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My led was $340. Some are just overpriced hype. I'll check out your grow in the morning. It's WAY past my bedtime now. Have a great night/morning.
Virgin Ground And The Little Star Asterion
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blazeaglory420
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That doesn't sound too bad I guess, if the results show like your pics. Something I'm looking into atm
Yah me too. Gotta wake up in 5 hours to hit the grind. Ttyl and thanks for the info
I get the asmr tingles. I thought it was the nirvana feeling people write about. Music is my trigger mostly. Good conversation can do it too.Scientists have found out why voices like Bob Ross' is so soothing
Read this story in a hushed tone to see if it evokes the brain-tingling sensation known as ASMR.
By Allie Shah Star Tribune
FEBRUARY 7, 2018 — 10:19AM
BOB ROSS INC.
The sound of Bob Ross' baritone voice and his paintbrush made him an accidental pioneer of ASMR.
Her voice never registers above a whisper.
She stares at you with soft eyes.
Then slowly, she turns the pages of a book, tapping her fingers softly against the paper. The sound of her voice and fingers tapping is amplified by a microphone. “Want to count the stars?” she purrs, pointing to a page showing a luminous galaxy.
Meet “Maria,” perhaps the most famous ASMR artist on YouTube. More than a million people subscribe to her “Gentle Whispering ASMR” videos created to help people relax with calming sounds and images believed to induce a tingling sensation in the brain.
Known as autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, this pseudoscientific term describes a physical and mental sensation that many claim to experience. Some with ASMR feel shivers up their spine or brain “goose bumps.” Others become drowsy and dazed.
Sounds such as whisper tones, tapping fingers and crinkling paper are the most common triggers. But other people get the tingles from watching someone do a repetitive task that becomes meditative. (This may explain why videos of barbers cutting hair or of someone ironing a shirt are popular among ASMR enthusiasts.)
ISTOCK
Listening to triggers like a whispering voice or keyboard typing are soothing for some people.
Recently, this mysterious sensory experience has become trendy, producing a cottage industry of ASMR artists creating their own videos with audiences tuning in to relieve stress and sleeplessness.
Science has yet to explain why some people experience ASMR and others don’t. But there is growing interest from scientists in studying ASMR as a possible therapy for stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia.
While it may be hard to believe that anyone would want to watch a video of someone folding a stack of towels in order to rest better, sleep doctors say they’ve heard of stranger tactics.
“It’s odd, but odd things work for some people,” said Dr. Michael Howell, associate professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota and medical director of Fairview Sleep Services in Edina. “Would it be plausible that people who have this ASMR response could respond differently to these therapies for insomnia? Absolutely, yes, that’s plausible.”
Until there’s hard evidence, though, he said he wouldn’t recommend it for patients as a sleep aid.
The Bob Ross effect
Among those pushing for more research on ASMR is Craig Richard, who runs a website, ASMR University, that posts news articles about ASMR and interviews with researchers. Richard, a professor in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at Shenandoah University in Virginia, says he feels the brain tingles with the right triggers.
“My head gets really fuzzy in an enjoyable way,” he said. “My entire body feels super-relaxed, and I’ll want to put my head down and take a nap.”
He has been fascinated with ASMR since he first learned about it through a podcast five years ago. He was skeptical at first, until the podcasters mentioned Bob Ross.
The late host of “The Joy of Painting” TV series had a baritone voice known to invoke maximum chill. Hearing it, Richard’s ears perked up. That voice, along with the tap-tap-tap sound of Ross’s paintbrush against the canvas creating his “happy little trees,” sent Richard straight to his own happy little place.
“I remembered coming home from school as a kid, flipping channels and stopping on Bob Ross because his voice was so magical,” he said. “I’d set up a big floor pillow and fall asleep halfway through. I don’t think I ever watched him finish a painting.”
Brain tingles are associated with relaxation, and Richard suggests that brain chemicals such as endorphins, oxytocin (the love hormone) and serotonin may be involved in the reaction to ASMR triggers.
Many ASMR videos posted online strive to create intimacy between the viewer and the ASMR artist. It’s that feeling of comfort, connectedness and being cared for that draws so many people in, Richard argued.
“The reason people are tuning into these videos is because they find them relaxing, which is helpful to their stress,” he said.
The “Joy of Painting” series is re-aired on TV periodically. Episodes also are avaible at the Bob Ross YouTube channel.
Rise of ASMR artists
For even more intimacy, a pair of New York artists have turned the ASMR experience into an immersive theater show. They call it ASMRtistry,
Melinda Lauw and Andrew Hoepfner offer what is believed to be the only in-person ASMR event, selling tickets to their interactive show. The 90-minute performance takes place in rented houses and apartments. Attendees are blindfolded and escorted into the homes, where the artists create sounds to stimulate the ASMR reaction in their guests.
It starts with a group presentation. Later the artists remove the blindfolds and escort each patron into a different room for a one-on-one experience. One scene, for example, involves a performer who will brush the patron’s hair while she tells them a story, speaking in a soft voice as a mother would to her child.
The show closes with blindfolds again. Performers lead the audience out of the home and release them into the world.
“The whole experience is very meditative and quiet,” Lauw said. “People come out of this experience feeling really peaceful.”
She has experienced ASMR since she was a child.
“I always knew I had it,” she said, remembering a particular childhood moment when she saw something that instantly relaxed her. “There was this little girl coloring on paper, and I remember loving that scene so much,” she said.
For true??? I love you more now Bob!!!
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Voices and rain are my triggers, hence rainy nap days with Bob.
Nice
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Mars Hydro has a nice giveaway going on in the sponsor section. Check it out, all of the kids are doing it!
Lowrider72
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Cheers VG,Howdy Lowrider. Thanks for stopping. Hope you are having as good a night/ day as I am. You have a pretty funny profile. Lol. I noticed you have a certain sense of humor about you.
I am also Special, my mum told me so... She said... Special School Special....
thats even better than special....
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Sounds like she had her hands full. Lol.Cheers VG,
I am also Special, my mum told me so... She said... Special School Special....
thats even better than special....
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She has no hands, she's armless......
I left a big gap, but can imagine the look on your,face...... Bwahahahahaha....
Shes fine.
I left a big gap, but can imagine the look on your,face...... Bwahahahahaha....
Shes fine.
That joke is just wrong
My poor brother Bob wouldn't like it
He has no arms and no legs
My poor brother Bob wouldn't like it
He has no arms and no legs
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I used to drive a lady with a severe limp so she used a cane, no joke, her name was Eileen.
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I've got the Pretty sure my seeds are in customs blues.
Not sure what to do. Nothing, I guess. Bummer.
No tracking or any delivery guarantee on them either as they were a gift.
Not sure what to do. Nothing, I guess. Bummer.
No tracking or any delivery guarantee on them either as they were a gift.
Good luck, all the seeds I've ordered and I've only had one package seized by customs.
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I've heard stories where they show up a month or two late. It could happen. Lol.
I am going to have to rethink my next grow. Maybe I'll take some time off..... discouraged.
You don't have any seeds???
We have seeds, that's not an issue.
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I have a couple, 3 of them are strains I haven't run yet. I guess I'll just do those. Gotta see if they are compatible to run together.
Just have a little paranoia with a package out there. I'm sure it will pass. Stupid thoughts about them beating down my door etc.
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I don't know if y'all saw that you can enter up to 3 times in the Mars Hydro giveaway. If they get 200 posts they will giveaway 2 lights.
You'll just get a letter from them stating "Yes we have your seeds and no you can't have them back" they're not going to bother coming for you or taking the time to contact local law enforcement. The seeds may still show up.
