DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[RIP_SANITY]

I'm not a DSP expert and I never played any of the games he's reviewing here, but this is light-years ahead of the face-cam streaming stuff I've caught in this thread. He's actually speaking at length, coherently and with enthusiasm, and without burping and snorting every five seconds. If you don't want to say this is his "talent", sure, but it might be the closest thing he's got to one.

As stated by @scorptatious reading from a script and faking enthusiasm isn't hard to do. I mean, don't get me wrong, DSP does put in a bit more effort than usual, but it's still shit.

 

[Inigo]

Not much coming out for Switch? Yeah right... I can already tell that Arms is going to be one of those games I play for hundreds of hours, and Splatoon 2 will be no different. They're going to come out within a month of each other.

What's with his weird belief that no one likes the Switch? Honestly it seems more popular than the PS4 already. People I speak with who want one are downright salty that I got my hands on one and all seem to want to play Zelda, Mario Kart, and other titles.

I personally feel as if Switch has had the strongest first year of any console in recent memory, but this out of touch slob thinks it's a flop? Come on.

What does he mean by 'bad' Switch games? Does he ever elaborate? Did he ever give a statement on whether or not he thinks Arms is a good game? He hated that final boss, but he seemed to be genuinely having fun while playing online.

 

[AnOminous]

If he claims disability on the basis of his feet and back problems then whether or not he games shouldn't have any impact. I mean, gaming only requires minute hand movements.

Gout is easily treatable with a pill that costs less than aspirin. I can't imagine it ever being the basis of a successful claim.

Also, the SSA is pretty skeptical of disability claims based on back pain. You need years of paperwork from actual doctors, not some quack chiropractor you just hired to make up some bullshit. Unless you have some lengthy history of unsuccessful surgeries and tons of X-rays and CT scans and shit like that, i.e. enough to meet the objective standards of a listed impairment, you have to prove you can't do a combination of sitting, standing and walking for eight hours a day. You don't quite have to be bedridden, but in effect it's almost that bad.

Vague bellyaching about pain doesn't cut it.

Even qualifying for a mentally-based disability like Chris's tard bucks is easier than basing it on just back pain.

So if Phil wants to scam the SSA, he'd have to start now and spend potentially years at it.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Gout is easily treatable with a pill that costs less than aspirin. I can't imagine it ever being the basis of a successful claim.

Also, the SSA is pretty skeptical of disability claims based on back pain. You need years of paperwork from actual doctors, not some quack chiropractor you just hired to make up some bullshit. Unless you have some lengthy history of unsuccessful surgeries and tons of X-rays and CT scans and shit like that, i.e. enough to meet the objective standards of a listed impairment, you have to prove you can't do a combination of sitting, standing and walking for eight hours a day. You don't quite have to be bedridden, but in effect it's almost that bad.

Vague bellyaching about pain doesn't cut it.

Even qualifying for a mentally-based disability like Chris's tard bucks is easier than basing it on just back pain.

So if Phil wants to scam the SSA, he'd have to start now and spend potentially years at it.

I don't know man. There's people claiming disability when they have anxiety or depression or just on general schizo meds but otherwise they are totally and completely fine and can work.

 

[Doctor Druid]

Not much coming out for Switch? Yeah right... I can already tell that Arms is going to be one of those games I play for hundreds of hours, and Splatoon 2 will be no different. They're going to come out within a month of each other.

What's with his weird belief that no one likes the Switch? Honestly it seems more popular than the PS4 already. People I speak with who want one are downright salty that I got my hands on one and all seem to want to play Zelda, Mario Kart, and other titles.

I personally feel as if Switch has had the strongest first year of any console in recent memory, but this out of touch slob thinks it's a flop? Come on.

What does he mean by 'bad' Switch games? Does he ever elaborate? Did he ever give a statement on whether or not he thinks Arms is a good game? He hated that final boss, but he seemed to be genuinely having fun while playing online.

It's a more exceptional confirmation bias. Because HE doesn't like it, no one does. It's kinda like the gout version of a six year old thinking everybody on Earth watches Power Rangers.

 

[James Smith]

He can get SSDI benefits if he can:

1. Financially qualifies (he is not making too much money)
2. Provide medical evidence that he has limitations which prevent him from working in jobs he's had in the past
3. Can get a person consulting for the SSA to say he/she cannot come up with any jobs a person with those limitations could perform

That financial qualification is like full time at federal minimum wage- he cannot have income in excess of that from YouTube, Twitch, PayPal, or pretty much any funding source out there because they will report to the SSA. He cannot scumbag this without registering all of those accounts under someone elses's SSN. If he does this, or if he accepts money from his parents without reporting it as income to the SSA, and gets caught the SSA will not only take the money away- they will also charge him with a felony that can carry up to 5 years in prison and a quarter million dollar fine. He will also be barred from receiving just about any taxpayer-funded assistance for years if not the rest of his life (just depends on the individual program.)

Does anyone here think he going to live on $15K a year?

 

[Le Redditeur Part Deux]

He can get SSDI benefits if he can:

1. Financially qualifies (he is not making too much money)
2. Provide medical evidence that he has limitations which prevent him from working in jobs he's had in the past
3. Can get a person consulting for the SSA to say he/she cannot come up with any jobs a person with those limitations could perform

That financial qualification is like full time at federal minimum wage- he cannot have income in excess of that from YouTube, Twitch, PayPal, or pretty much any funding source out there because they will report to the SSA. He cannot scumbag this without registering all of those accounts under someone elses's SSN. If he does this, or if he accepts money from his parents without reporting it as income to the SSA, and gets caught the SSA will not only take the money away- they will also charge him with a felony that can carry up to 5 years in prison and a quarter million dollar fine. He will also be barred from receiving just about any taxpayer-funded assistance for years if not the rest of his life (just depends on the individual program.)

Does anyone here think he going to live on $15K a year?

Hell no. Phil already makes much more than that.

 

[Dragoonism]

Unless you have some lengthy history of unsuccessful surgeries and tons of X-rays and CT scans and shit like that, i.e. enough to meet the objective standards of a listed impairment, you have to prove you can't do a combination of sitting, standing and walking for eight hours a day. You don't quite have to be bedridden, but in effect it's almost that bad.

So we have to expect seeing Phil in bed while playing games in the near future?

He can get SSDI benefits if he can:

1. Financially qualifies (he is not making too much money)
2. Provide medical evidence that he has limitations which prevent him from working in jobs he's had in the past
3. Can get a person consulting for the SSA to say he/she cannot come up with any jobs a person with those limitations could perform

I would say that he fulfilled the first one, but just by watching one of his streams fucks up the rest, if he can sit for 4-6 hours playing video games each day, than he can sit in a cubicle selling men underwear over the phone for 8 hours a day!

Does anyone here think he going to live on $15K a year?

No, he needs that monthly as a minimum!

 

[PL 879]

Yet again, he's a 14-year-old. Even worse than during ARMS yelling at a tutorial boss, "Just kill me, stupid."

https://twitter.com/Drgnkiller/status/876776246906167297

 

[PhilGoutnell]

Phil on Twitter has pretty much turned into that "master trole 2012" meme.

 

[Ryker]

Vis a vis Phil and his back...if I recall correctly, he has stated that he simply cannot drive long distances because of the physical discomfort, yet he can sit on his arse for hours playing video games? I don't understand. Either you can sit comfortably or you can't. Which one is it? Maybe I've missed something.

EDIT: spelling suckage

 

[Animewasamistake]

As i am sure my fellow Kiwis can testify, when you have a fucked back. it is hard enough getting up in the morning let alone sitting straight for hours,

 

[PL 879]

As i am sure my fellow Kiwis can testify, when you have a fucked back. it is hard enough getting up in the morning let alone sitting straight for hours,

When I was 20 I spent a summer in a wheelchair after I screwed up my back at work. I can personally attest that the way Phil sits tilted to one side for hours nonstop and then periodically leans straight back when he's yelling "NOOOOOOOO" after the hate is flowing deep from within...that would make it so he couldn't stand up if his back was truly badly injured.
That and he changes his story with how it originally happened - he at first didn't know, said explicitly it wasn't one specific incident, but then it was a car wreck.

 

[Um Oh Ah Yeah]

Vis a vis Phil and his back...if I recall correctly, he has stated that he simply cannot drive long distances because of the physical discomfit, yet he can sit on his arse for hours playing video games? I don't understand. Either you can sit comfortably or you can't. Which one is it? Maybe I've missed something.

Even though the fresh Seattle air virtually cured him of all his back woes, alas the notoriously bumpy Seattle roads (riddled with potholes, I assume) cause him to instantly begin having spasms any time he drives a car. It is bitterly ironic.

That, or Phil Burnell is a lying sack of shit.

 

[PigRoach]

I think he has some suppressed trauma after the car crash on the highway (the story from the video about his parents). It's more of a mental problem than physical. I think he just has a small fobia when it comes to driving. Think about it: he had a car crash on highway and he always claims he can't drive long distances on highways. I just don't buy his back problems... He's a delusional liar who has troubles with perception of himself and reality around him.

 

[ChickenSkinBeanbag]

Yet again, he's a 14-year-old. Even worse than during ARMS yelling at a tutorial boss, "Just kill me, stupid."

https://twitter.com/Drgnkiller/status/876776246906167297

"When are you gonna be begging your viewers to support your ridiculously lavish lifestyle that you don't deserve?"

"YOUR MOM ACKACKACKACKACK"

It's this type of kwality kahntent that's made his stream and channel so successful.

 

[JamFlowMan]

Vis a vis Phil and his back...if I recall correctly, he has stated that he simply cannot drive long distances because of the physical discomfit, yet he can sit on his arse for hours playing video games? I don't understand. Either you can sit comfortably or you can't. Which one is it? Maybe I've missed something.

He doesn't even sit comfortably. He doesn't wear his glasses so he constantly hunches over to stare at his chat and then he constantly moving. He flails his arms, throws his head back, or rocks back and forth or side to side. I know when my back is fucked I move as much as possible the last thing I want to do is lay down and stay still as long as possible...

Even though the fresh Seattle air virtually cured him of all his back woes, alas the notoriously bumpy Seattle roads (riddled with potholes, I assume) cause him to instantly begin having spasms any time he drives a car. It is bitterly ironic.

That, or Phil Burnell is a lying sack of shit.

I've said before Phil has recorded himself almost everyday for the past 8 years and I have never seen footage of a back spasm. Knowing Dsp he would not "tough it out" and pretend they aren't happening especially if they are bad enough to cause you to crash your car, I know it is shocking but I think Phil may be full of shit.

 

[BrunoMattei]

That and he changes his story with how it originally happened - he at first didn't know, said explicitly it wasn't one specific incident, but then it was a car wreck.

When did he confirm that the injury is from a car wreck? Because he would always stick to "I don't know how it happened. I woke up one day and my back was fucked." Story for as long as I can remember.

The car wreck explanation comes from a YT comment left by the Areaialord (I'm not sure of the spelling).

 

[Xenomorph]

If he claims disability on the basis of his feet and back problems then whether or not he games shouldn't have any impact. I mean, gaming only requires minute hand movements.

And, to be honest, I think that Phil's video archives of him bitching about his medical problems would do more to help than hinder him. It's not like medical staff are going to interview the people in his twitch chat or Kiwis and hear people say that his issues are bullshit (and Phil has always been consistent that his purported medical issues are real, there's no video evidence of him admitting he's full of shit).

Plus, his many failed attempts at being a professional let's player/streamer over the course of several years and constantly bitching about being poor could be used as evidence that he's tried to work to the best of his ability, even switching platforms several times.

I'm not American, though, so I don't know what proof he would have to provide for disability payments.

I think you forgot about him dancing in some of those videos.

 

[Freshtodeath]

I am no savant with women but I imagine Leanna needed attention/spontanoety like any girl. From my experiences girls really like sitting next to a dude while they watch movies or whatever. DSP didn't provide this from what we know.

This is prob how her life was. She worked retail in morning, came home then cooked and did DSP's laundry. Then DSP went up into his office until 10? then she went to bed and apparently from dSP's account he would stay up watching movies instead of sitting beside her in bed and comforting her. Not once did dsp ever take her into nature as far as we know. DSP probably convinced her that is how adults are supposed to live. Then she met co workers and they were like "WTF?". Then she finally realized how much of an asshole DSP is.