![]() The Repairman incorporates lots of trigger sounds and behaviours into the episodes and the whole thing is very escapist. YOU have turned up in his repair shop – wherever that happens to be at the time – and for the next hour or so are treated to his undivided attention. My favourite Rift World character so far is The Repairman, a guy who looks after androids and cyborgs and the like. Maybe it’s fun to feel like a lab rat sometimes. The good professor is a bit, shall we say, unconventional. The first character I met was Professor Clemmons, a chap who runs top secret programs on behalf of his unknowable benefactors. It feels like a dystopian future with a bit of sci-fi and a bit of occult, and we, dear reader, are the hapless visitors to this rather mysterious place. I’m not 100% sure about the back story of Rift World, other than it’s where Ephemeral Rift’s characters live. What some artists will do (and this is where Ephemeral Rift’s cast of Rift World characters come in), is incorporate these sounds and behaviours into roleplays. ![]() The first few videos on YouTube I encountered, and you will as well if you go looking, were easily accessible videos that revolve around tapping, rasping, grinding, stroking, turning, folding, squishing, stretching (and so much more!) various objects of interesting textures and other physical properties that make these amazing trigger sounds. It might have been mentioned on the television a few weeks ago? By whatever accident, a phenomenon I’d experienced my whole life suddenly had a name and I went looking for it. Then again, how DO people discover ASMR in the first place? I certainly don’t remember clearly. ![]() It’s also fun to find a man doing great ASMR videos when it seems like more ASMR artists are female – or are they? Searching for ASMR on YouTube certainly brings up a lot of pretty young women on the results page it’s true, but just off the top of my head I can remember Made in France ASMR, MassageASMR, ASMR Barber and RelaxingASMR all being men and I like the idea that ASMR is a universal human experience.Įphemeral Rift has been doing YouTube videos since 2011, which makes me feel like I’ve been living in a cave for the last 5 years. ![]() Ephemeral Rift stands out for me because of his creativity among the ASMR YouTubers, especially his sci-fi roleplay characters like Professor Clemmons and The Repairman of Rift World. One of the most exciting things about discovering a new community is finding out who the rock stars are. Last week I wrote a piece introducing ASMR, and this week I want to start introducing some of the favourite artists that I’ve discovered. ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and is the current (non-scientific) name given to the feeling characterized as a pleasurable tingling sensation felt in the head, scalp, back and other regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli, such as crinkling bags, hand movements, whispering and personal attention.ĪSMR videos are not only meant to help induce ASMR or “tingles”, but also help provide a relaxing, calming and soothing experience for the viewer while helping to relieve their anxiety, stress, insomnia, to help those suffering with PTSD or depression, to serve as a study aid and more. ![]()
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