From cutting something or peeling plastic off a brand new screen, for some reason, people either love it or hate it. Since 2015, spending 30 minutes to an hour or more just watching someone poke at slime or crumple leaves up has just become a normal thing to do on social media. An Instagram account called satisfyingvideo has 1.5 million followers where they only post videos of kinetic sand, slime, soap being cut, and mixing paint together.

With such a big trend that has stuck around, surely there will be people who are obsessed with it while others can’t stand it. In an Instagram poll asking, “Do you like the oddly satisfying videos/trends?” 81% of the respondents said yes and 19% said no.

Some of the people who answered “yes” were then asked why they said so. Abi Loughrey said, “Sometimes your own life can be chaotic and it’s really rewarding to see certain scenarios made just right. For example, cutting soap perfectly or slime stretching really far, it just makes you feel like you have a little control, and human nature likes to enjoy the things that work out, like how oddly satisfying videos do.”

Abi is talking about what some people call “The Goldilocks Feeling,”  where they feel the “just right” feeling, when things are put perfectly in order.

While there were many people who said they do like these videos and the trend overall, there were also some who didn’t. Senior Christian Smith explained, “They are all so similar and get boring to watch.” Jared Seen added, “I think they can be interesting to watch, but most of the time they just make me uncomfortable. ASMR really ain’t it.”

All trends have people who love it and hate it, oddly satisfying is the same way. People will either spend their time genuinely watching people just poke at slime, while others can’t stand it and instead make fun of it. Either way, it doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon.