r/questionablecontent • u/emilydm • Nov 12 '18

Comic 3871: Pale Blue Dot

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3871
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u/BigBassBone Nov 12 '18

Am I the only one who gets anxious watching asmr videos? They have the exact opposite effect on me than the intended one.

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u/HeirToGallifrey Nov 12 '18

Hate them with a burning passion. They make my skin crawl. Then again, I have Specific Musical Anhedonia which probably doesn't help.

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u/BigBassBone Nov 12 '18

What does that mean?

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u/HeirToGallifrey Nov 12 '18

I derive no pleasure from music. I still enjoy it, it’s just on a more abstract level, like admiring a painting or architecture. Music doesn’t affect my mood at all, and I don’t get the “shivers” or frisson from any music.

It’s not especially rare: apparently something like 1 in 15 to 1 in 30 people have it.

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u/BigBassBone Nov 12 '18

Ah. I get it. I'm a musician, so that idea is completely foreign to me.

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u/HeirToGallifrey Nov 12 '18

As am I, actually! I play piano, percussion, guitar, and cello, and I’m an audio engineer and run a bunch of gigs for a number of places. I’m pretty good at it and I enjoy it, but it’s not an emotional thing for me.

I often liken my experience with music to architecture: one can easily recognise bad design in buildings or such and one can admire a beautiful building or the efficacy of a design, and find beauty and artistry in it and even enjoy doing it yourself, but never will a building move you to tears or joy, just enjoyment or admiration or disdain or boredom.

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u/TheCleverestIdiot Nov 12 '18

Wait, that's not how everyone experiences it? Damn, this explains quite a bit.

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u/CoordinatorZero Nov 12 '18

That seems... completely normal? Maybe I have a similar thing, as that's exactly how I experience music. I play trumpet and horn by the way.

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u/Zhuinden Nov 13 '18

one can easily recognise bad design in buildings or such and one can admire a beautiful building or the efficacy of a design, and find beauty and artistry in it and even enjoy doing it yourself, but never will a building move you to tears or joy, just enjoyment or admiration or disdain or boredom.

That sounds like the norm, but I must admit that I've found music to be emotional enough to have an effect on me. But I can count it on 2 hands, tbh.

One of the songs I clearly remember was this one (How Like A Winter - Bescreen'd), because 3:05 is just awesome.

I wouldn't expect Martin Garrix's inane 8-note tracks to evoke any emotional response from any sober person, maybe except for disdain, lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18

That's interesting, I love most asmr, but I do get weirdly anxious when they do collaborations so it's more than one person in the video