU CREEPY MOTHERFUCKER WHO I AM NOW SETTING ON FIRE" reaction, I'm especially grossed out by the wet lippy noises smacking and popping into the mike.
A creepy lady telling me about the colour of my eyes and the softness of my skin is never going to not weird me out if it's not individually targeted. That first one failed on a whole lot of fronts. If you want to treat me like a skittish foal who hasn't accepted the bridle yet, at least try and trick me, or something. Yeah, I need to be tricked.
If you want to lull me, however, go with something deep and reverby--get those vocal cords working in there, not whistling shit.
Is accent supposed to affect ASMR people more strongly?
DavidS - Apr 23, 2013 6:17:51 pm PDT #20305 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
TAL did a segment last week on ASMR [link]. At the end of it, I turned to J and said, "Wait, are you telling me you don't have that tingly sensation when someone whispers or speaks quietly in an accent? I thought everyone did."
Heh - I totally get the tickle down the spine thing.
shrift - Apr 23, 2013 6:25:42 pm PDT #20306 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
TAL did a segment last week on ASMR [link]. At the end of it, I turned to J and said, "Wait, are you telling me you don't have that tingly sensation when someone whispers or speaks quietly in an accent? I thought everyone did."
I quickly go from nose-wrinkling itchiness to JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR.