A wonderful thought. As the king of dents, Phil has had to obtain the skill known as "Reverse psychology". As is the case with all dents, Phil has managed to transcend his status of dent lord and, through the acquisition of this "reverse psychology" skill, has ascended to become the dent king. It is the same for all dents. They too, upon learning said skill, can transcend the ranks to become dent lord and finally, dent king.I've always wondered if that's why Phil will always say the people who don't like him are no-life, scumbag, no friend, etc. It's a way to not only bolster his own ego, but trick the dents into thinking "Man this Phil guy really gets me, everyone else is a no life loser not me. I should give Phil money to really prove I have a life and friends."