ASMR is Becoming Dangerous
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 2018-10-23

I’ve just learnt of a new craze sweeping the Internet, ASMR. Well, it’s actually not new, but it has been becoming very popular of late. For the uninitiated, ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. It’s basically described as the relaxing, tingling sensation that one feels in the back of their neck when they hear a particular sound, or watch a particular event. I know what they’re talking about. When I was a boy, I used to experience this relaxing sensation when I went to get a haircut, but only when the barber was using scissors — not when they were using clippers. Another one that I experience to this very day is when I’m sitting in a car, and somebody is using a squeegee to wipe the windows clean. I don’t know why I find it very soothing and relaxing — I just do. That’s all very well and good, but of late, lots of young, attractive ladies have been dedicating entire channels to ASMR. Some of them do fairly innocuous things like wrap presents, fold paper, or flip the pages of a book. Some of them eat food or drink, or brush or stroke their hair. Others make sounds with their lips and mouths, or lick food off their fingers. Some go even further and role-play various situations, such as getting a medical exam, or going to the dentist. But pretty much all of them whisper into the microphone. I watched a few with my wife just to work out what the hell it was all about. But we both came to the same conclusion — most of the sounds we found incredibly irritating. Some of the videos even left us feeling physically repulsed. Now that’s not to say that everyone experiences these videos in the same way. I’m sure there are people who genuinely enjoy them. But my hunch is that slowly ASMR is sliding into the world of fetish — if it hasn’t already. If it was only adults doing this, I wouldn’t bother making this video. However, recently, there’s a growing trend of younger girls performing ASMR. Take US teen Makenna Kelly, for example. She’s only 13 years old, but has already amassed a lot of followers and made a lot of money in the process. I watched a few of her videos as research for this video and then realised what was going on. This isn’t about ASMR anymore. This is about cashing in on the sexualisation of young women and girls.

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