what the actual hell did we all just witness there's a lot of stuff that we got to talk about today but let's start with the most requested story over on the text line and that is the story about the man who just broke the internet nikocado avocado right because one even if you've already seen his atomic bomb of a video there's still a lot more context that makes it deeper than you may realize and then two if you're someone who hasn't seen it or you've never even heard of this guy I mean strap in cuz it is a ride see because nikocado avocado also known as Nicholas Perry is a 32-year-old YouTuber who makes mukbang videos what you know is that type of content that was pioneered in South Korea and then Grew From there where people basically just inhale ungodly amounts of food so seemingly as someone that wasn't faking his videos he ballooned all the way up to 411 lbs at his Peak with them never really dropping much below the low 300s which seemed to also become a part of his character right he was very open about it he even made fun of himself with this his fans often express serious concerns about his health and well-being but then out of nowhere last Friday he drops this shocking video today I woke up from a very long dream and I also woke up having lost 250 lbs off of my body yet just yesterday people were calling me fat and sick and boring and irrelevant right just a wild transformation I mean look at him before look at him after look at him before look at him after look at him before look at him after but also to fully grasp how shocking this is you have to understand the scale of the deception he created you see cuz just a few days before his big reveal he posted a video to his third channel in which he looked like this with him clocking in at around 350 lbs there and this after a few months before that he announced that he had given up trying to lose weight if I lose any weight I gain it back within a month or two do you realize I have been doing this for years and look practically the same I know I have a problem and there's nothing I can do about it so what happened did he some miraculously shed 250 lb in a few days well no it turns out that he had been working on this for years with him telling NBC I have been strategically posting pre-recorded videos for two years on both YouTube and Tik Tok I edited the video so that they would appear recent allowing me to focus on healing my body behind the scenes I shaved my head so that people wouldn't recognize me in public and adding a handful of fellow YouTubers also helped to keep my secret and then on top of all that he even hinted what he'd be doing two years ago in a video titled the best burger I've ever had which has also now been re to two steps ahead original 2022 with them reading almost the exact same script as Friday's reveal though back then nobody understood what it meant I am always two steps ahead I am always two steps ahead and as far as you know why did he do all this apart from the obvious money Fame memes he simply explained this has been the greatest social experiment for my entire life I feel as if I'm monitoring and on any an Farm one follows another follows another follows another it's mesmerizing it's spellbinding all these little consumers all of these lost and bored people people consuming anything that they're told to consume with them men elaborating to NBC saying well everybody pointed and laughed at for overc consuming food I was in total control the entire time in reality people are completely absorbed with internet personalities and obsessively watch their content this is where a deeper level of overc consumption lies and it's the parallel I wanted to make also if you're wondering about what the [ __ ] is up with panda head he told the outlet that it's meant to symbolize the quote world of social media is not as black and white as it appears but with all this you know some of his viewers aren't buying that explanation but I'm pointing out that it looks similar to the panda mask that fellow mukbang YouTuber Stephanie Sue's husband wears to conceal his identity and this is also where things get really messy because it turns out nikocado and Sue they have history right back in 2019 she posted a video titled why I am scared of nikocado avocado in which she claimed that during a recent collab nikocado had pressured her to share gossip about her former friend and fellow YouTuber Veronica Wang I feel like I've been manipulated by fear that I can't say no to him I just want to take back my power to say no not feel like someone's holding this thing over me and threatening me but they alleging that he is a pattern of behavior and pointing to times when he spammed her to get her to talk to him but then nikocado responded on social media threatening to expose her with audio clips to prove that she was in the wrong but according to sue she never let him record any audio inside her home so she checked her security cameras and found him taking photos while she was out of the room but there nikocado defended himself claiming that Sue agreed to talk about Veronica before filming the video and denying that he took any photos without her permission and instead claiming that it was Sue that was the one being manipulative and begging him to collab on videos for her own Fame with him also Nam dropping a few other big mukbang YouTubers whom he claimed didn't actually like her but then you had Sue shooting back with another video and bringing her own evidence that he was the one reaching out to get her to collab and that she had no bad blood with those YouTubers and so with all that as context you had some people interpreting the panda mask and Friday's video is nado's way of mocking Sue's husband especially because he dramatically takes it off showing his face and it's also why you have others expressing frustration that it seems like everyone's forgotten about what he allegedly did to Sue and was just showering him with praise for his transformation though in his own video nikocado seems to acknowledge his infamy and he ropes it into his giant social experiment so I am the villain because I've made my myself one and you will continue to consume these stories about me year after year after year for as long as I tell the internet that I am the villain but as far as what's next for nikocado avocado it might actually be more of the same but it looks like he's going to be sticking with the same mukbang concept with him even slurping down an enormous tray of spicy black bean noodles after his reveal and then ending with I love being a mukbanger I love food food I like eating food and I like being here so but ultimately here's what I'll say one have I only ever seen this guy in passing and I think we've covered a few things in the past but he genuinely seems happy and in a great place but also too I am saying that outside of that weird villain monologue which is uh strange feels like the safest word to use but also three you know I wish him all the best his transformation and his accomplishment is nothing short of amazing someone who's lost between 90 and 100ish pounds over like 2 three years I know that's hard I can't [ __ ] imagine 250 lb in 2 years like in that regard you can't help but give props and if anything you know I do hope it serves as inspiration that you can always turn your life around yeah that's it I got to ask you what are your thoughts here