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With that long gap in his employment history, toxic personality, and all the shit about him online?
To quote the AVGN, "It's easier to do a handstand while taking a shit."
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To quote the AVGN, "It's easier to do a handstand while taking a shit."
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Doing what? Seriously he has no skills of which to speak and a six year gap in his resume.
No job worth having is going to touch him because of that. And then those that consider it will look at three things. 1) LinkedIn - to see who you're connected to and how many connections not to mention what people say about you. 2) Facebook - to see what you're like in your off hours and 3) Google - and this is where it's going to suck for him.
Dick Stroking Phil's name is everywhere. The first thing to come up is Encyclopedia Dramatica. Then on the first page there is the lolcow wiki, the Kiwifarms article on him not to mention his twitter and other things that will sink his chances of getting real work.
So yeah, he's not going to get anywhere unless he's willing to work service for barely more than minimum wage.
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He could work at a call center. He's got a college degree and some experience. He could find something.
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I think this sums up DSP's whole issue. The video (Week in Preview) detailing his failing business doesn't even have the audio synced.
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Does he really have a degree?
He have for a long time claimed he have a business degree and knows how to run a business, but what he hath shown with his YT "business" is the opposite.
Any company that wants to continue it's business has to renew itself, adapt to trends, develop new products, be economical and so on, Phil have wasted money as soon as he got them on, outright refused to adapt to popular demands or new trends, rebuffed new technology, aimed for quick cash grabs, horrible PR and no creativity what so ever, but what he fails most at, which any successful person or business does, is hard work.
If he have a business degree, he must have got it with the smallest margin.
@BrunoMattei I don't see why he cries over having to do puzzles in Saw, it's a puzzle game.
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I'm watching his pre-steam now (don't worry, I have two adblockers on) and at 13 minutes he whines that he'll have to start doing promoted videos and plug shit during the pre-streams...
It's like, nigga you've been constantly plugging your "Paytrean" and girlfriend's soap business. What's the fucking difference?
It's like, nigga you've been constantly plugging your "Paytrean" and girlfriend's soap business. What's the fucking difference?
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He showed his "degree" on camera once but he has also mentioned getting kicked out of school so the verdict is kind of up in air.
We do know after school the only job he held was given to him by his father and once they had new management he was laid off immediately. He mentions this job paid well so he must have been getting at least 40k or more which must have made the new management shit their pants.
We do know after school the only job he held was given to him by his father and once they had new management he was laid off immediately. He mentions this job paid well so he must have been getting at least 40k or more which must have made the new management shit their pants.
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It's hard to feel bad for him, even when not taking his personality into account. For one, the worst that's going to happen is that he has to get a job. Wow, the horror. And really, success was basically handed to him. He had the early Youtube cred and a lot of good will from people. But he worked very hard, harder than most people have to work to become successful on YT, to piss it all away. He has been an asshole to his fans and peers, he is lazy, entitled and refuses to take any steps to better himself. I'm surprised he isn't still using a camcorder to record.
He has a career many young people dream of having, but he sabotaged himself at every possible opportunity. Maybe Pewdiepie-tier popularity was never in the cards for him, but if he wasn't such a complete and utter asshole, he could've easily turned what he had into a modestly successful twitch channel.
He has a career many young people dream of having, but he sabotaged himself at every possible opportunity. Maybe Pewdiepie-tier popularity was never in the cards for him, but if he wasn't such a complete and utter asshole, he could've easily turned what he had into a modestly successful twitch channel.
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Even call centers have standards and they have such a high turnover because the pressure is high, you're marked on everything, keep your head down and work and they pay for shit.
Dick Stroking Phil would last a week and either quit or get fired because he told a customer to fuck off.
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He's held a few jobs before working at that helicopter plant. Wells Fargo and Best Buy. Possibly Mcdonalds too. Not a ton of experience obviously but the experience at the helicopter plant plus his degree will get him something I think.
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He quickly flashed it in a video and then refused to properly show it ever again, its like he wanted to show he had a degree, but not the details of it.
He has however always been fired from every place he worked at and according to him it has always been because of his bosses being jealous idiots, who didn't know how to run a successful business and got jealous when he ran their entire business perfectly on his own.
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The helicopter plant at least sounded like it was due to downsizing so he could spin it in his favor, but generally you're right. Phil's marketability has drastically dropped. Are there any notable lolcows who just sort of, stop and find success?
Either way, Phil has no one to truly blame but himself. Every chance Phil got he pissed away out of pettiness. He had a built in fanbase when LPs started becoming common but refused to switch to direct capture. When he finally did he found solid success as a twitch streamer but pissed it away for kwality. He continued to cover games his fans didn't care about years after it was unnecessary and deluded himself into thinking he was successful until he dropped half a grand on a VR that had long been established as "not really worth it". If Phil lived just a little more humbly he'd likely make it to 2017, but he decided to have a fancy house and a fancy car and a fancy hell of a lot more. Now he reaps what he sowed. This is it bows. the death spiral of a big youtuber.
Either way, Phil has no one to truly blame but himself. Every chance Phil got he pissed away out of pettiness. He had a built in fanbase when LPs started becoming common but refused to switch to direct capture. When he finally did he found solid success as a twitch streamer but pissed it away for kwality. He continued to cover games his fans didn't care about years after it was unnecessary and deluded himself into thinking he was successful until he dropped half a grand on a VR that had long been established as "not really worth it". If Phil lived just a little more humbly he'd likely make it to 2017, but he decided to have a fancy house and a fancy car and a fancy hell of a lot more. Now he reaps what he sowed. This is it bows. the death spiral of a big youtuber.
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How hard was Phil begging yesterday? He got like 17 new patrons.
Hardcore begging season is in full effect?
Hardcore begging season is in full effect?
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He'd agree with you there. He actually directly blames his mother for his personality in one of his videos which I posted earlier but its been deleted unfortunately.
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This is partly why I think Dickstroke will stick around like a cockroach for a few years to come - his fans are truly exceptional. All those fine LPers out there and yet they stick to one that isn't even a passable gamer, arrogant, a liar, and abuses them even when he chokes them out for money.
Also, parents who enable him.
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I don't know man. He just might squeak through 2017 but I think the shit show is about to get even messier.
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He gets money from spastics for playing vidya and presumably has sex with his childbride. Even if he has to cut back that's still pretty good. And it only cost him his dignity.
"Mom, can I borrow some money so I can keep playing video games all day?"
This must be the worst things to hear for a mother whose son has reached the middle age. The moment when you realise you have failed as a parent.
This must be the worst things to hear for a mother whose son has reached the middle age. The moment when you realise you have failed as a parent.
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He currently makes about $1k from his patreon and another 500-1k from his youtube channel, so I think is is pretty accurate.
With $2k plus what Leanna makes every month they still live above their means, but it gives him enough money to keep the wolves from the door while sliding further into debt.
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