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- Feb 12, 2020
It was said by @Mask_de_SMITH about the whole rant about people doing things that they shouldn't and I'm not going to tread over his old ground, but that whole fucking rant he did about it is so perfectly emblematic of why Phil is always going to be in a perpetual state of losing. Phil wants everything to stay the way it is, from now to the end of time. He doesn't want to think about how to change anything about his life, his career, or himself. The only thing we all really have absolute control over is ourselves, our goals, and our actions. As much of a meme as climbing Everest has become (You can pay to get guided up the mountain through the paths that have been blazed by people who did it before in worse gear without professionals who have climbed the damn thing 30 times in the last year) it's about picking a challenge and working until you achieve said challenge.
Remember bodybuilder Phil? That old mare he likes to drag out to show off sometimes? Remember his attempts to be the best at SF/MvC2 in the world? Remember all the times he promises to make changes to the stream like green screens? Fuck, remember KO gaming? All of these things are his history of trying to climb his own Everests and then going home after he trips a once or twice. That's the big root of most of his bitterness about everyone, about why he has so many issues, encapsulated into one simple rant. People who do things that are difficult, or rebuild after a disaster, or try to innovate or explore, he doesn't understand those people because those people are at his opposite end.
Mild PL: I was a hockey brat. I remember one day driving home from the rink and my dad asking me "Drave, do you want to play hockey?" and I didn't know why until he pointed out that for the past few weeks I'd been dogging it. He told me that there's no point in spending the money for me to play if I wasn't even going to try and he'd rather put the money towards a sport or activity I cared about. And one of the things that stuck with me was that there's nothing wrong with not wanting to do something, but the worst thing was wanting to do something, but not putting your best into it. Then, it's not worth the time, effort, money, or anything else. I never made the NHL, and I was never a great hockey player, but I put everything I could into it after that.
Phil's not a quitter, I think that would be an inaccurate statement. Phil's a never-starter. If it can't be done easily, he won't even bother to do it. I know that's something we are all aware of, but I think if you ever need the perfect example of this shit attitude, look no further than that one video.
Great post. I definitely agree, and what makes it worse is that he had a free pass to the stratosphere and somehow he squandered it by being SO. FUCKING. LAZY.