I've come to a point that I often do with lolcows where I learn enough about them, and begin to paint a clearer picture of lives, compared to the more attractive drama that makes them out to be monsters, that I now feel bad for Phil. Don't get me wrong, he's a bad guy, but I can sympathize with him clinging onto the luck of his early YouTube career, and hoping that he can make a living out of it, despite his lack of intelligence and puerile behavior. He's always afraid of the immediate future, not knowing if the dents are going to kick up to their King, and that's really rough. It has contributed to the deterioration of his appearance, and an obvious decline of his psyche, which was not strong to begin with. Now he's a bilious hermit hoping to eke out an existence for the offing. Once upon a time he was a young man that had some hopes, and him getting laid off for probably being a shitty, not well-adjusted employee, fomented a need to prove himself to those around him, and maybe the most to his father, who seems to be estranged now. Him getting lucky with early Youtube convinced someone with poor critical thinking that the money would last forever, with the rest being history. He lies now because he needs to perpetuate whatever verity suits him at the moment, a desperate position.
Phil really should be put into a group home or something similar. He struggles to live alone, and typically needs a maternal figure to do all the housework, not to mention his inability to finance his life properly, having the spending skills and thrift of a child. It's never too late for someone to change, but he would need severe intervention. He's gotten to the point where he's pushed all of the trolls away, which is for the worse, because he now lives in a state of paranoia, thinking that there's a master plan made up by the detractor hivemind that could strike any minute, and that him being ignored by the rest of the internet is just a part of it.