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It seems to me that when people hear “ASMR” they picture someone pouring sand into a bucket or chewing mashed potatoes or something. Those have their place but the real shit for me are these fantasy-leaning, themed environment ASMR vids with titles like “Victorian Era Ambience - Soft Rain Sounds, Horses, Crows, Bell Sounds” or “Old Library Sounds”. They’re accompanied by slightly animated CGI images kinda like a video game menu screen. I think I first developed a taste for this kinda stuff watching my older brother play Resident Evil 2 as a kid. The sound design and visuals were so transportative. I was thrilled. A lot of my pastimes, in one way or another, are about transporting myself mentally to another time and place. These are a great assist.
Apr 25, 2025
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When I'm working I like to have something playing in the background. Usually, that comes from youtube. As I've mentioned previously in recs - sometimes it's Kenji videos, but often it’s random ambient youtube playlists. Whether it's ambient forest sounds, libraries, or whatever your favorite fictional world is (yes I play ambient harry potter music), there are endless several-hour-long videos on youtube for you. This is ASMR at its finest.
May 4, 2021
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I’m a huge fan of audio/sensory content like ASMR and realized I always have been. I have core memories of experiencing exquisite tingles as a kid, specifically on weekday mornings in the winter before school trying my best to get in those last few minutes of sleep while my neighbor’s car idled outside or begging my mom to play with my hair so I could get that fuzzy feeling in my spine before bed. Those tingles were unmatched. Now I’m just chasing the dragon. When it comes to ASMR triggering scenarios, the more weirdly specific the better. There’s some great hours-long themed ambiances where you can pretend you’re preparing for finals at Hogwarts during Christmas time, manning the work station of the USCSS Nostromo ship from Alien, or sleeping in the backseat of a car on a rainy night. I’ll also fuck with some frequencies/binaural beats for manifesting health and wealth in my sleep cause the grind never stops. Here’s a fat burning frequency and back pain relieving frequency at 528 Hz (listen to this as you foam roll). Prolonged exposure to this sound wave showed reduction of anxiety related behaviors in rats and helps to increase awareness; it’s also known as the “love frequency.”
Dec 6, 2022
During the pandemic home times I got really into putting an ambient room on in the background while I was reading. I love a library room with sounds of dust crackles and book pages turning. This creator Miracle Forest makes a lot of great ones with their own little story like “Hiding in the bathroom at a weird gathering,” or “Abandoned gas station at the end of the world.”
Dec 24, 2024
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When a friend is trying to describe something and has to resort to drawing it, with limited skill, the results are always wonderful. Amateurish doodling in general is a good thing.
Apr 25, 2025
Collections of digital photos are more ephemeral than we think. I make it a point to periodically order prints of my favorite photos from each year. The material stuff doesn’t last forever either, but unless you’re a fastidious digital archivist, the physical may stick around longer. As someone who’s witnessed the slow death of a couple of social media websites and personal computers, those photos of friends, family or a building you liked the look of in 2015 often land in the internet graveyard. There’s an inherent value to the tangible and the touchable. The fact that I still have photos of my mom as a teenager astounds me.
Apr 25, 2025
These aren’t always the most accurate, but it’ll usually get you within spitting distance of the correct info. It’s a great way to learn about the flora, fauna, insects and spiders in your area. Taxonomy is really interesting and the names are half the fun.
Apr 25, 2025