No, that's what I get too. I heard a woman on NPR describe it was a glittery snowglobe in the back of her head and I felt that was much more apt. I don't get any sort of peaks with ASMR stuff, just certain things that bring out amazing tinglies.

Eh, I don't think it's a dumb fad. I think people finally started identifying it and everyone else had the same response you (and I) had, which is, "Whoa, other people experience this too!" and then there's this sort of explosion of awareness with news stories, trigger videos, etc. Considering I devour trigger videos…

Yeah, I think most people don't experience them? Maybe like 25% of the population would be my best guess.

It was a pleasant surprise! Something about spoons stirring in glasses makes my tingles go nuts. The human brain is so weird and delightful.

At least oatmeal has some redeeming qualities. You're a stronger person than me! I can't believe baked goods don't haunt your dreams or something. ;)

Welllll not to be a killjoy, but flavored instant oatmeal has a fuckton of sugar in it. But seriously Coke Zero, why is it so good.

Holy ASMR, Batman. (The whole idea of butt pudding is hilarious, too. I couldn't stop laughing for some reason when they turned the mold over to plop the forms out.)

Okay, I'm so glad I'm not the only one. It seems like I'm always hearing about the best songs to fuck to, etc. It's so distracting!

Or better yet, making RISUG a thing.

Never. Nope. I've definitely not done that at any point.

I sniff the fuck out of my husband at least once a week when he's not paying attention. It's disgusting and I can't stop because he smells so fucking good. I think it must be connected because I get similar lovey feelings that I get when I smell my toddler. Obviously they're quite different in some ways, but that…

I'unno, a clean baby has a sweet, soft, slightly earthy scent. It's like that awesome smell of warm skin (of someone you love or are attracted to) dialed up to 11.

I always wanted to nibble my son's incredibly soft cheeks...I never did because it seemed a little gross, but the urge was there sometimes. We can be weirdo moms together.

I really wouldn't be surprised if just being around a baby on a regular basis triggers hormonal changes in people.

About a hundredish years ago? Sacco and Vanzetti, etc. Italian immigrants definitely were treated as not-white for some time (along with a lot of non-Protestant European immigrants at that time). However, that obviously isn't an issue in the present day and also like 0% relevant to bigoted bullshit coming from this…

Haha, what the fuck, is this some kind of thing? Freshman year my roomie and I turned on the TV to watch an episode of Golden Girls every morning before forcing ourselves out of bed. It was the best. (It was just about the only good thing about that year, but hey.)

It's a Bengal kitten. Bengals have cool markings, but many of them tend to have wild temperaments because the breed was created by breeding domestic cats with some type of small wild cat (can't recall which off the top of head). Breeding them has created a lot of "waste" animals as the first several generations of…

I'm not on Twitter, but the idea of a Twitter campaign to call out white people who do stuff like sing the national anthem, etc would tickle me so. "Can't believe a GERMAN is singing the natl anthem. What an insult to WWII vets." "Can't believe we just voted a Brit into office to represent our state." You know, just…

You can get a pack and play sheet pretty cheap on Amazon, too, to make it a bit more comfy. Hope it works out!

In the case of parenting a newborn, I would probably trade off noise annoyances for the ability to grab two plates of nachos and bring'em upstairs, for sure.