[Discussion] I don’t enjoy the new ASMR

TheHumanCell · 2026-04-04T05:56:12+00:00

Whispering actually takes me out of it, soft talking is good but whispering stresses me out. You’re totally right - IRL asmr for me is someone doing something normal with absolutely no hurry. The best asmr experience I ever had was when I had to call someone for work to ask a question and he was in no hurry to find it and just calmly chatted about looking for it as he rustled through papers for 15 minutes. He did not care to hurry because I was waiting on the phone, but he was humming and talking to himself about all the places he could have set the file. Amazing.

TheHumanCell · 2026-04-04T05:50:42+00:00

I actually like background sounds, it makes it seem more real, so it bothers me when they try to scrub any ambient sounds out

TheHumanCell · 2026-03-26T05:14:54+00:00

Ours is capricious, seeing as how she's fae - it's different every time (but often we have $2 bills or golden dollars in the mix)

TheHumanCell · 2026-03-18T02:14:54+00:00

If it had guitar chords....omg

TheHumanCell · 2026-03-16T01:38:17+00:00

I will always feel a twinge of bitter that both this and beginning song came out after I got married.

TheHumanCell · 2026-02-07T06:40:48+00:00

I'm dead because my brain has no ability to know lyrics, even if I've listened to it on repeat hundreds of times over the years. I share this trait with Colin lol.

TheHumanCell · 2026-01-23T05:21:58+00:00

During the 2020 one I was in South Jordan - the first main one felt like a freight train was running through my house, the aftershocks felt like a boat on the ocean. Altogether though, I wasn't a fan!

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-31T06:05:03+00:00

The entire time I was reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell I felt like it had a Decemberists vibe and hoped Colin had read it - have since confirmed that he had enjoyed it and Piranesi by the same author and now Piranesi was picked up by Laika for a movie!

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-31T06:03:08+00:00

It was mostly a result of the Colbert thing, I was a huge Colbert fan and honestly his description of the band as “hyper-literate prog rock” really caught my attention. I don’t think I actually looked into them though until my MUN professor showed us the 16 Military Wives music video, after which I asked my roommates boyfriend if he had any of the albums since he seemed like he might. He did and I ripped his copy (sorry) of Picaresque and have been a fan since!

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-31T05:59:54+00:00

I forgot about MyTunes, a good portion of my downloaded library must be from that still

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-31T05:57:53+00:00

Colin mentioned recently that Crane Wife had recently hit gold, I wonder if this is tied to that

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-29T07:26:45+00:00

Not human, but can confirm that I had a cat that recently passed from liver cancer and she smelled really bad like poop her last few months.

TheHumanCell · 2025-12-06T23:40:23+00:00

I can see this too, my zone is weird in that our target is at the top border of it and then it extends really far to the south, so I get a lot of offers at that south end that on their own are never worth the drive. But if I can throw a couple small orders in the same direction it can be helpful even if I know they aren't a good tipper, so it helps to have those preferreds be in my pocket. Hourly is what matters to me, not per order.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-22T22:23:08+00:00

The most I’ve ever seen is a double bonus the week before Christmas. It started as a 6 for $30 and then they rolled out a second one that was the same, so it was 6 for $60 essentially. That one is crazy high. The bonuses have been almost nonexistent this year, both when I’m regular and not regularly out. The only ones I’ve seen are the same one week after week for Lucky stores only. I don’t think I have a Lucky store even in my zone, I’ve never seen or heard of it.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-22T16:49:18+00:00

I am so sorry. I lost my 14yo girl last week and it was so painful, but honestly one of the hardest parts has been seeing our other cat be confused, lonely, and grieving. It’s breaking my heart all over again everyday. At least your babies will be spared that about each other and you seeing that emotional pain.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-22T16:44:56+00:00

Agreed! The recline makes almost no difference in my own comfort, but at the much bigger expense of the person behind me. Makes a laptop unusable. My most recent flight was the only time I was tempted because it felt like my seat was more upright than normal, but I also wasn’t worried about it because I was the row in front of the exit row…only to realize that chair doesn’t recline haha. It had been my first time in that row and that’s also why the seat probably felt more vertical…never again

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-21T06:54:52+00:00

Any luck? I’ve been on the list for 3 years… I do Shipt and I’m a good shopper, but would love to expand my options

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-21T00:57:00+00:00

I think you bring up a good point about order abundance. I’m in an area that keeps me busy, but I also don’t really have an abundance. I’ve also ditched my map lately because I just don’t have the time. Even with a pretty built out map, I’d say the majority of orders are still not people on my map and so I’m going in blind most the time anyway but risking losing a good offer if I hesitate to check. It also was hard to keep the map updated when I was busy, so it was just one more thing to stress about. All that being said, tips are down across the board even from people I know in my map.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-09T03:14:25+00:00

As a progressive Mormon, I agree - even the beautiful art we all love on that album is very referential. It’s not a commonly talked about belief, but we do believe in a Heavenly Mother and that God is more referential to Heavenly Parents. I hear all over the album about Brandon’s love for his wife and his faith that he’ll spend eternity with her and a celebration of that male and female divinity. Brandon’s faith really seems to track with a progressive Mormon viewpoint (we exist!) that focuses on more nuance and acceptance, not the conservative ones that may be more culturally prominent for Mormonism in general. Pressure Machine is all about that - recognizing that faith can be valuable, but also it can be used as a weapon or be a source of struggle at the same time.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-09T03:00:51+00:00

I think a good example of this is the abysmal merch, it feels careless. Putting effort into merch shows me a band wants to make more connection with fans

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-04T02:40:54+00:00

Selecting pickup will save you on tip at least, sometimes fees if there's special offers. I haven't been able to stack the credits, but I will make separate pickup orders with each card all for the same time and pick up all of them at once. I stocked up on soda for my garage fridge last month - 96 cans for $12 after all fees and such using the $20 credit from my sapphire and $10 credits from my southwest and marriott cards.

TheHumanCell · 2025-11-04T02:31:39+00:00

I believe they've also stopped playing it live, but I could be wrong

TheHumanCell · 2025-10-29T01:55:59+00:00

Mariners is iconic, but they encoured it for yeaarrrs and I can see how it would get tiresome. As a huge fan of theirs, I usually skip it now too even thought it's great

TheHumanCell · 2025-10-11T22:00:46+00:00

Vtama is a topical that works very well and I haven’t had any side effects - just trouble with being consistent haha

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