I can't believe you didn't mention how after Nathan goes back to the gas station to talk about how the rebate hike went, the owner casually mentions that he drinks his grandson's urine when he feels scared and it catches Nathan so off guard that he actually drops character for just a second.

Watching this after the documentary trailer

"I invite everyone to come inside me" is one of the funniest things I've ever heard a human being say with a completely deadpan expression and tone, I cannot fathom how strong his commitment to staying in character is

Eyepatch Wolf: “Are you being real?”
Nathan: “I’m always being real.”

Maybe the real Nathan Fielder was the friends we made along the way.

I remember when Nathan helped a liquor store by selling liquor to minors, but they were actually buying the rights to claim a liquor bottle when they were 21. They could show the permit to anyone, but not actually consume the alcohol. It was like a booze nft. That shit was hilarious.

Oh boy, time to watch my favourite Youtuber make an hour long video about an obscure topic that will definitely not emotionally confuse me in the last 5 to 10 minutes.

I have BPD. Since I was young, the primary way I've interacted with people has been to mimic them, take what I see as their personalities and superimpose them over what I see as a void where my own is supposed to be. The number of times someone, in our very first interaction, has told me that it "feels like we're basically the same person" is in the dozens.
My now-spouse was the first person to call me on my bullshit. They took me aside after we had known one another for a few months and confronted me, pointing out inconsistencies in my supposed preferences and interests. They said, to my face, that I was the most eerie and unnerving person they had ever met, and said that we could only be friends if I could tell them one thing that I liked completely of my own accord.
At the time, I couldn't. I broke down and explained everything to them, we ended up talking for almost 12 hours, leaving the party we were at and going to a nearby waffle house, drinking frankly unhealthy amounts of coffee and chatting about our childhoods. We've been together for six years now, and they still have to remind me to assert myself sometimes, but they've really helped me figure out who I am. I love them more than life itself, and I would do anything to support them, or to make them happy.
Sometimes, I wonder how much of the person I present as is just constructed out of what I think they want from me.

Nathan gave a zoom talk for my University during the pandemic. It was not clear if it was meant to be a comedy event, or a talk on business, or what. Someone from the school of business was giving a normal interview with Nathan, but it often went in strange directions. It was incredibly surreal and unusual, though there were definitely intentional jokes sprinkled throughout, such as recurring jokes about him accidentally revealing that he has hemorrhoids, either through his webcam, browsing history, browser tabs he forgot to close, etc..

He's a real funny guy.

one thing you missed in your research is where those old photos came from! those photos of him as a “teenager” are actually from a blog he ran in 2005 while in business school where he would post these awkward photos that he created. he has been building this character long before even going into comedy..

The absolute definition of "There is a point where we needed to stop and we have clearly passed it--but let's keep going and see what happens"

Oh shit, the Nikocado part has aged like a fine, bizarre wine!

In a reddit AMA years ago Nathan addresses this question by saying that the character Nathan is him playing up the more awkward parts of his real personality. Which is why I think it's so hard to tell where the real person and the character begin and end. Because there's truth to every part of the "fictional" version of Nathan.

The most terrifying part was the explanation. The fact that too many people really think that creators aren't characters and that ANYTHING filmed isn't curated, edited and manipulated is so so so very scary. If we ever get to a place where the whole world needs to be convinced of a lie - it's going to be unbelievably easy.

“Spirits communicate with me, and my body is just a vessel. So I invite everyone to come inside me”
I laughed unreasonably hard at that.

Seeing Nikado's "I am always two steps ahead" before his 2024 weight loss reveal just hit me like a freight train

Man, Macie is a great escort if she's able to connect with someone like Nathan almost immediately to the point of breaking down his character. That's an underrated skill for someone in her line of work, to make even the weirdest, most awkward, most shy people feel comfortable and like they can be vulnerable. What a legend

Youtube has messed up the idea of "actors" and "showbiz." Nathan's messing with the boundaries between real and scripted is so timely.
We're all actors. The Rehearsal really made me feel.

I always thought that what made Nathan For You so surreal was not that the Nathan was a real person, but someone who was sociopathic commitment to the bit.

being a violinist, the stuff about nikocado avocado’s violin skills genuinely broke my heart. i would never forgive myself if i gave up the passion i have for my instrument in favor of the content i thought would make me money. the video of him playing is so haunting and melancholic… i hope he’s alright behind his online persona. he truly is incredibly talented.