What are the qualities of a truly great internet celebrity? Many people would argue that there is no such thing, others would claim that a lot of the time it is a role that gets bestowed on random individuals who just happen to be in the right place at the right time. Others still might point to a need to study the algorithm and put in the hours until it starts to favor you, à la Mr.Beast. My personal theory, however, is that you need to be a talented performance artist.
In his prolific career as a Mukbang YouTuber, Nikocado Avocado has taken on many roles. A nonstop junk food eater, a notoriously repulsive oversharer, an endlessly memeable Lolcow apparently always on the edge of having another mental breakdown. Ultimately, though, all of these things are a part of the same talent: he is a method actor for the sake of the views.
Is he the genius some have heralded him as for the big reveal that over the past two years, he has been posting prerecorded content and secretly losing 250 ellbees? Was it even the extended "social experiment" he claims that it was? Perhaps not, but by God, does the man can make great lowbrow entertainment. The memes below agree with me.