PC Users & Carpal Tunnel, My First Tick Bite, & Other Musings | ASMR

Welcome to another weekly chat / stream of consciousness session where I talk softly about a variety of topics such as those of us who use the mouse a lot and a simple solution to avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, my first tick bite ever & bugs in general, thoughts surrounding the purpose of organisms, and once again trying to solve the puzzling nature of life in modern society and its many ethical and moral complexities.
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[@SmurfDrake]

Good now ER

[@rococoblue]

🤫😏But you can call me...the comment man.

[@phrkkbm2483]

Maybe a comeback someday of your calming hand movements videos, where you push our invisible buttons and turn our switches and dials, in order for us to relax?

[@wolfy4175]

I've been thinking of this for a while now. One of my favorite triggers

[@nadiasvens]

ah! i loved these

[@Cloakingpower]

Hey Paul, I hope you're doing absolutely SPLEND-FUCKING-TASTIC. Thanks for making these videos. Always love a notification about you uploading. I'm originally from Florida, so the whole tick thing is not foreign to me. I'm happily living in Ontario, Canada and I've not seen a tick in decades.

[@aleco678]

Really? They are here still I guess only if you’re out camping though usually

[@ndroidrage]

The language.....

[@hawk18513]

@@ndroidrage it’s normal 😀

[@PickleTickler69]

I live up north in Michigan, I’ve seen 2 ticks on me for the span of my whole life

[@scottjolteon9033]

Don't know if thats a Switzerland thing but I've gotten probably between 10 to 15 ticks in my 25 years of going outside. Shit's gross and scary at first but you get used to it

[@Lootron]

"Everything has to eat, everything has to die" sounds like a perfect sample for a metal song

[@swag_fish03]

I love this videos of you just talking. To me, I don't really get tingles from them, but they're so nice to listen to while doing work.

[@CheezyWeinerz]

As a mug collector, I really like the sea style mug you have there.

[@WuntaykTimmy1]

People collect the most fascinating things. What's your favorite mug you've found! 🚶🏿

[@erusdearest]

You've made depression so much more bearable. You have become such an amazing addition to my nightly routine, Uncle ER. Wado, I cannot express how much you've helped me. And when it comes to hunting - as a Native American woman who grew up in the Cherokee Nation capital - Hunting to provide for the community is a BIG part of why hunting appeals to me, after all these years. Feeding your family, neighbors, friends - it is an amazing feeling. And you don't risk disrespecting the animal you killed. Because that animal died for a reason, and everything that could be put to use - was put to use. Though I would never hunt just to needlessly end life.

[@kiiogato]

I would absolutely love to see an "editing an ASMR video" ASMR video; haha. I am career long video editor; and I am incredibly curious to see what sort of audio adjustments you do to achieve the particular sound you deliver in your videos. Thanks again for the lovely work as always Paul.

[@relu6831]

this is such a cool idea

[@blazecleats8531]

he has done this. testing out a new recorder video😊

[@JennaEmbers]

It’s my favorite kind of weekly video and it arrived just in time, hell yeah.

[@squatcurldeadlift7346]

I think that this series should be titled "whatever you wanna call this" at this point hahaha

[@Amy_A.]

My solution for carpal tunnel/wrist pain is a trackball mouse, and I'm always happy to recommend that people give them a try! I've got a finger ball mouse (moved with my pointer/middle fingers), but I used to use a thumb ball mouse as well, and both have been less straining on my wrist than a traditional mouse. I think a lot of the wrist strain comes from picking up the mouse to recenter it's position in games, and that just doesn't happen with a trackball. The finger mouse especially feels very natural and comfortable to use. For those worried about learning a new input device, I adjusted immediately (literally within the first 5 minutes) to the thumb mouse, and the finger one only took 2 days to get comfortable with. Most of those 2 days was because I changed my button layout; actually moving the mouse was much quicker to adjust to. This is entirely my opinion, but I believe that trackball mice are just inherently better than standard mice for 99.99% of people. Maybe if you're playing extremely high level competitive e-sports where you're concerned with saving an extra half gram on your mouse it's not the best option, but for the vast majority of people? I say give it a try next time you're in the market for a pointer device. Worst case scenario, you try it out for a few days, don't like it, and return it.

[@ndroidrage]

Also can use USB Xbox or playstation controller for mouse stuff

[@brad4492]

I’ll look into this. Although my right hand I use for my mouse isn’t as bad as my left hand on my keyboard. That style of mouse could help me some

[@ndroidrage]

@@brad4492 holding a cellphone for hours is even worse.

[@LucaMiolla]

As a guitar player and avid avid gamer, I've always been afraid of carpal tunnel. My solution is to have a mouse pad with those gel bumps on the wrist, and the way I use the mouse is by just leaving the hand on that gel pad and moving the mouse by pushing it with my fingers rather than gripping it...kinda hard to explain but I can play endgame content in path of exile (which is quite the mouse-intensive game) and never be tired a bit. P.s. I'm left handed too but I love macros and my favourite mouse (the logitech G600) comes in right hand version only :(

[@MakoMusic_]

I honestly miss the asmr games Uncle E used to play. Especially the dark souls like games and even dark souls. It was very relaxing

[@zeinon2555]

seriously love your videos no matter what they are, thank you for the amazing content

[@PowerRainbow]

i remember at like 9-10 y.o. how i woke up at night just "because", i started to scratch myself and felt smth weird on my left side of chest. I went to the bathroom to check myself in a mirror and noticed this thing on myself (i was well awared of their dangerousness) and made my whole family to wake up. I was shaking like a leaf at the windy evening while they were removing it but luckily all ended up well

[@FrozenHollowFox]

Tbh your Carpel Tunnel experience is why i tend to avoid using a keyboard when i play games on PC, preferring to use a controller. Waaaay easier to manage compared to 10 years ago.

[@Icza]

Yeah looking at Diablo 4 coming up, those are games that tend to get day after day play and long sessions at times. Plus it's a clickfest with a mouse. Will be playing on PS5.

[@flaminkoyuh]

This now sure is good Ephemeral Rift, thank you

[@Diggidoo]

*This sure is good. Thank you, Ephemeral Rift

[@flaminkoyuh]

@@Diggidoo I am afraid you didn't understand the reference concerning the "now" in the sentence. You see ER starts his videos by saying "good now" that is why I added it in there. Thank you for making me look stupid, I appreciate it

[@Diggidoo]

@@flaminkoyuh Oh, I didn't catch that, sorry😅

[@wingless__]

Fun fact: Ticks are more likely to be found in and around trees than in the middle of a field of grass. Ticks dry out and die if they stay out in direct sunlight, like Spongebob and Patrick in the Spongebob movie.

[@nadiasvens]

dude thanks that explains the worst tick experience I had in my live, after leaning against a tree in the summer i had like 10 of these bastards on me

[@DeepDeepSouth]

ER story telling is the best he always keeping it real since the beginning.

[@wingless__]

Hi Uncle E! I do a lot of field ecology research and hiking just for fun, and since I started using Permithrin I've only had one tick successfully bite me in the past three years. It lasts for about 5 or so washes. You might find them on your clothes still, but they'll be dead or dying.

[@JamesGamesASMR]

The potted plant really ties the room together

[@Jaksonranger]

As somebody who has been terminally online or on a computer for a variety of reasons since the dawn of my teenage years, the looming threat of carpal tunnel is one that is definitely in my near future. Hopefully I make more efforts to avoid it, since it's definitely a concern. Nice to hear even just a little bit of discussion about something that I've thought a lot about before! I've also never been bitten by a tick, thank goodness. It seems absolutely awful to me, like something out of a nightmare I'd have.

[@JennaEmbers]

If anyone has any tips to help with arthritis / carpel tunnel in the fingers, especially in the pinky and ring finger, let me know. Mine has been killing me when I play PS5 and often when I text.

[@littlemichaeljr6518]

I'm so sorry and honestly I don't know what those are but it's been over a month now and I think I'm too late as I'm just now seeing this. I would've helped and said something had I seen this before but that's call that you play ps5! Niceeee! I text somewhat too haha

[@spec5385]

Day 70 of asking ER to make a video where he tells inanimate objects just how truly he appreciates them.

[@kingrancelotti2362]

Mr. Asmr GURU (Ephemeral Rift)…. You are in my Top 5…. Have good day, good now!

[@gremlon111]

I've taken ticks a lot of times off of my body and only once had one bite me. I was 2 years old at the time and it bit me below the eyebrow. Specifically on the skin of eyelid. My mom couldn't pull it out at first cause as a kid I was terrified of tweezers going near my eye, so she waited until I feel asleep and then pulled it calmly.

[@radiationzack1012]

Really would love to go hunting but I don’t know anyone that does it to show me how which is really important. It’s not just what equipment you need it’s also the knowledge of how to move through the forest and how to stay down wind. Then when it comes to actually shooting you need to know where when. if you do succeed you need to know how to skin and all that.

[@meridiasbeacon7669]

You should play Disco Elysium, you will love the ideals it holds, and I feel like a video as the main character - Harry Du Bois - or his assistant, Kim - would be hilarious and awesome

[@TheTshego]

YES EDITING A VIDEO ASMR OMG I'LL LOVE IT

[@northynorth]

I love the "podcast sweater" ER is always sporting in these videos

[@scrappycocodagoat]

ER's version of the dr dre sweater

[@oruamriverapartida5989]

Never been this early, love you Uncle ER

[@multicosmos333]

Good Now, brother! Much Love. 💗

[@ndroidrage]

Corvus in the woodland. Wait till about dusk. No hikers.

[@ndroidrage]

What is dusk anyway

[@ndroidrage]

Almost down? All the way down? Half way to horizon?

[@rococoblue]

😏 glad you are taking this topic apart bit by Mega byte.😏👍👍

[@perrinaybara8762]

My favorite part of these videos is taking my cursor and scrolling down the timeline for the video. It looks like ER is performing sign language. ESL lol

[@TR-Mr.Moon_RTX]

I feel your pain ER,Im only 16 but have server carpal tunnel becuase were i play alot of video games,It sucks and i find my self having to get surgery on my hands soon because of it

[@raimbow9918]

Let’s go new plant!!!

[@crashbashify]

First!!! Love your videos uncle E

[@fitchyyboi]

I love these stories man

[@eoinmaccormac5022]

Hey your the best so called asmrist out there you caught me at the perfect time

[@eoinmaccormac5022]

I mean I love listening to your opinions and listening to your personal emotions you know?

[@softia42]

5:53 I would love to see a "Video Editing ASMR" and I already have some people in mind to share that with

[@Lowlander119]

THERAPUTTY for carpel tunnel!! Sounds dumb but 10 min a day SAVED my wrist

[@jlau317]

Talking Tuesday is the new toonie tuesday

[@TreeFrogOnATree]

A powerful yet cheap insecticide you could use is caffeine in just about any form. :D

[@TheElvenQueenOG]

At first glance I thought his cup was Squidward because of the colors😅

[@farettoe2622]

What if we took the "Tunnel" part literally and you made a " Stopped At A Carpal Tunnel Checkpoint" video?

[@gordan00]

i was playing rugby last year and some guy landed on my wrist, damaged the nerves in it and what do you know? i’ve got carpel tunnel syndrome as well 😂

[@jayminiskindacool3976]

Oh no 😱 ER finally ran out of ideas! Lol jk this video are still so chill and relaxing

[@stephenbastasch7893]

Yeah, I sometimes think that the "Original Sin" occurred when a life form first generated its fuel by killing and eating another life form. No longer taking sustenance from minerals, sunlight or non-sentient plant life, the Carnivor Organism began to eat animal flesh, even if the prey was virtually microscopic. The Prey-Predator dichotomy was created, and life since then became a vast congeries of hunter and hunted, with lasting negative effects such as terror, pain, and perpetual victimization of the prey - and sickness and starvation for the aging, ailing or incompetent hunter - even for the most cleverly camouflaged and artfully-dodging hunted creatures.

[@johnathanleonardo912]

As a Spartan, I enjoy rift

[@rockr9270]

I really like to listen these videos🤣

[@Indieindrocan]

Good now and have a splantastic day y’all

[@mglouise97]

I would love to see a behind the scenes editing video!

[@cnicoj]

Good topic as a PC User Mr. Rift !

[@willum4629]

I love the Talking videos

[@RM-el3gw]

highly second using your left hand for mouse use as well.

[@brad4492]

Dude I’m 28 and I’ve been having carpool tunnel playing pc. Such an annoying thing to deal with

[@siddarthgandubilli2786]

Me listening to this with my mouse in my hand:

[@danieln6700]

Got carpal tunnel from old job and pc gaming In mouse hand. I try to play pc games on controller now.

[@MrMeatyFlaps]

As a fellow PC enthusiast, admittedly much younger, I dread carpal tunnel and hope I won't get it. Even if I say this, I'm most likely not safe and will get it some day, but I don't care now so why bother, leave it to that timeline me. This timeline me is fine

[@Nico18_]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ursa3646]

you should slowly add details to the background of these podcasts like the plant

[@Danknic1234]

It's probably why my mouse movement and such isn't what it used to be

[@nicolasalbuquerque5927]

😮😮

[@kyvan.s.hu241n]

Does anyone remember the Podcasts?

[@Frenetic321]

Hemp extract- lyme’s treatment

[@maric820]

Hello from South Africa.

[@_kurbur]

What’s the status of your podcasts?

[@mondayman5827]

You don’t really need any of that stuff to hunt. Just go classic, grab a stick, sharpen it. Go find a squirrel, throw some rocks at a bird. Soup time

[@ghoastYT]

Good now

[@miwiletoki]

I ❤️ yoir videos!

[@edgarmarroquin4793]

I stopped consuming meat, greens and grains, just water and vitamins for me

[@Khannea]

I generally listen to girly asmr artists but damn you sure hit the sweet spot with your ironic angle and the voice.

[@DanielJohansson]

I average about 20 tick bites every year, courtesy of my cats. And I live in an area where they carry both lyme disease and TBE (I'm vaccinated to the latter though)

[@duoscootering5149]

Can you please do one on mental health

[@ndroidrage]

Good now Uncle E

[@ndroidrage]

My hand gets stuck closed sometimes and I have to pry my fingers open. I'm also a lefty.

[@Ellsie]

hi

[@Jadee95]

ive always said that ticks should not be a thing they are just too much

[@TreeRockCreations]

@Ephermeral Rift Another good video. I have some questions for you. These questions are for you to observe; no need to respond here. Question 1 - It is possible that you like the Native American way of life because you crave something similar to Heaven? Question 2 - Is it possible that this renewable energy you mentioned could be God? Question 3 - Is it possible that a God mixed those basic Earth ingredients together and created lifeforms? Question 4 - Does a master chef throw food ingredients together without planning or do automobiles create themselves without an engineer who designs it? Question 5 - If all lifeforms were created by accident, how did animal instincts and human conscience materialize without something programing or teaching them? Question 6 - Have scientists demonstrated in a lab and proved that at least one organism can transform into a completely different organism? Now, before you answer those things for yourself, research TIME DILATION - time constantly altering because of shift in Earth orbit, gravity, and rotation. Time dilation disproves the "theory" that the Earth is millions of years old. Scientists cannot prove that time was constant with carbon dating because of time dilation and since no scientist was not alive during those so called "millions" of years to study, which the scientific method process, it means that carbon dating and Dawin's "theory" are religions. The problem with scientists is that they don't want to state, "I don't know." Oh, and one more thing to ponder on. A human conscience has not evolved; knowledge has evolved but humans continue to make the same mistakes that other ancient generations have made.

[@KnightArtoriasoftheabyss]

Nice hands ER

[@Sva010]

blue heating

[@propolis19a]

chachak

[@someblueguy9923]

I'm 27 minutes late

[@Monolith670]

Я вижу тебя насквозь твои мысли.

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Tick bite? Youch.

[@quandavioustinglebottomqau1203]

God savesssssssssssessesssessessesses

[@oldmate5184]

These musings about ethics, animal agriculture and acknowledgement of cognitive dissonance are basically steps on the path of every vegan's journey. That unsettling feeling that you keep coming back to (which he does frequently in his videos) is that constant knowing in the back of your head while your programmed mind tries to deny it. "How would we feed people without factory farming"? You know exactly how. Yes life is consuming the energy of other life, but there is suffering attached to those sentient beings. We should reduce our harm as much as we practically can. We could literally prevent billions of deaths every year by just eating non-sentient plants.

[@Rootfury]

First!

[@JG-xb2tk]

You got any respect for the troops? We don't like Joe

[@davidrudpedersen5622]

I love your videos, ER

[@fairlyStupid]

Make a podcast sir

[@balmain2496]

Good now