I listened to that ASMR podcast, too -- it was really cool and not something I'd heard of before. Will bookmark the Slate article for later. When I first learned about synesthesia, I wished there were a way to dial in to someone's brain to experience it. Now I feel that way about ASMR.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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.
JenP - Apr 24, 2013 5:10:11 am PDT #20337 of 30001
Jesse - Apr 24, 2013 5:15:16 am PDT #20338 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The knitting sounds more like a visual "hypnosis" (probably you're not actually hypnotizing them?) than the ASMR.
§ ita § - Apr 24, 2013 5:16:08 am PDT #20339 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm getting confused now, between what's a physical sensation, and what's "just" getting pleasurably caught up in something and losing track of what else is happening. I'd think the latter is fairly randomly applicable, but actual tingling as a response to auditory or visual stimulation is the specific that makes ASMR a useful term. I mean, if it is a definite thing.
Jesse - Apr 24, 2013 5:25:57 am PDT #20340 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I thought ASMR was just auditory. That's what I get for not doing the reading!
Toddson - Apr 24, 2013 5:28:15 am PDT #20341 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Those ASMR audio things ... I kept wanting someone to yell "SPEAK UP DAMMIT".
Jessica - Apr 24, 2013 5:39:05 am PDT #20342 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sequestration has cancelled fleet week.
msbelle - Apr 24, 2013 5:40:53 am PDT #20343 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
THE HELL!!?! Come ON! Let's stop coffee supply to the Congressional Offices.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2013 5:43:08 am PDT #20344 of 30001
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Sequestration has cancelled fleet week.
There's going to be hell to pay when Samantha Jones finds out.
Amy - Apr 24, 2013 5:48:57 am PDT #20345 of 30001
Because books.
Aw, that sucks. Poor sailors.
Jesse - Apr 24, 2013 5:50:24 am PDT #20346 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Poor sailors?? Poor everyone else!
(OK, yes, I guess they aren't solely for decoration...)