ICYMI: Is This YouTuber Eating Himself to Death?

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We’re debuting our new segment, “Wormhole,” with this fascinating look into the phenomenon of the viral mukbang YouTuber and drama magnet, Nikocado Avocado. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison invite their internet obsessive colleague and senior producer of Slate’s Decoder Ring, Benjamin Frisch, to discuss who this infamous extreme eating content creator is, and why the internet is convinced Nikocado Avocado is eating himself to death. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and Samira Tazari. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And I sort of just fell down this rabbit hole, sort of trying to distinguish what was real,
0:06.5	what was not real, what was for show, and it's just an incredible hall of mirrors.
0:11.9	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher, and I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I
0:17.6	see why I'm on.
0:18.8	In case you missed it, Slitz podcast bot internet culture.
0:22.1	Rachel, I'm gonna break the cardinal rule of podcast taping.
0:26.0	Take out yourself.
0:27.0	Oh, oh.
0:28.0	Find it, and then take it out.
0:29.0	Up here it is.
0:30.0	Found it, found it.
0:31.0	Got it.
0:32.0	All right.
0:33.0	Mm-hmm.
0:34.0	So, how do you hold yourself on?
0:35.0	Like, what's your go-to resting in palm position?
0:37.6	Well, when I had a pop socket, I had it between my first two fingers, but I no longer have
0:42.5	that.
0:43.5	So now, it just kind of rests on my pinky with my three middle fingers just on the back
0:49.0	and my thumb on the power button.
0:52.0	Okay, that's exactly what I do, which is why I was really freaked out when I saw this
0:57.6	viral tweet this week, all about smartphone pinky.
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