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What is ASMR and why is it catching on?
Have you ever heard a sound that made your body tingle or relax? Some YouTube videos are trying to accomplish that. The videos show people whispering, brushing their hair, tapping on furniture, gently chewing things.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readHave you ever heard a sound that made your body tingle or relax? Some YouTube videos are trying to accomplish that. The videos show people whispering, brushing their hair, tapping on furniture, gently chewing things. These sounds are part of ASMR: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. This internet subculture is getting increasingly mainstream.
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5 of 5Stricter gun control among California’s 1016 new laws- 0:00How tax laws make it easy to pass down wealth in America
- 8:55What are some of California’s most important new laws?
- 17:27Government report finds serious health care problems at Adelanto detention facility
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