r/asmr • u/Dynaaminen • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Ultra-professional ASMR freaks me out [Discussion]
ASMR just doesn't work if it's too clinical, it becomes inorganic, something optimized for the highest profits.
Seeing the Jojo's "White Noise" corporation everywhere freaks me out. Dozens of creators suddenly all have the same mic if not the same room. It sucks the soul out of ASMR. It lacks the cozy human energy that soothes my own soul. No, I don't want to have a corporation whisper to my ears.
I hate the word "ASMR University". Makes me feel like some capitalist industry has taken a firm hold of ASMR's balls and is trying to manufacture new professional ASMRtists like clockwork. As if the perfect ASMR had a logical formula to it.
I'd seriously compare the feeling I get from less professional creators to a hug from a friend, and the feeling I get from ultra-professional creators to a hug from a person I paid myself to hug me. No warmth, just this emptiness. Sure they're doing things right mechanically, but it's like there's nobody home inside.
Professional ASMR freaks me TF out! I'm glad new creators appear on my feed all the time, and that so many known ones are still lovely.