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The Youtube rabbit hole OR things that are things that I didn't know about

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What killed the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago?





A quite deep dive into the politics of science, the public relations of science, how science becomes meta, and what exactly do we mean by consensus. Titanium capsules recommended.

Featuring :

Charles Lyell as The Uniformitanian Knight
Luis Alvarez as The Disdainful Physicist
 
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LiquidFeet said:
The number of views of this on Youtube is 5.6 million. Why?
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a) it's been out for years and years and years b) she has a very calming voice that people like for ASMR c) actual Alexander technique which is like the OG mindfulness superpower

In other words, she's like the Bob Ross of la femme Nikita programming...
 
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cantunamunch said:
a) it's been out for years and years and years b) she has a very calming voice that people like for ASMR c) actual Alexander technique which is like the OG mindfulness superpower

In other words, she's like the Bob Ross of la femme Nikita programming...
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I saw that. Evidently this ASMR thing is a thing. Really? Why?
 
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LiquidFeet said:
I saw
I saw that. Evidently this ASMR thing is a thing.
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It's been a thing under that name for over a decade now.

LiquidFeet said:
Really?
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Oh my, yes. And the proof is: here is a WaPo article about it ...from 2014.



LiquidFeet said:
Why?
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I think at least the soothing voice part of it has always been a thing. People have been listening to the Shipping Forecast, watching Bob Ross, or listening to Stacey Keach narrate PBS' Nova to fall asleep far longer than the term 'ASMR' has existed. Also, comforting ritual. There have been people who like nurse interviews or flight attendant presentation longer than Youtube has been a thing.

Beyond that, it might fulfill a comforting sense of rightness (unboxing), comforting personal attention (doctors visit), comforting non-distracting noise (tapping, crackling, brushing)...or whatever. I think at least some of them might have non-subtle erotic elements.

:huh:
<-not a neuropsychologist

The real question to my mind is - why did Alexander technique *not* take off like ASMR very much did.
 
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Oh, Ephemeral Rift was one of the driving inventive forces behind the first ASMR wave :thumb:

Baba Sen the Cosmic Barber (RIP), early Heather Feather, MassageASMR, early WhispersRed

*nostalgia*
 
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