Effortpost incoming... and I look forward to
@Balldo's Gate 's views as well.
ON NICK'S "WORST DAY" AND SPIRALING....my theory...
So I reviewed every available Locals stream last night from March 2022-July 4, 2022 (ugh, you're welcome).
I'm convinced 1-2 streams have been deleted. There are huge gaps of time bw Locals streams. Pretty sure his infamous meltdown stream is gone. Is anyone uploading them as they appeared?
The only halfway interesting bit that I've not seen posted here was this on 6/13/22. Nick contemplates existential questions of life, death & heaven...
General observations from March - July 2022...
- In March 2022 he was just a much happier, carefree person writ large. I'd never seen this stream (not Locals) and was amazed at how relaxed, non-defensive, and fun he was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBUaEYqQ5s . He also looks healthy. (Btw, for those tracking Nick's undelivered promises add the yoga pants thought stream promise. I'd forgotten abt that one.)
- During this period there were a lot of trips to the doctor, he lost his voice, one of his daughters went to the ER... lots of post-COVID whining re taste and exhaustion.
- Texas (ruffied) trip was 4/1/22 (fitting, date, that). The 4/5/22 YT stream might be worth watching post-Dallas for the 'tists (like me) on this issue. I was just focused on Locals streams where he's the most honest. Anyway, he starts looking horrible and exhausted after Dallas... and his drinking seems to escalate.
Anyway, here's my grading of the theories from worst to best:
C-
The Kayla Kink of It All.: She had an affair, wants to swing, etc. I know, I know, it seems like 2/3 of you have settled on this. I just don't buy it. (Never did, in fact.) It just doesn't fit with her profile. And, yes, I know midwestern bible girls can be kinky. I just don't think she has the time or readily available men in Spicer for that kind of activity - lol.
C
Someone is Dying: Well, we're all dying, but the idea being that he was diagnosed with something, or a parent, or a kid etc. Maaaybe? There's just not much evidence and I think it would have slipped out in a drunk moment by now. I do pause on him referencing having 14 years left - but I think he means his "earning" years.
C
Something Trust Fund: Again, maybe? But he talks (even recently) with great warmth about his parents and saw them in August pre-Hedonism. I'm prepared to change my mind if someone can find the clip Mark Gado recalls.
B
The Nick Kink of it All/Affair: His lost hours in Dallas were not getting ruffied. That's possibly a cover story. He was actually drunk out of his mind (he's said so) and got a BJ in a bathroom, or something. The whole story always seemed sus to me. And, since then, he's said he will not travel on biz without Kayla. Hmmmm. (Personal note, in chat when I cast some doubt on that story, Nick LOST IT at me. That says something in itself...)
A
Kayla Was (Is?) Deeply Unhappy. Nick's porn addiction was clearly a big factor. He's said she was unhappy about it (can't find the clip but it's somewhere). He's all over the place with lies/semi-truths abt porn during this period. Still is, in fact. Some streams he says he's still a regular watcher (yet former addict), other streams he says he's given it up. In the meantime, we know he starts talking sex all the time - the toys, vibrators, St. Andrew Crosses, balldo, AND, importantly, Kayla gets (probably) a hysterectomy and mommy lift. His content shifts to talking about sex and relationships with almost every guest. Then, Locals really kicks in and he freely puts his kinks out there, and the cultists revel in it.
A
Kayla's Fam &/or Spicer Community Said NO: Something specific DID happen - maybe in combination with something above. In the last clip I posted (yesterday) he refers to being performative and social media not being the actual truth. It's clear to me that someone came down on him, and it was deeply personal. My bet is that it was Kayla's dad. Outside chance of it being their church/kids school co-op, or perhaps Kayla's cousin (her BFF) or her husband.
Fwiw, I have texts with Cory from around the now-gone Meltdown Stream. I was positive that it was a marital issue but we debated whether someone was dying. It was that dramatic.
That's all I got. Happy to discuss...
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