The latest video from famed mukbanger Nickocado Avocado begins with a skinny man wearing a large, novel panda head. This came as a shock to longtime viewers, as Avocado hasn’t uploaded a video in months and the last time he was seen online, he weighed 411 pounds.
“Two steps ahead. I’m always two steps ahead. This is the greatest social experiment of my life. It’s Avocado, but he lowers his range. Probably sounds like a cartoon villain.
Avocado, whose real name is Nicholas Perry, is famous among streaming fans and train wreck viewers alike for his YouTube channel. It is said that Perry is a foodie who pays attention to health food and likes to eat salads and avocados in front of the camera. Then he lost his way and health while chasing the algorithm. Over the past few years, millions of people have watched the 158-pounder balloon to a staggering 411 pounds.
Along the way he recorded himself swallowing huge amounts of food. The thumbnails are bizarre, often showing Perry’s food-covered mouth wolfing down large amounts of food. Personal drama is worse. Perry’s marriage was on-again, off-again. His health seemed to be in danger. Sometimes he cries in front of the camera while stuffing fast food into his mouth.
To everyone watching, it looked like Nick Cardo had eaten Nicholas Perry.
There’s a thriving cottage industry of avocado reviews. People posted videos of their reactions to every twist and turn of the journey. MeatCanyon is a popular YouTube animator who parodied Perry’s channel in a video. Avocado then recorded a video of herself reacting to the animation. Drama Channel documents every moment of Avocado’s life. The entire podcast was recorded recapping the drama and asking the question: “What happened to Nicholas Perry?”
To hear Perry tell it, it was all a show. “I’ve been strategically posting pre-recorded videos on YouTube and TikTok for two years,” he told NBC. “I edited the videos to make them appear recent so I could focus on healing my body behind the scenes.”
In the video, which he uploaded on September 6, he monologues for three minutes about the dangers of social media and compares viewers to ants. “It’s seductive. It’s compelling. It’s gripping. To observe all these unwell, disoriented creatures, you can roam the web looking for stories. Ideas. Competition. Places where they feel encouraged and involved. They Become a part of the story and be a product of the influence. The desire to distract from the time spent destroys their minds while stimulating them. It’s brilliant, but also dangerous. I feel like I’m spying on ants in an ant farm. One follows another and another follows. It’s fascinating. All these little consumers who will consume whatever they are told to consume.
At this time, he took off the panda mask. Gone is the Jimmy Neutron-esque pompadour that defined his image and helped sell merchandise. He replaced it with a buzz. He leers at the camera and tilts his head forward, looking sinister. “So I am the villain. Because I have become one myself. You will continue to read these stories about me. Year after year. As long as I tell the Internet that I am the villain. The stories penetrate, haunt, and infect the ants’ minds. . Influence the ants. Brainwash the ants,” he said.
After the monologue ends, the film cuts to black. When the avocado came back, he smiled. His voice returned to vocal range. He sat for 20 minutes eating spicy noodles with his beloved parrot, Noodles.
Perry told NBC the panda mask is a symbol. “The world of social media is not as black and white as it seems.”
Perry opened new accounts on Instagram and X on the same day the villain was revealed.
“Welcome to Nikocado 2,” Perry said. “This is my second channel and I hope you consider subscribing because I don’t even know if people like me or if they want to hear from me. I haven’t made a video in two years.
