Gif from Jelle's Marble Runs' video "Big Marble Run Machine: 11000 Marbles"
Next time you need to take a break from worrying about humanity's ultimate demise, click on this video, pick your favorite shiny glass orb, and press play.For just a moment, lose yourself in one of YouTube's oddest preoccupations: marble racing. For millions of people, the videos have acted like a kind of audio therapy or alternative entertainment for years.Some YouTube commenters write that marble races (at least those without commentary) function like accidental ASMR videos, even though they're much louder than typical ASMR fare.
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