When I first discovered Pat, I thought he was fake/a bit. Then when I dug through a few rabbit holes I realized he was the real fucking deal.
Upon that realization, I kind of thought "well... if shutting up/DFE isn't a thing for this guy, has anyone been like yo dude.... monetize this?"
I imagine a friend in a bar, over drinks and shitty meatloaf, trying to beat it into his porcine skull that despite all his setbacks he HAS a brand/market, he just has to swallow that weird misplaced pride we all derive so much joy in guffawing at. Sell shirts/mugs/stickers/cameos with everyone's favorite hits, etc.
Shit.... he could even attempt being shiesty, and make a phony cutout profile to do it all, THEN fight with that sockpuppet to draw attention to it from all the trolls/rubberneckers. Easy money via plausible deniability... right?
I suppose if he did that, he wouldn't be the man of pig. Still... if I ever ran across him in the wild, I'd be tempted to feed him cheap beer and see if I could wrap this idea around his mind because I often find myself wondering if he'd even consider it.
Would you all feed the pig to keep poking him or would that idea be an exercise in futility? (I already know the answer on his end, but I'm curious about how everyone else feels about the idea, as a hypothetical. No gayops just a thought exercise).