(knocking)
- Housekeeping.
- Go away, I'm naked.
- Okay, I'm coming in.
- No, no, my butt is out.
(upbeat techo music)
- I'm Carly.
- And I'm Erin, and welcome to
- [Both] Fad or Fab.
- On this show,
we explore crazy and weird quirky Internet trends
to see if they're all that they're cracked up to be.
- Basically, by the end of the episode,
we decide if it's fab.
(bell dinging)
- Good. - So that means it's good.
Or fad,
(buzzer ringing) it should not be on the Internet anymore.
- Banished forever.
(upbeat techno music)
Today we're gonna be exploring A.S.M.R. role play.
- Hi there.
I'm going to be your urgent care doctor today.
- Hey, is this your first time?
With the library?
(crunching)
(pages flipping)
(tapping)
- And with that, we have a very special guest,
Christine Sydelko.
- Thanks for having me.
The situation in Yemen is quickly deteriorating.
President Trump is an (censor beep).
- Thank you for joining us!
Do you know what A.S.M.R. stands for?
- Anatomy Synonym Moth Rainbow.
(buzzer ringing)
- [Erin] You are very close.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
- I think it's like the tingling in your head.
Apparently some people actually get a specific sensation.
I've never felt it though.
Like the tingling, I've never actually felt that,
but some people, there's like a specific number of people
that actually feel something.
- People feel feelings?
Ew, that's gross.
- So I've seen different kinds of A.S.M.R,
like the more recent one, the soap one.
- Dude, soap curls, oh my god!
I watch those for hours!
They like, peel it off with a vegetable peeler.
- Hours?!
- Oh, I follow the hashtag.
- Today we're gonna be exploring A.S.M.R. role play.
A.S.M.R. in specific situations, like occupations.
- I'll do anything for an A, Professor.
- Basically.
- Yeah.
(electronic music)
- Wait, so are we the person watching the YouTube?
If this was a computer screen and she was doing this,
I would be watching and she would be alone.
- Yes, people have-
like my camera would be here and I'd be like
"Now I'm doing--" (tapping)
- Oh my god, wow.
(Carly clearing throat)
- Hello, and welcome to the mall.
You have come here to get your makeup done.
Does that sound nice?
- No it does not.
- Let me just clink these brushes together
to the tone of "Jingle Bells."
(tapping)
Did that sound like "Jingle Bells"?
- It's July.
- Christmas.
- Yeah, well it's Christmas in July, so.
- You're stupid.
- Shh, this is my world.
You're just listening.
(rubbing against microphone)
- Oh (Carly laughing)
Does that sound like anything?
Does that sound like you're getting your makeup done?
- I don't wear makeup.
- Okay, we're going to contour your face
with these three tones.
- No, you sound like you're in Slytherin.
(Carly laughing)
- Can you guys hear me?
- Yes. - Unfortunately.
- I'm gonna fold your towels now.
- You'd better fold it into the shape of a dog
or I'm not tipping.
- One moment, I am deaf now.
- I'm folding them.
That was just me getting all of your dirty germs
off of the towel.
Can you hear anything?
- Oh, that's nice.
(crinkling)
- [Carly] Whoa.
- Oh, that is kinda nice actually.
That was uncalled for.
(snapping)
- Dude, what the (censor beep).
- Very unsettling.
- You don't have to smile like that when you do it.
Oh my god.
Okay, now that's a noise.
- Whoa, I feel like I just traveled through time.
- Shh.
- You're right.
This is really fun for me.
These feel weird in my ears.
- I love this for you.
- Hi, I'm a female doctor
who is in a relationship with a male doctor
who also works at this hospital.
My mom was like a really good surgeon,
but then she got Alzheimer's.
(record scratching)
- Are you just saying the plot of Grey's Anatomy?
(Carly laughing)
- Yes, this is Grey's Anatomy.
- Carly, I have your test results.
It appears that you have
(pen clicking)
a yeast infection.
I put on a glove not for any procedural reason,
just because I thought it was a good fashion choice.
- You're like Michael Jackson.
- Please do not mention his name to me ever again.
Hi, my name's Doctor Sudoku.
(Carly laughing)
I graduated from an elementary school.
Second place, fifth grade spelling bee.
(upbeat techo music)
- How did everybody feel about that?
- I thought it was weird and dumb.
(Christine laughing)
- I kind of liked it.
- Yeah, me too.
I don't think I would do it for like, pleasure.
- Yeah.
- But it's not bad; it's kind of relaxing.
So do you guys think this is a fad, like it's gonna go away,
or do you think it's fab and it's gonna stay?
- No, I think this is fab.
I love this.
- Which one's bad again, fad?
- [Carly & Erin] Fad.
- I would say fad.
- Really?
I'm gonna say fab, because I don't love it,
but so many people, it's relaxing.
- Yeah.
- It's almost like a massage, I feel like, for some people.
- And there are definitely certain parts when I was like,
This is nice.
And like, I closed my eyes and I was like,
Oh, this is nice.
But then Christine's like "yeast infection"
(record scratching)
and I was like "Nevermind."
- You're welcome.
- So I guess the general consensus.
It's two against one.
- We win.
- Yeah, but mine counts more than yours.
- [Erin] That's not true.
- It doesn't at all.
- I don't care, actually.
(victorious fanfare)
- [Erin] There she is.
- Wow.
- Thank you for joining us.
Make sure to tune in next time for Fad or Fab.
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- Bye!
- It's rigged.