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The thing that makes Phil such an enjoyable train wreck:

Let's just humor him for a minute here. Let's agree that nothing that happened to Phil was his fault: The Machinima/Curse debacle, the suspensions on Twitch, Ad Revenue taking a nose dive, his numbers dwindling, his missed sponsored streams, etc.

Shit happens, people lose their job all the time, and will have to settle for less, this is life, unfortunately.

Everyone who befalls such fates, will take action. Budget cuts, lowering costs of like cellphones, internet connections (downgrading), getting rid of unwanted/unneeded stuff, and in some more dire situations: downsizing of homes.

Has Phil done any of those? Nope. So even if it is NOT HIS FAULT, he is not taking appropriate action. He had his windfall during the early days of Youtube, and he believes that that is what he is owed now. He is stuck in 2008 but it is 2018 (almost 2019) now. The landscape has drastically changed, and while Phil admitted this last night (or a few days ago?), he still shows 0 sign of him changing and adapting with these changes.

His current WAhouse is estimated on a 425.000 dollar value, he bought it around 245.000 dollar. He could free up almost 200.000 fucking dollars if he were just to downsize. Not only that, but downsizing would also mean a lowering of his monthly costs. Same with getting rid of the condo. because that thing is just a black hole of revenue, sucking up money. Oh and Phil also has 2 internet subscriptions, one basic one and one Business grade subscription (which he often proudly touts) the latter costing 400 dollars per month (almost 5.000 dollars per year, almost half of what some people actually can spend per year).

Problem is, his ego won't let him, this is why he is such fun to watch. he believes that all this is owed him, and making any kind of concession is admitting defeat. It is not, it's just adapting to whatever curve ball life throws at you. It sucks, I will not deny that, I have lost my job too, but I have moved heaven and earth to make it work.

Phil just bitches and moans and expects things to go his way. I can't feel bad, in any way or capacity. Most, if not all of his problems can be fixed if Phil would pull his head out of his ass, get rid of the condo and downsize. Or fucking sell the house and move back to the condo, either way he gets a good chunk of money to pay off a good sum of his debts and vastly cut his monthly expenses.
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