Old Man, New Branding, and The Wilsons are ASMRtists

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Welcome to super familiar with the Wilsons. I'm Josh,

I'm Amanda.

Amanda. I am so excited for today's show. We got so many things to talk about and to do...so let's get right to it.

I'm excited because you wouldn't let me do any research or listen to any of the things so this is brand new for me.

Well, I mean, I just wanted to I know you've had a really stressful week. So I wanted to take the pressure off and just let you lay back and enjoy. Oh God, not...

moving on. And enjoy. .Birthdays this week in 1918 Audra Lindy was born this week. Do you know who Audra? Lindy was? Did she invent the Lindy Hop?

She was Helen Roper on Three's Company. Oh, well, maybe

she invented the Lindy Hop. Do

you remember threes company?

I do. It was a little bit before my time and just too chaotic for me, but

it was hysterical. All right. In 90 john six. I said jack that was his character, right? Yeah, but also his friends called him jack. I don't know if that's true. In 1926 john Coltrane was born. saxophonist musician, the Love Supreme 1930. Another very famous accomplished musician. Ray Charles was born love it. In 1947. This week, Stephen King was born

Happy Birthday Stephen King.

If if you have a chance bump on over to Stephen King's Twitter. He's very entertaining.

I do enjoy the Stephen King Twitter

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I do. Did you know that he was sorry. It lives first replacement cast member?

No, I did not know that.

1970 this week on ANi DiFranco singer musician was born. And in 1975 Most important of all, Juan Montoya was born Indy 500 winner in 2020 15 Happy Birthday everyone.

Wait, he he would Oh 2015 I was I swear to God, I was like 2025 has not happened yet. Are you predicting the future? It has been a rough

week. It very much. I we did some good things this week though. But before we get to that, it's time for another installment of Josh is getting old. Just

old?

Yes. That's right. This week I turned my attention to noticing the things on me that are Bustan that are breaking. So this week, Amanda and you were there you know this I woke up and I discovered I had a deep deep canyon like line impressed on my head.

Yes. But I didn't discover it until you had been awake for like well over an hour. It was just still it was there.

I have the sleep headphones and I was using my air pods but they're very uncomfortable sleeping I like to sleep. I like to move around. And and if you have your head against the pillow with an air pod on extremely uncomfortable, so I went searching for a sleep head device. You have one it's fancy. It's basically a headband that goes over your ears and the speakers are flat and it's very comfortable. So I sleep with it. I usually listen to podcasts to fall asleep, usually the same

to clarify by that thing, you don't mean the headphones You mean that deep crevice it made and what's confusing to me about it is you sleep in that every night and you usually have it on for a good portion of the night. You also don't know that I then wake up at night and go and turn the speakers down on it because it's so loud. And I'll wake up and someone is yelling at me from inside your head. So I have to go turn it down.

psychiatrists please give us a call dm us. That's right. My skin now has gotten to the point where it just doesn't pop back anymore.

No, it's like memory foam.

I guess so but I look like an old pair that someone had left in their lunchbox all day.

I think children take pairs to lunch anymore. That's another way that you're showing your age now we do packed a whole pair and your lunchbox

so that that happening and again and another sign that I'm just stuffs breaking my mind is sharp as a thing but

sharp Things

you were That's right. What else happened this week? We went over to someone's house this week.

Yeah, we had a lovely nice dinner engagement with some fellow podcasting friends.

We went and saw Nate Hensley and his wife, Jamie, they are have a scary Home Companion podcast, which is an exceptional podcast. I absolutely recommend it. But it made me think I'm, as you know, I'm kind of socially awkward.

I don't think you're socially awkward. I think that you're socially reserved.

Okay. I stress out about every little social thing. So I don't know what we call that. There's a social anxiety, maybe of social anxiety. Yes. And so I never know when it's appropriate to leave

that. Yes, but so do you think that we stayed too long?

See, I don't know Nate and Jamie, did we stay too long. But I do stress about that. And I kind of wish either whenever you were hanging out with someone that we can agree on a time Okay, at nine o'clock, we're done here. Our appointment is done. Right? Or if there were a socially accepted clue that like I like it, like a second long table, like a social safe word, maybe. Where everyone involved knows, knows. Okay, now, now's the time. So I looked

a sign that it's time. Really, you

knew that? That's,

I think that's a southern thing. Okay. Well, they

were saying that it's not but anyway, so can I start using that?

Sure. But is that just like that's like, well, you guys need to get out of my house now. Or? Well, we gotta go now.

I think it's pretty useful for either, right? We

don't have people over at the house. So do you think we could try it with the children?

Now we we have to keep them? That's not that's not a choice. But we had a lovely time. We did. We did have a lovely time.

I don't think that we left, too, too late. Because Jamie and I have done nothing but continue our conversation. all weekend via Instagram instant message about the conversation. We were continuing to have Friday night. So we had a lovely time. It was nice to socialize with people and know that we were being safe speaking about not being safe.

Yeah, I was. We don't have to get into this because I do want to kind of keep this light. But I was filled with rage at how that whole thing happened. And so folks, just please, please, please, please get your vaccine. Where am I mask? socially distance do all those things that that will count you amongst the responsible parties in our society.

Yes, please. Our babies cannot protect themselves. They do not have a choice. We have choices. Please make smart ones.

Speaking of protecting yourself and I meant to mention this to you this morning because I was just reading about it. You have Apple devices and if you haven't already iOS Yeah, update update the whatever is whatever you have your device, your phone and also your computer. It's a critical update. People can take over your hack your phone hack your computer without you doing anything. So

how it that's like some weird Voodoo. How does that happen? I

don't know not here to give that answer. Have no idea but just go ahead and do that security update. And it got me thinking about Apple products in general. And why? Why do we choose Apple over other things, especially now and so I did a little research you know what computers are better? What I What, what iPhones, listen to me. brands are better. I'm brainwashed what computers are better. What phones are better and technology has pretty much caught up.

It has for me though because I use Apple products at work and we have Apple products at the house to me It's more user friendly and more intuitive. Now, could I learn Android stuff? I'm certain kind of learn PC stuff. Sure. But it's what feels comfortable. And maybe that's just my, my age and or anxiety.

I don't know that. I mean, that's pretty legitimate. But I also know that on the other end of it, there's people who use Microsoft products, who would say that that's easier for them to use, because that's what they've always used, you know, for them. That's intuitive. And I think that there's a certain cachet, or there has been with Apple product, what's brand

loyalty, right? Like, if you look fancy, and then you have brand loyalty? Yeah. And

that that, you know, we have a some teenagers and the whole idea of, of having the luxury thing. You know, that's that has cachet. Wouldn't you say that that's the thing.

I would say that two out of our three probably care about that. But I mean, specifically, the 14 year old was definitely into that. However, she started talking to me the other day about this folding phone that Samsung has or somebody has, it's an it's an Android phone. And she thought it was pretty cool. I think maybe, because it's kind of throwing it back to the 90s, which is really a very big thing right now. But maybe also, it just looks cool.

But I would say in general things that are considered Luxe or luxury. There's a certain cachet to that, that speaks less to the quality of the of the actual product than it speaks to how it makes you feel.

Oh, absolutely. I remember being very upset. So when I was when I was younger, I went to a private school. But my mom worked at the school to be able to afford for me to go to the private school. And but I was with a lot of people who, you know, money was not an issue. And they had all the brand name things now I can throw it way back and show my age and say they had the swatch watches and the Coca Cola, polo shirts and all those things in the Gucci jeans and the Oh, what

I'm banking that that's not the case. Yeah. Because now we're going to talk a little bit about the Wilson's podcast pre branding. Okay, so I've been listening also to different podcasts I've been really getting into there's a new podcast app called good pods. we've downloaded it. And it's a cross between podcasting app, but also social media. So you can comment on different episodes, you can like the episodes. And as a result of doing this, I've been listening to a lot of different podcasts.

Okay, so we are no longer the generic version of the podcast. That is

correct. Okay. If you will, I'm going to give you a little taste of what that's going to be like alright, writing.

She says throw a mouthful of wine because I feel like I need this to prepare for whatever is about to happen.

Hello, Amanda, shall we podcast?

Let's go.

Welcome to quite acquainted with the Wilsons.

Nelson's are gonna hate you.

I'm Jay Vanderbilt Wilson. And on today's program, we're going to speak about the latest news of course talking about how our crypto logical currency is doing quite well. As such, we will never have to denigrate ourselves with going into Walmart or whole foods with those wretched middle class 1000 heirs. And then I'm going to tell an amusing little anecdote about what happened when I went to put a down payment for admission to Yale and Harvard for our lovely children. Muffy

That's a Luxe super posh So I figure

that that's going to be the way that's work. That's gonna we're gonna we're gonna hook them that way. Who are

you? Are you gonna break the news of the children that they are Muffy and Winthrop now?

I mean, they'll find out all right with the different websites and when they go to Yale and Harvard ad campaigns and whatnot, we already don't say their names now. Right? Actually From now on, they're gonna be my four year old by the way. Oh, goodness. So anyway, that's just some thoughts that are going around in my head just to increase our listenership. We're going Lux I,

I like it. It's It's It's a choice. Which was where maybe choices

you read what happened with levar. Burton?

No. Does he get to be the Jeopardy? host? No. In fact, he's

being interviewed by Trevor Noah. And he said he's glad he didn't get it. Oh, really? Yeah. He said that he thought that he wanted it. And really what he wanted was like he was enjoying the competition of it. Yeah. But that he's happy. He didn't get it. Now. I don't know if he's, if this is a realization that he's coming to later and it's so or if he's just putting a positive spin on it. Yeah. But I just want LeVar Burton to be my best friend.

I love LeVar Burton, let me talk to you about how important Reading Rainbow was to me as a child. And also, how old is this gentleman because he does not look like he ages.

I don't know. But he he sounds the same. And I mean, he's got gray, but otherwise he looks to satisfy.

And he was I was little and he was doing Reading Rainbow so. Oh, man. I loved Reading Rainbow so much.

I want LeVar Burton to come back. Not Steve. I mean, it was nice that we saw Steve from Blue's Clues a little bit. Yeah, but LeVar Burton is the one that they need to bring back.

Well, because Steve wasn't for us. Steve was for like the 20 something year olds right now.

Oh my gosh. So you're saying that Steve was there? LeVar Burton, because we absolutely got the better end of the deal.

Yeah. 100%. So let me do let me say this though, Blue's Clues. So we've been Blue's Clues started before we had kids. But I mean, I experienced to the first time around when MFI was little. And it um, we went through Steam, we went through Joe, then we went through now there's a new blue, and you and it's Josh as his name. But Blue's Clues has always been incredibly. What's the word? I'm looking for progressive, and inclusive. And they have they do some really great things for Pride Month.

Yeah, for my two oldest sons, the 21 year old and the 18 year old. They did watch it. And they were into it. And I didn't mind it then. I found Steve to be a little his personality was different. He was sedate as opposed to just really bouncing off the walls and out there and so he's not Blippi No, he's not Blippi but even back then for children's programming. It was a little bit different to me. It was his his attitude. He was kind of like the emo Mr. Rogers.

Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. Yeah. So

but all of that is to say LeVar Burton, want to be your friend. Man, we're gonna take a look at a subject and maybe learn a little bit and then have a little game based on that subject in this little segment that I called becoming super familiar with ASMR now, I will say that before we get started, this will be either one of our most loved sections of our episode or most hated. It will absolutely be divisive, but I think that everyone will have strong feelings on it.

It's polarizing. Okay. I think ASMR is weird. I think that it I don't like it when people whisper at me. I don't like it when Alexa whispers I don't like it when I don't like it. I don't want to hear people chewing things or I don't know. So my understanding of ASMR is it it's this auditory thing that's supposed to stimulate some sort of pleasure receptors. Whether or not that's like a sexual thing. I don't

so that's what I thought too. Okay, the the part about noise but it's not just limited to sounds or noise in fact, ASMR It stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian. In response, and so it's the thing, it describes the thing that happens to your body when you receive these stimuli. And it can be touch, it can be something that you see like these videos most satisfying,

satisfying. Yeah, I can, I can kind of drive with a satisfying videos, though.

Okay, so, so then you understand this, or at least, maybe you have a beginning of understanding it. And so it's described as, quote, a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. Now what this reminds me of is, and I did it last night to you is the thing that we used to do as kids because we had nothing better to do, we did not have iPhones is the thing where you pretend to break an egg on someone's head.

You did it to me yesterday, and I got chills just on my left leg. So apparently, just the left side of my body is into this whatever Meridian Response, this is,

okay, well, I'm I'm looking up left leg, hang on for a second, folks Be patient. Anyway, as I was talking to the 21 year old, he thinks that common usage now just refers to auditory. Yeah. And I'm not going to argue that with him because language and meanings of words change with usage, they evolve, and that's fine. I'm just telling you that ASMR, when you're talking about it scientifically, it's referring to the response that you have to

Okay, so it's a it's a physical response of your body to sensory stimuli. And it can be any of your senses is what you're saying. Yeah. And

the response is defined as this feeling of relaxation, but then also this, this tingling sensation, that's some people like into, like carbonation on the skin, or so interesting. Now, we're going to talk about it in the context of sounds of noise. That is the most common thing of course, we have these ASMR videos and these ASMR audio things that people can get. There's about a billion ASMR podcasts they sell ASMR microphones. Yes, I've seen that. And they sell these microphones that's basically

I saw that in Good Mythical Morning. I think probably.

Now, when we are talking about noises and repetitive noises, I have I am self diagnosed as having misophonia. Which is which literally means a hatred of sound. So I don't like repetitive noises. I don't like certain sounds. I don't like tapping noises. I don't like whispering or hearing people breathe or my god people eat? Can not with that mess.

The thing? You don't have any other people living in this house with you?

Yes, exactly. And so what I have is the opposite of ASMR. You're gonna hate ASMR. Well, so what I've done here is I've constructed some ASMR files for you to listen to, okay, you're not going to listen to them. I mean, they're going to be on the podcast, but you're going to tell us your response to the sound. Okay? How it makes you feel, okay. And then you can tell me what it is. Some of these are very, so it's

okay, I'll give you my automatic response to it. And then I try to figure out what the message is. Okay, got it.

Yeah, and just by way of definition, some of the other things that can trigger ASMR Of course, listening to whispering is while like it, listening to quiet, repetitive sounds, watching someone attentively execute a mundane task, like preparing food or something.

Yeah, the things that are like those satisfying videos though for me, like there's weird ones where they're cutting soap and the soap like falls away or whatever, and that's cool. And I but it doesn't make me feel tingly. I just is it relaxing? Cool. So I think that there I think I have experienced this and let me really quickly give us analogy. So when Hollywood Studios it Disney World, was MGM Studios when it first opened. There was an experience that Dolby sponsored. Sure. And the quick

Okay, so here's some other ones that they say receiving personal attention, such as grooming or makeup application or hair brushing. And interestingly enough, take this back to how this might be an evolutionary thing. You know, like monkeys and chimps that that sit there and and groom each other for a long time. They may be tying that to a, an activity that is meant to to calm the other critters in the herd or whatever. And so that's a super interesting thing.

I like to have my hairbrush. Okay, well, yeah, I

do know that. Yes. Listening to tapping typically nails onto services such as plastic wood, paper metal that drives me crazy. So I shine to be doing it. hand movements, especially into one's face. Why don't like moving your hand into my face? Yeah, I could do that. Listening to certain types of music while of course, listening, a person blower

you know what I hate? I hate paper being rubbed on carpet. Why is that a thing? I know. I don't know. But I hate that sound. So this could this is quickly becoming sounds I hate instead of sounds I recognize you're

welcome. So maybe you'll hate these sounds. Okay, so the first sound that I want you to hear? Is this one.

Okay, that 100% maybe have chills down my neck and I honestly was really thinking none of this was gonna affect

me. Did you enjoy that sound? Kind of that super interesting. What do you think? At first

I thought it was like a dog breathing heavily, but I think it's like a pencil.

Sketching more specific place. Oh, well,

I need to hear the sound again, Alex. I don't know what that like other little sound in there is but that's the one that's getting me. It sounds like a pencil on a sketchpad.

It is me signing my name while chewing gum.

Okay, so these are home grown ASMR clips. Like I thought you were just snagging in them off the internet. No, no, no, we're luck's around here. Okay, so I actually really enjoyed the scribbling sound, but that little like the chewing of the gum is what made me get all kind of like, I guess it did make me feel away, but it wasn't pleasant. Can I get one of those clips without the chewing of the gum, please?

We'll see. All right, here's the next sound. Alright.

Well, it's interesting. It didn't make me feel any kind of response like physically. But it's it's interesting because it sounds like it's getting closer. And that's cool. Like I liked the progression of it. So I enjoyed that. I don't know what it sounds like somebody walking in the leaves toward me on a cool autumn day.

Close. That's me scratching my arm after realizing that I got bit by ants while I was sitting outside eating my lunch at work.

Sorry, that happened. See? Okay. I like kind of liked it. But Okay, here we go.

Next, next.

What is that? Okay, I didn't have a physical response to it. Now. Now I'm just focused. The first ones you only want to have a physical response to now I'm just focusing on what the sound is and I can't discern it.

That shouldn't matter it. If it's going to evoke a response. It'll evoke a response. And now I'm just trying to figure out what it is. This is me rubbing my beard as I try to figure out who to bench in my fantasy football league. This Week.

Oh, okay. All right. You think I would recognize that one because you rub your beard a lot.

Which by the way, it's not looking good this week. Last week I cleaned up I did very well, this week, not so much because you talked about it last week. I think it's because I overthought it I rubbed my beard too much. Alright, next page. Here we go.

Okay. That's you breathing heavily. But I had a response to that because you have done this to me. Like when we're laying in bed, and you're all like, getting, like, frustrated at me for like, not turning my phone off or something like this noise. I know. Did it elicit a response? It did, but not a relaxing one.

Alright, so what do you feel? So that's actually me thinking about what sound to make next.

Okay, but it's definitely using like breathing heavily and being like, yes, yes. Okay. This is noise. I

know. Okay. All right. And then lastly, this sound Oh, God, I hate it. You are so squirming right now. You're so uncomfortable right now. Let's listen to it again.

You can't see my toes curling under like I'm squeezing my toes. I hate the zoo much. Okay. Um, is that you like? That noise with your with your mouth?

Can you please describe the noise? where you put your finger in your mouth and you go like that? Is

that what you were doing?

No. Is there water involved? That is me blowing spit bubbles.

l L. Okay, well, that's why I had a scrubby response. Why does ASMR have to be unhygenic scratch on bug bites and blow and spit bubbles?

That's just my ASMR and so that's a little bit about this. Maybe you learned whether you enjoy it or not? Me I don't but clearly there are some things that you respond favorably to you're in your knees signing my name that's it. That's the only one I responded favorably to the other one just made me kind of like cringe a little bit. If you've had any experience with ASMR please let us know go to Twitter to at familiar Wilson's reached out to us on Twitter. We're most active

You can see pictures of what was his name Worthington. But only like the back of his head. what's the what's the kid's name now? Whittington? Worthington?

Winthrop,

Winthrop. Yeah, you can go over there you can see pictures of the pop. You can see the back of Winthrop, Ted. It's a good time on Twitter.

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