Kinetic sandis a freaky - looking pith made of 98 percentage sand and 2 percent silicone polymer crude , so it sticks to itself , but wo n’t lodge to anything else . It ’s like an particularly granulose eccentric of dough , and you could watch — and hear — the stuff and nonsense in action in a new forgetful “ trigger ” video from The ASMR Circus .

The ASMR Circus telecasting are part of a raise online community of people who get a pleasurable prickling sensation in the head , scalp , or back in response to certain auditory , visual , or tactile stimulation . The technological term isAutonomous Sensory Meridian Response(ASMR ) , and if you have it , luck are you ’ll get the tingles from the flabby greaves sound of the energising backbone mildly being prodded with a knitting acerate leaf . ( Headphones recommended to nibble up every nuanced crackle . )

Even if you do n’t , it ’s still peculiarly mesmerizing to see the material seem to move all on its own :

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