LogFAQs > #948479146

So many things aren't just adding up, and I don't mean just the out of context screenshot, but I do want to adress that first:

-There is no date/timestamp, we have NO idea when it was taken. Hell, it could be from the Bankruptcy saga for all we know.
-No recent activity, and this is the big one. This means we can't see WHY he is in the red. Is it because of chargebacks? Or because of frivolous spending.
-Is this his only Paypal account?
-Why is a "mature adult" not smart enough to budget and create a buffer, to prevent this from happening?

But there are far FAR more things not adding up here:

-Phil claims to know when it's involving a stolen credit card. But there are several things wrong with that claim too. If it is a stolen credit card, then the money was never his to begin with. Secondly, why doesn't he report those stolen credit cards?
-Phil's behaviour is not consistent. Last night he got a 50 dollar tip, but didn't verify it, but when he got a 1 dollar tip, he did bother to verify it.
-Apparantly, Paypal can fuck up. Yes, even with the doxxing (sorry, but it is, if you want to give Phil money, he wants your personal information), Paypal can still let fake donations slip through the cracks. Not his fault (literally said that).
-On an extended note, he is now badgering people on stream to verify it was them, but still that isn't enough.
-Even though the chargebacks are really prominent now, he won't disable tips. You see, he could switch to bits exclusively coupled with subs. This way, there is literally 0 risk of chargebacks happening, because then Twitch will cover it if it does involve a stolen credit card.
-Circling back to Phil's behaviour here for a second. Earlier this year Phil went absolutely ballistic over EA Play auto renewing for 33 dollars, even going as far as saying that it was illegal. If he went ballistic over 33 dollars for a service he could use for a year (free games basically), then why is he relatively calm when chargebacks happen?

And then there are other obvious but valid questions like:

-Why doesn't he save money, create a buffer of somekind. Now that he doesn't have to pay debts anymore, and his income is unchanged, he should be better off.
-What about Kat's income? Surely she doesn't make nearly as much as Phil, but they are a married couple and have to face hardships together. Her income alone should be enough to be that buffer, since Phil survived on his own just fine after Leanna left.
-Phil posted the screenshot the DAY of his Twitch Payment. Even if he actually was in the red (which happens to more people than I care to count), who fucking cares? Your paycheck is here. Being >50 in the red means shit at such a time.

But Phil is going to be Phil. Even if everything is true, Paypal fucking up, he not being able to verify every single tip, stolen credit cards. WHY DOESN'T HE ADAPT? He has been doing the EXACT same shit for nearly 13 years now. The only time he "adapted" during that time, is when he stopped recording his footage with a camera and switched to direct capture, but that was only because he had no other choice. Nothing has changed. Not Phil's behaviour, his financial insight, no planning, no buffering fucking nothing. Hell, it's evident that his quality has only gone down over the past decade. Still can't be bothered to set up his green screen which is collecting dust in the garage. No upgrading the quality of his stream or anthing.

Imagine being a brand new streamer and trying to gather an audience, if you would act like Phil, you'd be done before the day is over.

As horrible as Phil is, his fans are worse. They have all the power over them, they could hit him where it hurts: his wallet. They could demand Phil to improve his quality, effort hell even which games he plays. All they have to do is withhold money until their demands are met. I bet you if they stopped giving Phil money tomorrow, he'd overhaul his entire stream before the next sunrise. That is how it should be. But instead, Phil somehow has power over his fans. If he demands money, he'll get it. He is never actually looking for constructive criticism, only for people to kiss his ass. He constantly insults and berates his viewerbase. He has no respect for them given the constant buring, snorting, throat clearing and treating them less than he is.

Phil is by far the biggest paradox I have ever seen on the internet, and given that I have some morbid curiosities, I am trying to fit puzzle pieces together. But here they just won't fit.

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