Current Events > DSPGaming General XVI: It's fun to stay at the D-M-C-A!

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Spooking posted...

I'm curious on why Kat allows this to happen. She's probably a doormat and allows anything to go, but I wonder if she thinks about confronting Phil on this WWE game since she probably wants Phil to start saving it instead of blowing it.

I would guess that he doesn't tell her much about where the money goes, and even if she does know, it's likely she doesn't care. From everything he's described, it sounds as if she's basically a roommate who goes out shopping with him once a week. As long as she has a place to live, it doesn't matter what Phil does. In fact, she probably sleeps easier not knowing what he's up to.

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Kat is probably not included at all in the finances, she just cooks and cleans

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MC_BatCommander posted...

It has to be the gacha game. Either that or he's pissing his money away on other things. He has zero legitimate excuses for his lack of money now that the CC debt has been cleared and he's no longer paying for the kahndo in Connecticut

No, I think the most likely thing is he isn't hurting for money at all, he just says he is because it helps get him even more money

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It's weird that phils fans supposedly "email" him with updates about what his detractors are doing or if his own fans are bitching in other streams about phil.

He always starts with "I don't care about this stuff but peepul keep messaging me....!"
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https://twitter.com/TheyCallMeDSP/status/1293443922551689217?s=19

Phil's idea of "new" content is basically recycling 5+ year old content. It features less gameplay, and more Phil talking about himself (something we all know he loves). It is again, the lowest effort possible.

Now, if you look at the reactions, many are rather negative. Apparantly some people got blocked too, for apeaking freely against thr idea. Now watch Phil spin it with his "alottapeepul" shtick, where 2-3 peope agreeing with him (and the rest doesn't) is enough for him to push something onto his audience as he always does.

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Recycling content is definitely a good way of putting it, but I would say it's even lazier than that. His idea of good content is anything that doesn't require him to actually do anything. Rambling and talking is all he wants to do

As for people talking about the streak being staged, I can't wait until he confirms that it was all staged and then ties it all into his love for wrestling. "dood, people love wrestling and that's staged, I was just putting on a show with my streak!"

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If that's what his fans want, why not? If they don't, well too fucking bad, they're getting it anyways

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Bad_Mojo posted...

If that's what his fans want, why not? If they don't, well too fucking bad, they're getting it anyways

But that is the thing with Phil.

1 person agrees/wants something that Phil also wants = alottapeepul.

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You're god damn right it's a lot of people. DSP is the entire world

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Someone on KF pointed out that these "Back in the Day" segments could be interesting because he will almost certainly tell stories that will contradict things he's previously said. But that's about it in terms of entertainment, and it's really only entertaining to detractors.

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jpenny2 posted...

Someone on KF pointed out that these "Back in the Day" segments could be interesting because he will almost certainly tell stories that will contradict things he's previously said. But that's about it in terms of entertainment, and it's really only entertaining to detractors.

Oh god yes, they are going to have a field day. I would love to see how the stories of old change every time he tells them. I honestly could not care less about his "Back in the Day" revival, and his fans don't either. But I can see Phil pushing this through regardless because it takes no effort, he loves hearing himself talk and it takes no effort unlike actually playig games.

As always, what Phil says and what Phil does are two seperate things.

Phil never lies, but admitted he lied to protect his family. He makes over 200 dollars a day, but never has any money. All his credit card debt got wiped, but he still struggles to make ends meet. Phil knows everything there is to know about SF2, yet sucks at it at the most basic level. He lets people vote what to play, and then plays a different game. Phil doesn't have a cat, but he had one for 9 months. Phil couldn't get married, but is married.

It doesn't matter if Phil has told the truth in the past, or tells the truth now, or eventually tells the truth. He is such an unrealiable story teller that it doesn't matter. It's like the boy who cried wolf, because the second he need the truth so save him, people will question it or worse.

The one thing I still cannot wrap my head around one thing: I can get the the lies and the way he acts (I grew up with a naracissist for a father), I get that he is a greedy fuck. I just don't get how he is so fucking terrible at games. I mean, just by sheer volume of the games he has played alone he should be better than he is. Lots of games have similar gameplay elements, controls and systems. There will not likely be a game that will have revultionary new controls. Even if you hate the thing you do, by doing it over and over you eventually would get naturally better.

Now Phl might be dim witted at times, but I don't think (or at least, it doesn't like it) has any actualy inabilities, like I don't think he is on the spectrum, or anything like that. Yet he seems unable to retain new information. I am really curious what's "wrong" with him.

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I would guess he has at least one minor cognitive disability, and it would only be made worse by years of isolation and a complete refusal to admit fault and attempt to change, adapt, or grow. His brain gets no stimulation: he plays games where he's mostly told what to do, preaches the same angry rhetoric to his followers every day, and spends the rest of his time playing mobile games or watching streaming services. We joke about how badly his body has atrophied, but I think his poor brain is in far worse shape.

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Yeah, Phil requires a lot of handholding through the games he plays, since he doesn't pay attention to the tutorials or any other things. So, instead of adapting and learning, he'll struggle with a game to the point that other people have to tell him what to do.

I'm curious as to what difficulty he plays/played (not sure if he finished) Ghost of Tsushima on. You see a lot of streamers, especially bigger ones, go right for the hardest difficulty in games. I know one streamer that usually plays on Normal his first playthrough, but felt the game was too easy, so he switched to Hard not long into the game. When Lethal was released, he then switched to that and finished the game on that.

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I don't know about that specific game, but he usually plays on Normal. The last couple times that chat talked him into playing anything on Hard, he raged and insulted chat for making him have a difficult time. He should put aside his ego and just play everything on Easy. Clearly the gameplay takes a backseat to the begging, and he hates the games anyway, so he may as well just blow through them as quickly and easily as possible.

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Dick mens christian association?

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jpenny2 posted...

I don't know about that specific game, but he usually plays on Normal. The last couple times that chat talked him into playing anything on Hard, he raged and insulted chat for making him have a difficult time. He should put aside his ego and just play everything on Easy. Clearly the gameplay takes a backseat to the begging, and he hates the games anyway, so he may as well just blow through them as quickly and easily as possible.

I think this is fucking hilarious. Chat, his haters, his fans literally hold no sway over him. The viewers "choice" is living fucking proof of that.

He just cannot play a game on a lower difficulty, because like you said, his ego wont let him. I mean, if you just want a relaxing experience with games, there is literally no harm in playing on easy. The diffuculty is just there to decide whether you want a challenge or want to enjoy the story or a combination of both. Some games are meant to be challenging, such as Dark Souls.

Playing on a higher difficulty is either for bragging rights or to challenge yourself. I am playing Shadow Warrior 2 for example right now, and it has 4 levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Very Hard, and I started on Hard. I find the game a lot of fun, I get rewarded properly for it and I enjoy the challenge. But if someone would play the game on Easy, I would not think differently of them, if the option is there then the developers meant for it to be there.

But if you claim to be the best overall player in the country, as Phil has several times, then people WILL judge you if you go for easy/medium. If you are as good as you claim, why pussy around? And again, Phil could play the game on easy for all I care, but he can't let himself, so the psychological implications are far more interesting to me.

But Phil shouldn't be surprised if people give him a hard time for picking a "lower" difficulty, if he wants to brag about how good he is. Fuck, even yesterday he made excuses why he couldn't win a couple of games of Fall Guys, because of lag or some bullshit. I mean, it's a 60 player free for all kind of game, everyone is doing their best to win. Just fucking chalk it up and move on to the next game. But he HAS to defend EVERYTHING and he fucking contradicts himself the entire time he does it.

For me, that is the reason why I follow Phil. I mean, Fall Guys is by far one of the most lighthearted (if not the most) Battle Royale games that is out there right now. It is colourful, has a low difficulty curve and is generally harmless fun. And still Phil cannot help himself but shit on the game or blame outside factors when something doesn't go his way. He can never just laugh at stupid bullshit that is supposed to happen in a game, let alone enjoy a game for what it is.

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I think the main factor might be that still enjoys some sense of accomplishment when he beats games. He'll hate a game the whole time he plays it, but finishing it does feel good. If he plays on Easy, that sense of accomplishment is gone. He can't flex during the end credits because chat will be full of messages about how he played on Easy, so beating the game means nothing--anyone can beat a game on Easy.

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Platinum vest has now been banned, he's angry that people request it so much and will only wear it if the tips goal is doubled.
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LightningAce11 posted...

Platinum vest has now been banned, he's angry that people request it so much and will only wear it if the tips goal is doubled.

I suppose it's technically a smart move that could motivate people to donate extra in an attempt to annoy him, but it illustrates perfectly how greedy he is and how little he thinks of his viewers.

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LightningAce11 posted...

Platinum vest has now been banned, he's angry that people request it so much and will only wear it if the tips goal is doubled.

The beast is taking over, we already knew Phil would resent the whole thing, but this is comedy fucking gold.

jpenny2 posted...

I think the main factor might be that still enjoys some sense of accomplishment when he beats games. He'll hate a game the whole time he plays it, but finishing it does feel good. If he plays on Easy, that sense of accomplishment is gone. He can't flex during the end credits because chat will be full of messages about how he played on Easy, so beating the game means nothing--anyone can beat a game on Easy.

That actually makes sense. If you look at Phil's top 10 games of last year, there aren't any weird things there. But if you look at the actual gameplay of those games, you would become convinced that he hates every single one of these games. It stands to reason that finishing a game would undo some of that hate, because I can agree that completing a game does create a "feel good" sensation. A sense of accomplishment.

But it would never take long before Phil to fall back in old habbits though.

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Phil said on stream that his taxes are taken care of, hence why he isn't talking about it anymore.

So his credit card debt is gone, his taxes are takeb care off. But he still has no money, he still needs to pays his bills every single fucking day, which causes hik.not to have money.

This fucker only needs to set aside money from a couple of days of streaming hitting the tips goals, and he can literally buy the XSX and PS5.

As a person has less and less debt, they have more money to spend freely, rather than on creditors. How can he keep up this "poor" shtick?

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He can keep it up because the people that give him money are beyond stupid

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I'm beginning to wonder if he's setting up some kind of retirement fund. On the surface, that seems like a good idea... except he'd be blatantly scamming his fans to do it since he's still claiming that all money goes to the bills. Before he sets aside money for the future, he should at the very least be upgrading his equipment and investing in his stream.

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jpenny2 posted...

I'm beginning to wonder if he's setting up some kind of retirement fund. On the surface, that seems like a good idea... except he'd be blatantly scamming his fans to do it since he's still claiming that all money goes to the bills. Before he sets aside money for the future, he should at the very least be upgrading his equipment and investing in his stream.

Yeah, I've been saying that. It's what he SHOULD be doing. As shady as it is, he is there to make money, and just like all of us, we all want to retire happy without money worries.

But like you said, he's scamming people

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Yeah, I've been saying that. It's what he SHOULD be doing. As shady as it is, he is there to make money, and just like all of us, we all want to retire happy without money worries.

But like you said, he's scamming people

He should, since he literally has nothing to fall back on. If his streaming gig goes tits up, it's over. He won't apply for anything other than bottom tier jobs, like collecting trash or flipping burgers. And even then he will likely struggle to keep a job given his "wonderful" personality.

So yes, he absolutely should set away money, but if the Gacha thing is true, and given his expensive livestyle, he either isn't setting aside money, and if he is, he will never be able to set aside enough to ride it out till the last of his days.

He doesn't have a 401k, since he hasn't worked in a decade and despite having a business degree, he isn't smart with money at all. He never learned the most basic lesson: in order to make money, you have to spend money. My best bet is that Phil is banking on inheriting money or anything of value from his parents.

Remember how upset Phil was when his aunt died?

Not because he was heartbroken over the loss of a beloved family member, oh no. Her passing meant no more income from his CT condo from her, and she didn't leave him anything. Even in death Phil will throw you under the bus for not leaving him anything. That reaction alone cements my belief that he barely set aside money, if any at all, and will just count the days till his parents kick off, then sitting with baited breath at the notary's hoping for money to fall in his lap.

He never has seen anyone, not his friends nor family, as anything other than walking ATMs from which he freely can withdraw from.

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From the "whale calls" when the vest streak is in danger, to the random doofs that drop hundreds of dollars in his lap, I'm sure he's confident that his hypnotized fanbase isn't going anywhere. "Gotta stick it to da trools, dood. *goat laugh*"

There's no other rational reason why he wouldn't stockpile all that fat cash, especially since he has two cats to feed. How on earth is Khet not piping up about having no savings? Is she really so passive that she shrugs at the possibility of homelessness?

Then again, he could be lying, per the usual. Pigroach is lies.

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His fans continue to throw money at him even though the quality of his content and his passion for producing it are at the lowest levels they've ever been--and this shows no signs of letting up. With his sedentary lifestyle and general level of health, he likely won't see 65, so it might actually be possible for him to stream until he dies.

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Can Kat get credit cards with the bankruptcy?

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Can Kat get credit cards with the bankruptcy?

Pretty sure she can, the bankruptcy was filed soley in Phil's name if I am not mistaken, so she can do whatever she wants.

I would not put it beneath Phil to get her to get credit cards on her name that he then can max out. But this is purely speculative.

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Narcisist tend to pull you into the self destructive hole they dug themselves in by guilt tripping you to fall in.

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I actually think Phil is decent at fall guys, but that just makes his whining more pathetic. But the game types he does suck at he's not exactly doing anything to get better at them. Anytime he plays the ring game he does the same thing instead of experimenting with the map and finding a good route to jump through a bunch of them. I do feel like he's enjoying the game overall, especially since he seems to be putting it into his rotation more even after saying there's no room for it.

But the stuff with the vast streak is just sickening at this point. Maybe it's just because his audience is largely mentally challenged, but he condescends to them like is talking to a group of mentally challenged people and it's insulting. He knows damn well just because there's only five minutes left doesn't mean he's not going to hit the goal. Just the way he talks about everything surrounding the vest is embarrassing and far worse than anything he criticizes other people for doing

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I recall he once ranted that he pays the game companies a licence to gather his ingredients to make a work of art.

I guess he's so deluded he thinks restreaming is stealing from him.
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LightningAce11 posted...

I recall he once ranted that he pays the game companies a licence to gather his ingredients to make a work of art.

I guess he's so deluded he thinks restreaming is stealing from him.

He also believed that Nintendo was wrong with their creator program, even though legally they were in their right. He has no self awareness to realize that things like commentary, comedy and criticism are protected by fair use. Streaming, ironically, is technically illegal. Not a single developer/publisher is going to sue, because it's free publicity, which means more sales.

Phil should view this the same, his "haters" and detractors are basically free publicity.

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WallStreetWolf posted...

I actually think Phil is decent at fall guys, but that just makes his whining more pathetic. But the game types he does suck at he's not exactly doing anything to get better at them. Anytime he plays the ring game he does the same thing instead of experimenting with the map and finding a good route to jump through a bunch of them. I do feel like he's enjoying the game overall, especially since he seems to be putting it into his rotation more even after saying there's no room for it.

But the stuff with the vast streak is just sickening at this point. Maybe it's just because his audience is largely mentally challenged, but he condescends to them like is talking to a group of mentally challenged people and it's insulting. He knows damn well just because there's only five minutes left doesn't mean he's not going to hit the goal. Just the way he talks about everything surrounding the vest is embarrassing and far worse than anything he criticizes other people for doing

That's a large part of why he doesn't really improve at anything. A normal person tries something, fails, realizes they're doing it wrong, and tries a different approach. Phil tries something, fails, blames his failure on everything but himself, and tries the same thing again.

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jpenny2 posted...

That's a large part of why he doesn't really improve at anything. A normal person tries something, fails, realizes they're doing it wrong, and tries a different approach. Phil tries something, fails, blames his failure on everything but himself, and tries the same thing again.

In order to grow you have to be able to reflect on your own actions, something Phil can't.

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Pigroach compared himself to Job in the bible when complaining about foreclosure.
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This blowing bubbles gimmick was criticized as cartoony and he raged at the person.
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LightningAce11 posted...

This blowing bubbles gimmick was criticized as cartoony and he raged at the person.

It's the sort of thing a camgirl would do. I wonder if one of his whales has some sort of bubble fetish and encouraged him (behind the scenes, of course) to do it in exchange for tips. Because there's no other reason for him to do it, especially since he constantly criticizes other content creators for pandering to children.

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Jealously ranted about pewdiepie getting a 10k tip for doing nothing.

Also holy shit pewds got a 10k tip.
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LightningAce11 posted...

Jealously ranted about pewdiepie getting a 10k tip for doing nothing.

Also holy shit pewds got a 10k tip.

This one guy gave angry Joe $5000 twice on his birthday. Nothing surprises me and there are way worse whales out there than the ones DSP has

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LightningAce11 posted...

Jealously ranted about pewdiepie getting a 10k tip for doing nothing.

Also holy shit pewds got a 10k tip.

It launched Phil into an epic rant, the jealousy was dripping from it. He kept harping how he has changed throughout the years, but PDP and DRD were clowns and out on characters.

Then someone in the chat said that PDP is nothing like the character he started out anymore, which cause Phil to say that that is who PDP will always be, because that is how he got big.

So what, Phil can change but others can't? He had noe selfawareness as usual, saying that other streamers get donations for literally doing nothing, while Phil sits on his ass all day doing...?

He also said people follow popular streamers for just being popular, but people follow him for who he is.

He would win solid fucking gold at the Olympic Mental Gymnastics. He keeps being the prime example of "rules for thee, but not for me".

You should watch the clips from Snort Burnell, he does a good job by exposing Phil's hypocrisy.

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It should also be noted that Pewdiepie was much younger when he started. In fact, he's younger now than Phil was when Phil was doing some of the stupid stuff that we're not supposed to bring up because of how much he's changed. But that obviously doesn't matter. Everything Phil does is right. Everything everyone else does--even if it's the same thing Phil did--is wrong.

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Yeah, I got bored and watched one of the Snort Burnell vids last night, where DSP must have said "mature" like 3-4 times. By the way, if you make dick jokes and stuff, that doesn't exactly make you fully mature. I'm sure most of us will admit to acting immature, which is perfectly fine during the bouts of responsibilities we have assigned to us.

As for the whole other streamer thing, of course DSP is jealous. I think a lot of people are somewhat jealous of that happening, but I shrug it off and go on with my daily life, because there is no point in dwelling on it. The day DSP is tipped $10k, though, is the day I just stop following anything he does. Other streamers are generally entertaining, but there isn't anything in DSP's "show" that would make me want to watch him at all.

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No one ever expected him to be mature. Does anyone expect any let's player to be mature? This is a problem he created for himself. Even if we accept his nonsense about other content creators being clowns who pander to children, how is that worse than what he does? At least they seem to enjoy what they do. At least they put effort into what they do. At least they don't spend every stream begging shamelessly. A literal clown who entertains literal children is a better and more productive human being than Phil could ever hope to be.


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Y'all are talking about the Fire Emblem meltdown, yeah? Lemme just say that I love, love, LOVE the fact that Paul called other streamers "cartoon characters wearing outfits", but when someone brought up his bubble blowing bullshit, his stupid vest, and his clown-like demeanor, he quickly started backpedaling. This is what I tune in for; he contradicts himself constantly, sometimes in the same sentence.

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It's hilarious to see Phil get angry at a game like Fall Guys, it's basically Takeshi's castle as a game, and that concept is just meant as lighthearted fun. How he can still get angry over it is beyond me.

I mean, just look at the game, the graphics and the colours, that's not even including the premise of the game. This game is meant to be fun, and just fun. Sure there is a competitive element to the game, wanting to win. But I feel from what I have seen, that that takes a backseat to just stupid fun.

For some reason, Phil just can't have fun. He may have had a little enjoyment the first couple of games, but winning was probably the worst thing that happened to him. Winning gives you a shot dopamine, and now he is chasing that high, because he cannot find enjoyment in any other way in a game. He HAS to win, so when things don't go his way he will get frustrated and we get treated to the age old excuses: Lag, dropped inputs, inputs not coming out and whatever the fuck happens to roll off the tongue.

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That brief high he gets from winning might be one of the few things in life that brings him any enjoyment. Because what else does he actually enjoy these days?

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Phil's eyes light up, his smile lines become more pronounced, his mouth curls up high when he receives a big donation.

He's happier getting a large tip than he is talking about his marriage to Kat or about his parents.
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I know we kind of scratched this subject before, but I am really curious what all your thoughts are:

Do you think Phil has a backup plan? Use whatever cirteria you want, but I want to know what your thoughts are.

I personally believe he has no backup plan, he has no money set aside and I truly believe that the deal he made with his mom that he will get a job in 10 years was just a lie to keep her content. I am going to use Phil's personality as a guiding beacon here.

For starters, as far as we know, Phil has been fired (or let go, so to speak) from every job he has, and he is not beyond fucking his friends out of their money for his own personal gain. Given Phil's narcissism and complete lack of empathy he will not feel bad about any of that, but also makes a horrible employee. Imagine calling the customer's service of basically any company, and speaking to someone like Phil. But for some reason Phil is convinced he could land a job at Boeing or MicroSoft. Even though those companies have a pretty high bar, they will not hire just anyone, there will be extensive background checks and Phil has a HUGE gap in his resume. He hasn't developed himself, learned new skills and hasn't done anything recent with his education.

On top of that, I doubt Phil has any money set aside. If it is true, and at this point it's more likely true than it is not, Phil has a HUGE spending problem, whaling for at least one gacha game. It would explain why he never has any money to do anything. He might be banking on inheriting anything from his parents. Now I believe that Phil's dad (seeing how he is the only one working) has aside enough money so that he and his mom can ride it out comfortably. But even then it's not enough to help Phil out long term. Lets assume, best case scenario that Phil will inherit 100.000 dollars from his parents should they die, that is even less than he makes a year. And given Phil's spending behaviour this money won't last long.

Now of course, Kat is also working, but given their current life, there is just no way that she can support them both. Phil does not qualify for anything special, like a disability check, he cannot make use of an unemployment check because he hasn't had a job in over a decade. So what would happen from there?

My guess is that Phill will keep on streaming till the well has dried up. He has made it abundantly clear in the past that he has absolutely no desire to get an actual job. And I kind of get that, because no job he would qualify for (assuming he makes it through an interview) would pay even remotely the same as he makes with streaming now. So that would mean that he would have to start making compromises. I honestly believe though, that between Kat and him, they both could earn enough money if she would make more hours, and Phil just accepts any job he can, they can still make enough money to live comfortably. I am convinced of this, it will just take a couple of compromises and most of all, stop dumping truckloads of money on a fucking gacha game.

I don't believe Phil's future is bleak and horrible. Even though he might not have set money aside, or a backup plan, I know for a fact that he can make it work. The question is: will he do it? Can he take a hit, will he make a compromise? Because if he is able to set aside his ego, he still has room to work something out here.

What are your thoughts on this? Think Phil can salvage something for his future? Or will he rather doom himself than make a compromise?

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