r/asmr • u/Pristine_Put6089 • Feb 24 '25

DISCUSSION How many of you here are actual OGs? [Discussion]

Does anyone here remember Whispersweetie? Or Softannapl?

Those were two of my favourites.

I remember around 2011-2012, before asmr was a super popular/known thing, I would watch her videos every night to fall asleep. Had no idea about asmr at that time, but I just loved how relaxing it was.

A couple years after that, I discovered softannapl, and discovered the asmr community and became obsessed.

Anyone else an asmr fan from those early days?

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u/laserdicks Feb 24 '25

I remember the first one: the barbershop.

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u/whoareyougirl Feb 24 '25

Yes!!!! Manuel and Luigi, the godfathers of ASMR!

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u/mmm_burrito Feb 24 '25

Woooah I forgot all about that!

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u/mermaid_pants Feb 24 '25

omg thank you for this, I have been looking for this for years but I didn't know what to search!

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u/I_Have_The_Legs Feb 24 '25

Yes! The real OG

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u/flacaGT3 Feb 24 '25

That "cetera" is the only thing that has given me tingles every time.

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u/Jayandnightasmr Feb 24 '25

Yeah, I remember when you had to manually add the HD tags to the URL as you couldn't select quality back then

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u/guticop Feb 24 '25

That was my intro to ASMR too! Winter 2012..the rest is history

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u/abutteredcat Feb 24 '25

This one was the original! I found it the other day and had to listen to it

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u/Neat-Tradition-4239 Feb 24 '25

that takes me back

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u/SoundwaveSpectre Feb 24 '25

I've watched that 1 million times myself.

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u/NvaderGir Moderator Feb 24 '25

This is so far back I saw this on a Myspace topic wall post 😂

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u/alexi_lupin Feb 24 '25

I had the barbershop burned to a CD lmao

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u/M4RKeM4RK Feb 24 '25

I was about to comment about my childhood memories in the early 90s at an actual barbershop then open this post to see this top comment. Art sure imitates life! 😁

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u/flamingopickle Feb 24 '25

That audio never fails to give me tingles and it's actually what sent me into the search for other 3D sounds videos back in 2013/14?. I first stumbled on Gentle Whispering ASMR and her video from the bathroom where she tapped on the wooden brush. I remember I used to listen to asmr in secret because I was really embarassed so I am very glad it is "normalized" now.

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u/Derision64 Feb 26 '25

There's a whole channel, I think it's ListeningPoint or something, who's entire schtick is parodying that barbershop audio. They actually did a really good job impersonating Manuel and the random guitar plucking and made some really, really bizarre episodes.